WaveSafe vs Lyris

WaveSafe is a free, private, offline player for the music you actually own. Import your audio files and get a fast, clean library on iPhone, iPad, Mac, and CarPlay — no account, no ads, no internet required. • Plays your own files — MP3, M4A/AAC, ALAC, FLAC, WAV, AIFF, OGG • 100% offline — your music never leaves your device; no tracking, no ads • Gapless album playback with a sample-accurate engine • Loudness normalization via ReplayGain tags • Browse by Library, Genres, Soundtracks, and Favorites • Fast offline search across artists, albums, and songs • Shuffle, queue, and resume where you left off • Rich album art and a focused Now Playing view • CarPlay browsing and playback • Universal app for iPhone, iPad, and Mac

Your self-hosted music, beautifully played. Navidrome, Subsonic and Jellyfin in a fast native player. Free for 7 days, then one purchase unlocks it for good. YOUR LIBRARY, AT HOME ON YOUR iPHONE • Browse artists, albums, tracks, genres and playlists • Instant search across your whole collection • Favourites, ratings and smart playlists • Multi-disc albums, release dates, artist pages with your albums and similar artists in your library • Choose which music folders or libraries to show A PLAYER THAT FEELS RIGHT • Gapless-feeling queue with shuffle, repeat and a queue you can reorder • Synced lyrics when your server provides them • Equalizer and ReplayGain volume levelling • Lock screen, Control Center, AirPlay and CarPlay • Keeps playing smoothly on weak or changing networks OFFLINE AND ON THE GO • Download albums and playlists to listen without a connection • Stream in original quality, or transcode to MP3, AAC or Opus at the bitrate you choose — separately for Wi-Fi and cellular • Instant seeking, even in transcoded tracks DISCOVER MUSIC • Recommendations based on what you actually listen to, powered by the open MusicBrainz and ListenBrainz databases • Optional ListenBrainz scrobbling with your own token • Optional Lidarr integration: manage your lidarr server directly from your music player app PRIVATE BY DESIGN • No analytics, no ads, no backend: Lyris talks to your servers and to open music databases, never to us • Your credentials stay in the iOS Keychain; Lyris stores a token, never your password • Works with servers on your local network, over a VPN such as Tailscale, or behind Cloudflare Access with custom headers • Certificates are always validated by iOS REQUIREMENTS Lyris needs a music server you run or have access to: Navidrome (recommended), another Subsonic/OpenSubsonic-compatible server, or Jellyfin. Lyris does not include or sell any music.