Comparison

JellyBox Player vs Navidrome Player

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • 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

About

Navidrome Player

Access your self-hosted music library offline on iOS devices, including Apple Watch and CarPlay. Enjoy instant browsing, downloads, and Siri integration. A free tier offers limited daily playback, with a Pro version removing the cap.

Highlights
  • Offline library access
  • Background syncing
  • Download albums and playlists
  • CarPlay integration
  • Standalone Apple Watch playback
  • Siri voice commands
  • Adjustable crossfade and quality settings
Features
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SubSonify is a native iOS client for self-hosted music servers: Navidrome, Airsonic, Ampache, gonic, LMS and anything else that speaks the Subsonic API. Your library, offline, in CarPlay, on Apple Watch, and one "Hey Siri" away. There is no tracking in it, and the only server the app talks to is yours. Free to stream, with CarPlay. Pro for offline, discovery and your Watch. WHAT IT DOES • Full offline library. The app keeps a local copy of your library, so browsing and search are instant and work with no signal. It syncs in the background; there is no offline mode to switch on. • Home. Continue Listening, suggestions, For You mixes and Start a Radio from any song, built from your listening, on every server. The server's play history is imported too. • Downloads (Pro). Keep albums, playlists, songs or the whole library on the device; they keep playing when your server is down. • Auto-download (Pro). Starred songs, any playlist or smart playlist: new additions download on their own. • Synced lyrics. On the player, from your server or LRCLIB. • Smart playlists (Pro). Rules over your library, kept fresh and downloaded on their own. • Equalizer (Pro). Ten bands, presets and AutoEq headphone profiles. • Mix transitions (Pro). Beat-aligned blends from one song into the next. • Chromecast (Pro). Play on your TV or speaker. • CarPlay. Browse, search and play from the car screen, with artwork, queue, Up Next, shuffle and repeat. • Apple Watch. A free remote for the phone; Pro makes it standalone, streaming or synced, with the phone at home. • Siri. "Hey Siri, play [artist] on SubSonify" plays from your server. Artists, albums, songs, playlists, or "play something" to shuffle the library. Shortcuts too. • Internet radio. Add your own stations in the app; where the server allows it they are saved there, otherwise they stay on the device. Your server's stations appear too. • Crossfade and quality. Adjustable crossfade, plus separate stream quality for Wi-Fi and cellular: FLAC at home, transcoded on mobile data. • Five languages: English, German, Spanish, French, Ukrainian. SERVERS AND LOGIN Tested against Navidrome, LMS, Ampache and gonic. On servers with OpenSubsonic API keys, SubSonify logs in with a key, so your password is never stored on the device. Everywhere else it uses the salted-token authentication every Subsonic server has supported for years. Credentials live in the iOS Keychain and go to your server and nowhere else. WHAT IT COLLECTS Nothing. There is no account to create, and the app ships without an analytics SDK or a crash reporter. Listening history, playlists, downloads and settings stay on your device and your server. The app makes two kinds of connections: to your server, and to Apple for purchases. The one exception is internet radio: stations stream straight from the broadcaster, who can see your IP address. FREE AND PRO Free means streaming with no daily limit: your whole library, search, playlists, lyrics, Siri, internet radio and CarPlay. Pro adds downloads and offline playback, discovery (For You, Song Radio, Play something), the standalone Apple Watch app, the equalizer, mix transitions, smart playlists and Chromecast. Pro is available monthly, yearly, or as a one-time lifetime purchase. The yearly plan starts with a free week. Prices are shown in the app in your local currency. Payment is charged to your Apple Account at confirmation of purchase. Subscriptions renew automatically unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period; your account is charged for renewal within 24 hours of the end of that period. Manage your subscription and turn off auto-renew in your Apple Account settings after purchase. Privacy policy: https://subsonify.app/privacy Terms of use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Screenshot music: Creative Commons tracks by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) and Broke For Free, CC BY. More at https://subsonify.app

Screenshots

JellyBox Player3 screens
Navidrome Player4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: JellyBox Player at 4.7 against Navidrome Player's 3.0. JellyBox Player also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 3) and ratings volume (6 vs 2). Navidrome Player's advantage is review sentiment (60% vs 40%). On price, update cadence, ads and device support 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

Both are free to download. Navidrome Player sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. JellyBox Player asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

JellyBox Player holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 3.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 6 and 2 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 40% of JellyBox Player's written reviews are positive against 60% of Navidrome Player's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

JellyBox Player ships an update every 5 days, Navidrome Player every 6 days. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
JellyBox Player versus Navidrome Player: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterJellyBox PlayerNavidrome Player
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (6 ratings) — better3.0 (2 ratings)
Positive reviews40.0% of reviews60.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings6 — better2
Update frequencyEvery 5 days — betterEvery 6 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPad, MaciPhone, iPad, Apple Watch
Requires iOS17.4 — better26.1
Further details — not scored
Size49 MB64 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperOleksandr SynelnykovDoubleFau

Customer experience

JellyBox Player

All ratings4 ratings
Positive75.0%
Neutral25.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews15 reviews
Positive40.0%
Neutral26.7%
Negative33.3%

Navidrome Player

All ratings2 ratings
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%
Written reviews5 reviews
Positive60.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative40.0%

In-app purchases

None

JellyBox Player

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

Navidrome Player

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly$2.991 Month
  • Yearly7 Days trial$24.991 Year
One-time1
  • Lifetime$44.99

Questions

Is JellyBox Player free?
JellyBox Player is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Navidrome Player free?
Navidrome Player is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, JellyBox Player or Navidrome Player?
JellyBox Player is rated higher. JellyBox Player averages 4.7 out of 5 from 6 ratings, while Navidrome Player averages 3.0 from 2 ratings.
Do JellyBox Player or Navidrome Player have ads?
Neither JellyBox Player nor Navidrome Player shows ads.
Which is updated more often, JellyBox Player or Navidrome Player?
JellyBox Player ships an update every 5 days, and Navidrome Player every 6 days. Most recently, JellyBox Player was updated on October 24, 2026 and Navidrome Player on October 25, 2026.

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