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About Crate for Plex

Your Plex music library, finally given the iOS music player it deserves. Crate is a native, unofficial music player for your Plex Media Server, built for iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch, and CarPlay. Pay once. No subscription. No ads. No tracking. Just your music, played beautifully. ON IPHONE - Browse your entire library — albums, artists, playlists - Now Playing reimagined with crossfade, queue, lyrics, and hearts - Stations built from your own library — Hits, Heart Beats, On Repeat, and more - Discover view to rediscover albums you'd forgotten you loved - Download albums for offline listening - Smart caching keeps recently-played tracks ready offline - Pick up where you left off — Crate restores your last session on launch - Light and dark modes that actually look like iOS IN THE CAR - Full CarPlay app — Home, Library, Discover, Stations, and Search - Top Picks and recent albums the moment you connect - Hands-free with Siri: "Hey Siri, play House in Crate" - Ask Siri for a playlist, an artist, or a station, or say "I like this song" to heart it ON IPAD - A layout built for the big screen, in both orientations - Lyrics alongside the artwork, the way they should be ON APPLE WATCH - A real watchOS app — browse, download, and play from your wrist - Doubles as a remote when your iPhone is the one playing - Download albums directly to your watch - Phone-optional playback with AirPods THE FUNDAMENTALS, DONE RIGHT - Gapless playback with crossfade between tracks - Volume matching, so quiet albums and loud ones sit at the same level - Lossless FLAC playback on iPhone (Apple Watch auto-transcodes for compatibility) - Stream quality control, with Data Saver and Low Data Mode respected automatically - Shuffle with no repeats - Hearts to track what you love - Queue management you can actually use WHAT'S NOT INSIDE - No subscription - No ads - No tracking - No login wall to a service that isn't yours Crate connects directly to your own Plex Media Server. Your music. Your server. Your player. REQUIREMENTS Crate requires a Plex Media Server with a music library and a free Plex account. Plex Pass is not required. Crate is an unofficial third-party application and is not made by, endorsed by, or affiliated with Plex Inc.

Ratings & reviews

4.7

6 ratings

5 ★ 83% 4 ★ 0% 3 ★ 17% 2 ★ 0% 1 ★ 0%

What’s new

Version 2.5.0 · Updated October 2, 2026

What's New in 2.5.0 for the version page: Crate now lives in your car. A full CarPlay app with Home, Library, Discover, Stations, and Search, plus Siri: ask for a playlist, an artist, or a station by name, or say "I like this song." Also new: - Stations, built from your own library - Lyrics on Now Playing, on iPhone and iPad - A new iPad layout for both orientations - Gapless playback, volume matching, and native FLAC on a rebuilt audio engine - Stream quality control that honors Data Saver and Low Data Mode - Session resume: Crate picks up where you left off - Redesigned album and playlist cards across iPhone, iPad, and Apple Watch

App privacy

The developer, Darren Ebbing, reported these privacy practices to Apple.

Data Not Collected

The developer does not collect any data from this app.

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