Your forgotten songs, rediscovered.
Your forgotten songs, rediscovered.
You know that feeling when a song comes on and you think "oh wow, I haven't heard this in forever" — and it completely makes your day?
Resurface is built for that moment. Spotify tends to play the same songs over and over. The hundreds of songs you saved years ago? They're buried. Resurface finds them and puts them right at the top, sorted by how long it's been since you heard them.
The longer you haven't heard a song, the higher it rises. You earn points for listening. It's part music app, part game.
Resurface doesn't replace Spotify — it works with it. When you tap Play on a song, it plays through your Spotify app. Resurface acts as a smart remote control, tracking what you listen to and keeping score. You'll always need Spotify open in the background.
📱 On iPhone
Add Resurface to your home screen from Safari for the best experience. When you tap Play, Spotify opens automatically and starts the song. Switch back to Resurface and the mini player will connect. Everything works smoothly once Spotify is running.
💻 On a computer
Open Spotify on your computer first, then open Resurface in your browser. Tap Play on any song — Resurface will control Spotify directly. Keep both open side by side for the smoothest experience.
When you tap Login, Spotify will ask you to grant Resurface a few permissions. Here's exactly what they mean:
✓ Read your Liked Songs — so Resurface knows which songs to surface
✓ Read your recently played — to calculate how long since you heard each song
✓ Control Spotify playback — so the Play button actually plays music
✓ Create a private playlist — for the Forgotten Playlist offline download feature
Resurface never sees your Spotify password. It never shares your data. It only uses these permissions to make the app work.
When a song is playing, a mini player appears at the top — just like Spotify's. It shows the song title, artist, and a progress bar. You can tap anywhere on the progress bar to skip to that point in the song. The mini player has two buttons:
Skip — moves to the next forgotten song. If you skip early (under 30% of the song), it doesn't count as heard and comes back tomorrow. Skip after 30% and it counts as a partial listen worth 3 points.
Pause / Resume — pauses or resumes the song in Spotify. If Resume doesn't work, open the Spotify app first and then tap Resume.
Sync — quickly checks your recent Spotify listening history and updates your song scores. Use this if you've been listening in Spotify outside of Resurface.
Forgotten Playlist — creates a private playlist in your Spotify account containing your 100 most-forgotten songs. Open Spotify and download it for offline listening — perfect for road trips or flights. After a listening session, tap Forgotten Playlist again to refresh it — songs you've heard will drop out and new forgotten songs slide in. Then let Spotify re-sync the download and you'll have a fresh batch ready.
Full Refresh — reloads your entire song library from Spotify. Use this if you've added or removed songs from your Liked Songs and want Resurface to reflect the changes. Takes about a minute.
Flip Sort — switches the song list between "longest unheard first" (the default — your most forgotten songs at the top) and "most recently heard first" (a different way to browse).
Re-login — if something stops working, tap this to refresh your Spotify connection. You won't lose any of your data or score.
+25 pts — Complete a song you haven't heard in 90+ days (10 base + 15 rediscovery bonus)
+10 pts — Complete any other song
+3 pts — Listen past 30% then skip
0 pts — Skip before 30% — the song comes back tomorrow
Sorted by longest unheard first