Turn the dial
Every position is a feeling. Not a genre, not a playlist. Just point to how you feel, and music starts.
How do you feel?
Every music app asks what you want to hear. That's the wrong question.
Mood Dial plays Apple Music based on how you feel, not what you search for. One dial, endless stations, tap play.
Featured in Apple's September 2026 event keynote.
The App
One dial. Your feelings. Your music.
Just say how you feel
Can't pick a mood? Type or speak what's on your mind. Mood Dial understands and starts playing.
Or let it decide
Mood Dial reads the time, your health data, and your listening patterns to suggest the right station before you even ask.
Getting Started
Start listening in under a minute
Connect Apple Music
Download Mood Dial from the App Store and connect your Apple Music account. One tap, and you're in.
Turn to how you feel
Energize for the morning. Focus for deep work. Unwind for the evening. The dial has your stations.
Tap play. That's it.
No browsing, no searching. Music starts. Mood Dial finds songs across Apple Music that match your mood.
The Story
Music shouldn't be this hard
Radio played for you. You just couldn't pick.
Someone else picked the songs. You just turned it on and something was always playing. Effortless discovery, but you had no say in what came next.
Streaming let you pick. Now that's all you do.
Millions of songs, thousands of playlists, endless scrolling. You have every option, and the paralysis that comes with it. Skip, skip, skip.
The music industry organizes everything by genre. But that's not how you experience music. You don't wake up thinking "I need some Alternative R&B." You wake up feeling something.
"Genre divides. Mood unites."
Mood Dial starts with how you feel, not what an algorithm thinks you should hear.
Features
Built around how music actually works
Can't name the feeling? Just say it.
Type or speak how you feel. Mood Dial understands what you mean, finds or creates a mood that matches, and starts playing. No need to pick from a list.
Never the same playlist twice
Mood isn't a genre. "Energize" pulls from hip-hop, EDM, Bollywood, and rock. Music crosses every language and style, and never runs out. Behind the dial is Mood Dial's own curation engine, built on the analysis of 20 million songs across sound, mood, lyrics, and language.
Create stations that don't exist yet
None of the 22 stations quite right? Describe your vibe. Mood Dial creates a custom station with its own colors, icon, and energy level, then finds music to match.
Music that reads the room
Mood Dial checks the time, your Apple Health data (sleep, energy, workouts, mindfulness), and your listening patterns to suggest the right station before you even think about it.
Your Apple Music, not ours
Mood Dial plays from Apple Music's full catalog of 100 million songs. No separate account, no importing, no starting over. If you have Apple Music, you're already set.
Native to the core
Built with SwiftUI. Smooth animations, haptic feedback, full accessibility, and native performance on iPhone and iPad. Feels like it belongs.
Always there
It lives where you do
Widgets
Home Screen and Lock Screen. One tap to play.
iPad
The full Mood Dial experience, designed for the bigger screen.
iPhone Duo
Half-fold it and it becomes a radio. Open it sideways and the dial takes one page, the player the other. See it on iPhone Duo.
Siri & Shortcuts
"Play my Focus station." Voice and automation.
CarPlay
Pick a station without picking up your phone.
Control Center
Switch stations without opening the app.
Share Cards
Show friends what mood you're in, not just what song is playing.
Questions & Answers
What is Mood Dial?
Mood Dial is an iOS app that plays Apple Music based on how you feel. Instead of searching for songs, genres, or playlists, you turn a dial to a station (like Energize, Focus, or Chill) and music starts playing. The app has 22 built-in stations and lets you create your own. It works on iPhone, iPad, CarPlay, Siri, widgets, and Control Center.
Do I need Apple Music?
For full songs, yes. Mood Dial plays music through your Apple Music subscription using MusicKit; it is a companion app, not a separate streaming service. If you have Apple Music, it works immediately after connecting your account. Without a subscription, you can still explore every mood with song previews.
How many stations are there?
Mood Dial includes 22 built-in stations: Energize, Focus, Chill, Unwind, Happy, Party, Workout, Romance, Heartbreak, Melancholy, Nostalgia, Devotional, Festive, Folk, Confident, Intimate, Mysterious, Playful, Raw, Rock Out, Sleepy, and Explore. You can also create your own custom stations by typing or speaking how you feel; playing custom stations is part of membership.
What devices does Mood Dial support?
Mood Dial runs on iPhone, iPhone Duo and iPad with iOS 18 or later. On iPhone Duo it has Radio Mode when half-folded and a two-page layout when open sideways. It also works with CarPlay for hands-free station selection while driving, Siri for voice commands, Shortcuts for automation, Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets for quick access, and Control Center for one-tap station switching.
Does it use health data?
Optionally. If you grant permission, Mood Dial reads Apple Health data like energy levels, sleep quality, workout history, and mindfulness minutes to suggest stations that match how your body feels. All health data stays on your device and is never collected or transmitted.
Is Mood Dial free?
Mood Dial is free to download, and all 22 built-in stations are free to play with your Apple Music subscription. Membership adds custom stations you create yourself, gifted stations from friends, and every feature built on them. Memberships come monthly, yearly, or as a lifetime unlock, priced fairly for your country.
How is this different from playlists?
Playlists are static lists of songs someone picked. Mood Dial is dynamic. It finds music across Apple Music that matches a feeling, not a fixed tracklist. You never run out of songs, the music adapts to context like time of day and energy level, and you discover artists you would never have searched for because mood crosses genres and languages.
Is my data private?
Yes. Mood Dial does not collect, store, or share your personal data. Health data from Apple Health is processed entirely on your device and never leaves it. The app has no accounts, no tracking, and no ads.
Who made Mood Dial?
Mood Dial is designed and developed by Mohit Nandwani, an independent iOS developer. The app is built entirely with SwiftUI and native Apple frameworks. For press inquiries, contact hello@mooddial.app or visit the press kit.
The feeling comes first. The music just follows.
Download Mood Dial and turn to how you feel.