I m Merlin, the maker of Luma. Luma launches here tomorrow, October 24, and I d love to talk with you before and during launch day.
Why I built it
Streaming is convenient, but a lot of music lives outside the big services: Bandcamp purchases, CD rips, FLAC collections, live recordings, DJ sets. On iPhone there was no good way to play that music without a cloud account, a subscription or a clunky file browser. So I built the player I wanted myself.
Luma is a music player for the files you own: FLAC rips, Bandcamp downloads, your old MP3s. No account, no cloud, no ads, no tracking. Import your music and Luma sorts it by artist and album. FLAC, ALAC, MP3, AAC, WAV and Opus play natively, with gapless playback, crossfade, a 10-band EQ and synced lyrics. Smart playlists, listening stats and a clear queue are built in. On Mac, Luma is a full player that also sends your library to your iPhone over Wi-Fi or USB. Free to try for 30 days.
