Presto Music 4+

This is the app that I’ve always wanted as a classical music fan. Great indexing, massive selection. My only disappointment is that it doesn’t seem to be compatible with Apple Car-play, but I tend to listen to the radio in the car anyway

I find the service a delight to use and now feels quite stable, although the iOS/iPad apps still have annoying clicks between tracks and the beginning of some tracks marred by a second of poor audio quality before it settles. However I have two streamers which perform almost flawlessly.

As a remote for the streamers the app is great, nice and clean and intuitive to use. However, some strange inconsistencies, such as only being able to switch from list to grid view of albums in just a few sections. Also if you favourite a conductor say and then view the conductor page from your collection the page only shows you a selection of the albums featuring that conductor in your collection and not all - no “view all” option.

It would be great if you could organise your collection to your own taste or preference and seems the best way would be to allow users to tag albums and have a tags section - e.g. my favourite concertos, or a series of albums I associate with each other for quick access.

The upgrade prioritises streaming, which I don’t use and never will. I have bought a large collection of downloads in the past which could be easily accessed on the original version but which are now consigned to a hidden page you have select options to get to. Each time you leave the App and return to it you have to repeat all your previous steps, it doesn’t remember anything. Purchased recordings are still not sorted by composer or artist (only by title or when purchased) which isn’t much use to a serious classical collector. If I want to read articles I’d do that via the website, not through the App. The earlier version wasn’t perfect but it was simpler and didn’t have so many unnecessary functions. Please make this App better for the user who purchases recordings and wishes to access their collection more efficiently.