homecrate - Player & Studio
Your library. Your studio.
Free · In‑App Purchases
A local music player and mobile DAW with built-in synthesizer, drum machine, and amp. Algorithm-tuned shuffle. Spatial audio mixing. $9.99 Pro. One time. No subscription.
A music player with a production studio inside. Algorithm-tuned shuffle, spatial audio, synced lyrics — and an 8+8 track DAW with a synthesizer, drum machine, guitar amp, AUv3 plugins, and MIDI sync. One app. No subscription.
YOUR MUSIC. YOUR RULES.
homecrate is a music player and production studio for people who have opinions about music. Not a streaming service. Not an algorithm that watches your habits and decides what you like. A local library player that asks — and a mobile DAW for creating.
LISTEN
Algorithm Tuner — Set your own taste profile. Weight genres, moods, and eras. Shuffle reflects what you told it, not what it watched you do.
Liner Notes — Every track gets AI-generated facts, synced lyrics, and music theory analysis. The stuff that used to come in the sleeve. The app site provides a library of 2m+ songs and artist facts.
Weather Mood — Real-time weather matched to your library. Not a playlist. Actual conditions, right now and a fun game asking what you like on a rainy day. On-device, not to advertisers.
Spatial Audio (Pro) — A spectral binaural engine. Per-track toggle. Drift-corrected sync. Put the band in the room.
CREATE
homecrate Studio (Pro) — 8 audio tracks + 8 MIDI tracks. Device-measured latency compensation. Count-in recording. Per-clip automation. Undo/redo. Loop playback. Mixdown to library or export with Ambisonics on iOS 26+.
Synthesizer (Pro) — Dual-oscillator subtractive synth. MPE and microtonal tuning (EDO + world scales). Per-voice IR cabinet. 2 LFOs. Up to 6-voice unison. Poly voice allocation. Built-in AUv3 instrument.
Drum Machine (Pro) — 16-pad sampler. Step sequencer with multi-bar patterns. Per-pad pitch and volume. MIDI clip export. GM-mapped. Built-in AUv3 instrument.
Guitar Amp (Pro) — Neural Amp Modeler (NAM) with IR cabinet loading. 5-band EQ. Algorithmic reverb. Load any .nam model or .wav IR. Built-in AUv3 effect.
AUv3 Host (Pro) — 4 insert slots per track. Load any third-party instrument, effect, or MIDI processor. Parameter automation via drawn lanes.
MIDI I/O (Pro) — Hardware routing. Clock sync (24 PPQN). Bluetooth MIDI. Transport control. Record MIDI clips. Learn controller mappings.
AI Voice + Chat (Pro) — Always-listening mode voice commands for DAW control. Music Chat panel: mix analysis, AI-generated drum beats, MIDI clip insertion, natural-language commands. Informed. Not generative.
Video Capture (Pro) — Camera overlay with backing track mix. Capture front and back camera to have a single view of musician and instrument. Adjustable backing and mic volume. Export muxed video.
TOOLS
Guitar Tuner — Chromatic with custom tunings. Strobe mode. Chord detection. Persisted tuning library.
Metronome — Analog needle animation. Tempo presets. MIDI clock output and input sync. Rock solid metronome!
FREE VS PRO
Free: local player, algorithm tuner, weather mood, liner notes, music games, analytics dashboard, tuner, widgets, 4 audio tracks, 1 MIDI track, homecrate instruments with some features limited.
Pro: 8 audio + 8 MIDI tracks, spatial audio, synthesizer, drum machine, guitar amp, third-party AUv3 plugins, AI voice + chat, video capture, Plex sync. $9.99. One time. No subscription. No renewal.
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homecrate amp: Neural Amp Modeler A2 update!
The amp simulator has been upgraded to NAM A2, the new generation of the open Neural Amp Modeler standard.
- More accurate. A2 roughly halves the average model error. Your digital amp sits closer to the analog original, note for note.
- 30–40% more efficient. Leaner processing means more headroom to run the full signal chain (amp → cab IR → EQ → reverb) without compromise.
- Cleaner highs. The digital "fizz" and metallic ring that could creep in on high-gain tones is reduced.
- Better feel. A2 hears ~50% more of your playing before it responds, so power-amp sag, compression, and pick dynamics come through more naturally.
- Five updated A2 factory presets: Red Face 75, Soy Milk 12AT7 RCA, and three Soy Milk 12AX7 variants.
- Your saved tones still load unchanged. New presets restore automatically on launch.
homecrate Recorder: A more stable playground for audio
- Recorder Stability fixes when plugging or unplugging audio interfaces. Spatial preview and playback coexist cleanly.
- monitoring is now an independent control (speaker icon next to track name) so its easier to trigger into hearing your signal
- New "always count in" setting for recording. Count-in setting is ignored is playback is in progress.
Spatial Audio: Mix real time in three dimensions
- Bounce any project into spatial mode and place each track anywhere in the soundfield. Assign instruments, vocals, and layers to positions in the space around the listener — not just left/right, but depth and height too. Clips are cached so you can switch back and forth. Updating a plugin or clip param will invalidate the cache and rebounce.
- Position automation is now supported in the clip editor. Draw automation for each track's spatial position directly on the timeline, so sounds can move through the mix over time.
- MIDI tracks are mixed down correctly in spatial export. Improved spatial rendering on AirPods Pro/Max (Control Center waves icon). Stability fixes for startup cutouts with AirPods/Bluetooth.
Player: can't forget the listening experience!
- CarPlay Merged artists match the in-app Library
- New Artist Edit panel: you can edit artist details manually and they will be respected if you ever want to refresh your data
The developer, anthony burchell, indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer’s privacy policy .
Data Not Collected
The developer does not collect any data from this app.
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Information
- Seller
- anthony burchell
- Size
- 58.6 MB
- Category
- Music
- Compatibility
Requires iOS 18.0 or later.
- iPhone
Requires iOS 18.0 or later. - iPad
Requires iPadOS 18.0 or later. - Mac
Requires macOS 15.0 or later. - Apple Vision
Requires visionOS 26.0 or later.
- iPhone
- Languages
- English
- Age Rating
4+
- 4+
- In-App Purchases
Yes
- homecrate - Pro $9.99
- Copyright
- © Anthony Burchell
