Ripcase

Coming soon to the App Store

Your CD rips and iTunes library, on every device.

Ripcase is an offline music player for iPhone and Mac built for CD rips and iTunes libraries: lossless playback, artwork that survives the transfer, and Wi-Fi sync. No streaming, no ads.

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🔒 No ads, no streaming, no account. Nothing about you is collected.

What is Ripcase?

A music player for the music you own.

Ripcase is an app for iPhone, iPad and Mac that plays your own music, offline. On the Mac it rips CDs, reading every song twice so scratched discs come out right or clearly marked, and it brings in your iTunes (Music) library with its playlists, play counts, ratings and the album artwork that never made it into the files. It plays FLAC, Apple Lossless, WAV, AIFF, AAC and MP3, including 24-bit hi-res, gaplessly, and sends your music to your iPhone and iPad over Wi-Fi with its covers. There’s no streaming, no ads and no account, and nothing about you is collected.
Made by
Billy Lamberti
Runs on
iPhone, iPad and Mac (iOS 26, iPadOS 26, macOS 26 or later)
Price
Free, with optional extras from $0.99
Formats
FLAC, ALAC, WAV, AIFF, AAC, MP3; up to 24-bit hi-res
Internet
Not needed to play; works fully offline
Privacy
No account, no ads, no analytics; no data collected

Last updated November 14, 2026.

Features

Everything your own music deserves.

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Rip CDs, checked

Every song is read twice on your Mac, and anything that disagrees is read again. Album details and covers come from MusicBrainz.
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Artwork that survives

Brings in your iTunes library with the covers iTunes kept outside your files, and finds missing ones online.
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Lossless and gapless

FLAC, Apple Lossless, WAV and AIFF up to 24-bit, with live and concept albums playing without gaps.
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Mac to iPhone over Wi-Fi

Drag albums onto your iPhone or iPad and they arrive with their covers, or keep chosen playlists in sync. A cable works too.
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Free sync

Plays and playlists sync between your Mac, iPhone and iPad through your own iCloud or directly over Wi-Fi.
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CarPlay and Siri

Your library in the car, plus Siri, AirPods and the Lock Screen. All of it works offline.
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Year in Review

Your year as a presentation: your songs playing over your album covers, with stats that are true.
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Listening stats

Top songs, artists and albums, when you listen, and how it changes, across all your devices.
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Manage Storage

See which songs Apple’s Music app keeps downloaded that Ripcase already plays, so nothing is stored twice.
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ListenBrainz

Send your plays to your ListenBrainz account if you like. Link once and all your devices send.
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Easy to see

Higher contrast, bigger text and bold text on iPhone and Mac, with any theme. Free.
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Private by design

No account, no ads, no analytics. Your library and history stay on your devices.

See it

Your music, with its artwork.

Ripcase Now Playing on iPhone: a large album cover, the song title and artist, a progress bar and playback controls.
Lossless, gapless, with its cover
Ripcase Year in Review on iPhone: a mosaic of album covers behind the words 2026 So Far and the year's total plays.
Your year, over your album covers
Ripcase Library on iPhone: Playlists, Albums, Artists, Songs, Genres, Loved and Recently Added, above a shelf of recently added albums.
Your library, your way

One app. iPhone, iPad & Mac.

A real Mac app that rips CDs and keeps your library, an iPhone app for every day and the car, and an iPad layout of its own. Your plays and playlists follow you through free iCloud or Wi-Fi sync, and purchases carry across all three.
Ripcase for Mac: an album page with its cover, songs and play counts beside a sidebar of albums, playlists and devices.
On your Mac
Ripcase Library on iPad with Playlists, Albums, Artists and Songs.
On your iPad

How it works

From your shelf to your pocket.

1

Bring in your music

On your Mac, rip your CDs or let Ripcase read your iTunes library, artwork included.
2

Send it to your iPhone

Drag albums onto your iPhone over Wi-Fi, or choose what stays in sync.
3

Play it anywhere

Offline, gapless and lossless, at home, on the go and in the car.
4

See your year

Stats that follow every play, and a Year in Review set to your own songs.

Pricing

Free to use. Extras if you want them.

Free

$0
  • Playback: lossless, gapless, Sound Check
  • CD ripping and your iTunes library
  • Wi-Fi and iCloud sync
  • CarPlay, Siri and AirPods
  • Manage Storage and ListenBrainz
  • Accessibility options

Extras

from $0.99
  • Theme Pack $2.99 once: seven themes
  • Equalizer $3.99 once: 10 bands, presets
  • Pro $1.99 once: crossfade, smart playlists
  • Ripcase Stats $0.99 a year: stats, Year in Review
  • Everything $9.99 once: all of it, stats included

Extras work on your iPhone, iPad and Mac, with Family Sharing. Ripcase Stats renews every year until you cancel, in Settings > your name > Subscriptions (iPhone, iPad) or the App Store (Mac). Prices are in US dollars; other countries see their local price.

FAQ

Questions, answered.

How do I play FLAC files on iPhone?Ripcase plays FLAC on iPhone and iPad, including 24-bit hi-res, gaplessly. Add the files with Ripcase for Mac over Wi-Fi, Finder’s Files tab, the Files app or AirDrop, and they show up as albums with their covers.
How do I move my iTunes library to my iPhone with album artwork?Ripcase for Mac reads your iTunes (Music) library, including the album artwork iTunes stored outside the song files, and sends albums to your iPhone over Wi-Fi with their covers, play counts and ratings.
Why is album artwork missing after copying music to my iPhone?iTunes often keeps the artwork it downloaded in its own library instead of inside the song files, so copying the files leaves the covers behind. Ripcase brings those covers across, and can find missing ones online.
Can I rip CDs on a Mac and play them on my iPhone?Yes. Ripcase rips CDs on the Mac to Apple Lossless or AAC, reading every song twice and re-reading anything that disagrees, then sends the album to your iPhone with its cover and details from MusicBrainz.
Does Ripcase need Apple Music or an internet connection?No. Ripcase plays your own music files with no subscription and no connection. The internet is used only when you ask, for example to look up an album cover.
Can I remove duplicate downloads from Apple’s Music app to save space?Yes. Settings > Manage Storage shows which songs the Music app keeps downloaded that Ripcase already plays. Remove them in Music with Remove Download, not Delete from Library, so they stay in your library and playlists.
Does Ripcase work with CarPlay?Yes. Your library and playlists are in CarPlay, with shuffle and repeat matching your iPhone, and Siri can play an album or playlist hands-free.
Is Ripcase a subscription?No. Ripcase is free, with optional one-time purchases. Only Ripcase Stats, the listening stats and Year in Review, is a subscription, at $0.99 a year, and the one-time Everything purchase ($9.99) includes it.
Is my data private?Yes. Ripcase has no account, no ads and no analytics, and collects no data. Your library and play history stay on your devices and, if you turn on sync, in your own iCloud.
Why won’t some old iTunes Store songs play?Songs bought from the iTunes Store before 2009 can be copy-protected, and only Apple’s apps can play them. Ripcase lists them and shows how to download unprotected copies of the ones Apple still sells.

Support

Questions? Get help.

Email williamfranzlamberti@gmail.com with questions, bug reports or feature requests. You will get a reply within 2 business days.

To help resolve issues quickly, please include your device (iPhone, iPad or Mac), its iOS or macOS version, and a short description of what happened and what you expected.

Privacy Policy · Terms of Use (EULA)

Privacy Policy

Effective November 14, 2026

This policy covers Ripcase for iPhone, iPad and Mac, made by Billy Lamberti.

The short version

Ripcase doesn’t collect any data about you. There are no accounts, no analytics, no ads and no tracking.

What stays on your devices

Your music library, playlists, play history, listening statistics and settings are kept on your own iPhone, iPad and Mac. Ripcase never sends them to me, and I don’t run any servers that store them.

Sync between your devices

  • iCloud: if you turn it on, your plays and playlists are kept in your own private iCloud database, under Apple’s terms. I can’t see it.
  • Wi-Fi: if you turn it on, songs, plays and playlists go directly between your own paired devices, encrypted, on your network or nearby. Nothing goes through me.

Lookups you ask for

Some features look things up online, only when you use them:
  • Finding album artwork, and sharing a song, album or playlist: Ripcase sends the artist and the album or song title to Apple’s public iTunes search and to MusicBrainz, and fetches cover images from the Cover Art Archive.
  • Ripping a CD on the Mac: Ripcase sends the disc’s identifier to MusicBrainz to find its titles.
  • Year in Review’s comparisons: when you open Year in Review online, Ripcase reads ListenBrainz’s public yearly figures and sends your top artist’s name to MusicBrainz and ListenBrainz to find that artist’s figures. Nothing about you is sent. Online Comparisons in Settings turns this off.
Ripcase adds nothing that identifies you. Like any web request, these services see your device’s internet address. Their own privacy policies apply: Apple and MetaBrainz (MusicBrainz, ListenBrainz and the Cover Art Archive).

ListenBrainz, if you link your account

Sending your plays to ListenBrainz is off unless you set it up with your own ListenBrainz token. Then Ripcase sends each play you make in Ripcase (its title, artist, album, length and time) straight from your device to your ListenBrainz account, and, if you choose, what’s playing now and plays from Apple’s Music app. I never receive them. Your listens on ListenBrainz are public and released as public-domain data, under MetaBrainz’s terms. Your token is kept in your iCloud Keychain, end-to-end encrypted by Apple, so Ripcase on your other devices links too; I never see it. Unlinking in Settings unlinks all your devices.

The Music app on your device

If you allow it, Ripcase reads your Music app’s playlists, play counts and which songs are downloaded, on your device, to bring playlists in, count plays and show what Manage Storage can free. It never changes anything in Music, and none of it leaves your device.

Sharing

When you share, the message you send contains links to stores. The details of what you shared are in the link itself, after the “#”, which browsers don’t send to any server. Share pages may include affiliate links, so I may earn a small commission on purchases.

Purchases

Purchases and the Ripcase Stats subscription go through Apple. I never receive your name, Apple Account or payment details. Ripcase asks Apple’s StoreKit, on your device, what you own.

Children

Ripcase collects no data from anyone, including children.

Changes

If this policy changes, the new version will be posted here with a new effective date.

Contact

Questions about privacy: williamfranzlamberti@gmail.com.

Terms of Use

Ripcase, its purchases and the Ripcase Stats subscription are licensed under Apple’s Standard End User License Agreement.

Bring your music with you.

Ripcase is coming to the App Store for iPhone, iPad and Mac.

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