# Musicola: Navidrome Player — Self-hosted music & lyrics

> Self-hosted music & lyrics (iPhone/iPad app by Scott Dobson.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/musicola-navidrome-player/id6817732175 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [Scott Dobson](https://appshunter.io/developer/1895801242)
- Category: Music
- Price: Free with in-app purchases
- Age rating: 9+
- Requires: iOS 17.0 · 53 MB
- Languages: American English
- Released: 2026-10-05
- Data updated: 2026-10-29

## What is Musicola?

Musicola plays the music on your own Navidrome server, on iPhone, iPad, Mac and Apple TV. It takes you from a song to its artist, and from an album to music like it.

Made for listening, not managing
• Home that knows you: recently played, recently added, your artists, most played, and mixes made from what you actually listen to.
• Radio that never ends: start radio from any song, album or artist. Autoplay keeps the music going with songs like the last ones you heard.
• Lyrics that follow along: synced lyrics light up line by line. Tap a line to jump there.
• Crossfade: each song fades into the next, from 2 to 12 seconds, while an album played in order runs on without a gap.
• Musicola DJ: an endless station from your library with Emma, a radio host who talks over the start of songs about what you're hearing, made on your device (Musicola Plus Tier 3).
• Artists in full: biographies, top songs and similar artists when your server has them, and every album, newest first.
• New from your artists: recent releases by the artists you play, and artists like them you don't have yet, as 30-second previews from Apple Music (iPhone, iPad and Mac).

Made for iPad
Bigger artwork, Now Playing with the cover beside the controls in landscape, and lyrics alongside.

Apple TV, properly
Big artwork, the Siri Remote, and what's playing on the Top Shelf.

On your Mac too
The same app on Macs with Apple silicon, in a window you can size as you like.

Everywhere on iPhone
Widgets, CarPlay, Siri and Shortcuts, AirPlay and the Lock Screen.

No server yet?
Choose Look around first. Musicola fills itself with Apple Music's charts as 30-second previews, with no subscription or permission needed, plus an album that comes with the app. Connect your server whenever you're ready.

Free, with Musicola Plus if you want more
Musicola is free to download and use. Musicola Plus is a choice of one-off purchases, never a subscription, and works with Family Sharing:
• Tier 1: download albums, playlists and mixes to your iPhone, iPad or Mac and play them with no connection.
• Tier 2: everything in Tier 1, plus the Mix Builder: mixes made from your listening, genres, decades and artists.
• Tier 3: everything in Tier 2, plus Musicola DJ, pick up on another device where you left off, lossless streaming and downloads, and Listening Stats: your top artists, albums and songs by week, month or year. Musicola DJ needs iOS, iPadOS or tvOS 26 and isn't on Apple TV HD.
Tier 3 is everything. Already own a tier? You're offered the upgrade at a lower price, so you never pay twice.

Your music stays yours
Musicola doesn't track you, show ads or collect analytics. Your plays, favourites and playlists live on your own server.

What you need
A Navidrome server you can reach from your device, at home or over HTTPS. Setup help: musicola.app/support

The music in the screenshots is shared under Creative Commons and credited at musicola.app/credits.
Navidrome is an independent open-source project; Musicola is not affiliated with or endorsed by it.

## Pricing and in-app purchases

Base price: Free.

**One-time purchases**

| Purchase | Price | Type |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Musicola Plus Tier 2 | $1.99 | one-time |
| Musicola Plus Tier 3 | $2.99 | one-time |
| Musicola Plus Tier 1 | $0.99 | one-time |
| Plus: Tier 2 to Tier 3 | $0.99 | one-time |
| Plus: Tier 1 to Tier 3 | $1.99 | one-time |
| Plus: Tier 1 to Tier 2 | $0.99 | one-time |


## Is Musicola safe?

Not enough ratings yet to assess Musicola.

## Is Musicola legit?

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


## Version history (last 3 releases)

### 1.1 — 2026-10-26

• Musicola DJ (Musicola Plus Tier 3): an endless station from your library with Emma, a radio host who talks over the start of songs about what you're hearing, made on your device. Steer her to a genre or ask for more like this, tell her your name, and set a sleep timer for a goodbye. Needs iOS, iPadOS or tvOS 26, and isn't on Apple TV HD.
• Mixes learn what you like: songs you skip come round less, and artists you play through come round more, in every mix.
• New on Home on iPhone, iPad and Mac: New from your artists and Artists you might like, as 30-second previews from Apple Music. Settings › Apple Music turns them off.
• Clear in Playing Next empties what's coming up.
• A small library keeps playing once you've heard it all.
• Covers keep their square tile whatever shape the image is, and pulling to refresh no longer says "cancelled".

### 1.0.1 — 2026-10-21

• Crossfade: Settings › Crossfade fades each song into the next, from 2 to 12 seconds. An album played in order still runs on without a gap. Free for everyone.
• Listening Stats now match on every device: each device keeps its plays in a private playlist on your own server, "Listening (kept by Musicola)", which you'll also see in Navidrome's web page.
• Siri plays a saved mix when you ask for it by name.
• CarPlay lists Your mixes.
• Edit mix can rename a mix.
• Songs you downloaded at High quality can be downloaded again in Lossless.
• Downloads carry on while your iPhone or iPad is locked.
• Enjoying Musicola? Settings › Rate Musicola takes you straight to the App Store review page on iPhone and iPad.
• iPhone on its side: Now Playing puts the cover, the lyrics or the queue beside the controls.
• Settings, Musicola Plus and Privacy have a new look, with each explanation under the setting it describes.
• Better mixes: a mix by an artist reaches their whole catalogue, genre mixes go by each song's main genre, and every mix card shows the mix's own albums.
• Saved mixes now sync between your devices, and no longer leave empty playlists on your server.
• Albums no longer get stuck with your server's placeholder cover.
• Music carries on by itself when your connection comes back.
• The album that comes with Musicola plays with no server.
• Musicola Plus: buying or restoring tells you what happened, right beside the button, and you're never offered a tier you already own.
• Apple TV: Settings is the cog in the tab bar, and its pages sit in the middle of the screen.

### 1.0 — 2026-10-05

No release notes.

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