Saltpath ClearLink

Saltpath ClearLink turns an iPhone or iPad into an Apple Music player for your hi-fi, controlled from another iPhone, iPad, Mac or Apple TV on the same local network.

Now available on the App Store. Get Saltpath ClearLink

Connect the Player to your USB DAC or stereo and leave ClearLink open. Browse your library and Apple's catalog, build the queue, and play, pause or skip from your Remote. Audio stays on the Player: ClearLink does not relay or re-encode it.

See it

ClearLink Remote on iPhone showing Now Playing with artwork, transport controls, shuffle and repeat, and a Hi-Res Lossless label — Now Playing, with the quality in view

ClearLink Remote on iPhone showing an album grid of nine library albums with painted and sculpted cover art, each with its audio variant, Hi-Res Lossless, under its title, and filter, sort and play buttons at the top — Library albums, each with its variant

ClearLink Remote on iPhone with the album filter menu open, offering All albums, Hi-res lossless, Lossless, Lossy and Unclassified — Filter albums by quality

ClearLink Remote on iPhone showing the playback queue of thirteen tracks, with the playing track marked and Edit and Clear buttons — The queue

ClearLink Remote on iPhone connected to a Player named Living Room — Choose a Player on your network

ClearLink Remote on iPad showing Now Playing with album artwork and a Hi-Res Lossless label — Now Playing on iPad

ClearLink Remote on iPad showing a grid of nine library albums, each labelled Hi-Res Lossless — Your library, with each album's variant

ClearLink Remote on iPad with the album filter menu open, offering All albums, Hi-res lossless, Lossless, Lossy and Unclassified — Filter albums by quality

ClearLink Remote on iPad showing the queue of thirteen tracks — The queue

ClearLink Remote on iPad connected to a Player named Living Room — Players on your network

ClearLink Remote on Apple TV showing Now Playing with album artwork and a Hi-Res Lossless label — Now Playing on Apple TV

ClearLink Remote on Apple TV showing the queue of thirteen tracks — The queue on Apple TV

ClearLink Remote on Apple TV showing library albums beside Now Playing, Jump to, sort and filter controls, each album labelled Hi-Res Lossless — Your library on Apple TV

ClearLink Remote on Mac showing Now Playing with album artwork, a Hi-Res Lossless label, transport controls and the queue, library, home and search buttons — Now Playing on Mac

ClearLink Remote on Mac showing the queue of thirteen tracks with cover art — The queue on Mac

ClearLink Remote on Mac showing a grid of nine library albums, each labelled Hi-Res Lossless, with filter, sort and play buttons — Your library on Mac

Features

Quality in view. See the available audio variant and explore an album's Other Versions before choosing what to play. Open the quality details from the variant beside the album on Now Playing.
Your library. Browse playlists, albums, artists and songs. Search your library, sort it, filter by quality or filter songs, and jump with the A–Z rail.
Home. Discover Apple's recommendation shelves.
Simple pairing. Open Add Remote on the Player, select it on the Remote, then approve the connection on the Player. No codes or ClearLink accounts.
No sign-in on the Remote. Remote control works without Apple Music sign-in on the Remote. Optional Apple Music access on Apple TV supplies local library artwork.
A dedicated Player. Use Dim (Screen Off on Apple TV) to darken its screen while keeping ClearLink open.
Private by design. No advertising, analytics or developer-operated server. Remote commands stay on your local network; Apple Music and artwork come from Apple.

What you need

Player An iPhone or iPad running iOS or iPadOS 16 or later, or an Apple TV running tvOS 17 or later, with an active Apple Music subscription and permission to access Apple Music.
Remote An iPhone or iPad running iOS or iPadOS 16 or later, a Mac running macOS 14 or later, or an Apple TV running tvOS 17 or later.
Network All devices on the same local network, with local-network access allowed. Apple Music services need internet access.
Version 1.1 iPhone, iPad and Apple TV can be Player or Remote. A Mac can be a Remote but not a Player. On Apple TV, choose Play Here to make it the Player; it plays through the Apple TV's own output.

About audio quality

Audio quality depends on the selected Apple Music version, the Player's settings and its output path. ClearLink's quality details are not a measurement at your DAC.

Help

Read ClearLink support or email support@saltpath.app. The privacy policy explains what the app does with your information.