Interlude Music vs JellyBox Player
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Interlude Music
Stream your personal music collection from your Plex server. Enjoy offline playback, dark mode, and AirPlay support. Discover recently played and newly uploaded tracks easily.
- Stream Plex music libraries
- Offline listening with smart caching
- Dark mode support
- AirPlay compatibility
- Recently played and new music tabs
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Your Plex music library deserves a player that feels at home on iPhone. Interlude is a focused, cover-led player for the music you own. Sign in with your Plex account, connect to your self-hosted Plex Media Server, and start listening—without rebuilding your library somewhere else. YOUR LIBRARY, BEAUTIFULLY PRESENTED • Connect to the Plex music libraries already on your server. • Browse albums, artists, newly added music, recently played music, and playlists. • Search across your library and jump straight to what you want to hear. • Enjoy artwork-first browsing and a Cover Flow Now Playing experience. • Build and sync regular or smart playlists with Plex. LISTEN ANYWHERE • Smart offline caching keeps previously played audio close and reduces repeat traffic to your server. • CarPlay brings your library, playlists, and queue to the road. • AirPlay sends music to compatible speakers and receivers. • Lock Screen controls and Now Playing keep playback within reach. BUILT FOR IPHONE • Home Screen widgets keep your current music visible. • Dark Mode follows your device. • Queue controls, shuffle, repeat, ratings, and favorites help shape every session. • No ads and no developer data collection. WHAT YOU NEED Interlude requires a Plex account and access to a Plex Media Server with a music library. Interlude is an independent app and is not affiliated with or endorsed by Plex, Inc.
JellyBox Player
Stream your local music library from your home server to your devices. This client application provides seamless playback of your entire music collection.
- Connect to Jellyfin server
- Play local music library
- Seamless music playback
- Cross-device support
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JellyBox Player is a client application for Jellyfin, Emby or Navidrome servers. JellyBox allows you seamlessly play all your local music by simply connecting to your home server. This player can: * Browse and your local lib - artists, albums, songs, playlists * Continuity - remotely control your devices or move playback between them * Relay - connect remotely to your home server without use of VPN or tailscale tunnels * Home page widget * Show a time synced lyrics(when available) * Full offline mode, including a "plane" support * Downloads * Native Apple CarPlay app
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: JellyBox Player at none against Interlude Music's 1. JellyBox Player also leads on rating (4.7 vs 4.3) and update cadence (every 5 days vs every 10 days). Interlude Music's advantage is review sentiment (76% vs 44%). On price, ratings volume, ads 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. Interlude Music sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. JellyBox Player asks for nothing beyond the download.
JellyBox Player holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 20 and 7 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 76% of Interlude Music's written reviews are positive against 44% of JellyBox Player's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Interlude Music ships an update every 10 days, JellyBox Player every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 11, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Interlude Music | JellyBox Player |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.3 (20 ratings) | 4.7 (7 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 76.5% of reviews — better | 43.8% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 20 — better | 7 |
| Update frequency | Every 10 days | Every 5 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad, Mac — better |
| Requires iOS | 26.0 | 17.4 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 28 MB | 49 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Aire Atelier LLC | Oleksandr Synelnykov |
Customer experience
Interlude Music
JellyBox Player
In-app purchases
Interlude Music
- Playlist Creation — Lifetime$4.99
JellyBox Player
No in-app purchases









