# Waltz | Desk Jukebox Waltz is a native macOS desk player that sits on the desktop as one of eight models, from a turntable to a jukebox, and spins along with Music, Spotify, browser tabs or any app that plays sound, with the song's cover printed on the label. - URL: https://swiftfox.studio/apps/waltz - Price: $4.99 - Category: utility (Desktop Music Player) - Runs from: the menu bar (no Dock icon) - Platform: macOS 14.0 or later, Apple Silicon and Intel - Version: 1.0.0 - Publisher: Swiftfox Studio (https://swiftfox.studio) ## A tiny jukebox for your desk. Waltz puts a little player on your desktop and spins it whenever music plays. Pick a turntable, a cassette, a gramophone, a radio, a CD player, a boombox, a jukebox or a reel-to-reel, and drag it wherever it looks good. It follows Music and Spotify with the title, the cover and the controls, names the song in a YouTube Music, Spotify or SoundCloud tab, and turns for any other app that makes a sound. Your cover goes where it would on the real thing: the record label, the cassette sticker, the disc. Lift the tonearm to pause, set it down halfway and the song jumps halfway. With nothing playing, press play for Waltz's own wordless focus music: lofi, jazz, piano and more, from its own tracks when you are offline. ### How it works 1. Pick a model and a size in the menu bar, then drag the player anywhere on the desktop. It snaps to the screen edges. 2. Play something in Music, Spotify, a browser tab or any app, and the player starts turning with the title and the cover. 3. Click to pause, double-click to skip, or use the parts themselves: the tonearm, the reels, the dial, the coin slot. ## Features - Eight players: turntable, cassette, jukebox and more - Spins with Music, Spotify, browser tabs or any app's sound - Your cover printed on the record, tape or CD - Drop the needle to seek, spin a reel to wind the tape - Its own focus music when nothing plays, offline too - Sits on top or on the desktop, snaps to screen edges - Listen mode names unknown songs with Shazam - Pauses during calls, hides when nothing plays ## When to use it ### Music while you work Waltz sits in a corner of the screen and turns while music plays, so a glance tells you what is on. Click it to pause when someone talks to you, double-click to skip. ### Music to work to Nothing playing and you need to focus? Press play and Waltz puts on wordless focus music in eight genres, from lofi and jazzhop to piano and ambient: from a Spotify playlist, free internet radio or its own tracks, which play offline too. ### Music in a browser tab Playing YouTube Music, Spotify or SoundCloud in Safari, Chrome, Edge, Brave or Arc? Waltz reads the playing tab and shows the song, and it spins for any other site that makes a sound. ### A song you do not know Turn on listen mode and Waltz names an unknown song with Shazam, from the sound your Mac is already playing. Nothing is recorded, and it listens only while listen mode is on. ### Calls and quiet moments Waltz stays still during FaceTime, Zoom and Teams calls. It can also fade out when nothing has played for a few seconds and come back to the same spot when music starts. ## Frequently asked questions ### Which apps does it work with? Music and Spotify fully: title, artist, cover, and play, pause, skip and seek from the player. In Safari, Chrome, Edge, Brave and Arc it names songs in YouTube Music, Spotify and SoundCloud tabs. Any other app that plays sound makes it spin, with Waltz's own label. ### Does Waltz have its own music? Yes. Press play when nothing is playing and Waltz starts wordless focus music in eight genres. It can come from Spotify playlists, free internet radio or ten tracks built into the app, and Auto switches to the built-in tracks when your Mac is offline. ### Why does it ask for permissions? macOS asks you once per app before Waltz can ask Music, Spotify or a browser what is playing. Every permission is optional: without them Waltz still spins for any sound, it just cannot show the title or the cover. ### Does listen mode record my audio? No. Listen mode hears the sound your Mac plays, only while it is on, to name a song with Shazam and move with the beat. Nothing is saved; only a short signature goes to Shazam to find the match. It needs macOS 14.2 or later. ### Can it stay behind my windows? Yes. Keep it on top of everything, or on the desktop where your windows can cover it. It snaps to the screen edges, remembers its spot on each display and can show up on every desktop. ### How much does Waltz cost? $4.99 as a one-time purchase with a 14-day free trial. No card and no email are needed to start it. Future updates are included.