Comparison

Plexamp vs Arcadia Atlas

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

Arcadia Atlas

Features
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Arcadia Atlas: Goose Tracker is a fan-built show-night companion for fans of Goose the band. Use the app to: - See the next official Goose show and venue details. - Follow live setlist updates checked against ElGoose once per minute during the venue-local show window. - See the existing Next Song AI forecast update after every posted song. - At the venue, swipe Jam Pulse to mark a live song as building, intense, or peak. Short, medium, and full swipes respond locally with sparks, fire, and a celebratory explosion. - See a flying-goose notice when another verified fan reacts. It carries a generated show-local alias, never a real or account name. - Keep the app open with a current venue pass to see coalesced crowd bursts as one gentle screen pulse. Reduce Motion replaces the luminance and flight animation with a static reaction badge. - Keep the app open at the show to feel a Crowd Peak haptic when several GPS-checked phones peak together. - Make opener, closer, and jam-watch picks without creating an account. - Share your show and picks with friends. - Sign in with your Arcadia Atlas account. - Mark shows you attended. - Check in on show night when the current show window is open. - Find friends with Flock Beacon: the same group code lights every phone the same solid color. - Use Flock Beacon without GPS, precise location, an account, or rapid flashing. Jam Pulse is the only location-based feature. It asks for foreground location only after you tap Verify at venue. The server checks the current venue boundary, immediately discards the coordinates, and returns a temporary show-specific pass. Location is never used in the background, linked to an account, or used for tracking. Recent reaction polling is also foreground-only and requires that valid pass. Other phones receive only a bounded current-song feed whose events contain an opaque reaction-event ID, generated show-local alias, intensity, and time; no response exposes a raw device ID, device hash, account, real name, or location. Reaction bursts are deduplicated and coalesced rather than flashed in rapid succession. The app uses the same Arcadia Atlas data and account system as arcadiaatlas.com. Arcadia Atlas is an independent fan-made project. It is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by Goose or its representatives. Predictions are informational and are not guarantees.

Screenshots

Plexamp4 screens
Arcadia Atlas2 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Arcadia Atlas at none against Plexamp's 3. Plexamp's advantage is iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.1). On price, update cadence, 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. Arcadia Atlas asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 28, 2026 and September 28, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Plexamp versus Arcadia Atlas: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPlexampArcadia Atlas
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (10K ratings) — better—
Positive reviews75.4% of reviews—
Number of ratings10K — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeksEvery 2 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS13.0 — better15.1
Further details — not scored
Size44 MB28 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperPlex Inc.EDMUND T MACIEJEWSKI

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

Arcadia Atlas

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

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

Arcadia Atlas

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Plexamp free?
Plexamp is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Arcadia Atlas free?
Arcadia Atlas is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Plexamp or Arcadia Atlas have ads?
Neither Plexamp nor Arcadia Atlas shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Plexamp or Arcadia Atlas?
Plexamp ships an update every 2 weeks, and Arcadia Atlas every 2 weeks. Most recently, Plexamp was updated on October 28, 2026 and Arcadia Atlas on September 28, 2026.

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