Kanora
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SupportedAndroid phones

Kanora for Android

Kanora for Android keeps a library of music you own on the phone itself, and works without a Mac. Pair it with the Mac app and it can browse and stream the whole collection over your home network, and download albums to take with you.

Kanora on an Android phone: the Home screen with a greeting, library totals, and Recently Added and Recently Played rows of album artwork.
Home
An album open on Android: artwork, genre and year, title and artist, the format and track count, Play and Shuffle buttons, and the first track.
Album detail
Now Playing on Android: large artwork on a background tinted from it, track, artist and album, the audio format, a scrubber, transport controls and the output button.
Now Playing
Where it fits

Works on its own. Better with a Mac.

Import files or whole folders and Kanora copies them into a library on the phone. There is no account to make.

Pair it with a Mac running Kanora and the phone can see the Mac’s library too: browse it, stream it at home, and download what you want for later. You can also send an album from the phone to the Mac.

What it does

What you can do with Kanora for Android.

Your own library

  • Import files or whole folders through the Android file picker. Kanora copies them into a library on the phone.
  • Imports MP3, FLAC, AAC, Apple Lossless (.m4a) and WAV files.
  • Review an import before it is added, with an optional MusicBrainz lookup.
  • Edit album, track and artist details one at a time or in bulk, and mark favourites and add ratings.

With a Mac

  • Finds the Mac on your home network, or connect by typing its address.
  • Pairs with a short code shown on the Mac.
  • Browse and stream the Mac’s whole library.
  • Download tracks, albums, playlists and collections for offline listening, at the quality you choose.
  • Send an album from the phone to the Mac.

Listening

  • Plays in the background, with notification, lock screen, headset and Bluetooth controls.
  • A queue you can reorder, with play next, shuffle and repeat.
  • Plays Apple Lossless files with Kanora’s own decoder.
  • Gapless playback for files that carry gapless information.
  • Remembers your place in audiobooks and other spoken word.

Browsing

  • Artists, albums, tracks, playlists, collections and spoken word.
  • Shelf and Cover Flow album views.
  • Search the library you are looking at.

Playlists and stats

  • Create and edit playlists and collections on the phone, including three automatic playlists.
  • Export playlists as .m3u8 files.
  • Listening stats, play history and track details.

Looking after it

  • A library health screen and a list of duplicates.
  • Back up the library to a .kanora file and restore it. The backup holds the library’s details, not the music files.
Album views

Shelf and Cover Flow, on Android too.

The same album views as the Mac and iPhone apps: a shelf of spines with an A to Z index, and Cover Flow for flicking through covers.

The Android album library in Cover Flow: one album cover large in the centre with its reflection, its neighbours turned away at either side, and the title, artist and year beneath.
Cover Flow
The Android album library as a shelf of coloured spines, each carrying the album title, artist and track count, with an A to Z index down the side.
Album shelf
The Android track list, sorted alphabetically with section letters, artwork thumbnails, artist and album, durations and an A to Z index.
Tracks
In the app

More of what it looks like today.

Screenshots of the current build. Details may change.

The playback queue on Android: the current track highlighted at the top, the tracks to come with durations, drag handles to reorder them, and Clear queue.
AndroidQueue
Search on Android: results for a word grouped into albums and tracks, with filter chips for artists, albums, tracks, playlists and collections.
AndroidSearch
Not yet

What it doesn’t do yet.

Better to read it here than find out after you install it.

  • There is no Android Auto or Wear OS app.
  • It cannot play a library from a USB drive in place.
  • It cannot send audio to DLNA speakers or Chromecast.
  • It cannot control what the Mac is playing, or stream the Mac’s library away from home.
  • The Mac’s playlists are read-only on the phone.
  • No recording or CD ripping. Those are Mac jobs.
  • The tablet layout has only been tested on an emulator so far.
Go deeper

The features behind it.

Your library stays yours
Other devices

Kanora on your other devices.

Testing Access

Mac

Apple Silicon and Intel Macs

First-class

Where the library lives: rip CDs, record vinyl, fix the details, and share it with your other devices.

What it does

iPhone & iPad

iPhone, iPad and CarPlay

Supported

A library of your own on the device, the Mac’s whole collection at home, and your albums in the car.

What it does

Apple Watch

Apple Watch, with an iPhone

In Development

Control the iPhone from your wrist, or sync music to the Watch and play it there.

What it does

Apple TV

Apple TV, with a Mac

In Development

Browse the Mac’s library from the sofa, then play on the TV or let the Mac play to your hi-fi.

What it does