Stylophone vs flo
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- Full playback control
- Playlist management
- Library browsing
- Control Center integration
- Album art support
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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
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 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
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.
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.
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.
| Parameter | Stylophone | flo |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $4.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | 3.8 (28 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 65.3% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 28 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 13 months | Every 5 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Paid | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 106 MB | 22 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Vincent Alves | Fariz Rizaldy |
Customer experience
Stylophone
flo
In-app purchases
Stylophone
No in-app purchases
flo
- Coffee$1.99
- Lunch$4.99
- Dinner$9.99








