lytti
a music player for people who own music
Just the music you already own.
Features
six tracks, all on device
Karaoke-style lyrics that follow along as you listen. Portrait or landscape.
Flip between library views until it feels like yours. Fix titles, artists, covers — they're your records; edit them like it.
"More like this" — matched by the artists and genres already in your library. Computed entirely on your phone. No server ever hears what you play.
Fair questions?
A1Where do I get the music?
From the library you already have — your old MP3s, your ripped CDs, your old iTunes library. Want more? Buy albums on iTunes or anywhere else and import them into your Apple library; lytti picks them up like everything else.
A2Why was lytti made?
I got tired of the constant subscription nagging, and of how the iPhone's default music app treats a local library as an afterthought. So I built an alternative that suits my needs better — a player for people who own their music.
A3Is FLAC supported?
Not yet, and whether it gets built depends on how many people ask for it — it's on the roadmap, planned for late 2026. If FLAC is your dealbreaker, tell me below.
A4Is it really free?
Free at launch. Later versions will add a one-time unlock for new users — never a subscription. If you download early, you keep everything, forever.
A5Why can't I edit my playlists?
The ones you make in lytti are yours completely — name them, reorder them, add and remove songs, delete them. The ones that came over from the Music app are read-only, and that's Apple's rule rather than mine: an app is only allowed to change playlists it made itself. Getting round it would mean asking you to sign in to an Apple Music account, which is the whole thing lytti exists to avoid. So there's “Edit a Copy in lytti” instead — you get your own version to rearrange, and the original stays exactly as it was.
Roadmap
what's coming, and roughly whenThe first release. Free, no account, nothing to subscribe to.
Aug 2026The months after it lands go on bug reports and the things you ask for below — making the release solid rather than bigger.
After launchMove your own FLAC files onto the phone and they sit next to the library you already have — one library, not two apps. It only gets built if enough people ask, and if it does it's a one-time purchase, never a subscription.
Q4 2026Dates are intent, not a promise. Nothing here has shipped yet.
