Lyris vs Dromify

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.

Dromify is a fast, native music player for your own music collection. Connect it to your Navidrome server (or any Subsonic-compatible server) and play your whole library on every Apple device you own. No subscriptions. No ads. No tracking. Just your music. YOUR LIBRARY, BEAUTIFULLY BROWSABLE • Albums, artists, genres, playlists and favourites • Fast search across your whole collection • Create and edit playlists that sync back to your server • Sort and filter your library, with pull-to-refresh to pick up anything new PLAYBACK THAT JUST WORKS • Streams the formats your server supports, including lossless FLAC, with a format and bitrate badge on Now Playing • Separate streaming quality for Wi-Fi and mobile data • Optional stream cache to ride out patchy connections • Queue management: Play Next, Add to Queue, reorder, shuffle and repeat • Lock Screen, Control Centre and AirPlay support CARPLAY Browse Recent, Playlists, Library, Favourites and Search from your dashboard, with full Now Playing controls, Up Next and one-tap Siri. SIRI AND SHORTCUTS Say "Play [album or artist] on Dromify", or use your voice to play and pause, skip, go back, shuffle, change repeat, play random songs or favourite the song that's playing. EVERY APPLE DEVICE • iPhone and iPad • Mac: a proper Mac app, with a sidebar, song tables, keyboard shortcuts and a resizable Now Playing window • Apple TV: your library on the big screen, controlled with the Siri Remote • Apple Vision Pro • Apple Watch (with Dromify Pro) MAKE IT YOURS Choose from seven colour themes (Electric, Evergreen, Purple Rain, Jazz, Soul, Midnight and Neon), in light or dark mode. PRIVATE AND SECURE Dromify talks only to your server. Passwords are stored in the Keychain and never leave your device. HTTPS is preferred, and if you do use plain HTTP, Dromify tells you clearly. DROMIFY PRO A single one-off purchase unlocks everything, on all your Apple devices, for good. Family Sharing is supported. • Offline downloads: keep tracks, albums and playlists on your device, including for CarPlay • Standalone Apple Watch: download music to your watch and leave your phone at home • Multiple servers: save several servers and switch between them • iCloud server sync: servers you add on one device show up on your others (passwords stay on each device) • Gapless playback: seamless transitions for live albums and DJ mixes • Sleep timer: playback stops after a time you set • Seasonal filters: keep genres like Christmas music hidden until their season comes round WHAT YOU NEED Dromify is a player. It doesn't come with any music. You'll need access to a Navidrome server or another Subsonic API–compatible music server. Navidrome is free and open source, and runs on a NAS, a Raspberry Pi or almost anything else. Dromify isn't affiliated with or endorsed by the Navidrome or Subsonic projects.