Local music deserves a great player

Why we're building Trove

Desktops used to have great local music players. Today the classics are aging: some are macOS-only and rarely updated, others never brought their best parts across, and almost none of them follow you off the desk to your phone. Meanwhile your library — the FLAC rips, the purchases, the albums on your NAS — deserves better than being sideloaded into an app built for streaming.

Trove is our answer. It is on the App Store today for Mac, iPhone, iPad and Apple Watch, built with SwiftUI, and it treats local and network libraries as first-class citizens. The Mac build shipped in September 2026 from the same codebase and the same listing — one app, one library, from the desk to the gym.

What we're focused on

Trove does a few things exceptionally well: it plays every format you own — FLAC and ALAC included — it reaches your music wherever it lives — folders, WebDAV, SMB, NAS — and it feels truly native on both the desktop and the phone. We'd rather do these essentials right than do everything halfway. The full feature list spells out what that means in practice.

Our principles

• Local-first. Your files never pass through our servers. No account, no tracking, no cloud middleman.
• No subscriptions. The core player is free; Pro is a one-time purchase you make once and own forever.
• Native or nothing. Real SwiftUI apps that respect each platform — Siri, background playback and AirPlay on iPhone and iPad, CarPlay in the car, and an Apple Watch app that plays without the phone.

Trove Player is independently built by Chongqing Mengxiande Technology Co., Ltd (重庆孟羡德科技有限公司), and it is on the App Store now for Mac, iPhone, iPad and Apple Watch. If that resonates, it is a free download. Questions are answered in the FAQ; if what you want is missing, tell us. You can also meet the people who have helped Trove grow on the Thanks page.