| What it does | Native local music player for iOS and Mac that plays FLAC, ALAC, APE and DSD from your library or NAS
| On-device text-to-speech for Mac that turns anything you're reading into audio you can listen to
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| Stage | Startup
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| Founded | 2026
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| Based in | CN
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| Pricing model | Freemium
| Paid
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| Pricing | Free: full local music player with 15+ formats, gapless playback, 10-band equalizer, ReplayGain leveling, playlists and synced lyrics. Pro: $9.99 one-time, adds network sources (WebDAV, SMB, Google Drive, MEGA), Apple Watch sync, tag writing, smart playlists and desktop lyrics window. Pro Supporter:
| $4.99 one-time purchase with all minor updates included. 14-day free trial available.
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| Key features | - Plays FLAC, ALAC, APE, DSD, OGG, OPUS and 15+ audio formats
- Gapless playback and playback speed adjustment
- 10-band equalizer with named presets and preamp gain
- ReplayGain volume leveling per track or album
- Word-by-word synced lyrics from LRC files or online search
- WebDAV and SMB streaming from NAS with Pro
- Google Drive and MEGA playback with Pro
- CarPlay on iPhone with playlists and albums
- Apple Watch app with offline playback without iPhone
| - Select text from any app and add to queue with ⌥⌘L or right-click
- 14 built-in voices with optional HD voice for natural-sounding speech
- Playback speeds from 0.5× to 2× with pitch preservation
- Organized library with tags, notes, and resume-where-you-left-off
- Menu bar control for playback without leaving current app
- Sync queue and audio to iPhone through private iCloud
- All processing on-device with no uploads or accounts required
- Works fully offline on your Mac
- Text cleaned up for listening with paragraphs and pauses intact
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| What makes it different | - Built with native SwiftUI—not Electron or a web wrapper—for true platform integration on Mac, iPhone, iPad and Apple Watch
- Local-first design: your files never pass through Trove's servers, no account or tracking required
- One-time purchase instead of subscriptions—buy Pro once and use it forever across all your Apple devices
- Plays lossless and exotic formats directly without re-encoding or uploading your music
- Connects to your NAS, WebDAV, SMB, Google Drive or MEGA on your own account without hosting music on Trove's servers
| - Entirely on-device with no uploads, no accounts, and no cloud servers
- One-time $4.99 purchase with perpetual license and all minor updates included
- Free iPhone companion app with iCloud sync through your own private cloud
- Designed for accessibility including dyslexia, low vision, ADHD, and eye strain
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| Community votes | 0 | 0 |
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| DR (Domain Rating by Ahrefs) | Not checked yet ● no change since last check | 6 ● no change since last check |
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| Trust Flow (Majestic) | 0 | 0 |
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| Citation Flow (Majestic) | 13 | 25 |
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| Referring domains (Majestic) | 1 | 90 |
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