AVSub app for iPhone and iPad

4.8 ( 5168 ratings )

Music Entertainment
Developer: Richard Levy

3.99 USD

Current version: 25, last update: 9 months ago
First release : 25 Oct 2014
App size: 83.14 Mb

AVSub is a fully featured, multi-language music and video streaming (after in-app purchase) app for SubSonic. With multi-format (including FLAC) support, quick & easy browsing, caching for offline listening or viewing, playlist support and a great user interface, accessing your media is fast and simple. With full Bluetooth Audio, Apple Watch, CarPlay, AVCast/Chromecast/FireTV & Airplay support too, you can have your media with you anywhere, anytime.

Connect AVSub to your licensed SubSonic server and youll have access to your entire media collection. AVSub supports any audio format that SubSonic supports and SSL.

AVSubs user interface is easy to use. Buttons are large and clear and playback can be controlled by gestures. Optimized views for both portrait & landscape orientations make the most of your device.

AVSub has full Bluetooth Audio support - stream to any Bluetooth device (car stereo, amplifier, speaker, headphones) with superb quality. Bluetooth remote-control is fully supported.

AVSub also fully suports CarPlay.

The AVSub Apple Watch extension is the easiest way to get your Subsonic playlists onto your watch. The extension supports full background playback. You can take your music with you even without your phone!

AVSub supports caching so you can listen to your music or watch video even when youre not connected to the Internet. AVSub will intelligently cache what you listen to in the background, or you can choose to download tracks, albums or videos direct to the cache for quick pre-loading. Cache size is configurable, along with options such as cache reading & writing and the ability to control direct-downloading over a mobile/cellular network.

Cache management in AVSub is easy too! When browsing the cache, simple swipe right-to-left on item to reveal a delete button. See the AVSub website for details.

AVSub supports Subsonic playlists and will intelligently cache tracks on your device.

AVSub can be used on both WiFi or a mobile/cellular connection (3G/4G). Audio caching ensure smoother playback.

AVSub shows enhanced information for your media, recognising movies, TV, artists and giving bio information, top tracks and similar artists.

AVSub supports the casting app AVCast.

With AVSub you can access your full media library by browsing, selecting from the most recently added, most recently played, most frequently played or highest rated tracks, or search over your entire library. AVSub also supports multiple SubSonic top-level music folders, allowing you to select an individual top-level folder, or your entire collection. You can browse by folder structure or ID3 tags.

AVSub Features:
- Universal app for iPhone/iPad/iPod Touch
- MP3/AAC/FLAC/MP4/ALAC/Vorbis/Opus/WAV/DSD
- High-resolution digital audio output via CCK up to 24bit/192kHz
- CarPlay
- TMDb integration for full movie & TV posters and details
- VLC integration
- Equaliser
- Mini player
- AVCast support
- Google Cast & Amazon Fire TV audio and video (after in-app purchase)
- Portrait and landscape
- Video streaming with caching (in-app purchase)
- Subsonic Jukebox (in-app purchase)
- Home screen & Notification center widget with recent items
- 3D Touch quick action shortcuts
- Internet radio
- Crossfade
- SSL support, including self-signed certificates
- Caching for all media
- Folder & ID3 mode
- Multi-disc album support
- Artist Radio/Similar Songs
- Intelligent Bookmarks
- Podcasts
- Gapless playback
- Track seeking
- Subsonic playlist support
- Streams over 3G/4G/5G/WiFi
- Maximum streaming bitrate control
- Bluetooth Audio/Airplay support
- Remembers your playlist from the last session
- Streams from any licensed SubSonic server (v4.0 and up)
- Browse/search music collection
- Browse most recently added, recently played, frequently played, highest rated
- Random albums/songs
- Shuffle and repeat
- Album cover art
- Lock-screen integration
- Documentation & guides available at the AVSub website
- Supports iOS10+

Pros and cons of AVSub app for iPhone and iPad

AVSub app good for

It does what it is supposed to do. Support is great I had a problem with casting my music and they helped me resolve it.

With a free API I thought I was going to go for one of the unpaid versions of this software but boy was I wrong. This app has everything in the cleanest, smoothest and most intuitive interface. I honestly thought of writing my own app for a little while but I know I couldnt out-do this one. Give this dev the $5 and I promise you wont look back.

Outstanding feature-rich and simply designed subsonic client.

I suffered with the free apps. Then I bought a couple of paid apps. This is the best Subsonic app right now you wont be disappointed. The developer is very active, creating new features and refining old interactions.

Some bad moments

Too bad you cannot test the application before buying it. Is it a bug or is it due to the configuration or my system ?

Im delighted to see someone tackle the problem of accessing subsonic while driving. iSub is the best iOS app available for subsonic right now. But it is really quite sad that that is the case. iSub has a confusing interface when youre not also trying to drive a car. It is absolutely maddening to use while on the road. So points for addressing this problem. Improvements are needed however. Most importantly: playlist support. Recently added and listened to is nice, but nowhere near as useful as access to the many subsonic playlists Ive already created. Ability to star tracks would also be nice (iSub doesnt offer that). Also, why double tap on artwork for play/pause (had to visit web site to figure that one out)? I see no downside in using single tap for that instead. Easier while driving and more discoverable. Also, landscape view option is essential for an app that purports to be car-friendly (iSub supports landscape). Since most gps apps work best in landscape mode, thats how my car mount is oriented. I experienced performance issues as well: I was frequently unable to navigate as expected as though the app had frozen or something. But overall, this app holds great promise. If development continues and my concerns addressed, the stars stay.

Tried to delete and reinstall and it still crashes on launch. This is after two updates that have come out. This is is the only app I have that this happens to. Please fix.

I used this app during a 12 hour road trip and it worked flawlessly. Highly recommended to anyone who uses Subsonic in the car.

This is getting really useful. Thanks so much for the random shuffles!

I started looking for an alternative to iSub when it became a little buggy with the latest release (some tracks not showing up for some albums). I found Carsub and it looks like the app is the heir apparent for when support and further development ceases for iSub (not too much longer now). Carsub is well supported and new features are being released frequently. The interface is simple and easy to navigate. Keep the updates coming, Mr. Levy! Youve got a great app!!

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