Apple has removed a music player app that could make your iPhone look like an old school iPod from the App Store.
The app called “Rewound” only appeared on the App Store last week, but the app’s creator wrote on Medium that the app was “killed” because it could be mistaken as an Apple-designed app.
Those who downloaded the app could customize and create skins that look like the nostalgic iPod design. According to the post, it wasn’t until users seated sharing and using the click wheel skins that Apple noticed the app and decided to ban it.
“Enabling scrolling navigation, a click wheel skin + matching layout were 100% opt-in. Users’ decision,” the blog post reads, adding that skins were user added and user downloaded.
Before the app was pulled from the store, the blog post says that there were over 36,700 downloads in the U.S. Rewound also got to the No. 19 trending music app in the country.
The app can’t be updated without breaking it for all of the 170,000 people who downloaded the app before Apple nixed it. The developer is seeking a separate version with plans to make Rewound a web app.
“In the digital age THERE IS ALWAYS A WAY and we’re going find a way for 2000s era MP3 players to come back into our lives for good,” Rewound’s blog post reads.
There is currently a GoFundMe to get the Rewound web app to cache to your iPhone home screen with a goal of $55,711. (As always, be wary of the risks of crowdfunding before committing your hard-earned money.)
Digital Trends reached out to Apple to comment on why they pulled the app, and we’ll update this story once we hear back.
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