Comparison

SubStreamer vs Fintunes

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

SubStreamer

Access and stream your personal music library from a Subsonic-compatible server on your mobile device. Enjoy offline playback, personalized mixes, and detailed listening analytics without ads or subscriptions.

Highlights
  • Stream and download music library
  • Offline listening with background processing
  • Personalized smart mixes
  • Listening analytics and scrobbling
  • Playlist and library management
  • Background playback with lock screen controls
  • Open source
Features
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Your music. Your server. Everywhere you go. Substreamer turns your Subsonic-compatible server into a personal streaming service. Browse, play, and download your entire music library on iPhone and iPad — free, with no ads, no subscriptions, and no data collection. Verified with Navidrome, Subsonic, Gonic, Nextcloud Music, and Ampache. Also compatible with Airsonic-Advanced, Funkwhale, Supysonic, and other Subsonic API servers. STREAM & DOWNLOAD Stream in full quality or choose a bitrate that suits your connection. Download albums and playlists for offline listening with background queue processing and automatic recovery. Substreamer switches to offline mode automatically when your server is unreachable. TUNED IN — SMART MIXES Personalised playlists powered by your listening history. Time-of-day mixes, deep cuts from similar artists, decade time machines, genre blends, favorites radio, and a custom mix builder — all generated from your own library, not an algorithm trained on someone else's taste. LISTENING ANALYTICS See your play history, top artists, albums, and songs, most active listening hours, activity heatmaps, and listening streaks. Scrobbles queue locally when you're offline and sync automatically when you reconnect. Exclude specific albums or artists so one-off plays don't skew your stats. LIBRARY MANAGEMENT Browse by album, artist, or playlist. List and grid views with alphabetical quick-scroll for large libraries. 5-star ratings and favorites sync with your server. Create and manage playlists, reorder tracks, or save your current queue as a new playlist. PLAYBACK Background playback with full lock screen and notification controls. Adjustable playback speed, shuffle, and repeat. Share albums or playlists with configurable links. BEAUTIFUL & PRIVATE Light, dark, and system themes with custom accent colors. Album art color extraction for immersive detail views. No tracking, no analytics, no account required — your music stays between you and your server. OPEN SOURCE Substreamer is open source under the GPL-3.0 license. Browse the code, report issues, or contribute at github.com/ghenry22/substreamer.

About

Fintunes

Stream your music library from Jellyfin with a beautiful interface. Enjoy high-quality audio playback, search your entire collection, or play curated playlists. Offline playback is also available for downloaded tracks.

Highlights
  • Jellyfin media system integration
  • High-quality audio streaming
  • Search entire music library
  • Playlist playback
  • Offline music downloads
Features
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Fintunes is a streaming audio player for the Jellyfin media system. It features a gorgeous interface that allows you to play your favourite music with ease. You can search your entire library for any track, or just take it easy with a playlist that you've created earlier in Jellyfin. All tracks are streamed directly at the highest quality from your Jellyfin library. Streaming not always an option? Any track in your Jellyfin library can be downloaded and played offline.

Screenshots

SubStreamer4 screens
Fintunes4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: SubStreamer at every 2 weeks against Fintunes's every 2 months. SubStreamer also leads on ratings volume (144 vs 31). Fintunes's advantage is iOS requirement (13.4 vs 16.4). On price, rating, review sentiment and ads there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.0 for SubStreamer against 3.9 for Fintunes. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 144 and 31 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 72% of SubStreamer's written reviews are positive against 68% of Fintunes's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

SubStreamer ships an update every 2 weeks, Fintunes every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 21, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
SubStreamer versus Fintunes: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSubStreamerFintunes
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.0 (144 ratings) — better3.9 (31 ratings)
Positive reviews72.2% of reviews — better67.6% of reviews
Number of ratings144 — better31
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeks — betterEvery 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS16.413.4 — better
Further details — not scored
Size55 MB34 MB
Age rating+44+
DeveloperGaven HenryStudio Falkland BV

Customer experience

SubStreamer

All ratings141 ratings
Positive73.8%
Neutral10.6%
Negative15.6%
Written reviews205 reviews
Positive72.2%
Neutral10.2%
Negative17.6%

Fintunes

All ratings30 ratings
Positive70.0%
Neutral10.0%
Negative20.0%
Written reviews37 reviews
Positive67.6%
Neutral16.2%
Negative16.2%

Bugs and requests

SubStreamer

Reported bugs

18 issues
  • Songs fail to play without double-pressing play button
  • Playback stops with 4 seconds remaining in track
  • Skipping back crashes the app
  • Large files (10MB+) require pause-then-play to start
  • Scrobbling fails despite server support
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  • AirPlay to Apple TV doesn't work
  • Time display incorrect for songs over 1 hour
  • Metadata loads too frequently, causing lag
  • App freezes when pulling down menu on player screen
  • Radio tab causes app freeze
  • Occasional non-responsive behavior
  • Crashes when switching between songs on cellular
  • Image optimization never completes on large libraries
  • Duplicate songs appear in multi-disc albums
  • Offline folder structure doesn't match server
  • Bluetooth playback sometimes plays two songs simultaneously
  • SSL support issues in older versions
  • Slow metadata loading from server

Requested features

18 requests
  • CarPlay support for in-car use
  • Traditional Chinese language support
  • Simplified Chinese language support
  • All-songs library view (not just albums/artists)
  • Lyrics API integration
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  • Replay gain support
  • Smart playlists for yearly recaps
  • Batch download for offline music
  • Display codec and bitrate information
  • Better shuffle/random playback options
  • Improved pull-down gesture for minimizing player
  • Unified offline music view with filters
  • Song sorting options in playlists
  • Album art display in more views
  • Radio station support visibility fix
  • Genre sorting capability
  • Lock screen playback controls
  • Queue clearing functionality

Fintunes

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

SubStreamer

No in-app purchases

None

Fintunes

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is SubStreamer free?
SubStreamer is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Fintunes free?
Fintunes is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, SubStreamer or Fintunes?
SubStreamer is rated higher. SubStreamer averages 4.0 out of 5 from 144 ratings, while Fintunes averages 3.9 from 31 ratings.
Do SubStreamer or Fintunes have ads?
Neither SubStreamer nor Fintunes shows ads.
Which is updated more often, SubStreamer or Fintunes?
SubStreamer ships an update every 2 weeks, and Fintunes every 2 months. Most recently, SubStreamer was updated on October 24, 2026 and Fintunes on October 21, 2026.

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