# AmpSonic: Self-Hosted Music — Navidrome, Subsonic & Ampache

> Self-hosted music player for Ampache, Subsonic, and Navidrome servers. (iPhone/iPad app by Jeppe Andersen.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/ampsonic-self-hosted-music/id6810258216 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [Jeppe Andersen](https://appshunter.io/developer/573934606)
- Category: Music
- Price: Free
- Rating: 5.00/5 from 1 App Store ratings
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 17.0 · 19 MB
- Languages: American English
- Released: 2026-09-16
- Data updated: 2026-10-14
- Monetization: free

## What is AmpSonic?

AmpSonic brings your personal Ampache, Subsonic, or Navidrome music library to iPhone and CarPlay. Navidrome connects through its Subsonic-compatible API.

Browse artists, albums, songs, and playlists, search your whole library from a local index, and keep the player close at hand while you explore.

Playback and offline features:

- Stream from multiple servers and switch between them.
- Download albums and playlists for offline playback.
- Keep a cache of played tracks for unreliable connections.
- Play in the background with lock-screen and Control Center controls.
- Browse and play your library in CarPlay, with configurable tabs and buttons.
- Play through AirPlay speakers.
- Listen to radio stations saved on your music server.
- Shuffle music and repeat a song or the queue.
- Find recent albums and quick playback actions on the Home screen.
- Choose and reorder the bottom menu, including pinned albums and playlists.
- View local listening statistics.
- Report completed plays to a supported server with an opt-in setting for each account.
- Adjust local playback with ReplayGain and a 10-band equalizer.
- Pick from eleven app icons with light, dark, and tinted variants.

AmpSonic connects to the servers you configure. Your credentials stay in Apple Keychain, and the app does not collect your library or any data.
An Ampache, Subsonic, or Navidrome server is required. AmpSonic does not include music or access to a hosted music service.

## Key features

- Connect to multiple music servers
- Download music for offline playback
- CarPlay integration
- Background playback with lock-screen controls
- 10-band equalizer and ReplayGain
- Customizable interface and app icons

## Is AmpSonic safe?

Not enough ratings yet to assess AmpSonic.

## Is AmpSonic legit?

AmpSonic: Self-Hosted Music appears legitimate, with a few gaps. The AppsHunter Legitimacy Score for AmpSonic is 68 out of 100 points across 7 verification signals from App Store and developer data.


## Frequently asked questions about AmpSonic

### What music servers does AmpSonic support?

AmpSonic supports Ampache, Subsonic, and Navidrome music servers. It connects through Navidrome's Subsonic-compatible API.

### Can I download music with AmpSonic?

Yes, AmpSonic allows you to download entire albums and playlists for offline playback, ensuring you can listen to your music even without a connection.

### Does AmpSonic work with CarPlay?

Yes, AmpSonic offers full CarPlay integration, allowing you to browse and play your library directly from your car's dashboard with configurable tabs and buttons.

### How does AmpSonic handle playback quality?

AmpSonic includes a 10-band equalizer and ReplayGain support to adjust local playback. It also offers a cache for played tracks to handle unreliable connections.

### Is AmpSonic free to use?

AmpSonic is available for free. It does not require any payment to download or use its core features.

### Does AmpSonic have ads?

No, AmpSonic is ad-free. The application does not display any advertisements during use.

### What devices are supported by AmpSonic?

AmpSonic is available on iPhone and Mac. It also supports CarPlay for in-car audio experiences.

### How often is AmpSonic updated?

The latest version of AmpSonic is 1.17.0, last updated on October 13, 2026. Updates typically include new features and improvements.

## Version history (last 5 releases)

### 1.17.0 — 2026-10-13

Fixes
- Fixed a song showing as downloaded without its file when the recently played cache removed it during the download. Offline, playback stopped at that song.
- Fixed a download stopping at a song the server can't send, such as one whose file is missing. The other songs now download, and the error no longer comes back after each library refresh.
- Fixed playback stopping after you removed every song after the current one from the queue. AutoPlay now adds songs again. Clear Up Next still stops AutoPlay.
- Fixed a smart playlist row on Home playing and shuffling only its first 12 songs. It now plays the whole smart playlist, and offline it shows the playlist's downloaded songs instead of disappearing.
- Fixed tapping an album in a playlist shown as albums opening the last album in that line instead.
- Fixed Airsonic-Advanced servers refusing to connect with "Incompatible REST protocol version", and their albums, artists, and songs loading empty.
- Fixed an open playlist showing only its downloaded songs, or "not available offline", after the server answered or the app went back online. The page now shows the full playlist without opening it again.
- Fixed a widget or control doing nothing when its action failed, such as while AmpSonic was still connecting or when the playlist was empty. AmpSonic now shows what went wrong when you open it.
- Fixed the waveform in the player drawing itself again, and starting its analysis over, each time you opened the player.
- Fixed Shuffle being undone when you turned it on or off while the next song was loading. The songs now play in the order the Shuffle button shows.
- Fixed AmpSonic staying without a server after it opened while the server was restarting or behind a Cloudflare Tunnel that was down. It now shows your library offline and connects again by itself once the server is back.
- Fixed some plays made while offline being sent to the server twice, which counted them twice in play counts and Most Played.

### 1.16.0 — 2026-10-12

Features
- Show the format and bit rate of the song that's playing, such as FLAC · 1,024 kbps. Turn on Audio Format in Now Playing Controls. When the server converts a song to a lower quality, it shows what plays.

Changed
- Songs start and skip faster with many downloads. AmpSonic no longer goes through every download again after each refresh, which could take minutes with a few thousand downloaded songs.
- Pages no longer stutter each time a song finishes downloading, also in CarPlay.
- CarPlay no longer hitches at each song change after Up Next was opened. Up Next also stays on the page you turned to.
- Large playlists open at once when View Playlists as Albums is on.
- Smart playlists for favorites or ratings now update at once when you change a song's favorite or rating, also on Home.
- The app icon now has the Mac app's colors and a glassy look.

Fixes
- Fixed the song that was playing over AirPlay, or a radio station, going silent after another song failed to start.
- Fixed downloads continuing over cellular after you turn on Download Using Wi-Fi Only. They now stop and continue on Wi-Fi.
- Fixed a favorite or rating made while the server didn't answer waiting until the next library refresh. It's now sent when you come back to AmpSonic or change another favorite or rating.
- Fixed albums and artists showing Navidrome's blue record cover instead of their real cover after the server added or rescanned them. The real cover now loads once the server has it, also for covers that are already showing the record.
- Fixed the Playlist and Shuffle widgets on the Lock Screen opening AmpSonic instead of playing.

### 1.15.0 — 2026-10-10

- CarPlay now shows covers in every list. Home shows rows of covers, artists open their albums, albums start with Play and Shuffle with a heading for each disc, and long lists are split by letter.
- Fixed Up Next and Sleep Timer in CarPlay doing nothing when you started a song several lists deep.
- The Library tab is now a list of Playlists, Artists, Albums, Songs, Favorites, Genres, Years, Folders, Radio, and Downloads, with an icon for each.
- Edit the queue. Drag songs to reorder them, remove them, move one up with Play Next, or clear everything after the current song with Clear Up Next.
- Pin playlists to the top of Playlists with Pin to Top in a playlist's menu. Pinned playlists also come first in CarPlay.
- Tap a Home row's title to see the whole list, such as up to 100 recently played or recently added albums.
- Album and playlist menus now start with Play and Shuffle. Albums, artists, and playlists on Home now have the same menus as in the Library.
- Tap the artist or album in Now Playing to open them.
- Now Playing now follows your finger when you drag it down. Swipe the artwork left or right to see the next or previous cover slide in.
- The artwork in Now Playing now shrinks a little while paused, and the play button in the mini player has a ring that fills as the song plays.
- Turn off Collapse Tab Bar When Scrolling in Settings → Display to keep the tab bar full size.
- New Extras settings collect optional features that stay off until you turn them on. View Playlists as Albums shows a playlist's songs grouped by album, in playlist order. With Navidrome 0.64 or later, Blurred Cover Placeholders shows a blurred preview of each album cover while it loads.
- Offline Mode now stays on after the app is closed or restarted.
- Fixed Home staying pulled down after you pull to refresh.
- Fixed menu pickers, such as Appearance and Accent in Settings, staying blue instead of using your accent color.

### 1.14.0 — 2026-10-09

- Fixed AmpSonic crashing when you remove a song from a playlist while Filter Songs shows results.
- Fixed Play and Shuffle Albums showing "This song is not available offline." when the first song isn't downloaded. Playback now starts at the next downloaded song.
- Fixed CarPlay showing "This song is not available offline." when you pick a song while AmpSonic is still connecting after it opens. The song now starts when the server connects.
- Fixed AmpSonic staying offline after a downloaded playlist opened while the server didn't answer. It now goes online again as soon as the server answers.
- Tap the song title in Now Playing to go to what's playing: the playlist, smart playlist, artist, or Favorites you started it from, or else the song's album.
- Added a tip jar to Settings. AmpSonic is free and always will be, and a tip helps keep the development going.
- Added presets to the equalizer, such as Bass Boost, Vocal, and Loudness. You can also save your own settings as a preset. If you had already set up the equalizer, your settings are saved as My Equalizer.
- Jump to a letter in Artists, Albums, and Songs with the letter index on the right edge, like in Contacts. It shows when the list is sorted by name, title, artist, or album.
- The waveform progress bar settings moved to Playback in Settings.

### 1.13.0 — 2026-10-07

- Added Go to Artist to the album menu.
- Fixed songs not playing when the streaming quality is set below Original.
- Fixed crossfade, where songs played one after the other without fading.
- Fixed Next while paused on AirPlay playing the next song while AmpSonic still showed it as paused, so Pause and the sleep timer couldn't stop it.
- Song lists now show the download icon only for songs you downloaded, not for recently played songs kept in the cache.
- The recently played cache can now be turned off. With the cache off, AmpSonic keeps only the playing song and the next one.

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