SoneviaEverything Sonevia does.
This is Sonevia 0.9.9, the version coming to the App Store on 1 November 2026, for iPhone, iPad and Mac.
Playback
A real-time audio engine of Sonevia's own, built for gapless joins and click-free changes.
Gapless playback Free
Songs join without a gap.
Crossfade Free
Off, or 2 to 12 seconds. Songs from the same album always stay gapless.
Queue Free
Play Next, Add to Queue, drag to reorder, swipe to remove, Clear for Playing Next. Restored after a relaunch.
Long-song resume Free
Songs of 20 minutes or more pick up where you left them.
Sleep timer Free
Minutes, hours or the end of the song, fading out as it ends.
Format badge Free
"Hi-Res Lossless · FLAC · 24-bit/96 kHz" style, in Now Playing.
Sound Check Free
ReplayGain by track from your tags. Album gain and "Match Apple Music's Level" are Pro.
Loudness scan Pro
Measures songs without ReplayGain tags (BS.1770 loudness, true peak, dynamic range), an album at a time. Your tags always win.
Autoplay Free
Keeps the music going when the queue ends. Auto and Off are Free; Similar, Artist, Genre and Album are Pro. No AI.
AutoMix Pro Limited testing
When two songs share a tempo, the crossfade starts on a shared beat; otherwise it's the usual smooth crossfade.
Audio Lab and equalization
Precise tools, honestly described. Sonevia never claims bit-perfect output.
Ten-band equalizer Free
31 Hz to 16 kHz with a preamp. Drag the curve while music plays; changes are live, click-free and keep up with your finger.
EQ presets Free
26 presets by genre and use, and Save as Preset.
Parametric filters Pro
Up to 64 filters: peaking, low and high shelf, band-pass, notch, and 12 to 48 dB high and low cuts, each with frequency, gain, slope and Q.
Find Your Headphones Pro
Searches thousands of headphone corrections from the AutoEq project. The list is downloaded and searched on your device.
A profile for each output Pro
AirPods, wired headphones, the speaker and USB DACs each remember their own EQ.
Compare without EQ Pro
Bypass the EQ while you edit, to hear the difference.
Import and export Pro
Equalizer APO's ParametricEQ.txt, both ways.
Audio Lab Pro
The song's path: source, decoder, what Sonevia changes, the output and its known limits, with a loudness card.
USB DAC memory Pro Limited testing
Remembers the sample rates each USB DAC has run at.
Effects and the DSP chain Pro
Reverb, echo, delay, chorus, flanger, phaser, auto-wah, distortion, a compressor, headphone crossfeed, filters and stereo width, in a chain of up to ten stages. Bit-identical to no effects when off.
Effects for one song Pro
A song can have its own chain, which takes over while it plays.
Music libraries and servers
Your files, your server and Apple Music, each marked so you always know which copy is playing.
Music folders Free
Folders from Files, iCloud Drive or another provider, read where they are and rescanned as they change.
Sonevia's own folder Free
Copy music into Sonevia's folder with Files, or with Finder on a Mac.
Add Songs and Open in Sonevia Free
Pick single files, or open a song from Files or a share sheet and it plays at once.
Navidrome and OpenSubsonic Pro
Browse, stream, favourites, ratings, playlists both ways, artist info and lyrics.
Plex Media Server Pro
Sign In with Plex or an address and token; browse, stream, ratings and playlists.
Jellyfin Pro Limited testing
Sign in, browse, stream, favourites and playlists.
Emby Pro Limited testing
Emby servers, through the same support as Jellyfin.
Advanced connections Pro
Custom headers such as Cloudflare Access tokens, client certificates, trusted self-signed certificates and servers behind a path.
Several servers Pro
Add more than one; browse one at a time while songs from the others still play.
Home-network servers Pro
Plain http:// addresses are allowed, with a clear warning that the traffic isn't encrypted.
Streaming quality Pro
Separate for Wi-Fi and cellular; below Original, the server sends Opus at the bit rate you choose.
Apple Music Pro
With your own subscription: your Apple Music library, search, artist and album pages, likes, and Apple songs in the same queue. Sonevia Pro doesn't include a subscription.
Apple Music details Pro
Shows Apple's title, artist, genre and year where a matched song's own differ. Your files never change.
Offline listening
Server music that's there when the signal isn't.
Downloads Pro
Songs, albums and playlists, with progress, Cancel, Retry and Waiting for Wi-Fi.
Downloads page Pro
Space used, what's downloading or failed, by album or song, with search, sort and remove.
Automatic downloads Pro
Liked songs, your most played and chosen playlists, on Wi-Fi unless you allow cellular, within a space limit.
Look-ahead cache Pro
The next songs in the queue download ahead, so a weak signal doesn't stop the music.
Offline browsing Pro
Your server's saved lists answer search instantly, even offline.
Library management
For collections that deserve care.
Library, Home and Search Free
Playlists, artists, albums, songs and folders; Recently Added and Recently Played; search that forgives a typo.
Artist and album pages Free
Discography by release kind, top songs, album notes, Play and Shuffle.
Likes and playlists Free
Like songs; create, rename, edit and duplicate playlists; import and export M3U and M3U8.
Artist and album info Pro
Biographies and photos from your server, or from Wikipedia and Wikidata for local music, with credit.
Star ratings Pro
One to five stars, synced with servers that support them.
Edit Info Pro
Your own title, artist, album, year or photo, shown everywhere in Sonevia. Your files never change.
Edit Tags Pro
Writes tags and the cover into local files, for a song or a whole album. Each file is checked before it replaces the original.
Library Health Pro
Won't Play, Missing Artwork, Missing Tags, Lossy in Lossless Albums and Copies, each with how to fix it.
Backup and restore Free
Settings, EQ, playlists, favourites and history in one file. Never passwords or server addresses.
Sort names Free
"The Beatles" sorts under B; sort tags in files and servers' sort names are used.
Liked albums and every release kind Free
Like whole albums; artist pages show EPs, singles, compilations and live releases.
Ignored songs and library switches Free
Ignore a song and it's skipped everywhere; turn a folder or server library off without removing it.
Discovery and history
Built from your own listening, kept on your device.
Mixes Pro
Genre, artist, album and song mixes on Home, ordered to flow.
Artist mixes Pro
An artist and the artists close to them, using Plex's sonic analysis when your server has it.
Smart lists Pro
Most Played, Top Rated, Forgotten Favourites, Never Played and Often Skipped.
Listening history and stats Pro
Every play; top songs, artists, albums and genres by week, month or year.
Recaps Pro
Monthly and yearly, with charts and highlights, shareable as a story card.
ListenBrainz Pro
Optional scrobbling with your own token, Apple Music plays included.
Lyrics and artwork
The parts of listening you look at.
Synced lyrics Free
From the file, your server or LRCLIB. Lines blur by distance, tap one to jump there; word by word where the lyrics have it.
Lyrics timing Free
Move a song's lyrics sooner or later until they match.
Full-screen lyrics Pro
Hide the controls and just read along.
Your own lyrics Pro
Import a .lrc or text file, or paste them in.
Immersive Now Playing Pro
The artwork fills the screen and fades to dark.
Animated artwork Pro
A silent looping cover made from a video, on Now Playing and the album page.
Themes and layouts Pro
Accent colours, the artwork's colour, backgrounds, cover size, compact lists, and Immersive, Classic or Compact Now Playing. Light and Dark are Free.
Share as a picture Free
A song or an album as an image to share.
App icons Pro
Two alternative icons, Aurora and Paper.
Apple devices and integrations
Sonevia works where the system does. iOS and iPadOS 18.4 or later; watchOS 11 or later.
Lock Screen and Control Center Free
Title, artwork, transport and scrubbing, with headphone and Bluetooth controls.
AirPlay Free
Send the music to AirPlay speakers and TVs.
AirPlay 2, multi-room Free Limited testing
HomePod and several rooms at once, with lyrics and the time following what you hear.
CarPlay Free
Home, albums, artists, playlists and Now Playing, with downloads first when you're offline.
iPad Free
Every orientation, and a layout made for the larger screen.
Apple Watch Free
A remote for what's playing on your iPhone: play, pause, skip, volume and like.
Widgets Free
Now Playing on the Home and Lock Screen. Recently Added and Mixes widgets are Pro.
Siri, Shortcuts and the Action button Free
Play a mix, a playlist or your liked songs, shuffle all, play and pause. Playing or queuing a song, album, artist or playlist by name is Pro.
Mac and iCloud
The same Sonevia on the Mac, kept in step with your iPhone and iPad. macOS 26 or later on a Mac with Apple silicon.
Sonevia for Mac Free
A native Mac app with the same engine, library, equalizer and lyrics: a sidebar for your library, smart lists and sound, and a playback bar along the bottom.
Folders and servers on the Mac Free
Add music folders from the sidebar's Folders page. Servers and Apple Music work as on iPhone, with Pro.
Media keys and Control Center Free
The Mac's play, pause and skip keys, and Now Playing in Control Center.
One purchase, every device Pro
Pro bought on iPhone, iPad or Mac works on all three with the same Apple Account.
iCloud Sync Free
Playlists made in Sonevia, likes, ratings, plays, resume points, EQ profiles and settings stay the same on every device. On by default; turn it off in Settings › iCloud Sync.
Sign-ins through iCloud Keychain Free
Server sign-ins and your ListenBrainz token follow you through iCloud Keychain. Music files and downloads are never uploaded.
Privacy and accessibility
Read the full privacy policy.
No accounts, ads, analytics or tracking Free
Your library and history stay on your devices and in your own private iCloud. Sonevia talks only to the services you choose.
Private section Free
Songs, albums or artists behind Face ID; their plays aren't recorded or scrobbled.
Passwords in the Keychain Free
Server sign-ins are kept in the device's Keychain. For Jellyfin and Plex that's a token, never your password.
Larger text and Reduce Transparency Free
Home, Settings and Now Playing rearrange themselves at the largest text sizes, and Reduce Transparency is respected.
Five languages Free
English, Japanese, German, French and Spanish, picked on the first screen or in Settings › Language. The Watch follows its own language.
Privacy policy in the app Free
The same words as on this site, readable offline in Settings › About.
Formats
FLAC is decoded by dr_flac, Apple's formats by the system, and the rest by an LGPL build of FFmpeg.
Lossless Free
FLAC, ALAC, WAV, AIFF and CAF.
DSD Free
DSF and DFF, played as PCM.
Lossy Free
MP3, AAC and M4A (LC and HE), Ogg Vorbis, Opus and WMA.