# Grouch — Music player with sync.

> Music player with sync. (iPhone/iPad app by CLINTON BLOODWORTH.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/grouch/id6776729608 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [CLINTON BLOODWORTH](https://appshunter.io/developer/6776713192)
- Category: Music
- Price: $29.99
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 27.0 · 11 MB
- Languages: American English
- Released: 2026-11-09
- Data updated: 2026-11-13

## What is Grouch?

Grouch is a simple, focused music player for people who own their music, and who want it on all their devices and always available offline.

FEATURES

• Sync
• Playlists
• Siri and CarPlay
• Edit metadata and artwork
• Queue: play now, next, or later
• Sort by title, artist, album, duration, and more
• AAC, AIFF, FLAC, M4A, MP3, OGG, OPUS, WAV

NON-FEATURES

• Repeat
• Crossfade
• An equalizer
• Loudness normalization
• In-app volume and AirPlay controls

HOW SYNC WORKS

Your music is copied into Grouch upon import.

Grouch then syncs your music metadata and playlists to iCloud. But your music itself is synced directly between your devices, over your local network.

Sync works this way so it’s fast, and so your music doesn’t use your iCloud storage.

GROUCH MAY NOT BE FOR YOU

If you need to choose what’s synced.

Grouch syncs everything you import to every device on which it’s installed. You need to have enough disk space on every device, or you’ll only be able to import some of your music.

If you don’t have an iPhone and a Mac you want synced.

Grouch is priced the way it is, as a universal purchase, because sync is its raison d’être. So I’m assuming you have at least an iPhone and a Mac you want to use with it.

If you don’t want to grant Local Network access.

Grouch syncs your music device to device, which requires Local Network access. You can refuse Local Network access on a device and still use Grouch. But sync will be disabled for that device.

PRIVACY

Grouch does not collect your data.

It does transmit your music metadata and playlists to your iCloud account, and it transmits your music itself over your local network.

Your data is encrypted in transit. End-to-end encryption, additionally, is supported for the data stored in your iCloud account if you have Advanced Data Protection enabled.

## Is Grouch safe?

Not enough ratings yet to assess Grouch.

## Is Grouch legit?

Grouch has limited verification signals. The AppsHunter Legitimacy Score for Grouch is 58 out of 100 points across 7 verification signals from App Store and developer data.


## Version history (last 2 releases)

### 1.0.1 — 2026-11-11

• The faint outline around album covers is now slightly more prominent in dark mode.
• To prevent longer album titles from being truncated prematurely, tapping an album title on CarPlay’s Now Playing screen no longer takes you to the album.

### 1.0.0 — 2026-11-09

No release notes.

## Related topics

[bleecker street](https://appshunter.io/ios/topics/bleecker-street)

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