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APE (Monkey’s Audio) on iPhone, Android and Mac

Monkey’s Audio (.ape) is a lossless codec that compresses slightly better than FLAC at the cost of heavier decoding. Many CD rips shared in the 2000s, often as one .ape per album with a .cue sheet, are in this format.

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Plays in MP95 · iPhone · iPad · Android · Mac

MP95 disc player on iPhone: the album art on a spinning disc inside a brushed-steel body with a row of transport keys

What the system does with it

No Apple or Android system player reads APE.

How MP95 plays it

iPhone & iPadFFmpeg
AndroidFFmpeg, up to 96 kHz. Add the folder once with Add music folder.
MacFFmpeg

MP95 plays APE files track by track. Single-file albums with a .cue sheet play as one long track; cue splitting is not supported.

Whatever the format, the file goes through the same 32-bit float path: bit-perfect when nothing is switched on, the output at the file’s rate on a USB DAC, gapless joins and ReplayGain from its tags. The Hi-Fi path.

Getting APE (Monkey’s Audio) files onto a device

On iPhone and iPad: add a folder in Files, share the file to MP95, or drop it in over a cable. On Android: put it in your Music folder or anywhere you add with Add music folder. On Mac: point MP95 at the folder, or Open With from Finder. iPhone guide · Android guide.

Frequently asked questions

Can I play APE (Monkey’s Audio) on iPhone?

Yes, in MP95: fFmpeg.

Can I play APE (Monkey’s Audio) on Android?

Yes, in MP95: fFmpeg, up to 96 kHz. Android’s media index does not list these files, so add their folder with Add music folder; after that they play like any other track.

Can I play APE (Monkey’s Audio) on a Mac?

Yes, in MP95: fFmpeg. MP95 also opens these files from Finder with Open With.

Play APE (Monkey’s Audio) in MP95

Free on Android. Free to start on iPhone, iPad and Mac.

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