First impressions on MOG's app: It's very slick. Much prettier than the web app, less cluttered and lacking the (admittedly annoying) pop-out player.
As you can see from the screenshots below, the new app is stripped-down, sleek and much easier to navigate than its browser-based cousin. According to MOG, subscribers to the app (which costs $5 per month, but is accessible if you're already a subscriber) will have access to more than 10 million songs on-demand on any computer using Chrome or Safari browsers or on your TV (Roku and GoogleTV).
What subscribers will not have access to is the playlist-making ability they have come to love on MOG's web and mobile apps. Yes, you can add albums and songs to your "Queue" and listen to artist radio stations (which can be adjusted to deliver a range of music -- from all songs by that artist to a hearty mix of similar bands), but still -- playlists are really a must. Also, if you are already a subscriber, you won't see any of your existing playlists of cached music in the Chrome version.
So, basically, the app lives as a separate entity from your other devices and your in-browser app, which is a pain. Still, we're sure that the app will sync with the Google Chrome OS devices, set to ship mid-2011. Also, this is the beta version, so we imagine tweaks will be made.
As a current subscriber to MOG, I'm not sure I would actually use this iteration, being that I already have a lot of music and playlists invested on both my Android device and my browser app. However, if you're not yet a MOG user, $5 per month is a pretty good deal for all-you-can-eat music.
To get the app, download the developer channel of Google Chrome, go to the web store and install.
MOG For Chrome
