Koel Player vs flo
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Koel Player
Stream your personal music library from your self-hosted Koel server. Enjoy features like queueing, playlist management, and lyrics. Cache songs for offline playback.
- Stream from Koel server
- Queue and play music
- Like/unlike songs
- Playlist manipulation
- View lyrics and media info
- Cache music for offline playback
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The official mobile player for Koel (https://koel.dev), the open-source self-hosted music streaming service. With Koel Player you can connect to and stream your music from your own Koel server. Koel Player supports most of the features found in the web-based version: - Queue and play music - Like/unlike songs - Manipulate playlists - View lyrics and media information In addition, Koel Player allows caching music for local playback. More features are planned.
flo
Stream your music library from a Navidrome server with this client. Enjoy offline playback, gapless audio, and support for various formats. Browse your collection, shuffle, repeat, and more, all while saving battery and bandwidth.
- Offline playback
- Gapless playback
- Supports multiple audio formats
- Browse music collection
- Shuffle and repeat
- Album cover art
- Lock-screen integration
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While it is still in early development, it provides all the essential features for streaming music from your Navidrome Music Server. It also supports offline playback to save battery and bandwidth especially if you travel a lot like me! WHY FLO FOR NAVIDROME CLIENT? • Plays most audio formats (FLAC, AAC, ALAC, MP3, MP4 and more) without transcoding • Gapless playback • Mini player • Track seeking • Streams over 3G/4G/5G/WiFi • Bluetooth Audio/AirPlay support • Remembers your playlist from the last session • Browse music collection • Shuffle and repeat • Album cover art • Lock-screen integration I will add more essential and 'nice-to-have' features as it progresses, as I use this app almost every day: every time I plug in AirPods! LOVE FLO? • Star us on GitHub: https://github.com/kepelet/flo • Follow us on GitHub: https://github.com/kepelet Requirements: • Note that for SSL support you must have a valid certificate. Invalid certificates will cause connection errors. • Important: flo is compatible with standalone Navidrome servers only. • Get Navidrome Music Server at: https://www.navidrome.org/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: flo at Free against Koel Player's $9.99. flo also leads on ratings volume (26 vs 1) and review sentiment (65% vs 50%). Koel Player's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 3.7) and in-app purchases (none vs 3). On update cadence, ads and iOS requirement 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
flo is free to download; Koel Player costs $9.99 up front. flo sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Koel Player asks for nothing beyond the download.
Koel Player holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: flo has 26 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 50% of Koel Player's written reviews are positive against 65% of flo's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Koel Player ships an update every 2 months, flo every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 16, 2026 and September 25, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Koel Player | flo |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $9.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | 3.7 (26 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 50.0% of reviews | 64.6% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 26 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 5 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Paid | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 25 MB | 22 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | An Phan | Fariz Rizaldy |
Customer experience
Koel Player
flo
In-app purchases
Koel Player
No in-app purchases
flo
- Coffee$1.99
- Lunch$4.99
- Dinner$9.99
