Comparison

Plexamp vs Amperfy Music

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

Head to head
About

Plexamp

A dedicated music player for your Plex library, offering audiophile-grade playback features, stunning visuals, and personalized radio stations. Enjoy your music collection with advanced customization and offline listening options.

Highlights
  • Audiophile-grade playback (gapless, EQ, loudness leveling)
  • Hypnotic visualizers and UltraBlur backgrounds
  • Personalized radio stations and Mix Builder
  • Offline listening for playlists and stations
  • Powerful search and playback history
  • Customizable themes and artist exploration
Features
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** You'll need a Plex Media Server and a Plex account to use this app ** Plexamp is the answer to the question "what would happen if you gave a handful of Plex music and pixel nerds a few cocktails and free rein to create the app of their dreams?" Plexamp is a beautiful, dedicated Plex music player with tons of goodies for audiophile purists, music curators, and music fans of all ages looking for their next aural fix. SUPER AUDIO PLAYER Loudness leveling, true gapless playback, Sweet Fades™, soft transitions, a configurable preamp, a 7-band EQ, and more. Perfection for golden ears, buttery smooth touches for the rest of us. Custom pre-caching so your music keeps playing, because sometimes life brings you through tunnels. MUSIC TO YOUR EYES Experience your music collection like you’ve never seen it before, with our UltraBlur backgrounds, over a dozen hypnotic visualizers, and four visual themes to satisfy every taste. FIND YOUR FIX Radios built from your library and your cooler friends' collections. Travel through time, pick a style or mood, or listen album-by-album like the purist you are. Use the Mix Builder to explore and craft your perfect blend. Explore your personal charts and see what you were into last Fall or your top albums from the 60s. OFFLINE BLISS Grab a few hours of your favorite playlist or stations with just a few taps. Download a custom mix or artist radio for the plane. Simple but powerful offline support for when you’re in the woods or run out of cellular data. IT’S THE LITTLE THINGS Powerful search. Playback activity history. Swipe-up play queue peeking. Fun artist explorations. As many settings and tweaks as our resident UXpert let us add. ENTERPRISE CLASS CUSTOMER RELATIONSHIP MANAGEMENT Just kidding. It's a music player. Follow us on Twitter @plexamp or Mastodon https://mstdn.social/@plexamp See the terms of service at https://www.plex.tv/about/privacy-legal/plex-terms-of-service/

About

Amperfy Music

This app serves as a modern client for interacting with your personal Ampache or Subsonic music servers. It allows you to stream music, podcasts, and radio, with the ability to download content for offline playback. Enjoy features like CarPlay integration, gapless playback, and Siri commands for a seamless listening experience.

Highlights
  • Offline playback
  • CarPlay support
  • Siri integration
  • Gapless playback
  • Podcast and Radio support
  • Equalizer
  • Sleep timer
Features
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Amperfy allows you to play music or podcasts from an Ampache or Subsonic server. Experience a clean, simplistic and modern client for your music server interactions. Download the songs from your music server to play offline. Amperfy requires a private hosted Ampache or Subsonic server installation to function. Features: - Multi account - Offline mode - CarPlay - Gapless playback for appropriate media file formats - Music, Podcast and Radio support - Siri play media command, Siri Shortcuts and App Intents - Equalizer - Replay gain - Sleep timer - 5 star song rating - Favorite song - Sleep Timer - Scrobbling Amperfy is open source and licensed under GPLv3. It can be found at https://github.com/BLeeEZ/amperfy Please discuss this app and report all issues at https://github.com/BLeeEZ/amperfy/issues

Screenshots

Plexamp4 screens
Amperfy Music4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Amperfy Music at none against Plexamp's 3. Amperfy Music also leads on review sentiment (87% vs 75%). Plexamp's advantage is ratings volume (10K vs 148) and update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 3 months). On price, rating, ads and device support 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. Plexamp sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $6.99 per month. Amperfy Music asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Plexamp holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Plexamp has 10K ratings behind it against 148, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 75% of Plexamp's written reviews are positive against 87% of Amperfy Music's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Plexamp ships an update every 2 weeks, Amperfy Music every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on November 4, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Plexamp versus Amperfy Music: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPlexampAmperfy Music
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (10K ratings) — better4.5 (148 ratings)
Positive reviews75.3% of reviews87.4% of reviews — better
Number of ratings10K — better148
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeks — betterEvery 3 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, Mac
Requires iOS13.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size44 MB24 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperPlex Inc.Dirk Hildebrand

Customer experience

Plexamp

All ratings9,958 ratings
Positive94.1%
Neutral1.9%
Negative4.0%
Written reviews1,633 reviews
Positive75.3%
Neutral6.5%
Negative18.2%

Amperfy Music

All ratings135 ratings
Positive91.1%
Neutral1.5%
Negative7.4%
Written reviews182 reviews
Positive87.4%
Neutral5.5%
Negative7.1%

User reviews

Plexamp

From 10K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 Best player ever
  • 👍 Gorgeous cover flow
  • 👍 Flexible, fun, and friendly
  • 👍 Beautiful app that functions well
  • 👍 Exceptional user interface

Room to improve

  • 🐛 List by folder is an insult
  • 🐛 Offline music experience not great
  • 🐛 Hopeless tagging
  • 🐛 Can't download full playlists
  • 🐛 Slow downloads

Amperfy Music

From 148 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 Smooth and responsive
  • 👍 Clean and intuitive UI
  • 🔒 Reliable connection to Navidrome/Subsonic servers
  • 💡 Excellent offline playback experience
  • 🚀 Fast library sync

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Occasional crashes or freezes
  • 🔋 High battery consumption
  • 🔇 Lack of gapless playback
  • 🔇 Missing song volume leveling
  • 🔇 Incomplete CarPlay functionality

Bugs and requests

Plexamp

Reported bugs

5 issues
  • Inconsistent behavior when offline
  • Search function broken
  • Slow library loading
  • Unreliable downloads
  • Incompatibility with certain car systems

Requested features

6 requests
  • Repeat functionality
  • Ability to edit metadata
  • Better offline management and browsing
  • Apple Watch app
  • Airplay and casting support
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  • Customizable home screen and layout

Amperfy Music

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Unknown artist display for manually tagged FLAC files
  • Player unable to open certain files
  • Inconsistent album art display
  • Scrubbing issues causing song skipping

Requested features

9 requests
  • Lyrics support
  • Album shuffle mode
  • Customizable cache location
  • Airplay support on macOS
  • Apple Watch app
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  • Chromecast support
  • Recently played songs/albums view
  • Playlist folders and sorting
  • Dark mode

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Plexamp

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly Plex Pass$6.991 Month
  • Yearly Plex Pass$69.991 Year
One-time1
  • Lifetime Plex Pass$979.00
None

Amperfy Music

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Plexamp free?
Plexamp is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Amperfy Music free?
Amperfy Music is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Plexamp or Amperfy Music?
Plexamp is rated higher. Plexamp averages 4.7 out of 5 from 10K ratings, while Amperfy Music averages 4.5 from 148 ratings.
Do Plexamp or Amperfy Music have ads?
Neither Plexamp nor Amperfy Music shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Plexamp or Amperfy Music?
Plexamp ships an update every 2 weeks, and Amperfy Music every 3 months. Most recently, Plexamp was updated on November 4, 2026 and Amperfy Music on November 3, 2026.

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