PL4YHi-fi control for Apple Music
Your hi-fi just got a whole lot better.
Play Apple Music on the iPad wired to your system and control it all from the iPhone in your hand. Lossless, local, and remarkably simple.
For iPhone and iPad · iOS & iPadOS 26 or later · Apple Music subscription
The shortest path to your speakers.
Music plays on the iPad and goes straight down the cable to your DAC. Your iPhone just says what to play. No AirPlay. No Bluetooth. No detours.
Any device running PL4Y can be the player. We just think an iPad on the rack looks the part.
You bring the hardware.
We'll bring the software.
Plug in whatever you've got. A dongle DAC, a desktop stack, a tube amp feeding floorstanders. If your iPad can play through it, PL4Y can drive it. It just works. Nothing to install, nothing to calibrate. Pick a song and you're ready to rock.
We cannot promise optimal performance on a gramophone, however.
All of Apple Music. None of the getting up.
Everything you love about Apple Music, now with a remote worthy of your system.
The couch is the control room.
Play, pause, skip and scrub the iPad on your rack from the iPhone in your hand. Swipe the mini player to change songs. Lock the iPad and keep right on going.
- Progress stays in sync, down to the second
- Move the music to another room mid-song. The queue and the moment come with it.
Nothing lost in translation.
PL4Y plays through Apple Music's own player on the iPad, so you get everything Apple Music delivers, up to Hi-Res Lossless with a DAC that's ready for it.
- Now Playing shows the format Apple Music reports, and the sample rate your DAC is running at
- If the iPad didn't report it, we don't show it. No guesswork.
Your whole library. Already there.
Both devices share your Apple Music account, so every album, playlist and piece of artwork loads right on your iPhone. Instantly.
- For You, your Library, and the entire Apple Music catalog
- Play Next. Play After. Shuffle. Drag to reorder Up Next, swipe to remove.
Pair once. Then forget about it.
Choose your iPad. Match the six-digit number. Tap. Simple, right? But it gets even better: from then on, your iPhone finds its iPad on its own.
- Press play, and Now Playing appears on the iPad by itself
- No accounts. No servers. Just your home network, encrypted end to end.
Plug. Pick. PL4Y.
Your system took years to put together. This takes about a minute. Sign both devices in to the same Apple Music account with Sync Library on, then:
- Plug.Connect the iPad to your DAC and open PL4Y. That's its whole job description.
- Pick.On your iPhone, open Devices and choose the iPad. The same number appears on both screens.
- PL4Y.Allow on the iPad, Matches on the iPhone. Then sit down and press play.
Questions
Does the iPhone stream audio to the iPad?
No. The iPad plays Apple Music itself and sends it straight to your DAC. Only commands and playback status cross the network.
Does PL4Y play lossless audio?
PL4Y uses Apple Music's own player on the iPad, so you get what Apple Music delivers to that device, including Lossless and Hi-Res Lossless with a DAC that supports them. Now Playing shows the active audio variant and the output sample rate as reported by the iPad.
What do I need?
An iPhone and an iPad on iOS and iPadOS 26 or later, both signed in to the same Apple Music account with Sync Library on, an Apple Music subscription, and a USB-C DAC or other audio output on the iPad. Both devices need to be on a home Wi-Fi network that lets devices see each other; guest networks often block this.
Does PL4Y control volume?
No. Leave the iPad at full volume and use the knob on your DAC or amplifier. With a fixed-output DAC this also keeps the signal unattenuated.
Does PL4Y need an account or a server?
No. Your devices find each other on your local network and talk over encrypted connections. There's no PL4Y account and no PL4Y server.
The best seat in the house
now comes with a remote.
PL4Y for iPhone and iPad.