Plexamp vs Synofi
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- 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
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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/
Synofi
Stream your music library from your Synology NAS directly to your iPhone or iPad. Enjoy a beautifully designed player with gapless playback, background audio, and automatic network reconnection. Access your entire collection with ease.
- Stream music from Synology NAS
- Browse by artist, album, song, folder
- Instant library search
- Full album artwork display
- Gapless queue management
- Background playback
- Automatic network reconnection
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Your Synology NAS holds your music library. Synofi gives it the player it deserves. Connect with your QuickConnect ID and start playing your Audio Station library in seconds. No setup, no port forwarding, no VPN. Just your music, at home or anywhere else. Built for your library. Artists, albums, songs, playlists, genres, composers, folders and internet radio. Search the whole collection instantly. Albums arrive with full artwork, disc groupings and clean typography. Built to play. Queue control, shuffle, repeat, sleep timer, lyrics, AirPlay, lock screen controls and background playback. Everything you expect from a modern music player, nothing you do not. Liked Songs. Tap the heart and the song joins a Liked Songs playlist on your NAS, where Audio Station and every other client can see it too. A home screen that remembers. Recently played, recently added, your playlists, and albums picked from what you have actually been listening to. Built to stay connected. Synofi finds the fastest route to your NAS every time, on your own network or over the internet, and rebuilds the connection on its own when you move between Wi-Fi and cellular. Take your music with you. Download an album, a playlist or a single song. It stays on your device until you remove it. Plays what your library holds. MP3, FLAC, WAV, AIFF, AAC, M4A, OGG and WMA. Synofi works out how your NAS serves each format and remembers, so the second play is instant. Free and paid. Browsing, playback, playlists, Liked Songs, lyrics, sleep timer and internet radio are free. One purchase unlocks unlimited downloads and Transcoding, which sends a lighter stream when you are away from home. Pay once. No subscription. Requirements: Synofi connects to Synology NAS devices running DiskStation Manager with Audio Station installed. A QuickConnect-enabled Synology account is required. Synofi is an independent product and is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by Synology Inc. Synology, DiskStation Manager, Audio Station, and QuickConnect are trademarks of Synology Inc. Privacy Policy: https://synofi.heygor.com/privacy.html Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ratings volume: Plexamp at 10K against Synofi's 1. Plexamp also leads on update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 2 months) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 18.5). Synofi's advantage is review sentiment (100% vs 75%) and rating (5.0 vs 4.7). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. Plexamp sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $6.99 per month and Synofi sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Synofi holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Plexamp has 10K ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 75% of Plexamp's written reviews are positive against 100% of Synofi's.
Plexamp ships an update every 2 weeks, Synofi every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on November 4, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Plexamp | Synofi |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (10K ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 75.3% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 10K — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 18.5 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 44 MB | 5 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Plex Inc. | Davyd Horhiashvili |
Customer experience
Plexamp
Synofi
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
Synofi
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Plexamp
- Monthly Plex Pass$6.991 Month
- Yearly Plex Pass$69.991 Year
- Lifetime Plex Pass$979.00
Synofi
- Unlock Synofi$8.99









