The story
It started with a cover my kid should never have seen.
I was in the car, part-way through a fantasy-horror audiobook, when the cover art flashed onto the CarPlay screen — and it scared my child. Nothing dramatic. Just artwork meant for a grown-up's imagination, showing up somewhere small eyes could see it.
That moment stuck with me. I started noticing how often what we're listening to is on display without our say-so: the lock screen on a crowded train, Control Center when you hand your phone to a friend, the dashboard on the school run, AirPlay in a room full of family. A cover, a title, an author — quiet little signals telling everyone around you what's in your head.
Sotto is the answer I wanted. Listen to whatever you love — the strange, the scary, the deeply personal — and decide for yourself what the world sees. No judgment, no explaining, no covers you didn't choose.
Listen to anything, anywhere — without it showing on a screen you don't control.
— Made by one person who just wanted to listen in peace.
