Features

Crash & Hang Diagnostics

On-device reporting that helps us squash crashes fast — with no tracking.

• MetricKit captures crashes, hangs, and exceptions automatically
• View reports under Settings → Diagnostics and copy one to share
• Stored locally only — nothing is uploaded automatically

Mini Player

• Capsule-shaped mini player with spinning vinyl album art
• Long-press for quick actions: Go to Album, Artist, Play Next, Start Radio
• Circular progress ring shows playback position
• Tinted background with album art dominant color
• Swipe left/right for next/previous track
• Up Next subtitle and quick playback controls

Now Playing

• Tap song, artist, or album name to navigate to detail pages
• Heart, 5-star rating, and queue in one row
• Shuffle and repeat alongside transport controls
• Drag-to-reorder toolbar: Visualizer, EQ, AirPlay, Lyrics, Radio Mix, Settings
• Radio Mix button spins up a queue of songs similar to the current track
• Optional toolbar background pill (Settings > Player)
• Landscape layout: album art left, controls right
• Quick Settings sheet with crossfade preview
• Now playing indicator: animated waveform on current track
• "Playing from" context: Playlist name, Shuffle mode
• Swipe tracks: right = Play Next, left = Add to Queue
• iOS 26 Liquid Glass toolbar with frosted glass background
• Custom sliders: thin progress bar with dot, thumbless volume
• Streaming info with WiFi/download indicators
• Gapless playback with crossfade support
• 10-band equalizer with presets and ReplayGain

Audio Visualizers

• 18 Metal shader presets on iOS
• Milkdrop engine on Android & Web
• Real 32-band FFT drives Spectrum, Waveform, and Aurora (bass on the left, treble on the right)
• Classic peak-hold caps on Spectrum preset
• Audio-reactive GPU rendering
• Photosensitivity controls in Settings > Accessibility

Library

• Customizable layout — reorder & hide sections
• Optional dock tabs: Artists, Albums, Songs, Genres, Favorites (Settings > Tab Bar)
• Always-visible search bars on all browse views
• Faceted search: filter by Genre, Year, Format
• Streamlined toolbar: + button and profile menu
• Profile menu with server name, green connection dot, music folders, downloads
• Tappable artist name on album detail navigates to artist page
• Genre artwork, decade cards, play history
• Library folder switching for multi-library servers
• Smart playlists, artist radio, and playlist sharing
• Deep links: vibrdrome:// URLs for sharing songs directly
• Backup & restore all settings as a JSON file

Album Detail

• Full-bleed parallax album art that shrinks and fades on scroll
• Apple Music style buttons: Shuffle, Play pill, Download
• Lossless badge for FLAC/ALAC/WAV albums
• Per-track tappable heart, download, and inline menu
• Multi-artist tracks show each credited artist as a separate tappable link; Various Artists albums show the real per-track artist
• Album editions (e.g. “Deluxe Edition”) shown separately from the album title
• Multi-disc separators with named disc titles, and a similar albums carousel
• Artist biography and similar artists on artist pages

Get Info

• Long-press any song, album, or artist to open Get Info
• Overview tab: cover art, title, year, duration, bitrate, format, ReplayGain, MusicBrainz and Last.fm links
• OpenSubsonic detail: Credits (composer, contributors, album artist) and Classical (works, movements, groupings) for songs; release / original-release dates, moods, compilation flag, disc titles, ISRC, bit depth, and sampling rate for albums
• Raw Metadata tab: full Subsonic API payload plus Navidrome file tags (rawTags)
• iOS opens as a sheet; macOS opens its own window (multiple can be open at once)
• Mac supports a keyboard shortcut via the Navigate menu

macOS Power User

• Redesigned artist detail page with hero header, expandable biography, genre pills, and customizable external links (Last.fm, MusicBrainz, Wikipedia, Google by default)
• Home page with configurable discovery sections: Quick Actions, Jump Back In, Recently Added, Most Played, Random Picks, Featured Genre
• Loading screen on cold launch shows sync/cache progress before transitioning to home
• Reorderable, persisted column-based song table (11 columns: track, title, artist, album, duration, year, genre, bitrate, format, BPM, date added)
• Library filter sidebar: multi-select genre / label / artist with TriState favorites and downloaded toggles
• Navigate menu: Go to Search (⌘K) and Focus Search (⌘F)
• CMD+F is intercepted before AppKit's Find panel can claim it
• Get Info opens as its own window, not a modal
• Menu bar commands for Playback and Navigation
• Standalone Mini Player window and dedicated Settings window

CarPlay & Android Auto

• Browse your library from your car's dashboard
• Browse, play, and skip from the car
• Now Playing template with shuffle, repeat, and progress tracking
• Up Next queue for viewing upcoming tracks
• Two-letter drill-down for Artists and Albums so large collections are navigable
• Albums alphabet directory reads the full local library so every letter appears regardless of server sort order
• Now Playing button and iOS lock-screen widget show immediately on cold launch with a restored queue
• Reconnection state refresh on CarPlay reconnect
• Station artwork in CarPlay

Synced Lyrics

• Time-synced scrolling lyrics
• Tap any line to seek to that position
• Internet fallback (LRCLIB) when your server has no lyrics — synced when available, otherwise plain; toggle in Settings
• Per-song timing nudge to shift lyrics earlier/later when a track is slightly off

Home Screen Widget & Siri

• Now Playing widget with album art
• Siri Shortcuts: "Play my favorites", "Play a random mix"
• "Play Playlist" action — play any playlist by name from Shortcuts or Siri
• Toggle playback, skip tracks hands-free

Smart Queue

• Full queue view: all tracks visible, passed-over tracks dimmed
• Tap any track to play without hiding others
• Auto-Suggest: continues with similar songs (toggleable in Settings)
• Save current queue as a playlist

Jukebox Mode

• Play music through your Navidrome server's speakers
• Full remote control: play, stop, skip, shuffle, volume
• Queue management with tap-to-skip
• Add songs from anywhere via context menu

Offline Mode

• Tap the offline banner to browse your downloads instantly
• Downloads grouped by album, with a Playlists section, so your offline library keeps its structure
• Search works offline against downloaded songs
• Play All / Shuffle your downloaded library, or any downloaded album or playlist
• Download status indicators on all tracks
• Offline playback uses local files, no server needed

Web App

• Full library browsing in the browser
• Milkdrop visualizer with Butterchurn
• 8 themes including Retro and Terminal
• Docker deployment support

Scrobbling

• Subsonic server scrobbling (play counts, now playing)
• ListenBrainz integration with user token authentication
• Last.fm scrobbling with username/password sign-in flow
• Offline scrobble queue — queued when offline, flushed on reconnect
• Now Playing notifications sent on track start
• Listen submitted after 50% playback threshold

Apple Watch

• Now Playing with album art, progress bar, and elapsed time
• Playback controls: play/pause, next, previous
• Star songs, toggle shuffle and repeat from your wrist
• Browse queue, skip to any upcoming track
• Library access: favorites, playlists, recent albums
• Sleep timer controls with multiple duration options
• Digital Crown volume control

Discord Rich Presence

• Show what you're listening to in your Discord status
• Displays song title, artist, album, and play/pause state
• Elapsed time tracking with timestamps
• Toggle on/off from Settings