Mac app · classic iPods · iPhone

The music app for your iPod.
And now your iPhone.

Rip your CDs. Build your library. Sync it to the iPod in your drawer and the iPhone in your pocket. No iTunes, no Apple Music, no subscription.

Download for Mac 14-day free trial · Only $19 to purchase
Streamless — your library, ready to rip and sync to iPod or iPhone
How it works

Three steps. That's the whole app.

01 / IMPORT

Import music or rip a CD

Your imported music stays sorted. Or rip a CD to lossless ALAC, FLAC or space-saving AAC. Tagged and sorted automatically.

02 / ORGANIZE

Build your library

Your whole collection, clean and searchable. Stored on your Mac or external HD. Nothing uploaded. Nothing tracked.

03 / SYNC

Fill your iPod. Or your iPhone.

Plug in an iPod, or pair your iPhone over Wi-Fi, and hit Sync. Streamless writes your music the way each device understands. No Finder. No Apple Music. No cloud.

Why Streamless

Music you own, on hardware you love.

No subscription, ever

14-day free trial, then pay once and it's yours. Updates are free. No monthly anything.

Your library stays yours

Everything lives on your Mac or external HD. Streamless has no servers and never sees a second of your music.

Built for the classics

iPod Classic, Mini, and Nano. The devices Apple's own software has all but abandoned.

Simple on purpose

No bloat. No settings maze. It does a few things and does them well, the way an iPod should.

Your whole collection, at a glance.

Artists, albums, tracks, and playlists in one calm, fast library. Built to browse the way you actually think about your music.

Streamless library — albums, artists, and tracks

Rip CDs to the format you want.

Lossless ALAC and FLAC, or space-saving AAC. Streamless rips, tags, and files each disc automatically, so your library stays tidy as it grows.

Streamless ripping a CD to your library

Pick exactly what goes on your iPod.

Check an artist to sync everything they've made, or open one up and pick just the albums you want. Before anything changes, Streamless shows you exactly what will be added and removed. Playlists, play counts, and all. No Finder, no surprises.

Streamless syncing music to an iPod — picking artists and albums in the selection tree

Your library, in your pocket.

The free Streamless Music app for iPhone syncs from your Mac over your own Wi-Fi. No cloud, no account, nothing uploaded. Everything plays offline, with a widget, CarPlay, and an Apple Watch remote. Playlists, plays, and ratings flow back to your Mac.

Download on the App Store

Free · requires iOS 18.6 or later

Streamless Music on iPhone — Now Playing with artwork, rating, and offline playback

No cloud. Just your Wi-Fi.

When you hit Sync, your Mac talks directly to your iPhone on your own network. Music, artwork, and playlists transfer machine-to-machine. Streamless has no servers, so there's nothing to upload to, and your library never leaves home unless it's riding in your pocket.

Streamless syncing to an iPhone over Wi-Fi — selection tree, transfer progress, and the staged-changes receipt
Compatibility

Works with the classics.

Streamless is made for the click-wheel era. The iPods you can still find for a few dollars and bring back to life.

Works with
iPod Classic · 4th–7th geniPod Mini*iPod Nano · 1st–5th geniPhone · via Streamless Music (free)
Not supported
iPod ShuffleiPod TouchiPod Nano · 6th & 7th gen

* The iPod Mini 1st generation plays AAC only, since it can't decode lossless audio. And no classic iPod plays FLAC on Apple's firmware, so for iPod use, rip to ALAC (Nano & Classic) or AAC (any model, including the Mini). FLAC is for a cross-platform library, or for iPods running Rockbox, the open-source firmware that plays it natively. Your iPhone plays everything, FLAC included. The free Streamless Music app requires iOS 18.6 or later.

Pricing

One price. No catch.

$19
One-time purchase

Free updates within the current version. No subscription, no upsells, no account required. The iPhone companion app is free. One $19 purchase covers everything.

Download for Mac

Try free for 14 days

Made by Sodium Studio

A small studio that builds things to last.

Streamless is made by Sodium Studio, an independent software studio based in New England building focused, privacy-first software. No venture money, no growth team, no dark patterns. Just careful tools made by someone who'd rather own their music than rent it.

Get that iPod going again.

Download for Mac 14-day free trial · Only $19 to purchase

Also grab Streamless Music for iPhone, free on the App Store.