Main March 06, 2010

More Moodagent Reviews

Get up to speed on what is being said about Moodagent in the blogosphere. Many iPhone app reviewers are taking notice of Moodagent and writing some great stuff. Click on the links to read a review in its entirety.

iPhoneLife: Moodagent – free app for generating playlists
Jim Karpen writes that Moodagent’s sudden success is “pretty impressive”, and compares the app to Apple’s Genius. He notes in his story that Moodagent can even play music that has not yet been profiled.

Los Angeles Times: Moodagent asks, Are you in the mood for some advertising?
Jon Healey writes about Moodagent’s new plans for mood-based advertising. He explains in his article that “the mushrooming size of personal music collections is increasing the need for software that can create appealing mixes out of the digital hastack of tracks.”

headliner.fm blog: Moodagent
“Perhaps inspired by the iconic psychedelia of MoodRings”, Nick ponders how Moodagent came to be, adding that I may be the “perfect application” for people unwilling to organize large libraries of music.

HardwareInsight: Moodagent plays Music Based On Your Mood
Talha Chaudhry writes that “music defines your state of mind”, and that Moodagent will play music according to your mood. This article continues with a succinct overview of the apps works and the different options available to listeners. Chaudhry says Syntonetic’s plan is a “really interested idea”.

Technovia: Moodagent – a great tool for playlists
In this Moodagent review, Ian Betteridge calls Apple’s Genius “one-dimensional” and in contrast, said Moodagent “produced some really good quality playlists.”

The Smartest iPhone: Top 20 Apps Part 1
Naming Moodagent one of the “Top 20 essential Apps for the iPhone”, this concise overview says Moodagent helps listeners match music to a specific mood or change a mood.

iPhone App Review: Moodagent: Music to suit your mood!
The writer says that Moodagent “is a very clever and nifty application” that is able to define music based on your mood, also referring to the app as “effortless” and “intuitive”.

Apps Reviews: Moodagent iPhone Music App Review
This Moodagent review begins “Looking for a way to listen to your music library based on your mood? If so, Moodagent iPhone App is the perfect solution.” And scores the app at 8.5 out of 10.

PhoneBlog: Moodagent Builds A Smart Playlist Based On Your Mood
While writer Noel confesses he’s not a fan of automated playlists, he says that Moodagent is beginning to make him change his mind, and “there might be hope for this “smart” playlist thing, after all.” Noel continues with a great explanation of how the app works, citing several examples of his experience, such as when he was feeling aggressive and Moodagent chose apt music. “Surprisingly, it managed to pick out one of the two very angsty country songs…”

Macworld Video Channel: 2010 Macworld iPhone accessories
In this installment on the Macworld Video Channel, Dan Frakes does a great job of demonstrating the Moodagent app and concisely running down the list of features. Check it out here:

IntoMobile: Moodagent Aims To Be More Than Just An App
Ben Robinson explains the relationship between music and emotions, and how Moodagent has piqued the interest of psychologists interested in the app’s ability to quantify emotion.

Apps & Hats: 24: Zombie Pizza, iSaidWhat? Memento, Moodagent, iXplode
Christine and Hattie – in full zombie bride attire! – give a quick overview of Moodagent in this episode. Christine says she likes Moodagent and was pleased with the results, recommending viewers download the app and give it a try.

My Tech Mix: Moodagent App Works With Your Mood, Builds Awesome Playlists
Shailpik praises Syntonetic for its creativity with the Moodagent app, and when it comes to building playlists, he writes Moodagent “does it really well.” He adds that “We all want our music to match how we feel,” but have too many moods to make manual playlist creation a feasible, and “This is where Moodagent shows its brilliance.”

Electronic Beats: SCIENTISTS TO LEARN FROM IPHONE’S FIRST AI MUSIC APP
Electronic beats calls Moodagent “surprisingly accurate” in this app review, and writes “This 21st century piece of software has created a wave of excitement in the science world”.

Deric Bownds’ Mindblog: Dialing the desired emotions in your music…
In a brief intro that discusses the origin of music, Deric Bownds says that Moodagent appears to “tap some very ancient roots in a high-tech way”.

BrightHand: Macworld 2010: Without Apple, the Thrill is Gone
In a Macworld 2010 wrap-up article, Ed Hardy writes that he was “glad to find [Moodagent] at Macworld.”

My Blog: moodagent iPhone app
This blogger writes about smart playlists based on mood: “My music taste is influenced by the way I feel, I’m sure most people are the same.” He continues to say that “at last” the gap has been filled with Moodagent.

Jilius: Music playlists based on Your mood
This app review says Moodagent’s ability to create playlists based on mood is “what makes it so special.”

Music, Macs and Mirth: Moodagent app for iPhone & iPod Touch automatically creates playlists based on your mood
This app review called Moodagent “clever” as well as “fun and surprisingly effective”.

suite101.com: Useful Free Apps for iPod Touch
In this free apps roundup, Stephanie Cox helps readers load their iPod Touch devices with useful applications. She puts Moodagent at the top of the list, writing that playlist composition is “fast” and “smooth”, adding that “Moodagent is definitely one of the coolest free Apps for playlist creation to date.”

Harry Podder and the Big Apple: Moodagent
The writer says he downloaded Moodagent and was “immediately attracted by not only how easy it works but how attractive it looks!” He continues to write that the app is “much better than Genius”, and expresses his confidence in the app to produce fitting results for the listener.

Navsha’s Posterous: Moodagent – Yet Another Reason Why I Love My iPod Touch So Much
“This one is great.” The writer contends that Moodagent takes playlist creation “a step further” and that the app has a “beautifully designed interface”.

Brad Grier: Amazing iPhone playlist generator thingie
In this post, Brad Grier declares he “simply can’t be bothered” making playlists, and was “pleasantly surprised” that he is now “starting to really rock playlists, thanks to Moodagent”. He also says “it’s kinda like iTunes Genius, only better”.

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