NaviBeat  ·  watchOS 11+

Offline playback from your wrist.

Download albums to your Watch and go on a run without your phone. Digital Crown adjusts volume. Skip tracks from your wrist. Now Playing with cover art, artist name, and transport controls, always one tap away. One $5.99 Universal Purchase covers every Apple device.

Platform
Apple Watch, watchOS 11+ (Series 7+, Ultra, SE 2nd gen)
Price
$5.99 USD · one-time · Universal Purchase
Server
Navidrome v0.50+, OpenSubsonic, Airsonic-Advanced, Gonic
Distribution
Embedded in iPhone app · installs with Watch pairing
Version
1.1.3 ·
NaviBeat Now Playing on Apple Watch with cover art, track name, artist, progress bar, and transport controls.
  • watchOS 11+

    Apple Watch Series 6 and later

  • Digital Crown

    Volume · no tapping required

  • Offline downloads

    Albums & playlists on-watch

  • $5.99 once

    Universal Purchase · all Apple devices

Every screen

Your music, untethered.

The Watch app was rebuilt around compact, glanceable rows, and it downloads albums and playlists straight from your server, no phone required. On a run, the tracks play directly from the Watch over Bluetooth headphones. No streaming, no interruptions.

NaviBeat Now Playing on Apple Watch
Now Playing
NaviBeat home menu on Apple Watch with compact rows for Now Playing, Library, and Downloaded
Compact rows
NaviBeat Downloads on Apple Watch showing Receiving from iPhone with Artists, Albums, and Playlists counts
Send to Watch
NaviBeat track menu on Apple Watch with Favorite, Rate, Go to Artist, Go to Album, and Download actions
Track actions
01 / Offline playback

Download albums. Run without your phone.

Download albums or playlists to your Watch over Wi-Fi, straight from your server. Leave your phone at home. The music plays from local storage directly to Bluetooth headphones.

Run free.

02 / Digital Crown volume

Spin to adjust. No tapping required.

The Digital Crown controls volume during playback. No accidental taps on a sweaty screen, just turn the crown. Skip tracks with the side button during workouts.

03 / Album & artist browsing

Your full library on a tiny screen.

Browse Albums and Artists directly from the Watch. Tap into any album for the track list. Tap any track to start playback. The full library in your pocket, and on your wrist.

04 / Tap to download

One tap, downloading right away.

Tap Download on any album, playlist, or song right on the Watch, and it pulls straight from your server over Wi-Fi while you carry on using it. No charging dock and no scheduled sync required.

05 / Compact rows

Every row, glanceable.

Now Playing, Library, and Downloaded sit in compact rows right on the home screen, so you see everything the Watch can do in one glance instead of digging through menus.

06 / Send to Watch

Push it from your phone.

Send an album to your Watch from the iPhone app and it downloads by itself, no waiting around. The transfer is tracked the same way as any other download, with a history and one-tap retry if it does not finish.

07 / Favorite & Rate

Heart it, rate it, right from your wrist.

Long-press any track for Favorite, Rate, Go to Artist, Go to Album, and Download actions. Hearts and ratings sync back to your Navidrome server, and on to Last.fm or ListenBrainz if you have either connected.

Launch price

One purchase. Every device.

$5.99

Apple Watch, iPhone, Mac, Apple TV, iPad. Forever.