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Lofi Space
A native lofi player for macOS.
Animated scenes, ambient sound mixer, and global hotkeys — from your menu bar. No browser tab, no account.
macOS 14 Sonoma+· No subscriptions
A closer look
Watch it in action
The menu-bar popover and the full-screen launcher share the same player — volume, play state, and ambient layers stay in sync as you switch between them.
Pro · Auto-pause
Music that waits for you.
When another app uses your mic or speakers, playback pauses. Resumes five seconds after the call ends.
Now playing
Click to preview. In the real app it fires when another app uses your mic or speakers.
Pro · Ambient mixer
Add a room to your music.
Layer rain, fire, birds, waves, river, or white noise over the track. Sliders track the main player — when music pauses, ambient pauses too.
Ambient layers Click play to hear the layers — drag any slider to mix
Rain 55%
Fireplace 0%
Birds 0%
Waves 0%
River 0%
White Noise 0%
Scenes
Pick a room. Stay a while.
Each scene is an animated video paired with an original lofi mix. More scenes ship in free updates.
More scenes in the works
New rooms ship in free updates — no extra purchase.
Everything you need.
Nothing you don’t.
A music player you open once and forget. Quietly working in your menu bar.
Native through and through
A real macOS app, not a web view in a wrapper. Tiny footprint, instant cold start, and it plays nicely with Now Playing and your keyboard's media keys.
Animated scene loops
Each scene ships with its own looping video, cached locally so the visuals keep going even with the network off.
Now Playing & media keys
Play / pause from Control Center, the Touch Bar, or your keyboard's F8 key. Cover art shows in the menu bar too.
Global hotkeys
⌥ + ⌘ + Space to play / pause, ⌥ + ⌘ + → to swap scenes, ⌥ + ⌘ + ↑↓ for volume — from any app, any time.
Pinned offline downloads
Pin a scene to lock its entire track list to disk, untouched by the cache budget. Works on the plane.
Offline-ready cache
Set a disk budget from 100 MB to 5 GB. Recently-played tracks stay on disk for offline replay; pinned scenes never get evicted.
Pricing
Free forever. Pro is one-time.
Free covers the player, every built-in scene, menu bar, and launcher. Pro is $4.99 once for the ambient mixer, auto-pause, hotkeys, and pinned downloads.
$0 · forever
- All built-in scenes with looping art
- Menu-bar popover + full-screen launcher
- Volume, shuffle, favorites, Now Playing
- Cache budget control
$4.99 · one-time
- Ambient mixer (six layers, one-time download)
- Auto-pause when calls or other audio start
- Global hotkeys (play / pause, swap, volume)
- Pinned offline downloads
- All future scenes & updates included
Powered by Polar · refundable within 14 days
Questions
Quick answers.
Is Lofi Space really free?
Yes. The free tier — menu-bar popover, full-screen launcher, every built-in scene — is free forever. Pro is a one-time $4.99 that adds the ambient mixer, auto-pause for calls, global hotkeys, and pinned downloads. No subscription, no account, no trial countdown.
What macOS version do I need?
macOS 14 Sonoma or later. The app ships as a Universal binary, so Apple Silicon and Intel Macs are both first-class.
Does auto-pause for calls need microphone permission?
No. The app uses macOS's per-process audio activity APIs — those are metadata-only and don't require mic access. Lofi Space never records, watches, or transmits anything.
Will tracks keep playing offline?
Yes. The player caches audio on disk with a budget you control (100 MB up to 5 GB). Pin any scene to lock its full track list past eviction.
Will there be more scenes?
Yes — new scenes ship in free updates as they're finished. Custom scenes from your own folders are on the roadmap too; for now the focus is keeping the built-ins polished.
How do refunds work?
Purchases go through Polar, which offers a 14-day refund window. Reach out at [email protected] and we'll sort it out.
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Free, no account. Pro is $4.99 once if you want it.