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alcove.lp

Private listening / iPhone alpha

Albums worth remembering.

Alcove LP is a quiet, album-first home for Apple Music. Save the records that matter, queue whole albums, and keep the notes and listening history on your device.

Join the free TestFlight alpha ↗ See what is inside

Requires iPhone with iOS 17 or later. Apple Music catalog playback requires an active Apple Music subscription.

Alcove LP welcome screen with two built-in demo albums
No feed.
Just records.

The whole record. Not the feed.

Alcove LP starts with albums, keeps their order intact, and makes room for the memory around the music. The first alpha is deliberately small and useful.

01

Apple Music catalog

Connect through MusicKit, search by album, and play through the subscription you already use.

02

Your shelf

Save exact album editions and add private listening notes that stay on your iPhone.

03

Whole-album queue

Arrange multiple albums in order, then load them atomically into one linear listening session.

04

Now Playing

Native play, pause, previous, next, progress, background audio, and album artwork.

05

Local history

Play counts and first- and last-played dates are recorded only after playback begins.

06

Useful without a login

Two built-in demo albums let anyone explore the shelf and notes without connecting music.

A place for the music you keep

Your records. Your shelf.

Search is for finding. The shelf is for returning. Save an album, leave a note, and come back without turning your listening into content for somebody else.

The alpha is free, has no ads, and contains no purchases.

Alcove LP demo albums and Apple Music connection screen
Alcove LP shelf with a private note on the Night Window demo album

Listening is not telemetry.

Alcove LP has no account system or Alcove server for the app to call. Its source policy rejects analytics, tracking, crash-reporting SDKs, CloudKit, and general-purpose networking.

No accountYour Apple ID password is never provided to Alcove LP.
No analyticsNo product analytics, tracking, ads, or behavioral telemetry.
Local by defaultShelf, queue, notes, and listening history stay on your device.
You can clear itReset an album's history or clear all local history from the app.
Read the privacy policy

One mode now. Two on the workbench.

Modes change listening behavior, not the sound. LP is the first release; cassette and 8-track are named roadmap ideas, not hidden or placeholder features.

Available in alpha

LP

Linear whole-album playback, no shuffle, and a deliberate end.

Roadmap

Cassette

A continuous album timeline with the character of a counter, without invented metadata.

Roadmap

8-track

A circular album session that can return from the last track to the first.

First pressing / TestFlight

Put an album on.

The alpha is ready for a small group of listeners.

Open the public TestFlight link ↗