Delightful Subsonic Client
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
• 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.
Doet wat het moet doen (in combinatie met Synology NAS/docker/gonic)!
Used to be very good, now just solid
Kwast123
This app does what it should do, play music and had a lot of options. But subsonic/navidrome development has outpaced the development of this app unfortunately. It’s impossible for example to give ratings to songs/ albums etc.
AUTO SYNC, iPHONE DUO, WHAT'S NEW
AUTO SYNC
Keep the music you care about on your device, automatically. Auto Sync downloads or caches your starred songs, albums or artists, your newest albums, or any of your playlists - and keeps up as they change.
Give each one a mode: Download keeps the music on your device until you remove it; Cache fetches it too, but lets it make room for other music.
Auto Sync is off until you turn it on. Find it on the play:Sub tab, where Sync Now starts a run straight away.
iPHONE DUO
Folded, unfolded or side by side in two-up multitasking, play:Sub is up for it.
WHAT'S NEW
The play:Sub tab now tells you what is new since the version you last used, with a badge until you have had a look.
AND THE REST
● New: The Audio Visualizer can have a tab of its own. Add it in the Tab Bar settings.
● Fixed: Background downloads are more reliable.
● Various other bugfixes and improvements.
For feature requests or issues:
please use the in-app form (play:Sub | Feedback),
or the contact form on http://michaelsapps.dk
Version 2026.10.24
The developer, Michael Hansen, 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.
Privacy practices may vary based, for example, on the features you use or your age. Learn More
The developer indicated that this app supports the following accessibility features. Learn More
Supported Features
VoiceOver
Larger Text
Dark Interface
Information
Size
29.8 MB
Category
Music
Compatibility
Requires iOS 16.0 or later.
iPhone Requires iOS 16.0 or later.
iPad Requires iPadOS 16.0 or later.
Mac Requires macOS 13.0 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later.