Crates is a music app for dedicated listeners who truly care about their music collection.
Build, organize, and explore your music library across local files and streaming sources - all in one place.
Crates Mobile is a companion app to Crates Desktop (Mac & PC).
It requires a desktop installation and currently works with Supporter accounts.
Crates connects directly to your desktop and syncs your music library securely - no third-party uploads. Your collection stays yours.
- Sync your full music library to mobile
- Transfer audio files over Wi-Fi in one click
- Automatically convert FLAC, WAV, AIFF and more to save space
- Play everything from one app (local files + Bandcamp, YouTube, SoundCloud)
- Stream your desktop library directly to your phone over Wi-Fi
Crates is built for listeners who want control, quality, and a better way to manage their music beyond traditional streaming apps.
Join our community on Discord to share feedback, report issues, and help define what comes next.
Crates Team
I have a list of songs but when I play one it plays a different one. It seems there is some kind of problem with how the app is listing the track names.
What a useless app
09kx09
You need to pay to use this lol, not worth it.
New:
- Lists: Added Compact and Comfort view spacing options for playlists and the Play Queue.
- Music Metadata: Added Open Key notation as an alternative to standard musical keys.
- Appearance: Added setting to change the artwork layout of the maxi player.
- Connections: Added setting to allow connecting to your Crates desktop over a VPN.
Fixes & Improvements:
- Playback: Improved next and previous queue behavior so Crates skips tracks that cannot currently play and keeps playback moving more reliably.
- Playback: Improved recovery for downloaded files, SoundCloud playback, and player startup so tracks begin and continue more consistently.
- Play Queue: Restored drag-to-dismiss behavior, improved the queue handle, and fixed navigation with duplicate tracks.
- Performance: Improved responsiveness for large queues and reduced work while scrolling downloaded libraries.
- Library Drawer: Refreshed icons, navigation states, and cached profile information.
- Sync: Improved artwork sync reliability and added safer timeout handling for stalled downloads.
- Setup: Improved desktop discovery with clearer Wi-Fi and local network guidance during setup.
- Downloads: Disabled crate downloads when the desktop connection is unavailable.
Plus numerous minor improvements and bug fixes.
Version 1.6
The developer, CRATES Ι.Κ.Ε., indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer’s privacy policy .
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