Independent app volume control in iOS for iPhone..

I’ll be sure to buy a Samsung for my next smart phone if they don’t include this in an update some time soon. This is some basic level stuff, get it together Apple.

I don't understand why this hasn't been integrated already. There are many reasons to have this advanced volume control.

One of my first frustrations of many moving to a work iphone from a personal Android that's had this for years.

I have the same issue. When I try to lower or raise the volume by pressing the button, I only see the “Ringer” drop down text on the screen and corresponding volume reduction for the ring volume. I do not want to change ringer volume. If I press the the “Ringer” drop-down it does nothing. I expect it to let me choose to change app or media volume. Why does Android have this but iPhone doesn’t?

Picas,

That is not helpful. In the future please take a few minutes to read and understand the issue. Locking volume settings so it would be changed for ringer/media/and everything else is not a valid solution. It would be better if you said “iPhone does not have that capability” instead of posting this.

Please read the

Hello Parsalon,

Thanks for using the Apple Support Communities!

Currently there isn't a way to adjust the volumes of individual apps as you're describing. If this is something you'd like to see Apple add in a future update, you can submit that feedback to them here: Product Feedback - Apple

Take care!

Lock the ringer and alert volumes in Settings

1. Go to Settings .
2. Tap Sounds & Haptics.
3. Turn off Change with Buttons.

I have a similar issue. I enjoy listening to podcasts and sometimes have to turn the volume way up because some podcasts don’t have great sound. Then my Ring camera notification goes off and nearly deafens me. It’s 2024. Isn’t there a way to adjust volume on each app? All these constant updates yet they don’t fix issues for everyday users.

I have iOS 18 and unfortunately Im also gonna move to Samsung my next phone if it doesn’t get added in the next update (ios 18.1 not 19 not waiting that long). When Im playing a game with a friend my games noise is interfering with the person Im calling with. I need to keep the noise of the game on cuz it helps me knowing whats going on in the game. I do feel like Android gives too much control over this and Apple being Apple they want to keep things simple. So I suggest having a toggle for media noise, a toggle for app noise and a main toggle. Media will only reduce noise on the current media thats played. Things like music and videos that use the player API (not sure how the api called but basically the one that also works with dynamic island and picture in picture). The app sound will only work on app individual so you cant change the volume of apps that are open in the background. Holding the sound slider in control center will reveal an additional media slider on the right and app slider on the left. If the main slider is changed it will also affect the other sliders noise level unless this option is turned off in settings. This means that if that option is off it will only change the noise level of everything except for media if it has a different noise level and if the app that is playing audio has a different noise level.

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latrobegirl66 wrote:

I have a similar issue. I enjoy listening to podcasts and sometimes have to turn the volume way up because some podcasts don’t have great sound. Then my Ring camera notification goes off and nearly deafens me. It’s 2024. Isn’t there a way to adjust volume on each app? All these constant updates yet they don’t fix issues for everyday users.

Go to Settings > Sound & Haptics > Change with Buttons. Shut this off and adjust your ring tone and alert volume to anything you want. The buttons will only change the volume of the podcast or any other media that you are listening to.

As has been pointed out, it’s up to the developer of the app to provide a volume control for their software.

Each app has the capability to have their own independent volume control. The games I play all have their own volume level. Apple Music, Podcasts, GarageBand, and Apple TV all have their own volume levels that are saved between uses. The sound level in those apps don't affect ringer volume level. It is not that difficult for the app developer to include a volume setting in their app and save that value. Send them feedback.

I have downloaded 2 games that did not have an independent volume control and the ads played at full volume, but I just deleted them. I probably should have sent them feedback or wrote a review of the app in the store, but there are so many others that do maintain independent volume control, I didn't bother.

Same! It's unbelievable that we cannot mute a specific app in 2024 (the issue is discussed for a very long time)! Today with in-app adds, it is totally impossible to listen music when using the iPhone. Apple blocks this feature exactly for this reason: we have to consume adds! I'll move to Samsung for my next phone.

Lowtonespark wrote:

Same! It's unbelievable that we cannot mute a specific app in 2024 (the issue is discussed for a very long time)! Today with in-app adds, it is totally impossible to listen music when using the iPhone. Apple blocks this feature exactly for this reason: we have to consume adds! I'll move to Samsung for my next phone.

Good luck with that. See this post about muting ads downloaded from the Google Play Store:

https://support.google.com/googleplay/thread/130530340/mute-ads?hl=en

Ads are provided by the developer to pay for your free download. If you do not want ads, you will find that most offer in-app purchases to eliminate the ads. Developers have to pay each year to have their app in the store and it also cost them time and money to create and update the apps. The ad is one way developers can allow the app to be downloaded and played without costing you any money, but you will need to deal with the ads. It is unreasonable to expect the developers to pay for everything, just so you can download and play their content for free. The ad may be an inconvenience for you, but if the developer never got paid, you would not even have the app to download in the first place.

If you would like ad free games to play, you can also subscribe to Apple Arcade. None of the apps offered there have any ads and there are also no in-app purchases.

Picas, this doesn't address the issue.