Features
Made for your own music and audio

Your music.More than playback.

Class audio gets buried in chats. AI songs sit forgotten in the downloads folder. Bring them to Otoha, follow the subtitles as they play, and ask AI when a line loses you.

Free playback · No ads · No account needed · Your audio stays on your device by default

Otoha player with word-by-word synced lyrics in English

Three kinds of audio. All yours.

Each starts with audio you chose yourself.

Students

Class audio that stops when the screen locks?

Saved in Otoha, files don't expire and keep playing with the screen off. Jump back 5 seconds, long-press a subtitle line to loop one sentence or an A-B passage, slow it to 0.5× without the chipmunk pitch, and ask AI line by line, with no ads between you and practice.

Import your class audio

Music lovers

Files you own deserve better than a folder

Play MP3 and FLAC directly, with no converting and no iTunes. Lyrics scroll in sync, on the lock screen too. Removing a playlist never touches your originals. No account, no ads.

Why keep a personal library?

AI music creators

The music that knows you best is the music you made

Turn downloads named like random IDs into finished works with artwork and synced lyrics. No LRC anywhere? Otoha transcribes and times it. Then let AI DJ sequence your work and Stage turn lyrics into visuals.

Build an AI music library

Your library, playing with subtitles

Import music, listening audio, and video from iCloud and Files, or subscribe to podcasts by RSS. Subtitles, lyrics, and explanations share one timeline.

iCloud & FilesAudio & videoYour own library
Local music playlist in Otoha's English interface
Otoha explaining a subtitle line with AI
AI companion · the difference

Ask AI about any line

A foreign sentence, a lyric that goes by too fast: just ask. AI explains the meaning, the grammar, the vocabulary, and the culture behind it. The music never stops.

Sentence & grammarVocabularySong appreciationFollow-up questions

Turn lyrics into a show

Enable Stage Effects and the top of the player moves with your subtitles and rhythm. Scenes shift with every song, so listening becomes a performance.

AI ShowLyric StageLuminous LyricsThemes
Otoha Stage Effects settings with AI Show, Lyric Stage, and Luminous Lyrics scenes
Built for how you actually use it

Your audio, your subtitles, your progress.

Play your AI-made songs offline

Made a song with AI? Drop it in with its lyrics and the subtitles ride the timeline, so you can read, replay, and appreciate every line, fully offline.

Subtitles your way

No text? Auto-transcribed into timed captions. Or import LRC / SRT and edit any line so it's exactly right.

Play the formats you already have

MP3, M4A, FLAC, WAV audio; MP4, M4V, MOV video; and LRC or SRT subtitles.

Share what you love

Send the file itself, or share one line as a lyric card.

Share a music file

Send it to another app with the share sheet, or AirDrop it to another device.

Only share music files you have the right to distribute.

Share a lyric card

Turn a favorite line into a card for Instagram, X, or another social app.

Other appsAirDropInstagramX
A Home for Every Song
Otoha Studio

Press play again, and the sound picks up right where you left it.

Otoha· lyric card
AI companion · a real example

You bring the audio. It helps you understand.

This is what asking Otoha about one lyric looks like. Tap a line, and the music keeps playing.

You ask a follow-up

Why 鳴っている and not 聞こえている?

聞こえている means "I can still hear it" — the person is the subject. 鳴っている means "it is still ringing" — the words are. Choosing the second lets the room do the remembering.

Explanations are AI-generated and vary by song and question. AI explanations and follow-ups are an optional subscription, $1 for your first month.

You tapped this line

置いていった言葉が、まだ部屋で鳴っている

Example: a Japanese song · explanations follow your system language

Breakdown

置いていった = past tense of 置いていく: to leave something behind and go. 言葉が鳴っている = the words are still "ringing" — treating what was said as a sound that keeps echoing in the room.

Nuance & context

鳴る normally describes things that really make sound — bells, instruments. The lyric deliberately lets words ring: the person is gone, but the room remembers the sentence. Japanese lyrics often carry feeling through objects like this.

Key phrases
置いていくto leave behind and go鳴るto ring, to echo

Two ways to bring a file into Otoha.

When a file arrives from the web, a message, email, or AirDrop, share it straight to Otoha or organize it in Files first.

01

Share straight to Otoha

Open the system share sheet, choose Otoha, then pick an existing playlist or create a new one.

Best for one song or a file a classmate just sent

02

Save to Files first

Organize a batch by course or album, then import individual files or the whole folder in Otoha.

Best for course sets, batches, and long-term storage

Once it is in

Three steps to understanding.

1

Add your audio

Import MP3s from iCloud/Files, or add a podcast or an AI-made song.

2

Listen with subtitles

Subtitles and lyrics scroll in time. No text? Auto-generated.

3

Ask AI anything

Tap a line for meaning, grammar, and vocabulary while the music plays.

Pricing

How free is free?

Local playback

Free forever

No ads, no account: import, playlists, synced subtitles and lyrics, lock-screen and background playback.

Learning & transcription

Free forever

Everything repeat listening needs: 5-second rewind, sentence and A-B loops, pitch-safe speed control, AI speech-to-subtitle transcription, and listening stats.

AI subscription

Optional · $1 first month

AI explanations and follow-ups unlock with a subscription: $1 for the first month (US price; see the App Store for your region), then monthly, cancel anytime. Themes and premium features are a separate optional purchase, with a 30-day free trial on the monthly plan.

Without paying, you still get the full language-learning and music experience. No ads, no interruptions.

iPhone · Mac

One library, in sync.

AI subtitles and explanations on iPhone. Your whole library on Mac.

iPhone: understand every line

Synced subtitles follow the playback. Tap any line to ask AI about meaning, grammar, and vocabulary.

iPhone: understand every line

AI learning features require iOS 26 or later

Mac: run your whole library

A native player to import, organize, and play everything you own.

Mac: run your whole library

Mac player requires macOS 15.6 or later

Questions.

What is Otoha?

A player for the music and audio you already own, with synced subtitles and AI explanations. It isn't a streaming service: you bring the audio, and Otoha helps you understand it.

Does it keep playing when I lock the screen or switch apps?

Yes. Otoha plays in the background and on the lock screen, and shows the current subtitle or lyric line there too. Audio opened inside a chat app stops when the screen locks; audio saved in Otoha doesn't.

The file my teacher sent expired in the chat app. What now?

Chat platforms expire files on their servers; files in Otoha live on your device and don't expire. Save audio the moment it arrives: share it to Otoha, pick a playlist, and it's always there. Note: this works for audio/video file messages; voice memos need converting to a file first.

Does importing copy my files and double my storage?

Imports from Files and iCloud access your files in place, with no need to duplicate a whole collection. Single files received through the share sheet are stored inside Otoha. Removing a playlist or track never deletes your external originals.

Does my audio get uploaded anywhere?

Playback, your library, and stats stay on your device; audio files don't leave it by default. When you use AI explanations, only the text being explained is sent.

Do I have to convert FLAC first? What formats play?

No converting, no iTunes. Otoha plays MP3, M4A, AAC, WAV, ALAC, FLAC, and AIFF audio, plus MP4, M4V, and MOV video; subtitles support LRC and SRT.

What if there are no subtitles? How accurate is transcription?

Otoha uses embedded subtitles, LRC, and online lyrics first, and transcribes speech into timed captions when there's none. Accuracy depends on the recording, and every line can be corrected by hand. Fix it once and it stays fixed.

How does it support Suno and other AI songs? My lyrics have no timing.

Download the MP3 in the Suno phone app and share it straight to Otoha. Export lyrics as LRC/SRT with a browser extension and import them via the lyrics manager, or keep the subtitle file next to the MP3 under the same name in iCloud and it's detected automatically. No subtitle file? Transcription times the lyrics for you.

How free is free?

Download is free, and local playback has no ads and needs no account. The repeat-listening tools (rewind, loops, speed control) and AI speech-to-subtitle transcription are free too. AI explanations and follow-ups unlock with a subscription: $1 for the first month (US price), then monthly, cancel anytime. Themes and premium features are a separate optional purchase, with a 30-day free trial on the monthly plan. See the app for exact pricing.

Can I share songs and lyrics?

Yes. Send a music file to another app with the share sheet or AirDrop it to another device, but only if you have the right to distribute it. Lyric cards can be shared to Instagram, X, and other social apps.

What do I need to run it?

AI learning features require iOS 26 or later, on any model. The Mac player requires macOS 15.6 or later.

Download Otoha.

Put your next song or class audio file in a library of your own.

Requires iOS 26+ for AI learning features. macOS player requires macOS 15.6+.