Comparison

Stylophone vs flo

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

Head to head
About

Stylophone

This app serves as a modern, open-source remote control for a Music Player Daemon (MPD) server. It offers full playback control, playlist management, and library browsing, optimized for iPhone and iPad. It requires a separate MPD server to function.

Highlights
  • Full playback control
  • Playlist management
  • Library browsing
  • Control Center integration
  • Album art support
Features
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A modern, open source Music Player Daemon (MPD) client optimized for iPhone and iPad. Buy once, get updates forever. “Music Player Daemon (MPD) is a flexible, powerful, server-side application for playing music. Through plugins and libraries it can play a variety of sound files while being controlled by its network protocol.” This application is meant to act as a remote for a MPD server and won't play any music on its own. Features: - Careful design that makes the most out of your screen real estate - Full playback control - Playlist management (Create, Add/Remove tracks, Delete) - Integration with Control Center - Local Playback of your MPD server's music stream if available - Browse library by albums, or directly by folders - All data is pulled from your MPD Server only - Support for both albumart and readpicture commands for maximum compatibility with your server's cover art library

About

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.

Highlights
  • Offline playback
  • Gapless playback
  • Supports multiple audio formats
  • Browse music collection
  • Shuffle and repeat
  • Album cover art
  • Lock-screen integration
Features
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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/

Screenshots

Stylophone4 screens
flo4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: flo at Free against Stylophone's $4.99. flo also leads on update cadence (every 5 weeks vs every 13 months) and ratings volume (28 vs 1). Stylophone's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 3.8) and in-app purchases (none vs 3). On 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

flo is free to download; Stylophone costs $4.99 up front. flo sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Stylophone asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Stylophone holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: flo has 28 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of Stylophone's written reviews are positive against 65% of flo's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Stylophone ships an update every 13 months, flo every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard8 real differences · 2 level
Stylophone versus flo: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterStylophoneflo
Price$4.99Free — better
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better3.8 (28 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews — better65.3% of reviews
Number of ratings128 — better
Update frequencyEvery 13 monthsEvery 5 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationPaidFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS16.016.0
Further details — not scored
Size106 MB22 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperVincent AlvesFariz Rizaldy

Customer experience

Stylophone

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

flo

All ratings27 ratings
Positive66.7%
Neutral11.1%
Negative22.2%
Written reviews49 reviews
Positive65.3%
Neutral10.2%
Negative24.5%

In-app purchases

None

Stylophone

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

flo

One-time3
  • Coffee$1.99
  • Lunch$4.99
  • Dinner$9.99

Questions

Is Stylophone free?
Stylophone costs $4.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is flo free?
flo is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Stylophone or flo?
Stylophone is rated higher. Stylophone averages 5.0 out of 5 from 1 ratings, while flo averages 3.8 from 28 ratings.
Do Stylophone or flo have ads?
Neither Stylophone nor flo shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Stylophone or flo?
Stylophone ships an update every 13 months, and flo every 5 weeks. Most recently, Stylophone was updated on November 3, 2026 and flo on October 30, 2026.

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