A Song Starts. Everyone Shouts a Year.
Beatify is the music party game for the speakers you already own. Guests scan a QR code to join — no app, no accounts — and race to name the release year, or the title and the artist. Beats, laughs, rematches, and one friend who insists it was 1987.
How It Works
Install
Add Beatify to Home Assistant via HACS. Pick your speaker and music service.
Pick Music
Choose from 55 curated playlists or connect Spotify, Apple Music, YouTube Music, Deezer, Tidal or Amazon Music.
Party
Guests scan a QR code to join — no app needed. Songs play; guess the year or name the tune!
Features
Zero Friction
Guests scan a QR code. No apps. No accounts. 10 seconds from scan to playing.
Your Speakers
Works with Music Assistant, Sonos & Alexa — speakers you already own.
Your Music
Spotify, Apple Music, YouTube Music, Deezer, Tidal and Amazon Music. 55 curated playlists included.
Two Ways to Play
Guess the release year, or name the title & artist in free text — close calls go to a live 👍/👎 room vote.
Runs Locally
No cloud. No subscription. No data leaves your network.
Real Competition
Points, streaks, double-or-nothing bets, and a dramatic podium finale.
Easy Setup
Install via HACS, pick a speaker, choose a playlist. 5 minutes to party.
See It in Action
Slide to guess the release year — every second counts
The year drops. The room erupts. Gold confetti for exact guesses.
Fireworks, medals, personal stats — and inevitably, a rematch demand.
Speaker Compatibility
Any speaker in Home Assistant via Music Assistant
All Sonos speakers, soundbars & groups
Echo, Echo Dot, Echo Studio & more
Using Chromecast, Nest, or HomePod? Install Music Assistant — they'll appear in Beatify automatically.
Looking for a Hitster Alternative?
Beatify plays the same core game — a song starts, you place its release year — without the cards, the box, or the app. Here is what is genuinely different, including where Beatify falls short.
The card decks are playlists. 55 of them ship with Beatify, and you can build your own from any music service or your own library.
Plays through the Sonos, Alexa or Music Assistant speakers already in the house — at party volume, not through a phone.
Since v4.3.0 a game can be sampled from your own library — Plex, Jellyfin or local files. A streaming plan is one option, not a requirement.
Beyond guessing the year, a Title & Artist mode scores naming the track — with bonus rounds, streaks and a podium.
The board-game mechanic of slotting a card between two you already hold does not exist in Beatify. Rounds score a year guess instead. It is the most requested difference and it is on the list.
A board game needs a table. Beatify needs Home Assistant 2025.1+ and a supported speaker. If you do not run one, the box wins.
Hitster is a trademark of its respective owner. Beatify is an independent open-source project and is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or connected to it — the name appears here only to describe the kind of game.
Installation
Requires: Home Assistant 2024.1+ · Music Assistant, Sonos, or Alexa
📦 HACS Recommended
One-click install via the Home Assistant Community Store.
- Open HACS in Home Assistant
- Click the button below
- Follow the prompts & restart
🔧 Manual Install
For advanced users.
- Open HACS → Custom Repositories
- Add
mholzi/beatifyas an Integration - Install Beatify → Restart Home Assistant
- Go to Settings → Devices & Services → Add Integration → Beatify
Changelog
🎛️ Mix & Match — a new Mix tab builds a playlist on the spot from any combination of decade, style and region, the setup screen suggests a playlist for the season, and an opt-in Sudden Death round eliminates the lowest scorer from round two on
🌊 New Wave Summer — two new German playlists (Sommerklassiker ☀️ & NDW – Neue Deutsche Welle), plus fixes: speaker selection now applies instantly and Android Chrome no longer auto-translates the UI
🏰 Disney auf Deutsch — new Disney Hits Deutschland playlist (97 German Disney songs) with a guess-the-film bonus across 40 films
🌍 Two New Countries — 100% Brasil 🇧🇷 and 100% Français 🇫🇷 community playlists
🎨 Rock Solid, New Look — Amazon Music support, the Spotlight / Podium Stage reveal redesign, and a big screen-wake / reconnect reliability pass
🎵 Name That Tune — a new Title & Artist mode (type the song & artist, partial credit for near-misses), 🎭 Crowd Court live 👍/👎 vote on close calls, 🏆 mode-specific end-of-game awards, plus the album-art-in-sync fix
🎯 Everyone's Guess, On the Clock — per-player reveal dot-axis, auto-advance countdown on every screen, localized voice announcements, party-lights fixes, plus World Cup & movie-song playlists
🎵 Catalog Care — new alternative-rock playlist, anime-openings grown, 2 Apple Music URI fixes, year corrections, Android Companion follow-up
🤖 Android Joins the Party — HA Companion bypass for Android admin login
🤖 Unstick the Android launcher — Companion-app top-frame navigation
🔒 Lock the Door, Then Build the Robot — admin auth gate, LLM playlist generator
▶️ Press Play, Walk Away — REVEAL auto-advance, set-it-and-forget-it gameplay
🎙️ TTS roadmap complete — 23 voice announcements, verbosity presets, reliability pass
🎤 Five new playlists, voice that calls the game live
🎬 Cover-art blur, sharper year steps, round-show audio
🎵 Deutschpop Klassiker playlist, helpful error messages, tune-up round
🍏 Region-aware Apple Music, playback recovery
🍏 Apple Music support, reset button, recovery paths
🎛️ Playlist Hub, arcade dashboard, provider fallback
🎨 First-run wizard, player onboarding tour, arcade gameplay, reveal duel, vinyl share card, DESIGN.md
🎛️ Admin dashboard overhaul, host joins as full player, wake lock, WebSocket reconnect
💡 Dynamic lights + WLED, balanced playlists, +10s seek, TTS announcements, HA sensors, Gen Z Anthems playlist
🎉 Party Lights, 🇳🇱 Dutch language, 12 stability fixes, 38% smaller assets
🎵 Deezer support, ⚡ Smarter Intro Mode, 🔧 MA+YTMusic fix, 🎤 Hip Hop Bangers playlist
📱 PWA Install, 📤 Share Results, 🔁 Revanche, 🎸 Metal playlist
🎬 Game Highlights Reel, 📤 Shareable Result Cards
⚡ Intro Mode, 🔄 Quick Rematch, 🚀 Fullscreen Launcher
🌊 Tidal support, 🎬 Movie Quiz, 🇫🇷 French language
🏷️ Playlist tag filtering, 7 new playlists
🎭 Live emoji reactions, 🎤 Artist Challenge, full UI redesign
Community
Join the Beatify community! Ask questions, share ideas, and help make Beatify better.