Febus vs Prelude
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Febus
Discover new music from independent artists with this ad-free streaming app. Support artists directly by visiting their pages or attending their live shows. New tracks are added weekly with optional notifications.
- Ad-free music streaming
- Discover independent artists
- Direct artist support
- Weekly new music additions
- Optional discovery notifications
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Febus is a free / advertising-free music streaming application I designed with the sole purpose of making you discover beautiful tracks from independent artists that deserve to be highlighted. If you like what they do, you can access their page from the app to bring them your support. Go see them live! Every week I will add some new discoveries to the playlist, and you can receive notifications for that if you want to.
Prelude
Discover new music and artists with personalized recommendations. Track your favorite songs, artists, and albums, and save them to curated playlists. Gain insights into your listening habits.
- Track favorite songs, artists, and albums
- Personalized music recommendations
- Save music to playlists
- Music insights and discovery
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Track your favorite songs, artists, and albums. Get recommendations based on your favorite songs and artists and save them to a playlist.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Prelude at every 5 weeks against Febus's every 6 months. Febus's advantage is iOS requirement (13.0 vs 16.0). On price, rating, ratings volume 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Febus against 5.0 for Prelude. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 5 and 3 respectively.
Febus ships an update every 6 months, Prelude every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 3, 2026 and September 29, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Febus | Prelude |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (5 ratings) | 5.0 (3 ratings) |
| Number of ratings | 5 — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Every 6 months | Every 5 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 7 MB | 1 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Francois Lambert | Charlotte Moche |
Customer experience
Febus
Prelude
In-app purchases
Febus
No in-app purchases
Prelude
No in-app purchases
