Frequently asked questions

Trove 2.3.1 is available on the US iOS and Mac App Stores, checked separately on October 31, 2026. Update from the App Store for the Mac startup fix, improved SMB connections and Apple Watch transfer fixes. Availability can vary by region.

All eight native audio tools need Supporter: vocal/accompaniment separation, ringtone file creation, chord/key/beat analysis, practice recording and mixing, audio cleanup, CUE or manual track splitting, lyric transcription and alignment, and melody-to-MIDI export. They are experimental bonuses with no guaranteed results or reliability. They are not included in ordinary Pro, and existing Pro features and purchases are unchanged.

No. Trove creates a separate AAC/M4A clip up to 29.5 seconds with optional fades and leaves the original song unchanged. Save or share the file, then use the ringtone-setting workflow available on your iOS version. Creating the file does not install it as a system ringtone. This is a Supporter experimental tool.

No. The website LRC makers remain free manual timing tools: bring lyrics, stamp lines or words, and export a file without uploading audio. Native lyric transcription and alignment in Trove require Supporter and are experimental. Download the local model first, review and correct the result, then save or export it. Playback format support does not mean every format can be edited by the audio tools.

Audio processing is local by default. The local transcription model downloads only when you request it. Optional remote transcription needs a compatible service, model and API key that you configure; only a selected clip is sent after you confirm its destination and possible provider charges. There is no automatic remote fallback. See the App privacy policy for details.

Trove 2.2 is available on the US iOS and Mac App Stores, checked separately on October 27, 2026. Save named equalizer presets with preamp gain, restore your latest Custom curve, and see improved Opus and WebDAV artwork. Supporter adds eight experimental audio tools; ordinary Pro features and purchases are unchanged. Availability can vary by region.

With Trove Pro, connect your own Google Account and explicitly choose downloadable audio in the Google file picker. Trove uses drive.file access rather than browsing your whole Drive. Your selected song list stays on this device; add more selections, remove entries or clear cached audio separately. Removing a song does not delete its Drive original. Google handles sign-in, credentials stay in Keychain, and audio goes directly from Google to your device. See the App privacy policy for cache and disconnect controls.

Trove 2.0 with Pro connects to your own MEGA account, browses folders and supports progressive playback for compatible audio, plus preloading of the next queued song. Google Drive also supports progressive playback and cached reuse. Some formats that need extended decoding still require a complete download before playback. A slow connection can cause buffering; neither source promises instant starts or immediate seeking for every file. Each source keeps its own bounded 1 GiB complete-song cache. A playback cache is not a permanent offline library or automatic device sync.

In Trove 1.9 for iOS and macOS, Add to Library indexes a chosen WebDAV folder so its tracks appear in the library and can play while connected. It requires Trove Pro. Use Update Library to pick up server changes. Indexing is not an offline download or automatic two-way sync: use Download to Library or Download All separately and confirm local copies before disconnecting.

Trove 1.9 searches local folders and subfolders for songs and folders on iOS and macOS. Local folder search is free; recursive WebDAV search requires Trove Pro and a reachable server. On iPhone and iPad, 1.9 also keeps the search entry visible in Songs, Albums and Folders. These features are available in 1.9.

In Trove 1.9 on iOS and macOS, Favorites can be sorted by title, artist, album, date added or date favorited. The Favorites playback queue and M3U export follow that order. This is free. A sync file preserves favorite dates when matching songs on another device; it does not automatically synchronize the music library or copy missing audio files.

Trove 1.9 includes free Original, A4 432 Hz and C5 528 Hz reference-pitch presets on iOS and macOS. The presets apply a fixed pitch shift relative to standard A4 440 Hz equal temperament, independently of playback speed. They do not identify the original recording’s tuning or guarantee a particular resulting pitch for every recording. Original leaves the pitch unchanged. No health or therapeutic benefit is claimed.

Trove is a native local music player for iOS and macOS — iPhone, iPad, Mac and Apple Watch. It plays audio files you own — including FLAC, ALAC, APE and DSD — from your device, with gapless playback, a 10-band equalizer and word-by-word synced lyrics. A one-time Pro unlock adds playback from a WebDAV or SMB server such as a NAS, downloading tracks as needed.

Trove is free to download and free to keep using: every format, gapless playback, the 10-band equalizer, the sleep timer, folder and Wi-Fi import, playlists and synced lyrics are all in the free app — and so is everything added in version 1.2, including CarPlay, the play queue, online lyrics and artwork search, M3U playlists and ReplayGain volume leveling. Trove Pro is a one-time $9.99 purchase that unlocks network sources (WebDAV and SMB, plus Google Drive and MEGA in 2.0), Apple Watch sync, writing tags back to your files, smart playlists, custom library tabs on iPhone, the floating desktop lyrics window on Mac, and tap-to-sync lyrics editing. Trove Pro Supporter at $24.99 includes Pro, four alternate app icons and accent colours, plus eight experimental audio tools. Those tools are still being improved, and results and reliability are not guaranteed. Ordinary Pro does not include them. Both are paid once — no subscription, no recurring fee, no trial timer — and one purchase covers every platform, because the unlock is tied to your Apple Account rather than to a device. Both are also enabled for Family Sharing, so a single purchase can cover up to six people in the same family group. (US App Store prices; regional prices vary.)

Yes. Both in-app purchases — Trove Pro and Trove Pro Supporter — are enabled for Family Sharing, so one purchase can be shared with your family group of up to six people, at no extra cost. Each person uses their own Apple Account and their own library; they simply get the Pro features unlocked. Combined with the universal purchase, that means a single $9.99 payment can unlock Pro for six people across their Macs, iPhones, iPads and Apple Watches.

No automatic music-library sync is included. One App Store listing and a shared Pro purchase unlock features, not a common database or copies of your songs. With Pro you can add the same SMB or WebDAV NAS source separately on Mac and iPhone to browse the same server files. Local audio files must be imported or downloaded to each device explicitly. The free Library Sync tool lets you export and import a small .trovesync file with hand-built playlists, favourites and ratings; it does not include the music files, and unmatched songs on the other device cannot be added to a playlist. Wi-Fi transfer or Files can move audio to an iPhone. Apple Watch plays transferred songs offline with Pro, while CarPlay shows the iPhone on-device library, not a live NAS share.

Trove runs natively on iOS 17 or later and macOS 14 or later, covering iPhone, iPad, Mac and Apple Watch, and on iPhone it also works with CarPlay. It is one App Store listing rather than a separate app per device, so the Mac and iOS versions are the same product.

Yes, on iPhone, since version 1.2 (September 2026), and it is free — CarPlay is not part of Trove Pro. The car screen shows your library in four tabs: playlists, albums, artists and songs, with long lists split into alphabetical pages rather than cut off at the car's row limit. Playback runs on the phone, so everything Trove plays — FLAC, ALAC, APE and DSD included — plays in the car too. Songs you have downloaded from a WebDAV or SMB share are part of the library and show up there; browsing the share itself is something you do on the phone.

Yes, since September 2026. The Mac app is built from the same SwiftUI codebase and ships from the same App Store listing as the iPhone, iPad and Apple Watch versions — it requires macOS 14 or later. On the desktop it adds a menu bar mini player, media key support and a floating lyrics window that stays above your other windows. Because it is one listing rather than a separate Mac product, buying Pro once unlocks it everywhere: sign in to the same Apple Account on your Mac and the purchase you made on your iPhone is already there.

Natively: MP3, AAC, ALAC (m4a), WAV, AIFF, CAF and FLAC. Through built-in extended decoding: APE, OGG, OPUS, WMA, DSD (DSF/DFF), WavPack, TTA and Musepack.

Yes, with Trove Pro. Network sources are the main thing the one-time $9.99 unlock buys: Trove then connects directly to WebDAV and SMB shares, so you can browse and play a library stored on a Synology or other NAS, a home server, or any WebDAV-compatible storage — without uploading your collection to a third-party cloud. The free app plays music from the device, the Files app and Wi-Fi transfer.

Yes, with Trove Pro. Send songs from your library to the Apple Watch app over Apple's device-to-device connection, then play them with the phone left behind — useful for running and the gym. The transfer never goes through the internet or our servers.

Swinsian is a Mac music-library player, while foobar2000 has official Windows, macOS, Android and iOS versions; its Mac version supports a selection of add-on components. Trove is a native app from one App Store listing for Mac, iPhone, iPad and Apple Watch. With Trove Pro, you can add the same SMB or WebDAV NAS source separately on your Mac and iPhone; the Apple Watch plays songs transferred to it offline, not directly from the NAS. Pick by the library tools and device workflow you actually use, not outdated platform assumptions.

Since version 1.5, shuffle starts a freshly shuffled round when the current queue reaches its end, so you can keep listening without pressing Play again. Version 1.6 is available on iPhone, iPad and Mac.

Use Feedback in Trove 1.6 to submit directly over HTTPS, without a Mail account. Describe what happened and press Send Feedback; a reply email is optional. You can separately choose whether to attach the playback log or a troubleshooting package. Troubleshooting recording is off by default and stays on your device; use Privacy & Diagnostics to turn it on and Create Diagnostic Package if you want one. The separate playback log can contain track titles, file paths, server addresses and errors. Nothing uploads automatically. If sending fails, your message stays in the app so you can retry or save a feedback package. See the app privacy policy before sharing.

Yes. Trove is local-first: your files never pass through our servers, and there is no account to create. Your library index stays on your device; listening history stays there too. We do not collect either. Looking up missing lyrics, artwork or song details sends only what identifies the song — title, artist, album, length — straight to public music databases, and only when you ask or turn automatic lookup on. In Trove 1.6, troubleshooting recording is off by default, stored locally and never uploaded automatically. A user-created package can be selected for feedback; the separate playback log has its own attachment choice and may contain song titles, paths or server addresses. Feedback goes over HTTPS only when you press Send. See the app privacy policy for the full detail.