NaviBeat  ·  tvOS 18+

The Navidrome client for Apple TV.

Stream your self-hosted music library from Navidrome, Airsonic, Gonic, or any OpenSubsonic-compatible server, directly on Apple TV 4K. Focus-driven grid, time-synced lyrics, internet radio, and full Siri Remote support. One $5.99 Universal Purchase covers every Apple device.

The App Store link opens the listing on your current device. To install on Apple TV, open the App Store on your tvOS device and search for NaviBeat. One $5.99 Universal Purchase covers all five Apple platforms.

Platform
Apple TV, tvOS 18+ (HD & 4K)
Price
$5.99 USD · one-time · Universal Purchase
Server
Navidrome v0.50+, OpenSubsonic, Airsonic-Advanced, Gonic
Distribution
App Store (live now)
Version
1.3.0 ·
NaviBeat Home screen on Apple TV 4K showing a Featured Album hero banner, Quick Play shelf with Favourites, Shuffle Mix, Random Album and Random Artist tiles, and Recently Added albums below.
  • tvOS 18+

    Apple TV HD & 4K

  • 0 SDKs

    No analytics. No trackers.

  • 6 tabs

    Home · Library · Playlists · Radio · Search · Now Playing

  • $5.99 once

    Universal Purchase · all Apple devices

The short answer

Why NaviBeat is the best Navidrome client for Apple TV.

01 / Built for the couch

Focus navigation, not a stretched phone screen.

A Featured Album hero, Quick Play shelves, and full Siri Remote support. Every element is built for focus-based navigation at 4K with couch-readable typography, because a cursor-free interface is a different design problem, not a resize.

02 / Language picker

Ten languages, and a picker tvOS itself does not give you.

tvOS has no per-app system language setting at all, so on Apple TV every app is stuck in the system language. NaviBeat ships its own in-app language picker, so you can run it in any of its 11 languages regardless of what the TV is set to.

03 / The whole library

Not a remote control. The real thing.

Browse and play your entire self-hosted library straight from the Apple TV: multi-library switching, star ratings, playlists, internet radio, time-synced lyrics on the big screen, Play Next and Add to Queue from any song, and your Last.fm and ListenBrainz shelves. It plays on its own, with no phone in the loop.

04 / Same purchase

You do not pay again for the TV.

The Apple TV app is part of the one $5.99 Universal Purchase. Buy it once on any Apple device and it installs on the other four at no extra cost. No subscription, no per-platform fee, and no analytics or trackers anywhere in it.

Every tab, every screen

A full Navidrome client on Apple TV, not a scaled-up phone app.

Every Navidrome feature you use on the web is here: Albums, Artists, Genres, Playlists, Favorites, Internet Radio, Search with history, artist biographies from Last.fm, Hi-Res badges, and time-synced lyrics. Built from the ground up for the Siri Remote and the 10-foot interface. Connect Last.fm or ListenBrainz in Settings (ListenBrainz pairs with a QR code on the big screen) and listener counts, artist tags, similar-artist rails, and AutoMix all follow whichever you connect.

NaviBeat Home for Apple TV: Featured Album banner with Play button, Quick Play row, and Recently Added shelf.

01 / Home

Featured Album, Quick Play, Recently Added.

The Home tab opens on a rotating Featured Album hero, followed by a Quick Play row (Favourites, Shuffle Mix, Random Album, Random Artist) and a Recently Added shelf. One press on the Siri Remote and music is playing, no menu digging.

NaviBeat Library view on Apple TV showing the Albums tab with a grid of cover art, artist names, year, and genre metadata.

02 / Library

Albums, Artists, Random, Genres, Favorites.

The Library tab mirrors Navidrome’s browse modes exactly. Albums grid with year and genre metadata. Artists as circular portraits with album counts. Random shuffle across your whole collection. Genre filtering. Your Favorites tab, synced from the server.

NaviBeat artist detail screen on Apple TV showing artist biography and full album grid.

03 / Artist Detail

Biographies from Last.fm, album grid below.

Every artist page opens with a full biography above a chronological album grid. Press Play to shuffle the entire discography. Complete artist and album metadata, on a self-hosted stack you own.

NaviBeat time-synced lyrics view on Apple TV with the active line highlighted in amber.

04 / Time-Synced Lyrics

Every word, exactly when it lands.

Drop an .lrc file next to your track, or let NaviBeat pull synced lyrics from your server. Read them on the big screen. The current line highlights and scrolls automatically, no interaction needed.

NaviBeat Now Playing with Up Next queue on Apple TV.

05 / Now Playing

Transport, queue, and info: all in one view.

The Now Playing screen shows full-screen album art, transport controls tuned for the Siri Remote, an Up Next queue you can reorder, and a swipe-in lyrics panel. No modal stacking, no buried menus.

NaviBeat Internet Radio on Apple TV with a list of station tiles.

06 / Internet Radio

Your Navidrome radio stations, on the big screen.

Internet radio stations configured in Navidrome appear automatically. Tap any station, the stream starts immediately. Skip to the next station without returning to the list.

All screenshots

Every screen in one place.

NaviBeat Home on Apple TV: Featured Album hero

Home: Featured Album

NaviBeat Albums grid on Apple TV

Library: Albums

NaviBeat Artists list on Apple TV

Library: Artists

NaviBeat Artist detail and biography on Apple TV

Artist detail + biography

NaviBeat Album detail and track list on Apple TV

Album detail + track list

NaviBeat time-synced lyrics on Apple TV

Time-synced lyrics

NaviBeat Now Playing with Up Next queue on Apple TV

Now Playing + Up Next

NaviBeat Internet Radio on Apple TV

Internet Radio

NaviBeat Search on Apple TV

Search

Launch price

One purchase. Every device.

$5.99

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

Questions

Frequently asked questions

How do I install NaviBeat on Apple TV?

Open the App Store on your Apple TV, running tvOS 18 or later, and search for NaviBeat. The App Store button on this page opens the listing on whatever device you are reading from, so on the TV itself, search directly on the device.

What music server does NaviBeat need?

NaviBeat is a client, so it connects to your own server. It works with Navidrome v0.50 or later, or any OpenSubsonic-compatible server, including Airsonic-Advanced and Gonic. It does not host or stream any music of its own.

How much does it cost, and does one purchase cover Apple TV?

NaviBeat is $5.99 USD, one time. It is a Universal Purchase, so that single price covers all five Apple platforms: Apple TV, iPhone, iPad, Mac, and Apple Watch.

Which Apple TV models are supported?

NaviBeat runs on Apple TV HD and Apple TV 4K, on tvOS 18 and later.