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play:Sub Music Streamer

by Michael Hansen
Paid · no subscription 4.5 · 431 ratingsiPhone & iPad
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About play:Sub Music Streamer

Your music, from your own server, everywhere. play:Sub plays your Navidrome, Gonic, Subsonic or other Subsonic-compatible library on iPhone, iPad and Mac, in the car with CarPlay, on Chromecast or through your server's Jukebox - streamed in the quality you choose, or offline.

NEW: AUTO SYNC

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• Keeps your starred songs, albums and artists, your newest albums or any playlist on your device, automatically

• Choose per source: Download to keep it, or Cache to let it make room for other music

NEVER LET THE MUSIC STOP

• Auto DJ keeps playing when the queue runs out, with music related to what you started

• Or pick an Auto Play mode: favorite artists, random albums, newest additions, artist radio, decade radio and more

SERVERS

• Navidrome, Gonic, Airsonic, Ampache, Funkwhale, Booksonic, Subsonic and more

• OpenSubsonic support

• Multiple servers, with easy switching

• Some servers need their Subsonic API turned on

AUDIO

• FLAC, ALAC, AAC, MP3, OGG, WAV, AIFF, WEBM and more, without transcoding

• Lossless and gapless playback, hi-res up to 24-bit/192 kHz

• 10-band equalizer with presets, crossfade and ReplayGain

• Playback speed from 0.5x to 2x

• Audio Visualizer, and lyrics where your server has them

PLAY ANYWHERE

• iPhone, iPad and Mac (Apple silicon): any orientation, multitasking and resizable windows

• CarPlay: your library, the play queue, server switching, and album and artist pages with play and shuffle buttons

• Chromecast and Subsonic Jukebox

• AirPlay, Bluetooth, headphone and car controls, Lock Screen and Control Center

• Home Screen widgets you can play from

• Picks up again after phone calls

OFFLINE

• Download music to keep it, or let the cache fill and trim itself

• Played tracks are cached automatically, upcoming tracks preloaded

• Download or cache single tracks or whole albums, artists, folders and playlists

• Cached audio is upgraded to a better bitrate when available

• Background downloads

• The same app offline: browse, play, star and edit playlists, synced when you are back online

BROWSE AND DISCOVER

• Artists, albums, songs, folders, genres, decades and record labels

• Playlists, favorites, podcasts, audiobooks and bookmarks

• Recently added, frequently played and random

• Artist radio, top songs and similar artists

• Internet radio: your server's stations, plus 20,000+ from radio-browser.info

• Search everything, filter by media folder or show only starred

• Long-press anything for the actions that fit

PLAYLISTS AND FAVORITES

• Create, edit and delete playlists, personal or shared

• Star artists, albums, songs, folders and record labels

• 5-star ratings

MAKE IT YOURS

• Customizable tabs and library order

• Light and dark themes that follow the system, or your own colors

• Alternate app icons

• Sleep timer

CONNECTION

• HTTPS, including self-signed certificates

• Token authentication on Subsonic 5.3+ servers

• Separate bitrates for cellular and Wi-Fi, with overrides for slow or fast Wi-Fi networks

SCROBBLING

• Scrobbles to Last.fm through your server, and updates Now Playing

• Cached plays count too; offline plays are scrobbled when back online

Requires a server with the Subsonic API 1.8 or newer (Subsonic 4.8+; Subsonic itself needs a Premium license for apps). Some features depend on your server, such as top songs, artist radio, similar artists and record labels.

How it charges

Paid · no subscription

$4.99 to download, with optional one-time in-app purchases. No subscription found.

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Amazing Tip$3.99
Generous Tip$1.99
Unparalleled Tip$99.99
Mind-blowing Tip$49.99
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