Koel Player vs Jellify
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.
Jellify
This music player connects to your Jellyfin Media Server, offering offline playback, audio transcoding, and playlist management. Create instant radio stations and enjoy a familiar interface for your music library.
- Connects to Jellyfin Media Server
- Download tracks for offline playback
- Transcode audio quality
- Create and update playlists
- Instant Mix radio stations
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Jellify is a free and open source* music player that connects to your Jellyfin Media Server! Designed to feel instantly familiar, Jellify allows you to - Download tracks for offline playback - Transcode audio to different qualities to save bandwidth - Create and update playlists - Start "Instant Mix" radio stations and much more! * Jellify is freely licensed under MIT
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Jellify at Free against Koel Player's $9.99. Jellify also leads on review sentiment (78% vs 50%) and update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 2 months). Koel Player's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.3). On ads, in-app purchases, device support 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
Jellify is free to download; Koel Player costs $9.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Koel Player holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Jellify 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 78% of Jellify'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, Jellify every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 16, 2026 and September 17, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Koel Player | Jellify |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $9.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | 4.3 (26 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 50.0% of reviews | 77.8% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 26 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 — better | 16.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 25 MB | 69 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | An Phan | Violet Caulfield |
Customer experience
Koel Player
Jellify
In-app purchases
Koel Player
No in-app purchases
Jellify
No in-app purchases
