# Megahertz™ - HiRes FLAC Player — Audiophile FLAC Player > Audiophile FLAC Player (iPhone/iPad app by Nicholas Cayea.) - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/megahertz-hires-flac-player/id6764135733 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`) - Developer: [Nicholas Cayea](https://appshunter.io/developer/1895655184) - Category: Music, Utilities - Price: $9.99 - Age rating: 4+ - Requires: iOS 26.0 · 24 MB - Languages: English - Released: 2026-04-29 - Data updated: 2026-07-16 - User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/megahertz-hires-flac-player/id6764135733/reviews.md ## What is Megahertz™? Megahertz is an audiophile-grade music player for your local library. No streaming. No subscriptions. No ads. Just your music, played exactly how you want it. Now on iPhone, iPad, and Apple Silicon Macs. BUILT FOR DISCERNING LISTENERS Connect a USB DAC for bit-perfect playback when its sample rate matches the file. Megahertz passes your music through untouched, so you hear exactly what the artist intended, clean from file to output whether you are on reference headphones or a hi-fi setup. PARAMETRIC EQ Go beyond presets with a full parametric equalizer: adjust frequency, gain, and Q for each band. Save custom profiles for different headphones or rooms, and import AutoEQ profiles from the community catalog via URL. YOUR LIBRARY, ENHANCED Megahertz reads metadata and artwork straight from your files, then fills the gaps with artwork from iTunes and MusicBrainz, synced lyrics via LRCLIB, and genre suggestions from Discogs and MusicBrainz. Browse by Songs, Albums, Artists, Genres, or Composers, and build smart playlists. PRIVACY-FIRST No accounts. No tracking. No data collection. Your music stays on your device. Megahertz is a one-time purchase. No in-app purchases, no subscriptions, no data harvesting. Just a music player that respects you and your privacy. FEATURES AUDIO & PLAYBACK • FLAC, ALAC, WAV, AIFF, AAC, and MP3 playback • Bit-perfect indicator when DAC sample rate matches the file • Volume normalization with ReplayGain and EBU R128 loudness scanning • Gapless playback for consecutive album tracks • Custom crossfade (Off, 2–12 seconds) • Playback speed control (0.5×–2×) • Mono audio downmix for one-earbud listening • Sleep timer (5–60 min or end-of-track) • Shuffle modes: Queue (no repeats) and True Random • Repeat: Off, All, One • Real-time waveform visualizer • Haptic feedback on controls and seek (toggleable) • Background audio with full Lock Screen and Control Center integration • Dynamic Now Playing background tinted from album artwork EQUALIZER • 10-band graphic EQ (32 Hz – 16 kHz) with 15 built-in presets • Parametric EQ with up to 10 biquad filters • Filter types: Peak, Low Shelf, High Shelf, Low Pass, High Pass • Per-filter frequency (20 Hz – 20 kHz), gain (±24 dB), and Q (0.1–10) • Preamp control (±24 dB) • AutoEQ import via URL from autoeq.app • Custom preset creation and saving LYRICS • Embedded, external .lrc/.txt, or LRCLIB synced lyrics • Auto-scroll synced lyrics with active-line highlighting • In-app lyrics editor with LRC support • Lyrics Over Artwork mode LIBRARY & BROWSING • Tabs: Albums, Artists, Songs, Genres, Composers • Import folders via Files, AirDrop, or iTunes File Sharing • Sort by Name, Year, Play Count, Duration (ascending/descending) • Global search across title, artist, album, genre, composer, and year • Play counts, favorites, and listening time stats • Smart playlists: Recently Added, Most Played, Top 100, Favorites, Lossy-only • User playlists with manual reordering SYSTEM INTEGRATION • Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets • Siri Shortcuts • AirPlay and Bluetooth audio routing • Mac menu bar with keyboard shortcuts (on Apple Silicon Macs) BACKUP & RESTORE • Export your library metadata, playlists, and stats as a single file • Import on a new device to pick up where you left off ACCESSIBILITY • Full VoiceOver labels on all controls • Reduce Motion support across all animations • Dynamic Type support throughout Megahertz does not stream music. You import your own audio files to play them. ## Version history (last 5 releases) ### v1.7 — 2026-06-17 Megahertz v1.7 is a major polish, performance, and feature update. NEW • Mono Audio. Fold the mix to mono for one-earbud or one-ear listening, right from the Now Playing controls. • Smarter genre fetch. Finds real subgenres with no key or setup, and falls back to on-device analysis when no catalog has your album. • Customizable Now Playing buttons. Show or hide each control in Settings > Interface. IMPROVED • Volume normalization is roughly 50x faster, so scanning a whole library takes minutes instead of hours. • Crisper haptics throughout, with tick-by-tick feedback while scrubbing and adjusting the EQ. • Tap the artist or album on Now Playing to jump straight to it in your library. • Smoother browsing: moving between an artist and their albums no longer stacks up screens. MAC • A proper menu bar with keyboard shortcuts for playback, tabs, sorting, search, and import. • Mouse back and forward buttons navigate the library. ALSO • Important reliability fixes, refreshed Help, and under-the-hood polish. ### v1.6 — 2026-05-27 Megahertz 1.6 fixes how compilations are organized, adds a new way to browse your library, and polishes playback throughout. • Compilations and soundtracks no longer split apart. Releases with a different artist on every track now group into one album under "Various Artists," the way iTunes and Apple Music handle them. Each track still shows its own performer. Existing libraries are repaired automatically the first time you open this version. • Smarter album naming on import. A track with no album tag that sits in a generic folder (like "Discography," "FLAC," or "Studio Recordings") no longer turns that folder name into an album title. • Grid or list, your choice. Every library tab (Albums, Artists, Songs, Genres, Composers) can now show as a grid of cards or a single list. Set it in Settings -> Interface. • AutoEQ import made easier. The headphone EQ importer now accepts either pasted EQ text or a ParametricEQ.txt link, so presets from autoeq.app import in one step. • More reliable volume normalization. A scanning bug had been skipping many tracks silently, leaving normalization with nothing to apply. That is now fixed. If you enabled normalization in an earlier version, open Settings -> Experimental Features -> Volume Normalization and tap "Clear & Rescan All" to re-measure your library. • "Repeat One" fixed. Repeating a single track no longer slips to the next song while the title stays put. • Add a whole album to the queue. Use the album's menu or press and hold an album to queue every track at once. • MiniPlayer gained a previous-track button next to play/pause. • Refreshed in-app Help with corrected setting paths and new topics, plus assorted Mac and interface polish. Thanks to Camille for flagging the compilation grouping and Repeat One issues, and to everyone else who wrote in. ### v1.5 — 2026-05-02 This update focuses on stability and polish: • Improved Bluetooth headphone playback. Pausing and resuming on AirPods and other wireless headphones is now seamless with no delay. • Lock screen and Control Center stay perfectly in sync when skipping back to restart a track. • Fixed issues where shuffle mode, accent color, and album-art theme settings wouldn't apply immediately. • Improved reliability of library migrations and metadata editing. • Minor UI improvements to the MiniPlayer and Search. • Now available on Mac via the Mac App Store. (Hopefully for real this time) ### v1.4 — 2026-05-01 - Fixed compatibility with Apple Silicon Macs - Rewrote shuffle engine — smarter queue management, no more duplicate tracks, and better bulk removal - Fixed audio interruptions and headphone route changes during crossfade - Added Reduced Motion accessibility support throughout the app - Fixed alphabet scrubber in Songs, Albums, and Artists lists - Improved first-launch onboarding with clearer import options - Play counts now shown in smart playlists (Most Played, Top 100) - Faster, more focused library search with reduced false positives - Fixed album deduplication for same-title albums by different artists ### v1.2 — 2026-04-30 What's New (App Store) - Fixed MiniPlayer layout on Mac so it no longer overlaps the tab bar at extreme window sizes - Improved audio engine stability - Fixed Mac App Store compatibility --- Technical Notes - Added `SUPPORTS_MAC_DESIGNED_FOR_IPHONE_IPAD = YES` to `Release NoLastFM` and `Debug NoLastFM` build configurations (was missing) - `miniPlayerTabBarClearance` now returns `80pt` on Mac (Designed for iPad) via `ProcessInfo.processInfo.isiOSAppOnMac` - `AudioEngine.stop()` is now dispatched asynchronously to eliminate Thread Performance Checker priority-inversion warnings --- *Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). 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