# Golden Ear — The Lossless Music Player

> Lossless music player for audiophiles supporting FLAC, APE, WAV, and more. (iPhone/iPad app by 潮激 李.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/golden-ear/id407945101 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [潮激 李](https://appshunter.io/developer/342075158)
- Category: Music, Entertainment
- Price: $4.99
- Rating: 3.80/5 from 22 App Store ratings · 159 written reviews indexed
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 9.0 · 5 MB
- Languages: Russian, American English, Italian, Thai, Chinese (Traditional, Taiwan), Chinese (Simplified, China), French (France)
- Released: 2011-01-11
- Data updated: 2026-09-10
- Monetization: paid
- User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/golden-ear/id407945101/reviews.md

## What is Golden Ear?

* All in one lossless music player: FLAC+APE+WAV+WavPack+AIFF+ALAC
* Designed for audiophiles

Golden Ear is a lossless music player. It supports all common lossless audio formats, including FLAC, APE, WAV, WavPack,AIFF, ALAC. It also recognizes accompanying CUE files, and lists individual tracks so you can pick up your favorite one very easily.  You just need to make sure CUE file shares same file name with the music file. Similarly, to display the cover art, you just provide the image file with same name. Golden Ear recognizes embedded cover art and CUESHEET comment tag inside flac files.

Music files can be grouped either by artists or by albums. You can also show all files in one single playlist, or only files in a chosen folder.

Golden Ear provides a straight forward control interface. You can use three playback modes: 1) Continuing in order; 2) Shuffle; 3) Loop one track/song. 

Just put your collection onto your device via iTunes file sharing, then you can start listening to high quality audio  everywhere you go.

FEATURES

- Support up to 24bit/96KHz lossless audio. 
- Support AirPlay.
- Support "Open In..".
- Support FTP file transfer.
- CUE file supported. Same name as audio file. Recommended: UTF8 Encoding.
- LRC file supported. Same name as audio file. Recommended: UTF8 Encoding.
- ZIP/RAR import and decompress.
- Create/Rename/Delete folders right on device
- Move/Rename/Delete files right on device 
- Album cover art(*.jpg,*.png, …). Same name as audio file or use the form "Album Title.jpg". 
- Sleep timer.
- Rich set of playlist themes

NOTES

- iPad/iPhone4/iPod Touch 4g or later. Earlier models may not be smooth in playing.
- Please use high quality earphone

## Key features

- Supports FLAC, APE, WAV, WavPack, AIFF, ALAC
- CUE file support for track listing
- Album art display
- File management on device
- Multiple playback modes
- AirPlay support

## Recent user reviews (10 of 159)

All indexed reviews: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/golden-ear/id407945101/reviews.md

### 4/5 — Fantastic app for the audiophile

*2026-02-23*

Only docking the one star because I wish it supported CarPlay. Other than that, it does what it should: play FLACs.

——
Looks like iOS 26’s terrible UI has broken the layout of this app. Still functions, but controls and labels are in funky positions.

### 1/5 — So limited and out of date

*2025-06-22*

I downloaded this due to some positive reviews about flack file playback. While it does play local files, you have to copy them all into the application playback is completely broken in the sense that it won’t even play the next song in an album. It just plays one song at a time that’s it. This may be a limitation with local flag files, but the functionality is just not there. The interface and user experience seems like something from 20 years ago, which makes sense. This is a really old application, but it just doesn’t hold up and the fact they charge money for it is insane. I made the mistake of giving them a few bucks just to try it out but I should’ve known better when there was not a demo the free apps like fubar 2000 are 1000 times better so just avoid this and grab a free player.

### 1/5 — Очень плохо.

*2025-04-06*

Кривая уродина! Единственное удобство - Файлы можно добавлять через браузер, используя встроенный HTTP-сервер. В остальном - сплошное разочарование. К воспроизведению вопросов нет. В создаваемые плейлисты Файлы добавляются, однако плейер "хочет" воспроизводить только свой default. Всякий раз добавлять и удалять в него - совсем не дело. Файлы из плейлиста воспроизводятся, однако переключение их названий производится не всегда.

### 3/5 — Instruction for use

*2023-05-05*

I am not able to find any Help or instructions (on internet or elsewhere) on how to download FLAC files into iTunes iPad or iPhone. Please help by giving Such information on how to use This Gold ear application. Thanks

### 1/5 — Ненавижу этого рукож@пого автора!

*2022-05-12*

Купил приложение из-за удобства: выбираешь песни и идаешь их в плей-лист, типа, эта играет следующей, а эта- после нее. Но в последней обнове автор, китаёза, убрал из программы этот функционал, и теперь песни можно добавлять только в конец плей-листа! Не покупайте это гэ, теперь этот плеер хуже любого бесплатного!!! Сра ный узко глазый му ди ла!!! Why did you remove the "Play After Selected" function ??? Why did you remove the "Play After Selected" function ??? Why did you remove the "Play After Selected" function ??? I bought your player because of this convenient functionality! Bring it back, guys!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Автор, ты пи до рас е баный!!! Верни очередь!!!

### 1/5 — Fonctionnement

*2021-12-27*

Où est la notice, impossible de lire les albums de l’application «  musique » ,

### 5/5 — Perfect

*2021-10-08*

I have some albums on CD or hi resolution downloads that are unavailable on iTunes or Spotify. This app is so easy to allow transfer of flac files to my iPhone

### 4/5 — 歌词

*2021-06-21*

哪位大神可以帮忙解答，怎么导入歌词

### 4/5 — Great program...

*2021-05-12*

Been a long time user of Golden Ear...
Was hoping you would, at some point, provide an equalizer function... similar to foobar2000.

Thx for a great program.

Sent from my iPhone

### 2/5 — 无法播放下一首歌

*2021-04-01*

换了手机后，用这个软件听歌，只要锁屏状态，听完一首就不会自动播放下一首歌，这是什么回事
这垃圾玩意什么时候能更新解决这问题，直接就不能用了

## Frequently asked questions about Golden Ear

### What is Golden Ear?

Golden Ear is a lossless music player designed for audiophiles. It supports a comprehensive range of lossless audio formats including FLAC, APE, WAV, WavPack, AIFF, and ALAC. The app allows for easy organization and playback of your high-quality music collection.

### What audio formats does Golden Ear support?

Golden Ear supports all common lossless audio formats. This includes FLAC, APE, WAV, WavPack, AIFF, and ALAC. It also recognizes accompanying CUE files to list individual tracks.

### How do I get music onto Golden Ear?

You can transfer your music collection to your device using iTunes file sharing. Once the files are on your device, the app will be able to access and play them.

### What are the system requirements for Golden Ear?

Golden Ear is compatible with iPad, iPhone 4, iPod Touch 4th generation, or later models. Earlier models may experience performance issues during playback.

### Can I manage my music files within the app?

Yes, Golden Ear allows you to manage your music files directly on your device. You can create, rename, and delete folders, as well as move and rename files.

## Version history (last 5 releases)

### 4.0.3 — 2021-12-20

- bug fixes for iOS 15

### 4.0.2 — 2020-08-04

- fix crashes

### 4.0.1 — 2020-07-17

- fix crash when parsing some cue files
- fix Podcasts can't refresh
- fix bugs

### 4.0 — 2020-07-11

This is a major upgrade, changes including:
- playlist switching and playback position preserving
- Auto charset detection
- various UI improvements
- bug fixes

### 3.1.2 — 2019-12-02

- More iOS 13 compatibility fixes

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