Pay for it once.
Kuthu runs entirely on your own machine, so there is nothing for us to charge you rent on. Buy a licence, own that version forever, and use it on every platform Kuthu reaches.
Free
A real party, at a small scale. No card, no time limit, no nagging.
- 60 songs in your collection
- Up to 4 guests requesting from their phones
- One running order at a time
- All the tuning: hand-marked starts, the good-part finder
- Play your own video files
Kuthu
Everything the app does, for parties at your own place.
- Unlimited songs, guests and parties
- The floor reader — it can tell whether people are actually dancing, and keeps a song that is working
- Find more songs — more from the labels your collection already came from, in the same language
- Save a night by name and play it again next year
- Windows, Mac and TV — one licence, every platform
- A year of updates; the version you have is yours forever
- Two computers — your laptop and the spare
Kuthu Pro
The same app with a licence that covers working events.
- Everything in Kuthu
- A commercial licence — weddings, clubs, functions, anything you are paid for. The other two are for your own parties.
- Three computers, so the backup laptop is covered
- The morning-after page: what played, what filled the floor, who asked for what — the thing a client wants to see
- Two years of updates, and new platforms first
- Email support from a person
Prices in USD. Tax is added at checkout where your country requires it.
Kuthu grants no rights in any music. You are responsible for having the
rights to play what you play — see the terms.
Questions people actually ask
Why is there no "more machines" tier?
Because it would not mean anything. Kuthu runs on the one laptop nearest the television, and nobody throws two parties at once in the same house. A second machine only matters if you are being paid to turn up somewhere with a backup — which is what Pro is for, and why the thing Pro really sells is the commercial licence rather than a bigger number.
What is the difference between Kuthu and Kuthu Pro, honestly?
The licence. Kuthu covers your own parties: your house, your family, your friends. Pro covers events you are paid for. Feature by feature the app is the same, apart from the morning-after page and the extra machine — we are not going to cripple the music to sell you the licence you actually need.
What happens after the year of updates runs out?
Nothing. The version you have keeps working forever — there is no check-in, no server, and no way for us to switch it off. You only pay again if you want the newer builds.
Is there a subscription I am going to get caught by?
No. Every licence here is bought once. There is no renewal, no auto-charge and no account that can lapse.
Can I use Kuthu at an event I am being paid for?
Kuthu plays music; it does not license it. Songs streamed from YouTube are covered by YouTube's own terms, which allow personal, non-commercial viewing — so a paid event is not something we can sell you the right to do, and we do not. If you are running an event as a business, the venue or the organiser normally needs a public performance licence, whatever the music is played from. That is worth checking before the night rather than after it.
Do I need to pay YouTube for anything?
No. The YouTube Data API key Kuthu uses for searching is free, with a daily allowance far larger than a party needs. A YouTube Premium account is worth having for a different reason — it removes ads, which is the single biggest improvement you can make to how the night flows — but Kuthu works without one.
Mac? Anything that is not a laptop?
Windows ships today. A macOS build is in development, and so is an Android TV / Google TV / Fire TV app that puts Kuthu on the television itself, with your phone as the console and no laptop in the room at all. Buying a licence covers every platform Kuthu reaches — you are buying the app, not a copy of it for one kind of machine.
Will I get ads?
Yes, the same ones YouTube shows anyone, and Kuthu never skips or blocks them — that is how the artists get paid. What it does is hold the segment clock still while an ad runs, so your song still gets its full chorus. If you would rather have none, YouTube Premium is the fix: sign the player into a Premium account and nothing interrupts a set. We earn nothing from that recommendation; it simply makes the app better and pays the people who made the music.
Refunds?
The free tier exists so you can run an actual party before paying. If you buy and it still is not for you, write within 30 days and you get your money back.
Nothing to buy yet.
These prices are what we intend to charge. Nothing is on sale and nothing is downloadable until the first build is finished.