Description of App
Stream your Subsonic-server-hosted music to your iOS or CarPlay device, Chromecast device or Subsonic Jukebox. Enjoy your music everywhere, anytime, in the quality you decide!
play:Sub supports playback of most audio formats like FLAC, MP3, AAC and more. Lossless and gapless playback is supported, as well as crossfading between tracks.
Use the 10-band fully customizable equalizer to get the right sound. The equalizer has presets for common genres and scenarios. Apply crossfade and replay-gain for the perfect listening experience.
Browse your music your way, be it by folder, artist, album, decade. Control playback using gestures, buttons or remote controlled from you headset. Play on anything: builtin speaker, headphones, Bluetooth connected headphones/amp/speaker/car-stereo or AirPlay devices.
play:Sub streams your music over any connection, and caches songs for when connectivity is bad. Played songs are cached automatically, and you can manually cache individual songs or entire folders, artists or albums.
SERVER SUPPORT • Subsonic, AirSonic, Ampache, Madsonic, Funkwhale, Libresonic • Supports multiple servers and easy switching between them • Any Subsonic 4.8+ compatible server should work • YOu may need to enable Subsonic API on some server types
USER INTERFACE • Dark and light UI themes • All orientations, incl. iPad multitasking support
AUDIO • FLAC, AAC, ALAC, MP3, MP4, OGG, WAV, AIFF and more • Plays most audio formats without transcoding • Lossless playback (wo transcoding) • Gapless playback • 10-band equalizer • Crossfade • Replay Gain • HI-rez digital up to 24bit/192kHz • Variable playback speed (0.5-2x)
PLAY ON • Any iOS device • CarPlay • Chromecast • Jukebox
DISCOVERY • Artist radio. • Artist top songs • Similar artists • Be inspired by random artist, album or songs • Play random songs in a genre
BROWSE YOUR MUSIC ANY WAY YOU LIKE IT • Artists, Albums, Songs • Folders • Playlists, Favorites, Genres • Podcasts, Audiobooks, Bookmarks • Decades • Filter by Subsonic mediafolder
INTERNET RADIOSTATIONS • Server configured / shared internet radiostation. • 20000+ radiostation directory powered by radiobrowser,info
PLAYLISTS • Create, update and delete playlists • Personal and shared playlists • Cache complete playlists to device • Full playlist support in both online and offline mode
FAVORITES • Starring of artists, albums, tracks and folders • Starring works in both online and offline mode • Items starred when offline is synced at first chance • Easily filter lists for starred content
GENRES • View All, Random or Starred albums from a genre • View Random or Starred songs from a genre
CONTEXT MENU EVERYWHERE • Long-press any item to show relevant actions • Easily navigate between associated artist, album, tracks and folders • Add tracks, albums, artists or folders to playlists • Swipe-to-reveal shortcuts
CACHING • Automatic caching of played tracks, pre-cache upcoming tracks • Manually cache selected folders, artists, albums or tracks • Upgrade cached audio to better bitrate when available
SEAMLESS OFFLINE MODE • Play cached music when connectivity is bad • Show only cached content • Same user interface in online and offline mode
INTEGRATION • AirPlay, Bluetooth, remote control, lock screen & control center integration • Support iOS’ sleep timer • Resumes music after being interrupted by phone calls • Background downloads
CONNECTION • SSL, self-signed certificates • Secure authentication for Subsonic 5.3+ servers • cellular/wifi dependent bitrate; override settings for slow/fast WiFi networks
SCROBBLING • Scrobbles to last.fm if configured on the server • Updates Now Playing on the server • Updates server-playcounts when playing cached content • Music played while offline is scrobbled when online again
NOTE: a licensed installation of Subsonic 4.8+ is required. Some features need a higher server version (Top Songs, Artist Radio, Similar Artists, Last.fm Imagery, Album Info)
Accessibility Comments
The developer spent an incredible amount of time to listen and to implement features which significantly improved accessibility for this version for VoiceOver users, including private/test versions to make sure everything works as expected.
There are specific controls for VoiceOver (i.e. a page control on the _now playing_ screen, as well as various hints, specific button and text labels to ease use and convey information.