The offline music player for iPhone and iPad
Play the music you own — no subscription, no account, no internet required. With live visualizers and a real equalizer, because your library deserves better than a file browser.
An offline music playerplays audio files stored on your device — the MP3s, FLAC albums, and downloads you actually own — without a streaming service, an account, or a connection. It's how music worked before everything became a subscription, and it never stopped being the most reliable way to listen.
The phrase gets muddied because streaming apps also advertise “offline” — meaning DRM-locked downloads that play only inside their app, only while you keep paying. A true offline player is different: the files are yours, the library lives on your device, and nothing expires. Prismatic Music is a true offline player — it does not (and, like every third-party app, cannot) play DRM-protected downloads from Apple Music or Spotify.
What it does instead: imports the music you own from your Apple Music library, the Files app or any share sheet; plays MP3, AAC, FLAC, ALAC, WAV, and AIFF natively; organizes everything with playlists, albums, artists, and instant full-text search; and pairs it with real-time visualizers and a 10-band equalizer. Free, ad-free, account-free.
Offline player vs. streaming downloads vs. cloud lockers
Three very different things hide behind the word “offline.” Here's the honest comparison, by kind of app rather than by brand.
| True offline playerPrismatic Music, and players like it | Streaming app downloadsSpotify, Apple Music offline mode | Cloud-locker playersUpload-your-library services | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Needs a subscription | No — free | Yes, for offline listening | Often, past a storage cap |
| Needs an account | No | Yes | Yes |
| Keep your music if you cancel | Always — the files are yours | No — downloads are DRM-locked | Only what you re-download |
| Plays FLAC / lossless files | Yes, natively | Own tier/format only | Sometimes, transcoded |
| Works with music you already own | Yes — that's the point | Poorly, via sync workarounds | Yes, after uploading it all |
| Works in airplane mode | Yes | Yes, if downloaded in time | Only downloaded files |
Streaming is great for discovery — many people run both. But the library you'd miss if it vanished belongs in a player that can't take it away.
On iPhone and iPad
Import the DRM-free music you own straight from your device's Apple Music library, or add files from the Files app, AirDrop, and any share sheet. Playback runs in the background with full lock-screen and Control Center controls, Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets show what's playing, and the visualizer turns the player into something worth looking at.
What's inside
All features →
Visualizers
Real-time, beat-reactive visuals rendered live from the song that's playing — on your own music library.
Import
Bring in music from your Apple Music library, the Files app, your computer over Wi-Fi, or your old phone — your collection, one player.
FLAC & Lossless
Plays FLAC, ALAC, WAV, AIFF, MP3, and AAC natively — the lossless formats Apple's Music app won't touch.
Equalizer
A 10-band graphic EQ with 22 presets — from Bass Booster to Spoken Word — so every track sounds the way you want.
Offline music player — FAQ
An app that plays audio files stored on your device — MP3s, FLAC, and other formats you own — with no internet connection, streaming service, or account involved. It's how music players worked before streaming: your files, your library, playable anywhere.
Yes. Playback, importing, playlists, search, the 10-band EQ presets, and core visualizers are free, with no account required. You'll see occasional visual ads; an optional Prismatic Pro upgrade removes them and unlocks the full visualizer collection and custom EQ tuning — playback is never limited.
No — and neither can any third-party app. Songs downloaded from streaming services are DRM-protected and only play inside the service's own app while you keep paying. Prismatic Music plays the DRM-free music you own: purchases, rips, Bandcamp downloads, and files you've collected.
Three ways: import your Apple Music library on iPhone and iPad (the DRM-free tracks you own), add files from the Files app or any share sheet. Everything lands in one searchable library.
MP3, AAC/M4A, FLAC, ALAC (Apple Lossless), WAV, and AIFF — played natively, with no conversion step. Lossless files play as-is.
Completely. The library, playback, playlists, search, the equalizer, and the visualizers all run on-device. Nothing about the app requires a connection.
Own your music? Own your player.
Prismatic Music is out now — free on iPhone and iPad.