Local first

Local files come first.

If your music lives on a drive rather than in a catalogue, OVO is built for you. Play local files on iPhone and iPad, offline, from the collection you already own. Imported files are the main library, not an afterthought bolted onto a streaming app.

A desk with CD cases, index cards labelled ALAC and FLAC, headphones and a portable drive holding a local music collection.

Getting music in

Three routes into the library.

OVO runs on iPhone, iPad and Apple Watch. Music from a computer arrives through a transfer and import workflow onto your device.

Step 1

Transfer from Mac or PC

Move albums from a desktop collection onto your device, then import them into OVO.

Step 2

Import from cloud storage

Bring files down from a cloud drive so they become part of the on-device library.

Step 3

Connect a synced folder

Point OVO at a folder you maintain and let its contents stay available as it changes.

Inside the library

A collection keeps its shape.

Importing files should not flatten them into an anonymous list. Albums stay whole, artists group their own records, every track is still reachable, and playlists cut across the lot.

OVO on iPhone listing albums — Archive, Demos, Local Takes, Prism EP, Singles and Sketches — each with artwork and a track count.

Albums, still albums.

Artwork, track counts and running order survive the import. An album you ripped years ago looks like the record it came from, not a folder of files.

Every song, in one list.

When you know the title but not the record, All Songs sorts the entire library — MP3, AAC, ALAC, FLAC, WAV and AIFF alike — into one place.

OVO on iPhone showing the All Songs list sorted alphabetically, with artwork and artist names for each track.

OVO on iPhone showing the Artists view, with album and song counts beside each artist.

Artists that hold together.

Each artist gathers their own albums and songs, so a discography reads as one body of work instead of a scatter of singles.

Playlists across the lot.

Build a list from anything in the library and play it straight through or shuffled. Local files sit alongside whatever else you have connected.

The Night Drive playlist in OVO on iPhone, with playlist artwork, play and shuffle buttons and its six tracks.

Why it matters

Music you own keeps working.

Catalogues change. Licences lapse. Files you keep do not disappear because a deal ended, and they do not need a signal to play.

Offline: imported tracks play with no connection at all.
Complete: albums keep their track order, artwork and artist grouping.
Portable: your files stay files; OVO plays them rather than locking them away.
On the wrist: synced local files can play directly on Apple Watch.

Keeping part of your collection in cloud storage? See how OVO works with iCloud Drive, synced folders and WebDAV.

See which formats OVO plays

Headphones, a portable player and an external drive beside a stack of album sleeves on a windowsill at dusk.

Get OVO on the App Store

OVO is an iPhone-first music player that also runs on iPad and Apple Watch. Download it, point it at the music you already own, and start listening.

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