Corvus Music Player vs Decaud

A fast, beautiful, offline-first music player for the music you actually own. No subscription. No streaming. No account. Just your library, your MP3s, AACs, ALAC, FLACs and WAVs, playing exactly the way you want. Features • Browse by song, album, artist, genre, composer, or playlist • Search your entire library instantly • Synced and unsynced lyrics, with a full-screen lyrics view • Graphic and parametric equalizer with hundreds of headphone presets • Smart playlists that keep themselves up to date • Gapless playback, crossfade, and ReplayGain volume leveling • Now Playing with vibrant artwork-based color tinting • Mini player with one-tap full-screen expansion • Up Next queue with drag-to-reorder and swipe-delete • Shuffle (true Fisher-Yates) and repeat (off / all / one) • Sleep timer that fades out gently before it pauses • Star ratings and favorites • 4-up mosaic playlist covers • Lock Screen, Control Center, and Dynamic Island controls • CarPlay support • AirPlay 2 with an on-the-fly device picker • Headphone remote and Bluetooth controls • Universal: iPhone and iPad Import Your Music Drop files in via the Files app, AirDrop them from another device, or copy them from your computer using Finder file sharing. Wi-Fi Sharing adds a private upload page on your local network: open the address in any browser and drag whole folders in. Your files are organized into the library, with embedded artwork and tags read automatically. Privacy Nothing is collected. No analytics, no telemetry, no cloud calls. Your library stays on your device.

Decaud is free to use, with every feature included. No subscriptions, paid upgrades or locked features. In-app purchases are optional tips to support development; they do not unlock anything. Most players display the label on the file. Decaud looks deeper. TrueHz reads sampled windows across a track for spectral evidence consistent with lossy compression. It is evidence, not provenance. Decaud is a music player for people who care how their files actually reach their ears: hi-res lossless, DSD, and a signal path you can inspect at any moment. KNOW WHAT YOU'RE HEARING • TrueHz reads sampled windows for spectral evidence consistent with lossy compression, on songs whose audio is on this device • Analyzed songs keep their result on the row • Real-time analyzer, goniometer, phase, and LUFS meters BUILT FOR SOUND • An honest signal path: every stage between the file and the output, and what each one does to the audio • FLAC, ALAC, WAV, AIFF, DSF, DFF, APE, WavPack, and more • DSD plays as PCM with an in-app system-volume slider, shown in Audio Path. Optional native DSD requires a compatible USB DoP DAC, system volume at 100% and confirmation of independent listening-volume control on the DAC or downstream equipment. There is no in-app volume control during native DSD • Gapless playback, optional crossfade, and headphone crossfeed • ReplayGain and a 10-band equalizer MORE WAYS TO LISTEN • Internet radio from Radio Paradise, SomaFM, FIP, and your own stations, with live titles and covers • Station creates an endless session from your own library, chosen locally by sound • Classical browsing understands works, movements, and composers • The waveform is the seek bar • Tap the sound information in Now Playing to open Audio Path ANYWHERE IN THE HOUSE • Stream from NAS and SMB shares and DLNA servers • Play to AirPlay speakers through the system AirPlay picker • Control your Mac library from your iPhone over the local network • iCloud keeps your catalog, ratings, and artwork on your devices in your own account. Sending audio is always a separate, explicit action A LIBRARY THAT STAYS YOURS • Copy songs and folders from USB and SD drives to this iPhone or iPad for offline listening, even with the drive disconnected • Or play files from an attached drive without copying them • Download seven complimentary DSD64 tracks courtesy of NativeDSD, listen offline, and optionally upload them to iCloud • Sort As fields change ordering without renaming your music and sync across devices • Browse the playable library in CarPlay • Smart playlists, synced lyrics, and compilations • Your listening history stays private, with optional export to a server you host PRIVATE BY DESIGN No Decaud account required. No analytics. No tracking. Online metadata lookups are opt-in and send text or audio fingerprints only, never your audio.