A local music player for iOS and Mac, feature by feature

Supporter · experimental bonuses

Work with a copy of your own audio

Supporter includes eight native tools: 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.

These are experimental bonuses, not ordinary Pro features. Results and reliability are not guaranteed. Review generated audio, notes and lyrics before using them; supported editing formats and preparation differ from playback.

• Ringtone creation exports an AAC/M4A copy up to 29.5 seconds; it does not change the system ringtone. Use your iOS version’s setting workflow afterwards.
• Vocal separation produces separate vocal and accompaniment WAV files. CUE or manual splitting produces 24-bit ALAC/M4A copies, not preserved FLAC files or a direct copy of the original encoded stream.
• Native lyric transcription needs a local model download first. Review and correct the words and timing before saving in Trove or exporting Enhanced LRC. Matching supplied lyrics can leave words unresolved.
• Processing is local by default. Optional remote transcription requires your own compatible service and a separate confirmation before a selected clip is sent; provider charges may apply.

Free manual line-by-line LRC maker →Free manual word-by-word LRC maker →Audio processing and privacy →

Available in 1.9 · iOS and macOS

Find music across folders and your NAS library

Version 1.9 introduced local subfolder search, explicit WebDAV folder indexing with Trove Pro, Favorites sorting and free reference-pitch presets. iPhone and iPad also gain visible search entry points and improved audio-interruption recovery.

WebDAV indexing makes remote songs searchable in your library while connected; offline listening still needs explicit downloads. SMB recovery improvements do not remove the need for a working connection and server permissions.

Read the 1.9 changes and platform limits →

New in 1.6

Smoother playlists, playback and troubleshooting

Version 1.6 was released on iPhone, iPad and Mac from the same App Store listing. These improvements remain included in later releases.

• Import M3U playlists from the iOS file picker again, and remove individual rules from local or remote smart playlists. Smart playlists require Trove Pro.
• Large local hand-built playlists open more responsively by resolving their tracks once per list render instead of repeatedly rebuilding the lookup. This does not cover every playlist type.
• On iPhone and iPad, the bottom Now Playing bar has an AirPlay route shortcut. This new bottom-bar control is not a Mac or Watch feature.
• SMB indexing continues past a permission-denied file and offers retry. Playback-source preparation moves off the main interface; sharing prepares a file when needed. Network permissions and connections can still fail.
• Optional troubleshooting recording is off by default and stays local. You create a package and choose whether to save, share or attach it to feedback; nothing uploads automatically. The separate playback log has its own attachment switch.

These are targeted reliability improvements, not a promise that every NAS setup or large playlist is problem-free. See the app privacy policy and feedback instructions if you need to report a problem.

New in 1.5

Keep the music playing, and send feedback from the app

Version 1.5 introduced these changes on iPhone and iPad. Applicable improvements remain in later downloads, including on Mac.

• Shuffle starts a freshly shuffled round when the current round ends, so playback keeps going.
• Improved SMB browsing and indexing. For remote smart playlists, choose folders to index or use Index Entire Share; let indexing finish before expecting all matches.
• Clearer Wi-Fi transfer progress and import results.
• Send feedback directly over HTTPS, with optional diagnostics and no Mail account. You can also save a feedback package to send yourself.

The Mac-side work from that cycle improves playback recovery and folder access, addresses an audio initialization crash, reduces repeated artwork decoding, and makes the feedback window easier to read and close. It is included in the Mac 1.6 download shown publicly on October 13.

If a problem persists, use Feedback in Trove. In 1.6, the playback log and a user-created troubleshooting package are separate choices.

Also available on iPhone and iPad

More ways to organize a library on your phone

These library tools arrived in iOS 1.4 and are included in the later iOS releases.

• Make playlists from SMB folders or M3U files, including tracks across folders.
• Build smart playlists from the SMB folders you choose to index, or index the entire share in 1.5. SMB playback downloads each track as needed and keeps only a limited temporary prefetch.
• Read Grouping, Mood and file ratings from your music files. Edit Grouping and Mood, set a separate Trove star rating, and use these values in smart playlist rules. Pro can write supported Grouping and Mood changes back to MP3 and FLAC files.
• Browse and clear listening history by date; see how much space on-device music uses.
• Edit an existing SMB connection when its address or password changes.

Network sources and smart playlists require Trove Pro. This update does not add phone control of the Mac app or automatic sharing of a whole Mac library with iPhone and iPad.