Tessera is a hi-res music player built for people who care how their music
actually sounds — and for anyone ready to start caring.
It plays your files the way they were mastered: no hidden resampling, no
system mixing, no "enhancement." When your hardware allows it, audio goes to
your DAC bit-perfect — the exact samples in the file, untouched.
— NEW TO HI-RES? START HERE —
Most players quietly convert your music before it reaches your ears. Tessera
doesn't. Add your files, press play, and see exactly what's happening at
every step — format, sample rate, and what your device actually receives.
You learn as you listen. A good USB DAC makes it better; curiosity is enough
to begin.
— BUILT FOR REAL HI-RES —
DSD playback: DSD64, DSD128, DSD256 — native via DoP to capable USB DACs, or
high-quality DSD-to-PCM conversion when you prefer
PCM all the way to 32-bit / 768 kHz — FLAC, ALAC, WAV, AIFF at their
original sample rate and bit depth
Bit-perfect, exclusive output mode that hands the clean signal straight to
your DAC
Audio Details view: source file, output device, and the full playback chain
— resampled or untouched, you always know
Real-time spectrum display reaching into the ultrasonic range, with a
hi-res zone above 20 kHz
— YOUR LIBRARY, EVERYWHERE —
Play files you already own, or stream from a NAS or DLNA/UPnP media server —
fast multicast discovery finds your server in seconds
Built for real listening: the next track is fetched ahead while you listen,
so server albums keep playing with the screen locked, hour after hour
Apple Music, too: browse your tracks, albums, artists, playlists, and
genres, and play them straight to your DAC
Browse by Folders, Tracks, Artists, Albums, Genres, and Format — with fast
on-device search across your whole collection
A customizable sidebar — rename, reorder, hide sections to fit how you
listen
— SEE WHAT YOU'RE HEARING —
Clean three-line track rows: title, artist, and the details that matter
Format badges tell you exactly what's playing: "DSF DSD256", "FLAC 24/192",
a gold Hi-Res badge for true high-resolution files, and Lossless / Hi-Res
Lossless / Dolby Atmos for Apple Music
Turn each badge on or off — so rows show only what you want
— SMART PLAYBACK —
True gapless playback for lossless and DSD — live albums and classical works
flow the way they should — plus optional crossfade
DJ Flow: analyzes the energy, brightness, tempo, and dynamics of your tracks
so similar songs play together in a smooth, considered sequence
Mood grouping that sorts your library by how it feels
Sleep timer, play-count history, and resume-where-you-left-off
— DESIGNED WITH CARE —
Liquid Glass interface that stays out of the way of the music
Choose your accent color, or let each library section carry its own
Light, dark, and automatic themes — localized in 10 languages
— YOUR MUSIC, YOUR DEVICE —
No account, no ads, no tracking — Tessera itself needs no subscription
One purchase. Yours to keep.
You don't need golden ears or a wall of gear — just your music, a little
curiosity, and maybe a good DAC. Tessera is for the recording, not the
algorithm. Hear what's really there.
Ratings & Reviews
5.0
out of 5
5 Ratings
What's New
V 1.4.8
Six ways to watch
The Now Playing visualiser now offers Bars, Ticks, Line, Area, Mirror and a true Oscilloscope that draws the waveform itself. Each source remembers its own choice, and the whole thing switches off the moment you leave the screen.
Shuffle that sounds shuffled
No Repeat Artist and No Repeat Album now keep three to five songs between repeats instead of only avoiding back-to-back ones, so a shuffle no longer ping-pongs between two artists. They also work with DJ Flow and on music that has not been analysed yet.
Browse by feel
New BPM and Mood sections find music by tempo and character instead of by name. Analyse a folder and watch its progress right on the folder row.
Know what you're hearing
Apple Music now shows the quality actually arriving on your device alongside what the catalogue offers — they are not always the same. A green check appears when the two match, and when local playback is bit-perfect.
Apple Music keeps up
Skipping to the next song — or just letting one end — now updates everything: the cover, the track details, the quality readout, and your play count.
One clock, everywhere
Elapsed and total time now appear in the mini player, for Apple Music as well as your own library, and every screen shows the time the same way.
Resume remembers
A folder now remembers the track you actually reached, including songs that played gaplessly one after another. Play counts for those songs are counted too.
Servers that find their way back
When your router hands a server a new address, playback re-finds it by itself. A scan that comes back empty can no longer clear a server's tracks, and songs kept in playlists survive a rescan that merges duplicate files.
Sleep timer, one place
The sleep timer now lives in the Library sidebar, and setting one keeps the countdown on screen instead of closing on you.
Clearer controls
Play, Shuffle and AirPlay sit on iOS 26's Liquid Glass, untinted so they read as glass rather than as coloured discs. AirPlay follows your theme colour instead of always turning blue.
Themes that stay put
Now Playing keeps the colours of the source you are listening to, not the one you happen to be browsing. Each source can also pick its own visualiser style. Album screens take their colour from the cover on every source.
Roomier lists, calmer covers
Track lists run edge to edge instead of sitting on inset cards, section headings scroll away with the content, and artwork crossfades between tracks with no dark dip in the middle.
More control
Show or hide any track badge. Tap the time bar to switch between elapsed and remaining. Playlists accept the same track more than once, and every library section has sort options.
More of the app speaks your language
The Appearance and Background pickers, the visualiser settings and several server screens were still showing English in every language. They are translated now, in all nine.
Faster, lighter
Format, Album and Artist screens open faster and sit still when you do. Manual track changes are up to 2.5x quicker, large playlists open instantly, and opening a very large album no longer stalls.
Version 1.4.8
The developer, Supipat Rukbua, 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