mStream Player vs JellyBox Player
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
mStream Player
Stream your personal music library from a self-hosted server directly to your mobile device. Browse folders, search by artist or album, and create dynamic playlists with Auto DJ. Enjoy fine volume control, shuffle, and loop features for a personalized listening experience.
- Browse music folders
- Search by artist/album/song
- Create dynamic playlists
- Shuffle and loop playback
- HTTP(S) support
- Authenticated login
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This is a mobile app client for personal and self-hosted mStream music servers (https://github.com/IrosTheBeggar/mStream). Current features: - Browse your music folders - Search in folders - Play music in a folder - Search by artist/album/song - Play an album, song, or playlist - Create dynamic playlists with "Auto DJ" - Fine volume control - Shuffle your queue - Loop a queue or single track - HTTP(S) support - Authenticated & password-less login Note, the app does not support the following features yet: - Playing OGG files - Self-signed certificates The app is completely private. No data is collected.
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 server application. 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 * 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 mStream Player's 3. JellyBox Player also leads on update cadence (every 5 days vs every 5 weeks). mStream Player's advantage is review sentiment (64% vs 36%) and ratings volume (25 vs 4). On price, rating, 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. mStream Player sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. JellyBox Player asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.6 for mStream Player against 4.5 for JellyBox Player. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: mStream Player has 25 ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 64% of mStream Player's written reviews are positive against 36% of JellyBox Player's.
mStream Player ships an update every 5 weeks, JellyBox Player every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on September 27, 2026 and September 30, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | mStream Player | JellyBox Player |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (25 ratings) — better | 4.5 (4 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 63.6% of reviews — better | 35.7% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 25 — better | 4 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks | Every 5 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, Mac — better |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 — better | 17.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 30 MB | 36 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Niera Tech Inc. | Oleksandr Synelnykov |
Customer experience
mStream Player
JellyBox Player
In-app purchases
mStream Player
- Coffee-Sized Tip$6.99
- Snack-Sized Tip$9.99
- Meal-Sized Tip$14.99
JellyBox Player
No in-app purchases
