01Features 02Experience 03Specs 04Pricing 05FAQ Download for iPhone

RetroDeck™   Music Player  /  iPhone  ·  iOS 17+

Your music.
The way it felt.

The click wheel is back. Scroll with your thumb, feel every click, and play the library you actually own. No feed, no notifications, no noise. Just you and your music.

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  • On-device
  • No ads, no tracking
  • $0.99, one time

An independent tribute inspired by the classic click-wheel era. RetroDeck is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by Apple Inc.

Fig. 01 · The click wheel, in motion.

100%On-device · private
ZeroAds · trackers · subs
$0.99One-time unlock
4Classic skins

01 · The story

A radically familiar machine.

There was a time when your music was yours. A few thousand songs you chose, a wheel under your thumb, and album art you actually looked at. Nothing deciding what came next but you.

RetroDeck rebuilds that feeling from the ground up: familiar navigation, modern speed, and the tactile joy of a real click wheel. Made for people who miss owning their music instead of renting a feed.

2001The wheel begins
2007Cover Flow in hand
NowReborn on iPhone

02 · Features

Everything you loved.
Nothing you didn't.

A complete music player with the soul of the original and the speed of today.

  1. 01

    The click wheel is back

    Glide your thumb to scroll, press the center to select. Real haptics and the clicker you remember, tuned tick by tick.

  2. 02

    Your whole library

    Playlists, Artists, Albums, Songs, Genres, Composers, Podcasts, and Audiobooks. Organized like the classic Music menu, with split-pane artwork previews.

  3. 03

    Cover Flow, in 3D

    Flick through your albums with reflections and perspective, exactly like 2007. Land on a cover to open its track list and play.

  4. 04

    Album artwork everywhere

    Big, beautiful covers everywhere you look, just like flipping through a shelf of records.

  5. 05

    Background playback

    Lock the screen, switch apps, drop it in your pocket. The music keeps going without a beat missed.

  6. 06

    Lock screen controls

    Artwork, scrubbing, and full transport right on your lock screen and in Control Center.

  7. 07

    On-device & offline

    Plays the music already on your phone. No connection, no streaming, no buffering, anywhere.

  8. 08

    Real 10-band EQ

    Bass Booster to Spoken Word, plus Rock, Jazz, and more. A genuinely audible equalizer.

  9. 09

    Skins & themes

    Four classic bodies and a light or dark switch. Re-skin the whole device live, no restart.

03 · The experience

Familiar in your hands.
Faster than you remember.

RetroDeck Now Playing screen: Sailing by Christopher Cross with album artwork, the X of Y track counter, Shuffle on, and a scrubber showing 0:35 elapsed and 3:42 remaining.

Fig. 02 · Now Playing

Now Playing

Now Playing, note for note

Album art, the unmistakable "X of Y" track counter, and a scrubber you drive with the wheel. Press the center to switch the wheel between scrubbing, shuffle, and repeat.

  • The "X of Y" track counter, exactly as you remember it
  • Wheel scrubbing with elapsed and remaining time
  • Shuffle and repeat, one press away
RetroDeck Cover Flow: a 3D carousel of album covers with glossy reflections, centered on the self-titled Aaliyah album.

Fig. 03 · Cover Flow

Cover Flow

Cover Flow you can feel

Spin through your collection in a 3D carousel with glossy reflections and real perspective. Stop on an album and press in to reveal its tracks.

  • Wheel-driven, with momentum that feels physical
  • Reflections and tilt, rendered in real time
  • Flip straight into the track list to play
RetroDeck Artists menu in the classic split view: an alphabetical artist list with right-pointing chevrons on the left and a Christopher Cross album-artwork preview on the right.

Fig. 04 · The split menu

The menus

The split menu, faithfully

Crisp rows, a bold selection bar, right-pointing chevrons, and the split-pane preview on the right. It is the firmware you grew up with, recreated to the pixel.

  • The selection bar and metallic title bar
  • Drill down Artist to Album to Song, in context
  • Smooth 60fps scrolling, even on huge libraries
RetroDeck Photos: a grid of coastal photo thumbnails with one selected, shown on the click-wheel screen.

Fig. 05 · Photos & Extras

Extras

More than music

The whole device came along for the ride. Browse Photos and Videos on the click-wheel screen, then open Extras for the classics.

  • Photos grid, full-screen viewer, and slideshows
  • Brick, Clock, Stopwatch, and Notes
  • A full-screen video player, wheel to scrub

04 · Tech specs

Tech Specs

Interface
Click wheel, rotational scroll, haptics and clicker
Display
4:3 virtual screen, split-pane firmware menus
Audio
10-band equalizer, gapless background playback
Library
Apple Music and on-device, read-only, one-tap connect
Browse
Playlists, Artists, Albums, Songs, Genres, Composers
Cover Flow
3D carousel with reflections, wheel-driven
Extras
Photos, Videos, Brick, Clock, Stopwatch, Notes
Skins
White, Black, Special, Silver, plus light and dark
Privacy
No account, no backend, no tracking of any kind
Platform
iPhone, iOS 17 or later, portrait, edge to edge
Price
$0.99, one time. No subscription, no ads, no in-app purchases

05 · Pricing

$0.99One time. Every feature unlocked, no subscription ever.
  • The full music player and click wheel
  • Cover Flow, Photos, Videos, and Extras
  • All four skins and the 10-band EQ
  • No ads, no trackers, no in-app purchases
Download for iPhone

No subscription. Not now, not later.

A music player should not bill you every month for music you already own. RetroDeck asks for $0.99 once, then it is yours: complete, and quiet about it. No ads, no trackers, and no upsell waiting behind a feature you want.

06 · Why RetroDeck

Designed for listening,
not scrolling.

Modern apps are built to keep you tapping. RetroDeck is built to get out of the way.

Most music apps

An endless surface optimized for engagement.

  • An infinite feed that never ends
  • Autoplay rabbit holes and recommendations
  • Ads, upsells, and notifications
  • An algorithm deciding what comes next
  • Music you rent, and data you give away

RetroDeck

One screen, one song, your call.

  • A finite library you actually own
  • A wheel, your thumb, and nothing else
  • No ads, no upsells, no interruptions
  • You choose every track, every time
  • Private by design, nothing leaves your phone

07 · In real life

Press play and
disappear into it.

The daily commute

A full album from door to desk, no doomscroll required.

Workouts

Pocket it and go. Skip a track from your lock screen without breaking stride.

Deep work & study

One playlist, zero notifications. The focus the feed keeps stealing.

Road trips

Cue the album that matches the highway and let it run for hours.

Winding down

Dim the backlight, choose an EQ, and let a record carry the evening.

Rediscovering albums

Cover Flow surfaces records you forgot you owned. Hello again.

Curating playlists

Build the mix by hand, the way a great playlist was always meant to be made.

Album sessions

Side one to side two, the way the artist sequenced it. Nothing skipped.

08 · Skins

Pick your classic.

Four iconic bodies, plus a light and dark switch. Change skins live, with no restart.

White

Original

Black

Late

Special

Red wheel

Silver

Brushed

09 · Owners

It doesn't feel like an app.
It feels like a device.

"The first time the wheel clicked under my thumb I grinned like it was 2005. I have not opened my streaming app since."
Marcus R.Product designer
"I forgot how good it feels to listen to an album start to finish, with no feed pulling me away."
Priya N.Daily commuter
"Cover Flow on my phone. I actually said 'no way' out loud. The reflections, the tilt, all of it."
Jordan T.Record collector
"It is the calmest thing on my phone. My music, my wheel, and silence otherwise."
Alex D.Writer
"The haptics are unreal. Every tick lands. Whoever tuned this gets it."
Sam K.Audio engineer
"My whole library, organized like the Music menu I grew up on. Ten seconds to feel at home."
Lena M.Teacher

10 · Privacy & security

Your music stays yours.

RetroDeck has no account, no backend, and nothing to sign in to. It runs entirely on your iPhone.

On-device only

No servers, no cloud, no account. Everything happens on your phone.

Read-only access

Your music and photos are never modified, copied, or uploaded. Ever.

No tracking

No analytics SDKs, no advertising IDs, no data collection of any kind.

You're in control

Library and Photos access are optional. Decline and the bundled demo still plays.

11 · Questions

Good questions, answered.

Yes. Connect your music library in one tap and RetroDeck browses and plays every song, album, artist, and playlist you already have, with real artwork. No music synced yet? A bundled demo library plays right out of the box, so the app works the moment you open it.

RetroDeck is a one-time $0.99 purchase, with every feature unlocked: Cover Flow, Photos, Videos, the Extras, all four skins, and the 10-band equalizer. There is no subscription, there are no ads, and there are no in-app purchases. Pay once and it is yours.

No. RetroDeck plays the music already on your iPhone, fully offline. There is no streaming and no buffering, so it works on a plane, on the subway, or anywhere with no signal.

You glide your thumb around the wheel in a circle, exactly like the original. RetroDeck translates that motion into precise scroll ticks, each paired with a haptic tap and the clicker sound. Press the center to select, and use the four zones for Menu, Play, Next, and Previous.

Yes. Artwork, track details, scrubbing, and full transport controls appear on your lock screen and in Control Center, and the music keeps playing in the background while you use other apps.

None. There is no account, no backend, and no tracking. Your music and photos are accessed read-only and never leave your device. See the Privacy Policy for the full detail.

RetroDeck runs on iPhone with iOS 17 or later, in portrait. It scales edge to edge on every screen size, from compact iPhones to the largest Pro Max.

No. RetroDeck is an independent app inspired by the classic click-wheel music player. It is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by Apple Inc. References to the iPod Classic are for historical and descriptive purposes only.

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RetroDeck™

Rediscover your music. The wheel is waiting.

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iPhone  ·  iOS 17 or later  ·  $0.99, one time