chroma

The music app you already use, redesigned in Liquid Glass

Word-by-word lyrics, Sing, animated covers and sound controls. Free to install, Plus adds the extras.

An album page with its animated cover
Word-by-word lyrics
The player

Lyrics, word by word

Each word lights up as it's sung, and the lines around it blur. Tap a line to jump there.

  • Translations under each line
  • Any language translated on a tap
  • Genius annotations for the line you tap
  • Arabic and Hebrew the right way round
Lyrics with a Genius annotation
Lyrics translated line by line

Sing

Turn the vocals down and sing over the song, with the lyrics still in time.

  • Vocals anywhere from silent to full
  • With AirPods, the voice stays in front of you as you turn your head
The vocals slider beside the lyrics
Spatial voice settings

Covers that move

An album with an animated cover plays it in the player, on its page and on the lock screen.

  • Animated covers in the player and on album pages
  • Animated covers on the lock screen
  • The lyrics as the lock screen's artwork
An album page with its animated cover
Lyrics on the lock screen

Lock screen and Dynamic Island

A Live Activity with the controls, the queue or a sleep timer, in the Dynamic Island too.

  • Controls, queue or timer, your pick
  • Like and dislike without unlocking
The Live Activity on the lock screen

Speed, pitch and sound

Slow a song down and it stays in key, or change the key and keep the tempo. Audio effects run on the app's own audio.

  • Reverb, from a small room to a hall
  • EQ, bass boost, compander, convolver and more
  • AutoEq correction for your headphones
Speed, pitch and reverb in the ⋯ menu
Audio effects

Make it yours

Pick the tabs, their icons and the pages they open, and one font for the whole app.

  • A tab for any page, with SF Symbols icons
  • Any font, app-wide
  • An accent colour and true black
The tab bar editor
Lyrics in a custom font

Install Chroma

Patch your IPA right here in the browser, or build it on GitHub. No Mac needed. Bring app version 9.1.78, the one each release is tested on.

  • Discord

    Help, previews of upcoming features and a message when a release is out.

  • Ko-fi

    Chroma is made by one student. Donations keep it going.

  • GitHub

    Source code, bug reports and every release.