Patrick took a look at Moodagent back in January, but the app has seen a fairly major update since then. There are two separate Moodagent apps now, although the only difference between them is that one is ad-supported, and the other is not. I used the free version of the app for over a month before receiving a promo code for this quick re-review, and I can honestly say that the difference isn’t all that noticeable.
The more notable differences between Moodagent 1.x and 2.x are social networking integration and some seriously detailed playlist management.
I’m not exactly sure if these options were available when Patrick reviewed the app in January, but there are currently three ways to create a playlist with Moodagent. The first is to start a song in the iPod app and switch to Moodagent, at which point a playlist will be created to suit the mood of that song. The second alternative is to specify a song from within the app and create a playlist around that. The third and most pull-my-finger-y method is to use the five mood sliders (Sensual, Tender, Happy, Angry, and Tempo) to create a custom playlist on the fly.
If you don’t like what Moodagent chooses for you, you have a number of tweaking options at your fingertips. Pulling down on the list will refresh it with a different set of songs, and swiping on a song will bring up a context menu (like in Twitter.app). The context menu allows you to delete or lock a particular song in your playlist, and even provides you the option of exempting a song from *any* Moodagent playlist (great for Christmas songs, if you’ve got ’em). By default, playlists span about 25 songs, but you can stuff as many as 50 songs into one playlist, should the mood strike you. You can also send your current song as a status or tweet to Facebook or Twitter, but I’ve never really seen the point to any of these features.
All the playlists in Moodagent feature your iPod music and are put together dynamically, but if you find one that you really like, you do have the option of saving it. Unfortunately, these playlists are still limited only to Moodagent.
Conclusion
Moodagent’s playlists don’t always hit the mark, but they’re certainly a lot more accurate and varied than Apple’s own Genius playlists. If you’re into music, this app is absolutely worth a download. The ads in the free version are quite unobtrusive, but if Moodagent ends up charming you like it did me, you may want to consider “donating” $4.99 and buying the paid version of the app.
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Moodagent Free is, well, free. The paid version, simply called Moodagent, is $4.99 on the App Store.
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