Library & playlists
Your playlists, YouTube playlists, automatic collections, sorting and syncing.
The Library tab gathers everything tied to you — playlists you made, playlists from YouTube, and collections SimpMusic builds automatically.
What's in the library
| Section | Contents |
|---|---|
| Your playlists | Playlists you created inside SimpMusic |
| Your YouTube playlists | Playlists from your signed-in YouTube account |
| Favorite playlists | Playlists you marked as favourites |
| Downloaded playlists | Playlists cached for offline playback |
| Favorite podcasts | Podcast shows you follow |
| Mix for you | Personalised mixes |
| SimpMusic Charts | The project's own trending charts |
SimpMusic Charts
SimpMusic Charts are the project's own charts — see what's trending among SimpMusic listeners. They live in the Library tab, and you can also browse them on the web at chart.simpmusic.org.
Automatic collections
Some collections need no upkeep — SimpMusic fills them from what you do:
- Favorites — everything you liked
- Downloaded — everything cached offline
- Most played — ranked by play count
- Followed — artists you follow
Two kinds of "liked"
Liking in SimpMusic and liking on YouTube are separate actions, and it's worth knowing which one you're using:
| Action | Where | What it touches |
|---|---|---|
| Favorite (the heart) | Mini player, Now Playing, a song's ⋯ menu | Only your device — fills the Favorites collection |
| Add to YouTube Liked | A separate toggle on the Now Playing screen | Your YouTube account's Liked Music playlist |
The YouTube toggle reflects the track's real state on your account, not a local guess — SimpMusic asks YouTube each time a track loads. Tapping it adds or removes the like and confirms with "Added to YouTube Liked" / "Removed from YouTube Liked".
The YouTube toggle needs you to be signed in. Without an account the request has nothing to act on and you just get an error message — the local heart keeps working either way.
Because the two lists are independent, a track can be in one and not the other. Turn on Settings → Content → Combine local and YouTube liked songs to see them merged as a single list instead of tracking both separately.
Creating a playlist
Tap Create in the Library tab and give it a name. The name cannot be empty — that is the only requirement.
Adding songs to a playlist
From a song's "⋯" menu, tap Add to a playlist and pick the target playlist from the list that opens.
Editing a playlist
Open a local playlist's "⋯" menu to rename it or swap its cover:
- Edit title — rename the playlist. The name can't be empty, same as when creating one.
- Edit thumbnail — pick a new cover image from your device.
Sorting inside a playlist
Open a playlist and use Sort by. There are four orders:
| Order | Behaviour |
|---|---|
| Older first | Oldest additions at the top |
| Newer first | Newest additions at the top |
| Title | Alphabetical by track title |
| Custom order | Your own manual arrangement |
The chosen order is remembered across restarts, and it is a single app-wide preference — it is not stored separately per playlist.
Syncing with YouTube
A local playlist can be synced to your YouTube account, and unsynced again later. SimpMusic asks for confirmation both ways, since syncing changes what lives on your YouTube account and unsyncing breaks that link.
Suggestions
Inside a playlist, Suggest proposes tracks that fit what is already there, so you can grow a playlist without searching for each song yourself.
Downloading a playlist
Playlists can be downloaded as a whole. Tracks move through Downloading → Downloaded, and once complete the playlist appears under Downloaded playlists.
Downloads & offline
Cache behaviour, quality and storage limits.
