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ReleaseJuly 13, 2026

Build b1455v1.0.0-b1455

Kapell is in App Store review, so this contains a mix of mandated fixes as well as the filing of some rough edges from sitting with the same version locally for a week.

BUILD MANIFESTSTABLE · TESTFLIGHT
VERSION1.0.0 (1455)
MIN MACOS26.0 Tahoe
ARCHuniversal · arm64 + x86_64
ADDED3 changes
  • +
    First-launch no Apple Music sub accommodation

    Don't have an Apple Music sub? No problem. Added in Apple's own subscription sheet and verified Kapell doesn't crash or give an opaque error. Thanks App Store reviewer!

  • +
    Search finds what you actually typed

    Library search matches *across* fields. Previously we were only matching on single field searches.

  • +
    Library albums now show a chip.

    Where the same album exists both in your library and in the Apple Music® catalogue, the one you own is now marked with a little chip.

CHANGED5 changes
  • An empty library is no longer treated as a problem. Kapell plays the catalogue, stations, and radio without a library at all, so an empty one is simply an account that hasn't collected anything yet. Home says nothing about it, and search, stations, and radio all stay open.

  • The trial now lives in the sidebar, and escalates in its final four days rather than sitting at a constant murmur.

  • Playback starts faster. Library information is cached between plays rather than rebuilt each time.

  • The library / catalogue toggle in search is less fiddly to click.

  • Fresh installs now default to the auto/cool color base.

FIXED8 changes
  • Library search was broken. It works now!

  • After a lot of debugging and a bug filed with apple, mixed queues containing both catalog and library tracks show now play correctly rather than silently dropping non-library tradcks.

  • Resuming a Crate picks up on the playhead rather than at the top of the stack.

  • A single-song queue keeps its now-playing details, and a failed seek no longer strands the scrubber.

  • The playing row lights on the right track, on artist pages and in playlists — including a playlist that lists the same track twice.

  • Albums with no MusicBrainz match still show their Apple Music® ID, instead of an empty field.

  • Crate sleeves no longer bleed hover state, and the track row lines up with the album's.

  • Enrichment prose reads more evenly — tighter leading, a wider gap between paragraphs.