# Mobile MA — Client for Music Assistant > Native iOS client for self-hosted Music Assistant servers. (iPhone/iPad app by Sven Uwe Hanold.) - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/mobile-ma/id6761258120 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`) - Developer: [Sven Uwe Hanold](https://appshunter.io/developer/1887623795) - Category: Music, Lifestyle - Price: Free with in-app purchases (on sale, was $3.99) - Rating: 2.80/5 from 5 App Store ratings - Age rating: 4+ - Requires: iOS 18.6 · 24 MB - Languages: French (France), German (Germany), American English, European Spanish - Released: 2026-04-13 - Data updated: 2026-08-24 - Monetization: free - User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/mobile-ma/id6761258120/reviews.md ## What is Mobile MA? Mobile MA is the native iOS app for your self-hosted Music Assistant server. Full control over your music – from every room, in real time. Mobile MA is an unofficial community client and not part of the official Music Assistant project. Your Multiroom Command Center Control all your players directly from your iPhone. Play, pause, skip, volume – everything in a beautiful Now Playing view with large cover art, smooth background blur, and precise transport controls. Your album cover becomes your wallpaper. Now on Apple Watch Control your music straight from your wrist – no need to reach for your iPhone. Pick a player, play and pause, skip between tracks, and adjust the volume with the Digital Crown. In multi-room setups, fine-tune each room's volume individually and favorite the tracks you love with a single tap. A glance at the Smart Stack complication always shows you what's playing. Your Entire Music Library, Always at Hand Browse artists, albums, playlists, and radio stations. Tap an artist to explore their discography, album artwork, and – where available – a biography, with an animated Ken Burns effect as the background. Albums show all tracks at a glance. Lightning-Fast Search Search your entire library – artists, albums, tracks, playlists, and radio stations – in milliseconds. Results are automatically grouped by type. Offline Library Cache The app stores your library locally on your device. On next launch, artists, albums, and playlists are instantly available – no waiting. Manual refresh with a single tap. Secure and Private Your access token is stored exclusively in the iOS Keychain – encrypted, secure, on your device. No cloud, no third-party servers. Your data stays where it belongs: with you. Appearance Your Way Light, dark, or automatic – the app follows your system setting, or you choose manually. Designed for iOS with native SwiftUI components. Built for Self-Hosting Enthusiasts Mobile MA connects directly to your own Music Assistant instance. No subscription, no cloud, no compromises. Your music, your rules. Your purchase is handled through your Apple Account and charged to your Apple Account at confirmation of purchase. This is a one-time purchase and does not renew automatically. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ ## Key features - Real-time multiroom audio control - Full music library browsing - Lightning-fast search - Offline library cache - Secure token storage - Customizable appearance ## Pricing and in-app purchases Base price: Free. **One-time purchases** | Purchase | Price | Type | | --- | --- | --- | | Album | $3.99 | one-time | | Anthology | $8.99 | one-time | | Unlimited | $22.99 | one-time | | Song | $2.99 | one-time | ## Frequently asked questions about Mobile MA ### What is Mobile MA? Mobile MA is a native iOS client designed for users who self-host their music using the Music Assistant server. It provides full control over your music playback, library, and players directly from your iPhone. ### Does Mobile MA have ads? No, Mobile MA does not contain advertisements. It is a free application developed with a focus on user experience without interruptions. ### How does Mobile MA handle music playback? Mobile MA offers real-time control over all your connected players. You can play, pause, skip tracks, and adjust volume with a beautiful Now Playing view featuring large cover art and smooth background blur. ### Can I access my music library offline with Mobile MA? Yes, Mobile MA features an offline library cache. Your artists, albums, and playlists are stored locally on your device for instant availability upon launching the app, with a manual refresh option. ### Is my music data secure with Mobile MA? Security and privacy are paramount. Your access token is stored exclusively and encrypted within the iOS Keychain on your device, ensuring no data is shared with cloud or third-party servers. ### What devices does Mobile MA support? Mobile MA is designed for iOS devices, specifically supporting iPhones. It utilizes native SwiftUI components for a seamless iOS experience. ### How often is Mobile MA updated? The latest version of Mobile MA is 2.6, last updated on July 3, 2026. The app is actively maintained, with updates typically released to improve functionality and user experience. ### What is the user sentiment for Mobile MA? Based on available data, Mobile MA has a rating of 3.0 stars from 4 ratings. This suggests a mixed but generally positive reception from its current user base. ## Version history (last 5 releases) ### 3.0 — 2026-08-05 What's new in 3.0 Apple Watch app - control your Music Assistant players from your wrist. Browse players, see what's playing with artwork, play/pause, skip, adjust volume with the Digital Crown, favourite the current track and scrub the timeline. Connection profiles - save more than one server as a named profile (for example Test and Prod) and switch with a single tap. No more signing out and back in; each profile keeps its own Direct and Remote access. iCloud sync for your app data - scenes, alarms, home layout, speaker order, volume preferences and radio bookmarks follow you to every device and survive a reinstall. Search in CarPlay - find artists, albums and tracks by voice or keyboard while you drive. Pick the source in CarPlay - when an album exists in more than one source (for example local and streaming), CarPlay asks which one before playing and merges duplicate albums into a single entry. Redesigned Settings - a clean, categorised layout with a quick info button on each setting. A dramatic launch screen that shows your chosen app icon. Listen Later shortcuts - stash a single track or a whole album with one tap from the menu. Fixes and polish: - Local playback resumes on its own after short system or Siri announcements. - Now Playing shows the cover again for albums with more than one source. - The progress bar is now tappable to seek. - Discover explains an empty state instead of going blank, and stays populated on newer server versions. - Artist and album info loads more reliably and prefers your server's own text. - The scrobbler no longer counts a track as played when the stream drops out. - CarPlay recovers automatically when a player queue went stale. - Pull-to-refresh on Home no longer leaves the screen shifted. - You can paste a copied long-lived token into the login field. - Share Mobile MA straight from the app. - Consistent headings on Home and tidy in-app info texts. ### 2.9 — 2026-07-28 New features: - Spectrum visualizer: When music plays on your iPhone, a real-time spectrum dances next to the format chips. Tap it and the visualizer expands over the cover art — with reflection, peak dots and a soft glow. Tap again to dismiss. - New app icon design: a fresh "Rhythm" icon as the default, plus six new color variants (Ocean, Forest, Sunset, Mono, Light, and the previous icon as "Classic") - Home your way: all sections and Discover sources now live in one single list — freely mix, reorder and hide anything - Separate CarPlay selection: the Home configurator has an App/CarPlay switch, so your car can show a leaner selection than your iPhone - 7-day free trial: start the trial right from CarPlay; new hints in Settings make the offer easier to find - Add search results straight to your library via the new library glyph - Refresh button in the player list re-registers your iPhone if it has dropped off - DockTrace: new entry under "More apps for self-hosters" (coming soon) Improvements and bug fixes: - Artwork is far more robust: covers survive switching between LAN and remote access without reloading, no more stuck placeholders after reconnects, Lock Screen artwork loads from the cache, and the album widget reliably shows covers again - Compatible with Music Assistant Server 2.9: radio and artist images load again (changed image API) - Playback on the go: local playback resumes automatically after signal drops and no longer stutters on weak connections - The A-Z jump bar now works reliably in every library view - Removed duplicate Home tiles ("In progress", "The world of ...") - Fully revised French translation (consistent form of address) - Close X instead of "Done" in the Up Next sheet ### 2.8 — 2026-07-21 What's new in 2.8 Continue Listening for podcasts and audiobooks – a new Home section picks spoken-word content up right where you left off, with the resume position kept in sync by your Music Assistant server. Hide or reorder it like any other Home section. Radio bookmarks that turn into real tracks – capture the song airing on a radio station, then resolve it against your library and providers. A resolved song can be played, queued, added to a playlist or favorited straight from the bookmark. Add to Queue everywhere – Play Next and Add to Queue on tracks, albums and playlists, always targeting whatever is playing now. Favorite in CarPlay – heart the current song, album and artist from the car. Per-speaker volume steps – choose how far the volume buttons jump, globally or per speaker. Similar music – find similar tracks, albums and artists. CarPlay Home now mirrors your app Home – same sections, order and visibility, including Continue Listening. More: connection details now survive app updates via iCloud, the edit-connection screen has a clear Cancel, and remote login shows the real server message instead of a generic error. Plus lots of polish – tidier Home rows, aligned artwork, clearer error toasts, better iPad sidebar behaviour, and many German, Spanish and French translation fixes. ### 2.7 — 2026-07-15 What's new in 2.7 Rock-solid iPhone playback. Controls, progress bar and volume stay in sync, speed changes and skips apply instantly, and the volume now shows an exact number. Build your library from anywhere. "More from this artist" shows a provider's full discography, you can add albums, artists and search results to your library in a tap, and albums show whether they're already in it. One-tap home / away. A button on Home switches between your local and remote connection and clearly shows which one is active. Artwork that shows up. Covers now load reliably across the app and widgets, including on servers that were picky about image routes. Multi-Room scenes you can manage. Edit or delete your saved scenes right from Home or the Scenes screen. CarPlay and polish. Browse streaming artists in CarPlay, a consistent close button everywhere including Now Playing, haptic feedback, and a refreshed Up Next. More reliable everywhere. Reconnect after a dropped remote connection, errors are shown instead of failing silently, faster cold launch and smoother image loading, plus stability and crash fixes under the hood. ### 2.6 — 2026-07-03 What's new in 2.6 Discover, redesigned. The Home screen now leads with a Discover grid powered by your Music Assistant server's recommendations: recently played, random picks, trending, continue listening and more. Reorder or hide any section, and jump straight to the layout from the new gear button. Know where your music comes from. Albums, artists, playlists and search results now show small source tags (SPO, AM, LOC, SMB ...) so you can tell at a glance which provider an item is on. Tap a tag to filter a list to that source. The filter even carries over when you open an album from an artist. A smarter Search. Results from different providers for the same item are merged into one row with all its source tags, so no more confusing duplicates. New scope chips let you search only your library or narrow to a single provider. Radio song memory. Heard something good on a radio station? Save it with one tap, on iPhone and in CarPlay, and find it again later. Party mode. A focused, shared-control view for when everyone wants to add to the queue. Favorite playlists now have their own tab in Favorites. Quick bug reporting. A new Report a Bug / Support entry in Settings opens our support pages or a prefilled email. Plus a lot of polish and fixes: reliable widget artwork, cleaner album track rows, correct covers for Apple Music playlists on Home, artist artwork and bios that load on the first try, playlists that no longer scroll on their own, tapping a song now plays from there, and a faster escape to network settings when a connection hangs. ## More apps by Sven Uwe Hanold - [BookStax](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/bookstax/id6761068485) - [dock-g](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/dock-g/id6762023227) - [nahbar](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/nahbar/id6762391341) - [gyokuro](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/gyokuro/id6767816893) - [picaroa](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/picaroa/id6777667802) All apps by Sven Uwe Hanold: https://appshunter.io/developer/1887623795 ## Related topics [music assistant](https://appshunter.io/ios/topics/music-assistant) --- *Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). User reviews are verbatim App Store reviews. 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