--- title: "The Kapell journal" description: "Release notes for App and platform, along with occasional essays on music or sundry things." canonical: "https://kapell.fm/blog/" --- # Notes from Kapell. Release notes for App and platform, along with occasional essays on music or sundry things. [RSS](https://kapell.fm/rss.xml) [Platform September 25, 2026 ## The narrow path Genre pages now browse Apple's whole catalog, ranked by your storefront, plus a lot more artists connected to their records.](https://kapell.fm/blog/2026-09-25-a-bit-of-accuracy)[Release September 25, 2026 ## Kapell v1.4.1 released - ADD Ability to browse songs when searching artist roles (production, etc) - FIX Clicking on album covers in the 'Worth a First Listen' rail now work](https://kapell.fm/blog/2026-09-25-release-141)[Release September 22, 2026 ## Kapell v1.4.0 released - ADD Browse Apple's whole catalog by genre, with deep filters - ADD A bento-style Home, and views tinted by album art - ADD Sort and filter Crates and Playlists, with Playlist Folders](https://kapell.fm/blog/2026-09-22-release-140)[Platform September 21, 2026 ## Everything is everything Genre pages now browse Apple's whole catalog, ranked by your storefront, plus a lot more artists connected to their records.](https://kapell.fm/blog/2026-09-21-catalog)[Release September 9, 2026 ## Kapell v1.3.0 released - ADD Search albums and tracks by studio, genre, and decade - ADD Musicians, labels, and studios are clickable in enrichment - ADD Artist pages show every contribution and group member](https://kapell.fm/blog/2026-09-09-release-130)[Platform September 8, 2026 ## We give it to you real Song search, storefronts, real popularity, Apple's genres, and a lot more on the Artist page.](https://kapell.fm/blog/2026-09-08-search)[Beta September 2, 2026 ## Build b2062 v1.3.0-b2062 - ADD Track lists have a cursor — click selects, not plays - ADD Share an album, artist, or the exact track playing - FIX Navigating away mid-load no longer yanks you back](https://kapell.fm/blog/beta-b2062)[Platform August 28, 2026 ## Don't have to worry about me squashin' other deals Fixing some busted samples.](https://kapell.fm/blog/2026-08-28-suffix-match)[Release August 27, 2026 ## v1.2.0 released, Enrichment Edition - ADD Every Grammy win and nomination, linked - ADD Band membership and years active on the Bio tab - FIX Featured artists on a work now link correctly](https://kapell.fm/blog/release-v120)[Release August 26, 2026 ## v1.2.0 released, UI Edition - ADD Split view with a slim left rail and a tabbed enrichment pane - ADD Telemetry rack moves into the chin, and expands per unit - ADD ⌘-K command palette and sidebar hotkeys](https://kapell.fm/blog/2026-08-26-release-120)[Platform August 22, 2026 ## It ain't hard to tell Kapell has > 4.6M new track-level details.](https://kapell.fm/blog/2026-08-22-inherited-rels)[Essay August 1, 2026 ## Rolling Stone Top 500 Albums, Part 1 Notes from the first 50 albums from Rolling Stone's Top 500 Albums](https://kapell.fm/blog/2026-08-01-rolling-stone-part-1)[Release July 31, 2026 ## v1.1.0 released - ADD Share albums, tracks, and artists, with deep links into Kapell - ADD Track lists have a cursor: selected, hover, and playing - ADD Clickable album credits and a revamped Artist page - ADD Sturdier playback for Crates with songs in your Library](https://kapell.fm/blog/2026-07-31-release-110)[Beta July 27, 2026 ## Build b1611 v1.1.0-b1611 - ADD Track lists have a cursor — click selects, not plays - ADD Share an album, artist, or the exact track playing - FIX Navigating away mid-load no longer yanks you back](https://kapell.fm/blog/beta-b1611)[Platform July 22, 2026 ## Find another service like me Kapell now contains an extensively connected dataset with GraphQL interface.](https://kapell.fm/blog/2026-07-22-graphql)[Beta July 19, 2026 ## Build b1532 v1.0.0-b1532 - ADD 30-second previews without a subscription - ADD Credits on artist pages, linked from every sleeve - FIX Revamped Crate playback](https://kapell.fm/blog/beta-b1532)[Beta July 13, 2026 ## Build b1455 v1.0.0-b1455 - ADD Kapell opens without an Apple Music® subscription, and offers one in place - ADD Library search matches across title, artist, and album - FIX Mixed library/catalogue queues play every song in order](https://kapell.fm/blog/beta-b1455)[Essay July 11, 2026 ## Luther Vandross Luther Vandross was incredible, releasing a run of 11 consecutive platinum albums over 15 years.](https://kapell.fm/blog/2026-07-11-luther-vandross)[Platform July 8, 2026 ## You don't know nann Improved artist names for album matches.](https://kapell.fm/blog/platform-name-match)[Platform July 5, 2026 ## There's levels to this Speeding up enrichment queries with a long-lived L2 cache.](https://kapell.fm/blog/platform-l2-cache)[Beta July 4, 2026 ## Build b1420 v0.1.0-b1420 - ADD Help menu reaches Colophon, the website, and the newsletter - FIX Enrichment and the trial marker appear reliably on installed builds](https://kapell.fm/blog/beta-b1420)[Beta July 3, 2026 ## Build b1413 v1.0.0-b1413 - ADD Buy Kapell any time from a new Purchase pane - ADD A real Help menu, and a quiet trial countdown - FIX Scrobbler sign-ins now stick across relaunches](https://kapell.fm/blog/beta-b1413)[Beta July 2, 2026 ## Build b1386 v0.1.0-b1386 - ADD Scrobble your plays to ListenBrainz and Last.fm - ADD Private Mode keeps a session off the record - FIX Jumping deep into a live crate lands on the right track](https://kapell.fm/blog/beta-b1386)[Beta June 28, 2026 ## Build b1289 v0.1.0-b1289 - ADD First-run tips that read like liner notes - FIX Big crates play from your playhead, and jumping works - FIX Private crates stay out of your Apple Music history](https://kapell.fm/blog/beta-b1289)[Platform June 27, 2026 ## And I remember and The connecting word \`and\` gives us a hard time, but we found another bug under that particular rock and more matches are the result.](https://kapell.fm/blog/platform-and-and-and)[Beta June 26, 2026 ## Build b1259 v0.1.0-b1259 - ADD Manual crate control - ADD Crate settings rebuilt - FIX Album tracklist stops reflowing as credits load](https://kapell.fm/blog/beta-b1259)[Beta June 24, 2026 ## Build b1243 v0.1.0-b1243 - ADD Read the album from the now-playing sleeve - ADD "Find it on" link-outs as a headed section - FIX Album action buttons no longer wrap mid-label](https://kapell.fm/blog/beta-b1243)[Beta June 23, 2026 ## Build b1230 v0.1.0-b1230 - ADD Played tracks fold away to keep the playhead in view - ADD Suggest less now skips the current track too - FIX Tracks no longer get stuck "preparing" forever](https://kapell.fm/blog/beta-b1230)[Essay June 21, 2026 ## Introducing Kapell Streaming flattened the album into a stream of anonymous audio. The liner notes — who played, who wrote, where it was cut — got left in the box. Kapell is a better place to listen, then it surrounds the music with the people, samples, and history behind it.](https://kapell.fm/blog/introducing-kapell)[Beta June 21, 2026 ## Build b1220 v0.1.0-b1220 - ADD Songs are tri-state — favorite or suggest less - ADD Play next & track-actions menus - FIX Favorites no longer wiped by a stale rating read](https://kapell.fm/blog/beta-b1220)