CrateMate
Key Features
Everything CrateMate does with your Serato library.
Everything writes back
Track details, cue points, beatgrids, grid locks, ratings, colours and crates go back into your files and Serato DJ Pro, with a copy of each file kept first.
Prep anywhere, offline
Download tracks in the quality you choose (Original, 256, 160 or 96 kbps) and whole crates, so practice and prep never stop, even with no signal.
Gig-ready, every time
Check a gig's tracks are ready, mark fully prepped tracks as Golden Masters, and take a gig pack with you.
Write-back to Serato
Track details
Title, artist, genre, year and comments, saved into your MP3, AIFF, WAV, FLAC and M4A files
Cue points
Set, move, rename and delete hot cues on a big waveform; names and positions go back to Serato
Beatgrids
Line grids up with the kicks, fix tempo changes in flexible grids, set bar 1
Grid locks
Lock a grid in CrateMate and the padlock shows in Serato DJ Pro 5
Ratings and colours
Star ratings and track colours saved to Serato's own library
Crates
Add, remove, reorder and move tracks and crates, in Serato's own order and colours
Write to Serato
Every change in one place, before and after, edited right in the list; written when Serato's closed
Safe by design
A copy of each file kept first, Revert Back by day, and a Written Back crate in Serato
You choose what's written
Read only, choose what's written, or write everything back
Take it anywhere
Offline downloads
Keep tracks on your iPad or iPhone in the quality you choose: Original, High (256 kbps), Standard (160 kbps) or Space saver (96 kbps)
Keep crates downloaded
Whole crates stay on your device, with a storage limit you set
Mobile data
Stream at a lower quality on mobile data, so prep doesn't eat your allowance
iPad, iPhone and Mac
The same library on every device, with two windows side by side on iPad
Gig pack
Download a gig's tracks and check every one before you leave
Picks up where you left off
Back on the same crate, track and screen when you open it again
Your library
Crates and smart crates
One crate tree like Serato DJ Pro 5, with subcrates, colours and icons
Describe a crate
Type “90s house over 124 BPM” and get a smart crate
Search everything
Artist, title, key, BPM, genre and more, across the whole library
Columns and sorting
Sort like Serato, with a second sort column; choose and reorder columns
Bulk edit
Fix genre, year, tags, Golden Master or grid locks on hundreds of tracks at once
Undo anything
Every edit listed in Recent Changes, and undone in a tap
Crate Dig
Flick through covers, or a flight case of records in Retro mode, and find what mixes in next
Tag and rating crates
A crate in Serato for each of your tags and star ratings, kept up to date
Share a crate
Send a crate to another DJ
Library health and clean-up
Health score
One number for your library, and the biggest job to do next
Health checks
Missing genres, years and artists, low bitrates, missing cues, unlocked grids, with one-tap fixes
Tag checks
Messy tags found and tidied, then written to the files
Duplicates
Including the same audio under different names
Keep the better copy
The best copy starred; keep it in every crate, for one group or hundreds
Find moved files
Found by file name, or by artist and title in your library, and relinked
Better copies and To Buy
Swap low-quality tracks for better ones you have; a To Buy list ticks itself off
Tidy Files
Rename and move files into tidy folders, with Serato and your crates kept in step, and Undo
Backups
Library backups made automatically every day, and before every big change
Track prep
New Music Inbox
Go through new tracks one at a time, with a player and quick tags
Triage
Swipe through tracks to sort them fast
Track Prep board
Your own categories for getting tracks gig-ready
Golden Masters
Mark a fully prepped track as a Golden Master; its grid is locked and it's tagged
Track structure
Intro and outro length in bars, breakdowns and drops
Start at the drop
Previews start at the first cue point, so you hear the good bit
Notes
Notes on tracks and on transitions
Fill the gaps
One tap to fill a missing genre or year
Fresh Picks
A crate of tracks you haven't played for a while, updated weekly
Looked up and AI
Genres and years
Looked up from Apple Music, MusicBrainz and Discogs (sure matches only)
Missing artwork
Found for you, showing only real matches
Track stories
The original mix, label, year and the story behind each track
AI tags from the sound
Piano, acid, vibe, era, vocals: heard on your own Mac
Genre from the sound
Suggested genres and styles, and vocal or instrumental
Sounds Like This
Tracks that sound like the one you're playing
Learn My Tags
CrateMate learns your own tags and suggests them for other tracks
Ask your library
Questions in plain English (needs Apple Intelligence)
Mix write-ups
A description for your Mixcloud mix, written from its tracklist
Sets and mixing
Set Builder
Build a set track by track, with the Camelot wheel and suggestions that fit
Auto-Build a set
A whole set from your filters, by tracks or by minutes
Smoothest mix order
Puts a set in the smoothest key and tempo order
Preview transitions
Hear how each transition in your set will sound before you play it
Mix Memory
The transitions that have worked for you before, from your play history
Key bridge finder
The track that gets you from one key to another
Harmonic mixing
Camelot keys, key shift, half and double time
Set health
Key clashes, tempo jumps and the energy line, at a glance
Decks
Two decks with SYNC, quantise, CUE, hot cues, loops and mix points
Gigs and live
Gig planner
A crate for each gig, with tempo, energy and how long it runs
Gig-ready check
Missing files, low quality and unlocked grids flagged before the night
Set to gig
Turn a set, or any crate, into a gig in a tap
Venue memory
See what you've played at a venue before
Live
A booth screen that follows what's playing on both decks and suggests what's next
Save what you played
Your last Serato session saved as a crate, set or gig
Serato History
Browse past sessions and save any of them
Mixcloud
Link your mixes, see plays and likes, and rebuild a gig from a tracklist
Stream panel
Watch your live stream and reply to its chat while you play
Mac and everyday
CrateMate for Mac
Free; runs quietly in the menu bar next to your library
Easy pairing
Pair with a code or QR code, no Terminal
Today
Your next gig, new tracks and jobs, at a glance
Shortcuts and search
Keyboard shortcuts and Search Everything on iPad and Mac
Try the demo
A full demo library, no Mac needed
Pay once
No subscription; Restore Purchase on your other devices
Works with Serato DJ Pro 5 or later on a Mac with macOS 14 or later, and an iPad or iPhone with iOS 17 or later. The AI features run on a Mac with Apple silicon; asking your library questions needs Apple Intelligence (macOS 26).