Choral
A floating music control for your Mac

One floating control.
All your music.

A beautiful macOS music control that stays on your desktop. Control Spotify, Apple Music, YouTube Music, Amazon Music, SoundCloud, and more popular online music services from one elegant floating panel.

Download Choral Download on the App Store

Requires macOS 15 or later

"Heroes" (2017 Remaster)
David Bowie
1:42 6:11
Floating Control

A tiny player that stays out of your way.

Choral keeps your music controls close without taking over your screen. See what's playing, pause, skip, go back, or like the current song from a compact floating panel.

Current track and artwork

See the song, artist, and album art at a glance — right on your desktop.

Play, pause, previous, next

Full playback control in one compact panel, no app switching needed.

Like when supported

Save the current song to your library whenever the service allows it.

Always-on-top window

Choral stays quietly above your other windows, always within reach.

Light and dark appearance

Follows your macOS appearance automatically, day or night.

Liquid Glass effect

A translucent, native finish on supported macOS versions.

Global Shortcuts

One set of shortcuts for every service.

Use the same shortcuts to control your music, whether it is playing in a native app or an online music service.

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Global

Works system-wide — control your music no matter which app is in front.

Fully customizable

Remap every shortcut to whatever keys fit your own workflow.

Native apps and web players

The same keys control Spotify, Apple Music, and music playing in your browser.

Requires the Chrome extension.
Live Lyrics

Lyrics, right when you need them.

Expand the lyrics panel at any time, for any song that's playing — no extra windows, no searching.

Expand in real time

Open the lyrics panel while any song is playing and follow along instantly.

Synced with the timeline

Timed lyrics scroll line by line, in step with the music.

"Heroes" (2017 Remaster)
David Bowie
1:42 6:11
Streetlights wash the harbor gray We talk until the tide goes out Paper boats drift off the pier Carrying the words we lost The ferry hums its low goodbye And the gulls repeat it after us Hold this hour before it turns Stay with me till morning comes The water keeps what we let go Say you'll wait for one more song Lanterns tremble on the swell Counting circles in the dark Nothing here needs saving yet The night can keep us whole Till the harbor lights go out
Supported Services

Works with the music services you already use.

Choral supports both native music apps and online music services, so your controls stay consistent wherever the music is playing.

Native Apps
Spotify
Apple Music
Online Music Services
YouTube Music
Amazon Music
SoundCloud
TIDAL
Pandora
Deezer
QQ Music
YouTube
And more

Online music services require the Choral browser extension.

Last.fm Sync

Keep your listening history in sync.

Connect Last.fm and let Choral scrobble what you play across supported music services.

  • Now playing updates
  • Automatic scrobbling
  • Works across supported sources
  • Choose which sources sync
Last.fm
Connected
Now Playing "Heroes" (2017 Remaster) 
Scrobbling Enabled
Source Spotify
Pricing

One purchase. Yours forever.

The free version is a complete product, not a trial. Choral Pro removes the daily online-music limit — one payment, no subscription.

Free $0
  • ✓Unlimited Spotify & Apple Music control
  • ✓Full control of 50 online tracks a day
  • ✓Lyrics, Last.fm sync, and global shortcuts
  • ✓Free forever — not a trial
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Pro $19.99 one-time
  • ✓Everything in Free
  • ✓Unlimited online music control
  • ✓Use on up to 3 Macs
  • ✓All future Pro features included
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FAQ

Frequently Asked Questions

Is Choral a standalone music player?

No — Choral is a floating remote control, not a player. Music keeps playing in the apps and websites you already use, under your own account, and Choral doesn't stream or store any music itself. It shows what's playing and puts the controls in one compact panel on your desktop.

Is Choral free?

Yes. The free version is a complete product: unlimited control of Spotify and Apple Music, plus full control of up to 50 online tracks a day. Choral Pro — a $19.99 one-time purchase for up to 3 Macs — removes the daily online limit. See Pricing.

Does the free version limit me to 50 tracks a day?

No — your listening is never limited. Music always keeps playing, and Choral always shows what's playing. The daily 50-track allowance only applies to controlling web players through Choral: past 50, remote-control actions pause until tomorrow, while playback, the now-playing display, and Last.fm scrobbling continue. Spotify and Apple Music desktop apps are never counted or limited.

Which music services does Choral support?

Choral controls Spotify and Apple Music desktop apps directly. Built-in web sources include YouTube Music, YouTube, Spotify Web Player, Apple Music Web, Amazon Music, SoundCloud, TIDAL, Deezer, Bandcamp, Pandora, NetEase Cloud Music, and QQ Music. You can also explicitly enable additional web players. Available controls vary by service and are shown in Choral.

Does Choral work with web music players?

Yes. Install Choral Connector, choose the services you use, and approve Chrome access only for those sites. Choral then shows and controls the authorized player tabs without requiring you to switch to the browser.

What do Fully Supported and Limited Support mean?

Fully Supported means all controls that Choral presents for that service are currently available. Limited Support means one or more controls are unavailable; those controls remain visible but disabled. Music websites can change, so support levels may change with future site updates.

Does the browser extension access every website?

No. Choral Connector asks Chrome for access only to music sites you select during setup or explicitly enable later. Its optional permission pattern allows the generic-player feature to support an additional site, but that site is not accessible until you choose it and approve Chrome's permission prompt.

Can I control Choral with keyboard shortcuts?

Yes. Choral has global shortcuts that work from anywhere on your Mac — play/pause, previous/next track, like, lyrics, and show/hide the panel. Every shortcut can be customized or disabled in Settings.

Can Choral sync my listening history to Last.fm?

Yes. Connect your Last.fm account and Choral scrobbles what you play and keeps your now-playing status updated, across all supported sources. You choose which sources scrobble, and advertisements are never recorded.

Can I like or favorite songs from Choral?

When the selected music service exposes a reliable like or favorite action, Choral maps its like button to that action. Unsupported controls remain visible but disabled. For the Spotify desktop app, liking uses the Spotify Web API and requires your own API Client ID — an advanced option in Settings.

Do I need the browser extension to use Choral?

Only for online music services. If you listen with the Spotify or Apple Music desktop apps, Choral works out of the box — no extension needed. The extension is only required to connect web players like YouTube Music or SoundCloud.

Does Choral show lyrics?

Yes. Choral has a floating lyrics window that follows the current track, with time-synced lyrics when available. Lyrics are fetched from LRCLIB, an open community lyrics database.

Does Choral collect my data?

Choral does not collect listening activity for analytics, advertising, or sale. Playback data is processed on your Mac. The app contacts specific services only for artwork, lyrics, updates, Pro licensing, and accounts you choose to connect. See the Privacy Policy for details.

What do I need to run Choral?

An Apple silicon or Intel Mac running macOS 15 or later. Web music services additionally require Google Chrome with the Choral Connector extension installed.

Bring Choral to your Mac.

Download Choral from the App Store or install it directly.

Direct Download

Install Choral directly on your Mac.

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App Store

Install and keep Choral updated.

Download on the App Store

Requires macOS 15 or later.
Online music services require the Choral browser extension.