Case study · Client name withheld
Spiritual Songs Archive App
A collection of traditional spiritual songs to browse, search and play
The client holds a collection of traditional spiritual songs recorded for early television programmes, in both studio and field performances. Our team developed the mobile app that makes the collection available on the phone: listeners browse the songs, search by song, performer or album, and play them.
- Client
- Media and cultural heritage
- Platforms
- Mobile
- Our scope
- Mobile app development
The product
What it does, and for whom
The project set out to preserve these recordings digitally and make them easy to reach, including for listening without an internet connection. The app keeps things simple: one list of songs with their performers and durations, a search field for song, performer or album, and a player with the usual controls.
Scope The recordings and the collection are the client's. Our work was the mobile app described here. To keep the client confidential, the screens on this page are recreated from the delivered app with neutral naming, invented song titles and performers, and illustrations in place of the original photographs.
Our contribution
What our team built
Mobile app development
The listener app: the song list, search by song, performer or album, and the player with shuffle and repeat.
User flow
Finding and playing a song
Browse the archive, search it, then listen.
Browse the archive
Songs with their performers and length.
Search
By title or performer.
Listen
The player with artwork, progress and controls.
The product in use
Inside the app
Browse and search the collection
Every song appears in one list with its performer, its duration and a menu button. The search field looks through songs, performers and albums, so a listener can find a performer and every recording they made.
The song list. Close-ups on phones: tap any image for the full screen. Listening
The player shows the song's artwork, title and performer, a progress bar with elapsed and total time, and controls for shuffle, previous, play and pause, next and repeat.
The player. Close-ups on phones: tap any image for the full screen.
About these images: the screens are recreated from the delivered app for this case study, with neutral naming, invented songs and performers, and illustrations in place of the client's branding and photographs. They follow the app's real screens and functions, but they are not screenshots of it.
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