TuneWiki, a once popular jailbroken application is now available in the App Store and perhaps best of all, it is available for free. For those who have never used the app in the past, I will say that if you are a music fan, this should make a nice addition to your iPhone app collection.
Anyway for those unfamiliar with the app, TuneWiki is broken down into four main sections which include Music, Radio, Video and Community. The four sections are basically what you would expect given the names, however they all come together to make a nice and well rounded app.
To begin with, the music in the Music section is based on the music and playlists that you currently have on your iPhone and similarly you can choose to play by artist, album, individual songs, playlists or simply shuffle all.
Of course, you may already be asking why you want another app to do the same thing the iPod app already does? Good question, and the answer comes in the form of the additional perks. In addition to just playing the music, TuneWiki also offers the song lyrics, (which can be translated into over 40 languages) as well as a quick link to search for videos of that song on YouTube.
Moving from the Music section to the Radio section. These radio stations are powered by SHOUTcast and offer the already familiar options of Top Genres, All Genres, Top 500 Stations, Top 50 Songs Today and your Favorite Stations. Additionally, similar to in the Music section you can also easily search for YouTube videos based on what you are currently listening to.
Next up is the Video section and yes this does the obvious — it allows you to search for videos. However unlike the video option in the Music and Radio section, in the Video section you have the option to search by Artist and/or Title instead of performing a quick search based on what you are currently listening to.
Additionally, there is a Community section which allows you to perform a search for Song Lyrics as well as check out the Music Maps and TuneWiki Top 50. The music maps will allow you to search for listeners near you as well as viewing some maps from other cities around the world.
Finally, you also have the option to change from the default grey skin to a much brighter pink as well as share your listening habits over Facebook and Twitter.
[TuneWiki Limited and TuneWiki (App Store link)]



July 17th, 2009 at 11:26 am
Thanks for talking about this app, I tried it and it’s pretty cool.
The lyrics function works ok (not 100%, but close), and the video links is a nice addition also.
I only have some trouble when going in the community part, and searching for what people around me are listening to. Sometimes it crashes the app, or when trying to zoom in/out it stops moving and have to go back.
But overall a very nice alternative to the ipod app, and best of all, it’s free!!