The RTST App
Music, video, podcasts, audiobooks, and images — all in one place. Artists upload and sell directly. Fans discover, buy, and own forever.
Why it matters
Streaming platforms changed how we consume art — but they also changed what it means to “have” something. You pay every month, and the moment you stop, your entire library disappears. The music you fell in love with, the podcast that got you through a hard year, the film you watched a dozen times — gone. You never owned any of it.
Meanwhile, the artists behind that work see fractions of a cent per stream. A song played a thousand times might earn its creator less than the cost of a cup of coffee. The system is built for platforms, not for the people who make or love art.
RTST is built on a different idea: when you pay for something, it should be yours to keep. And when an artist earns, almost all of it should go to them.
Buy a track, own it forever. No DRM, no expiring licenses, no algorithms deciding what gets promoted. Just artists setting their own prices, and fans who actually own what they pay for.
Discover & Search
Browse trending releases, explore new artists, or search for something specific. RTST surfaces art based on what’s resonating — not what an algorithm is paid to promote.
Search across artists, songs, albums, videos, podcasts, and images — all from one search bar.
See the latest drops from artists you follow and discover new releases across every media type.
See what's gaining traction based on real engagement — plays, completions, and likes, not ad spend.
Trending
Midnight Drive
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golden hour
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Studio Session
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Conversation
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Your Library
Your library is permanent. Every song, video, podcast, audiobook, and image you’ve purchased lives here — and it’s never going away.
My Library
Purchases are permanent. No expiring licenses, no disappearing libraries — once you buy it, it's yours.
Download anything to your device. Listen, watch, and browse without an internet connection.
Music, video, podcasts, audiobooks, and images — all organized in a single, unified library.
Listen & Watch
No pre-roll ads. No banners. No interruptions. Just your content, playing exactly the way the artist intended.
Now Playing
Midnight Drive
Artist Name
My Library
Midnight Drive
Full Album · 12 tracks
Studio Session Ep. 12
Video · 34 min
Conversation Pt. 3
Podcast · 48 min
Golden Hour
Single · 3:42
Behind the Lens
Image collection
HLS adaptive bitrate — studio quality on any connection.
Like any piece of content. Build a collection of your favorites.
Create and share playlists from your purchased library.
Pick up exactly where you left off — audiobooks, podcasts, series.
Artist Name
1,247 followers
Releases
Follow & Connect
Follow artists to see their new releases, stay updated on their work, and build a feed of art you actually care about. No algorithmic noise — just the creators you chose.
One tap to follow. See new releases the moment they drop.
Get notified when artists you follow publish new work.
Share artists, albums, and playlists with friends via link.
Buy & Own
On streaming platforms, you’re renting access. Cancel your subscription and your library vanishes. The albums you listened to a thousand times, the playlists you spent years building — all of it disappears.
On RTST, every purchase is permanent. You pay the artist directly, you own the content outright, and it lives in your library forever. No monthly fees, no fine print, no disappearing act.
92–96%
goes to the artist
Forever
you own it
Any device
stream or download
It’s yours.
Midnight Drive is now in your library. Stream it, download it, keep it forever.
Everything you need
Like songs, albums, videos, podcasts, images — anything. Build a favorites collection across every type of content.
Follow artists and never miss a release. Your feed shows only artists you chose — no algorithmic filler.
One search bar for everything. Artists, albums, songs, videos, podcasts, audiobooks, and images.
See new releases as they drop. Artists publish on their own schedule and you see it the moment it's live.
Download any purchased content for offline access. Your music, videos, and books travel with you.
Create playlists from your purchased music. Organize, reorder, and share them with anyone.
HLS adaptive streaming with lossless audio. Adjusts quality to your connection — studio sound everywhere.
iOS, Android, and web. Your library syncs across every device — start on your phone, finish on your laptop.
No DRM rental. When you buy it, it's yours — permanently and unconditionally.
Download RTST and start building a library of art you truly own — while directly supporting the artists who made it.
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