Comparison

Amperfy Music vs JPLAY

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

Head to head
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

About

JPLAY

This app is a high-fidelity music player designed for audiophiles. It seamlessly integrates streaming services like Qobuz and Tidal with local music files, offering a unified interface for all your audio content. Experience superior sound quality and discover new music through its intuitive design and advanced features.

Highlights
  • Plays Qobuz, Tidal, and local music files
  • Works with most streamers and network DACs
  • HQPlayer Control API integration
  • Dramatically better sound quality
  • Radio feature for music discovery
  • Extended playlist management
  • Artist bios and album reviews
Features
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JPLAY is an award winning music playback app for audiophiles. It works instantly with nearly every streamer or network DAC on the market. It combines Qobuz, Tidal and local content in a single interface allowing user to access each library separately. Main features: • Beautiful, clean and easy to use app allowing you to play music on nearly all streamers/network DACs - no core needed! (UPnP AV/DLNA) • Plays from Qobuz, Tidal and files on local libraries • HQPlayer Control API – Seamlessly integrate and remotely control HQPlayer directly from JPLAY • Dramatically better sound quality thanks to minimizing network traffic • Radio feature discovers new music for you • Single library, individual library and folder views • Extended playlists management • Advanced search, sort, focus • Artists bios, album reviews etc • Highlighted audiophile formats • My Activity, My history keep your playback stats • Native iOS controls from locked screen • Sharing your favorite music on social media • And much, much more! JPLAY requires an active subscription to access its content and features. Sign up for a JPLAY subscription in the app. New users can enjoy a 14-day free trial period that will be automatically converted into a yearly subscription. Subscription is automatically renewed and charged on a yearly basis. You can cancel it at any time up until the day before renewal and you can at any time turn off the auto renewal.

Screenshots

Amperfy Music4 screens
JPLAY4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Amperfy Music at none against JPLAY's 3. Amperfy Music also leads on review sentiment (87% vs 59%) and rating (4.6 vs 4.3). JPLAY's advantage is update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 3 months) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 26.0). On price, ratings volume, 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. JPLAY sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $49.99 per year. Amperfy Music asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Amperfy Music holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 4.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 135 and 52 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 87% of Amperfy Music's written reviews are positive against 59% of JPLAY's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Amperfy Music ships an update every 3 months, JPLAY every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 24, 2026 and September 21, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Amperfy Music versus JPLAY: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAmperfy MusicJPLAY
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (135 ratings) — better4.3 (52 ratings)
Positive reviews87.3% of reviews — better58.9% of reviews
Number of ratings135 — better52
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsEvery 3 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterSubscription
DevicesiPhone, iPad, MaciPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS26.013.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size24 MB50 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDirk HildebrandMarcin Ostapowicz

Customer experience

Amperfy Music

All ratings135 ratings
Positive91.1%
Neutral1.5%
Negative7.4%
Written reviews181 reviews
Positive87.3%
Neutral5.5%
Negative7.2%

JPLAY

All ratings52 ratings
Positive80.8%
Neutral5.8%
Negative13.5%
Written reviews190 reviews
Positive58.9%
Neutral6.3%
Negative34.7%

User reviews

Amperfy Music

From 135 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

JPLAY

From 52 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🎵 Superior sound quality compared to competitors
  • 👍 Intuitive and clean user interface
  • 🚀 Fast and responsive app performance
  • 🔌 Seamless UPnP/DLNA integration
  • 📱 Works without requiring a server

Room to improve

  • 💰 Expensive subscription pricing ($50/year, $199 lifetime)
  • ❌ No monthly subscription option available
  • 🐛 Frequent connectivity and playback issues
  • 📱 iOS-only application
  • 🔄 No cross-device synchronization

Bugs and requests

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

JPLAY

Reported bugs

14 issues
  • Tracks fail to render or play from Tidal
  • App crashes on startup with older iOS versions
  • Playback stuttering and lag issues
  • Renderer in transition errors
  • Device discovery failures
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  • Missing cover art for local files
  • Playback gets stuck at end of songs
  • Random track order despite settings
  • Skips tracks mid-playback
  • Connection drops with certain streamers
  • Metadata not syncing properly
  • Album art not loading from Synology/Plex servers
  • Qobuz favorites import not working
  • Tidal playlist suggestions missing

Requested features

16 requests
  • Monthly subscription option
  • Cross-device synchronization for playlists and favorites
  • EQ and tone adjustment controls
  • DSD file playback support
  • Multi-room audio capability
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  • Apple Watch control support
  • AirPlay support
  • Android version
  • Gapless playback improvement
  • Family sharing support
  • Apple Music integration
  • Internet radio support
  • Volume control in player screen
  • Automatic iCloud backup between devices
  • WebDAV support
  • Better error messages for troubleshooting

In-app purchases

None

Amperfy Music

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

JPLAY

Subscriptions1
  • JPLAY Premium14 Days trial$49.991 Year
One-time2
  • Lifetime$149.00
  • JPLAY Lifetime$199.00

Questions

Is Amperfy Music free?
Amperfy Music is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is JPLAY free?
JPLAY is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Amperfy Music or JPLAY?
Amperfy Music is rated higher. Amperfy Music averages 4.6 out of 5 from 135 ratings, while JPLAY averages 4.3 from 52 ratings.
Do Amperfy Music or JPLAY have ads?
Neither Amperfy Music nor JPLAY shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Amperfy Music or JPLAY?
Amperfy Music ships an update every 3 months, and JPLAY every 3 weeks. Most recently, Amperfy Music was updated on September 24, 2026 and JPLAY on September 21, 2026.

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