“Psst” Is a Serious Spotify Player
Spotify is a bit of a mess. Sure, you can tweak the Spotify interface to change the color scheme and clean it up a bit, but that doesn’t change the fact that the interface is full of audiobooks, podcasts, and other non-musical stuff that you might not care about. . Plus, it’s just not pretty.
Psst is an alternative music-focused Spotify player. The open-source desktop app only works for Spotify premium users, who can use it instead of the default Spotify app on Windows, macOS and Linux.
Launch the app, log in, and you’ll see nothing but your playlists on the left panel and daily mixes on the right. If you want, you can browse your saved artist, albums, and tracks, or run a quick search to find something you haven’t saved yet. That’s all.
No calls to action, no promotions, and nothing but your music. It’s refreshing after using an overly A/B tested app full of irrelevant playlists recommended by algorithms just to listen to music .
There are not many settings – you can choose between dark and light mode and choose the sound quality you want. And the app is in a relatively early stage of development: you can’t do things like subscribe to playlists, edit them, or view your current queue yet. According to the developer, these features are coming, so you may want to wait if these features are important to you.
If not, give Psst a chance. It transforms Spotify from an overly tested A/B Audio Experience™ back into what it should be: a music player. Start listening to something, close the app, and move on with your life.