IDAGIO - Classical Music App

I cannot afford to pay the subscription but they let me listen to it in a limited way if it was less expensive maybe I would pay ! A discount for the older music lover with limited spending power❤️

Refreshingly easy to navigate to the stratosphere, where the Gods of classical music reside. Love this app!

Great choice of varied music

Nags for rating, against apple terms. When will devs learn? 1*

This platform is expensive and has not worked for days. No messages to explain. Is this the end of IDAGIO??

It’s weakness has always been poor support. Probably too few people.

As a long-time Apple user, and a long-time Idagio user, I was curious to see how Apple Classical measured up. The signs weren’t good. Almost all the initial reviews were from tech mags, and were of the Oh, wow, awesome school. It was clear that the reviewers knew very little about classical music and had no real idea of the problems it poses in terms of organisation, metadata, multiple versions, naming… What’s more, most of the reviewers seemed to be think there has been a huge gap in the market for a classical music app. Sure, they had heard of Primephonic (but possibly never used it) but almost none of them mentioned that Idagio has been around for a while, and has cracked the problems. And is available for iPad. And allows offline listening. Anyway, I’ve tried the Apple offering now, and I’ve erased it. Even if Apple can make it as good as Idagio, what’s the point? Idagio is pretty much perfect.

IDAGIO is a wonderful resource. Much, much better than Apple; larger collection and easier to use. Very pleased with it.

I might well subscribe if it had a timer ... for sleep (then 5 stars) Great way to source accessible classical music with minimal interruption.

I’ve been a subscriber to IDAGIO for 4 years now and its coverage of both mainstream and independent classical labels is second to none. It currently offers FLAC 16bit 44.1kHz CD quality audio which can be cast via Airplay or Chromecast to a suitably enabled device for remote control via the IDAGIO app on your phone or tablet. I also have TIDAL running native on my Naim Uniti Nova and the two subscriptions meet all my musical needs. I listen to infinitely more music than ever before, at a fraction of the cost of physical CDs (which I can still play via a Cyrus CD transport plugged into the back of my Naim). It’ll be interesting to see how Presto’s new streaming service beds in, as it’s pretty similar to IDAGIO. The search on Primephonic wasn’t as good as IDAGIO’s, so this is something to consider when Apple’s new classical streaming service based on the old Primephonic platform is launched. Apple’s basic streaming service is nowhere near as good as TIDAL, so I remain to be convinced. Looking forward, I hope IDAGIO adds Hyperion’s catalogue as soon as it becomes available, as well as native integration with Naim, ideally at High Resolution quality.