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 and Apple Watch. 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, and hearts
- Discover view to rediscover albums you'd forgotten you loved
- Download albums for offline listening
- Smart caching keeps recently-played tracks ready offline
- Light and dark modes that actually look like iOS
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
- Crossfade between tracks
- Shuffle with no repeats
- Hearts to track what you love
- Queue management you can actually use
- Lossless playback on iPhone (Apple Watch auto-transcodes for compatibility)
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.