Now in TestFlight beta

Never miss a drop.

Apple Music's New Releases only shows you a slice of what's out. Dropwatch checks every artist in your library, every day, and puts everything in one feed.

Pro free to try in beta · iPhone · Apple Music required
Dropwatch artists list
Dropwatch settings
Dropwatch releases feed
How it works

Three steps. Then it just runs.

Connect once and Dropwatch does the watching.

01

Connect Apple Music

Dropwatch reads your library and pulls out every artist you've saved.

02

It scans, daily

Every artist gets checked against the full release catalog. Albums, singles, EPs, and upcoming drops all land in one chronological feed.

03

You listen

Tap anything in the feed and it plays right inside Dropwatch. No app switching required.

Features

Built around your library.

Streaming apps show you a curated selection of new releases. Dropwatch shows you everything from the artists you already listen to, newest first.

Complete coverage, newest first

Every release from every artist you track, grouped by the day it dropped.

Dropwatch releases feed

Plays in the app

Tap a release and it starts playing, streamed from your Apple Music subscription.

Mercury CometSmash Mouth
1:123:08

Per-artist control

Your whole library, searchable, with a switch on every name. Turn off any artist you don't want in your feed — your Apple Music library stays untouched.

Dropwatch tracked artists list

Type filters

Narrow the feed to what you care about, or leave it on everything.

ALLAlbumsSinglesEPsUpcoming

Tuned to how you listen

Set how long a play counts as heard, hide older releases, and preview the change live before you commit.

Dropwatch settings

CSV export

Take your tracked artists and release history with you, in a plain file.

CabanaTimothy Infinite
HEARD
True CrimeAxel Boman
SINGLE
Pricing

Free to use. Pro if you go deep.

Pro is free to try during the beta — you subscribe in the app, but TestFlight never charges you. Pricing takes effect at launch.

Free
$0
  • Releases from your 50 most-recently-added artists
  • Daily release scan
  • Auto heard-detection
  • CSV export of artists & history
ProAt launch
$2.99 / month
or $14.99 / year
  • The full release feed — every artist in your library, not just 50
  • CarPlay support
  • Everything in Free
FAQ

Questions.

Why not just use Apple Music's New Releases?
Because it isn't complete. Streaming apps surface a curated, editorially-weighted selection of new music — plenty of releases from artists you actually save never show up there at all. Dropwatch checks every artist in your library individually, so coverage doesn't depend on how well a release is performing.
Does it need my Apple Music account?
Yes. Dropwatch reads your library to build the tracked-artist list, and plays releases through your Apple Music subscription. Spotify support isn't available today.
What counts as "heard"?
You decide. In Settings there's a listen-duration threshold — once you've played a release for that long, it gets marked heard and dims in the feed. You can also keep heard items hidden entirely.
How do I get into the beta?
Tap the TestFlight link below. The build itself is free, but Pro isn’t switched on for you — you unlock it by subscribing inside the app. TestFlight runs every purchase in Apple’s sandbox, so you are never actually charged. Two things to expect: beta subscriptions renew on a compressed schedule and switch themselves off after about a week — just subscribe again, still free — and a beta subscription doesn’t carry over to the App Store version at launch.
Is my listening data sent anywhere?
Your library and play history stay on your device and in your Apple Music account. Dropwatch only queries release catalogs for the artists you track.
Is there an Android or web version?
Not right now. Dropwatch is an iPhone app built on Apple Music, with iPad on the list.
TestFlight beta

Your library already knows what you like.

Dropwatch just makes sure you hear it. Install the beta and start tracking today.

Free · Pro free to try during the beta · iPhone, iOS 17 or later · Apple Music subscription required

Opens in Apple’s TestFlight app — it’s free, and the link will prompt you if you don’t have it.