// 7 steps · under 2 minutes

From the first tap.
To your tenth song.

A short walk-through of how Pixel Play actually works — opening the app, finding a song, saving the ones you love, and letting the HEART algorithm learn your taste. All without a single sign-up screen.

The Steps

A simple sequence. One quiet promise.

01

Open Pixel Play.

Visit play.creativepixels.in in any browser, or install the Pixel Play app from the App Store or Google Play. No sign-up. No email. No account. The app opens straight to the player.

zero-friction launch · localStorage only
02

Search for any song.

Tap the search bar and type a song, an artist, or a mood — "Tum Hi Ho", "Diljit Dosanjh", "sad romantic". Pixel Play queries the YouTube Data API, applies an on-device filter to strip out reaction videos and clickbait compilations, and surfaces verified artist tracks first.

YouTube Data API · 4-tier on-device filter
03

Tap to play.

Tap any result. The YouTube IFrame Player loads silently in the background and the song begins. The vinyl visual on screen rotates with the music. Swipe to skip. Hold to scratch like a DJ. Tilt your phone — the disc follows.

YouTube IFrame Player API · gesture controls
04

Save the songs you love.

Tap the bookmark icon on any song to add it to Your Records — Pixel Play's library. Saved songs are grouped automatically by vibe (romance, energy, devotional, late-night) and survive a Reset Profile. Stored only in your device's localStorage.

vibe auto-grouping · localStorage · survives reset
05

Let HEART learn.

Every skip, save, and full play teaches HEART — the on-device intelligence. After 8 to 10 songs the autoplay queue begins to feel personal. The HEART% indicator in the profile shows how well the system has learned you. None of this leaves your phone.

6 signals · 100% on-device · HEART% sync
06

Personalise without an account.

Open the profile drawer. Add your name and a photo if you like — both stored locally on your phone. The greeting changes by time of day and your dominant listening language (Subh ke shubh in the morning, Sat sri akaal paji in Punjabi mode). Nothing is uploaded.

time × language greeting · dominant-colour photo tint
07

Reset whenever you want.

Tap Reset Profile to wipe everything — name, photo, HEART log, learning history, caches — in seconds. Your Saved Records are preserved. The app feels brand new from the next song onward.

nuclear reset · library preserved · 1-tap
A music player should ask for one thing — to listen — and give back everything it learns, quietly. — Pixel Play
What you don't have to do

The seven things Pixel Play never asks of you.

  • No sign-up. No email. No phone number.
  • No subscription. No premium tier. No paywall.
  • No advertisements inside the app.
  • No analytics SDK. No third-party tracker.
  • No social graph. No friend list. No followers.
  • No telemetry to any server. None.
  • No friction between you and the next song.

Read it. Try it.
Hear the difference.

The fastest way to know Pixel Play is to spend three minutes with it.