# Primuse: Open Source Music — Self-hosted library player > Unified music player for local, cloud, NAS, and streaming sources. (iPhone/iPad app by 玉琴 孙.) - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/primuse-open-source-music/id6761675450 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`) - Developer: [玉琴 孙](https://appshunter.io/developer/1877577177) - Category: Music, Entertainment - Price: Free - Rating: 5.00/5 from 7 App Store ratings · 7 written reviews indexed - Age rating: 4+ - Requires: iOS 18.0 · 121 MB - Languages: American English, French (France), German (Germany), Japanese, Korean, Chinese (Simplified, China), Chinese (Traditional, Taiwan) - Released: 2026-04-12 - Data updated: 2026-08-28 - Monetization: free - User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/primuse-open-source-music/id6761675450/reviews.md ## What is Primuse? Your music lives in many places. Primuse brings it into one native library across iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple TV, Apple Watch and CarPlay. ALL YOUR SOURCES • Stream local files and connect Synology DSM, QNAP, SMB/CIFS, WebDAV, FTP, SFTP, NFS, S3 and UPnP/DLNA. • Browse Navidrome, Subsonic, Airsonic, Gonic, Jellyfin, Emby and Plex. • Connect 123 Cloud Drive, 115, Baidu Netdisk, Aliyun Drive, Google Drive, OneDrive and Dropbox. • Search your Apple Music library and catalog, then play subscription content with the system player. HIGH-FIDELITY PLAYBACK • Play FLAC, ALAC, APE, WAV, WavPack, MP3, AAC, Opus, DSD and many more formats. • Split continuous album images into virtual tracks with CUE sheets. • On iPhone, iPad and Mac, play DTS and DTS-CD-in-WAV through the compatibility decoder. • Fine-tune playback with gapless play, crossfade, ReplayGain, speed control, sleep timer, EQ, reverb and dynamics. LYRICS AND METADATA • Enjoy LRC and word-level lyrics, translations, manual correction and external-display lyrics. • Find artwork, tags and lyrics with built-in or imported metadata sources. • Write artwork and LRC sidecars back to supported writable sources. A LIBRARY BUILT AROUND YOU • Mix local, NAS, cloud, server and Apple Music tracks in one visible queue. • Create playlists and smart playlists, import or export M3U8/JSON, find duplicates and recover recently deleted items. • Search titles, artists, albums, Pinyin and full lyric text. • Keep sources, playlists, history and settings in sync with iCloud. MADE FOR APPLE DEVICES Live Activities, Dynamic Island, Lock Screen controls, widgets, Apple Watch, CarPlay, Siri Shortcuts, Spotlight, AirPlay and external displays are all part of the experience. The Mac app also includes a mini player, menu-bar controls and desktop lyrics. Primuse does not provide music or cloud storage. You use your own files, accounts and servers; service availability depends on each provider, region and account. No ads and no Primuse subscription. ## Key features - Unified playback from NAS, cloud, local files, and streaming - Audiophile-grade playback with lossless decoding - Spatial audio and real-time spectrum visualizer - Smart discovery and playlist generation - Powerful search including lyrics and Pinyin - DLNA receiver functionality - Offline downloads and smart caching ## Recent user reviews (7 of 7) All indexed reviews: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/primuse-open-source-music/id6761675450/reviews.md ### 5/5 — 好用！ *2026-08-25* 太好！ 歌词颜色不知道怎么设置，好像没找到 **Developer response:** 目前还不能设置，后面我加个指定歌词颜色和渐变色吧 ### 5/5 — Feature request: speed up *2026-08-20* This may be a bug rather than a feature request. This app is absolutely amazing. It is what I had envisioned a music player would be if I were to make one. The only issue is that whenever I add my Apple Music library (7,300 songs), the app becomes so slow that it is unusable. I want to listen to my Apple Music songs next to the songs I have downloaded locally on my device. Any tips? Could you also add the ability to export the modified music tags back to the file? Thanks **Developer response:** Thanks for the detailed feedback! Both issues will be addressed in version 1.9.2. The update will likely take about a week to become available due to the App Store review process. Please note that tag changes can only be written back to music files you downloaded yourself. For Apple Music tracks, the modified tags will be stored locally as cached metadata on the current device rather than written to the original files. ### 5/5 — Missing ALBUMARTIST Field *2026-08-19* Great music player on macOS but because it does not handle the ALBUMARTIST field, albums featuring multiple collaborators appear repeatedly under ALBUM. ### 5/5 — 真的太棒了 *2026-08-12* 本地音乐和nas播放神器！ **Developer response:** ☺️ ### 5/5 — Feature request: speed up *2026-08-08* This may be a bug rather than a feature request. This app is absolutely amazing. It is what I had envisioned a music player would be if I were to make one. The only issue is that whenever I add my Apple Music library (7,300 songs), the app becomes so slow that it is unusable. I want to listen to my Apple Music songs next to the songs I have downloaded locally on my device. Any tips? Could you also add the ability to export the modified music tags back to the file? Thanks **Developer response:** Hi, thank you very much for the kind words and detailed feedback! We identified performance bottlenecks affecting large music libraries and have implemented targeted optimizations, especially for libraries containing thousands of Apple Music tracks. The interface should now remain much more responsive when Apple Music songs are displayed alongside local music. Would you be interested in trying the latest TestFlight version to see whether the issue has been resolved with your 7,300-song library? https://testflight.apple.com/join/AjbPukaF After trying it, please let me know whether the initial sync and everyday browsing performance have improved. If you still experience any slowdown, your device model, OS version, and the specific screen or action that feels slow would be very helpful for further investigation. Regarding writing edited tags back to the original music files: this is not supported yet, but we plan to add tag write-back support for writable music sources in a future update. Thanks again for helping us improve Primuse! ### 5/5 — 很好 *2026-07-30* 歌词刮削不到啊，还有能不能把播放页换个颜色，太黑了，总体不错 **Developer response:** 歌词是因为版权问题不能内置刮削源，可以看下github的issuse #8中的刮削源导入一下就可以了。播放页我来调整下。 ### 5/5 — 很好用的跨源音乐播放器 *2026-07-16* 感谢开发者，界面很好看，功能也很全面，对于自建音源的用户很友好，提几个建议：app端音乐列表和专辑等高频使用的入口在“资料库”tab里，可能单独做成tab比较友好；app端歌曲列表展示的是文件名而非刮削后的曲目标题；tv端无法后台播放；tv端曲目一多（超过3000首）后很容易闪退；tv端不同tab hover后再点击才会切换，应该做成直接切换比较顺滑；tv端在每个tab下时按返回键会回到tv主界面，应该返回到tab上比较合理；tv端的遥控器播放暂停键无法在全局中使用，需要调起ui才可以；tv端资料库tab的那几个筛选项不容易用遥控器点到需要到下面的专辑或歌曲列表里绕一圈再往上点。再次感谢开发者做出的精美app **Developer response:** 感谢您的详细反馈和认可，我会按照您的建议不断迭代！ 由于现在 1.6.4 版本目前已经提交审核，暂时无法加入这些调整，相关修复和体验优化将在 1.6.4 之后的下一个版本中陆续上线。再次感谢您提供如此细致的建议！ ## Frequently asked questions about Primuse ### What music sources does Primuse support? Primuse supports major NAS platforms, universal protocols like WebDAV and SMB, self-hosted media servers, cloud drives, S3-compatible storage, and mainstream streaming services. It also integrates with on-device iPhone music. ### What audio formats can Primuse play? Primuse offers native lossless decoding for formats including FLAC, ALAC, WAV, and DSD. It also features a Hi-Res badge for high-resolution tracks and supports gapless playback. ### Does Primuse offer offline playback? Yes, Primuse allows one-tap offline downloads for any track. It also supports range-fetch streaming, enabling seeking without waiting for a full download, and features smart LRU cache eviction. ### How does Primuse handle music discovery? Primuse includes features like song radio, similar song suggestions based on metadata and listener data, and smart playlists with advanced rule-based grouping. It also generates an auto-created year-end music report. ### Can Primuse display lyrics? Yes, Primuse provides word-level synced lyrics with optional system translation. It also supports one-tap cover and lyric write-back to NAS sidecars for cross-device sharing. ### What devices is Primuse available on? Primuse is available on iPhone, iPad, Mac, and Apple TV. It also offers Apple Watch independent widget and remote control functionality, along with Home Screen widgets and Dynamic Island Live Activity. ### Does Primuse have ads? No, Primuse does not contain advertisements. It is a completely ad-free experience for users. ### How often is Primuse updated? Primuse was last updated on July 11, 2026, with version 1.6.3. This indicates a relatively frequent update cycle for new features and improvements. ## Version history (last 5 releases) ### 1.9.1 — 2026-08-21 • Browse your library by music source, scan root and folder hierarchy, with Apple Music playlist groups and a flat-list option. • Select multiple songs for batch playlist, queue, offline, metadata and removal actions. • Sync read-only playlists from Subsonic-compatible servers, Jellyfin, Emby and Plex after scanning. • Swipe the mini player to switch tracks. • Improved Jellyfin and Emby lyrics handling, WebDAV redirects, MP3 metadata, large-library sorting and playlist sync stability. ### 1.9.0 — 2026-08-12 Primuse 1.9.0 brings live radio, faster library updates, and a more complete lyrics and playback experience. • Add HTTP or HTTPS internet radio streams with custom artwork, live metadata, iCloud sync, and playback controls across Apple devices. • Music sources can quickly sync changes, resume interrupted scans, and run a deep scan when needed. STRM entries can now open supported local, NAS, and cloud streams. • Added Drime cloud drive support and smarter Synology QuickConnect connections. Improved Navidrome/Subsonic paging, offline caching, and recovery of sources after upgrades. • Lyrics now offer better ELRC word-level timing and auto-follow, immersive landscape controls, full-screen music videos, editing, and write-back to supported writable sources. • Queues, shuffle order, the current track, and playback position restore more reliably after relaunch, with more accurate system Now Playing and CarPlay state. • Improved startup and large-library loading, remote playback, artwork, metadata matching, scan diagnostics, and overall stability. ### 1.8.0 — 2026-08-05 Primuse 1.8.0 expands format support and makes long listening sessions more reliable. • CUE sheets can now split a continuous album image into individual tracks across supported local, NAS and cloud sources. • Added playback for DTS and DTS-CD-in-WAV through a new FFmpeg compatibility path, while retaining the native high-fidelity decoder for supported lossless and DSD formats. • Reworked stream positioning, start offsets and buffer control for more accurate CUE boundaries, playback progress and sustained playback. • Mixed-source and shuffled queues now advance more reliably, including transitions to and from Apple Music. • iPhone volume now follows the system output level. Fixed the volume layout and repeated cellular-data notices. • Playlists can now be deleted on iPhone. Quick Favorites can be reordered or hidden, and tabs remain visible before playback starts. • Restored local-folder scanning on Mac and fixed title-bar dragging and double-click zoom. • Improved metadata and lyric scraping without replacing Apple Music artwork or CUE track data. • Fixed read-only items in Duplicate Cleanup, CloudKit and SMB lifecycle crashes, CarPlay artwork compatibility, concurrent playlist edits and other stability issues. ### 1.7.3 — 2026-08-01 • Enhanced Apple Music library syncing, including cloud-library access on Mac. Synced Apple Music tracks can now fetch online lyrics without downloading the audio. • Added seamless playback queues combining local, NAS, cloud, and Apple Music tracks. • Added real track deletion for supported sources and improved duplicate cleanup, including Baidu Netdisk. • Improved cold launch, song-list navigation, and large-library performance. • Added a persistent lyrics index for faster library search. • Improved background metadata fetching, cloud sync, and Airsonic Advanced compatibility. • Fixed interruptions to other apps’ audio at launch, lyric scrolling, Now Playing menus, and crashes caused by malformed media. • Play local, NAS, cloud-drive, Subsonic, and media-server tracks continuously in one mixed-source queue. • Duplicate Cleanup can now delete files from writable sources, with batching, resume, and retries. Baidu Netdisk results are checked per file so partial failures are no longer reported as success. • A persistent index speeds up title, artist, album, Pinyin, and lyric search in very large libraries. • Improved Apple Music sync, identity matching, play-history linking, and lyric scraping—even after the player is collapsed. • Added Airsonic Advanced compatibility; fixed stale source counts and simulator credential persistence. • Added CarPlay search and fixed a template-related crash. Refined lyric follow, gestures, and scraping controls in Now Playing. • Fixed search-result playback crashes, cold-launch audio interruption, local-path recovery and duplicate caching, continued MV downloads after pause, and unnecessary scraping or translation requests. • Reduced oversized iCloud lyric snapshots and improved large-library search and cleanup performance. ### 1.7.1 — 2026-07-25 Primuse 1.7.0 expands media-server support and makes mixed libraries more reliable. • Improved Jellyfin and Emby authentication, scanning and direct audio playback, plus more reliable Plex token connections. • Added configurable server base paths and server-side metadata refresh for Jellyfin, Emby and Plex. • Scraped metadata and artwork can now be written back to supported media servers; Jellyfin can also receive lyrics. • Added independent music-video playback, including progressive streaming for sources without direct links. • Improved Chinese title repair and scraper import matching. • Added four new app-icon themes. • Fixed SSL/port switching, trusted-device credentials, cloud connections and multiple playback edge cases. • Reworked the 123 Cloud Drive OAuth callback flow for more reliable authorization. • Reduced scanning, tag-reading, indexing, Home, and source-list overhead for smoother large libraries. • Redesigned Home and Library with reorderable sections, Quick Favorites search, and clearer access to playlists, albums, and artists. • Added a first-install feature tour and a richer update dialog with expandable release notes. • Improved Apple Music playlist visibility and music videos with a larger player and landscape fullscreen. • Improved macOS and Apple TV localization, branding, navigation, and remote playback controls. • Fixed metadata titles, a Spotlight artwork crash, and other stability issues. ## More apps by 玉琴 孙 - [PMMO Helper](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/pmmo-helper/id6771757473) - [MeshDrop](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/meshdrop/id6772689903) All apps by 玉琴 孙: https://appshunter.io/developer/1877577177 --- *Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). 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