JellyBox Player vs Jellify
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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
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 review sentiment: Jellify at 78% against JellyBox Player's 27%. Jellify also leads on ratings volume (26 vs 1). JellyBox Player's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.3). On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
JellyBox 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: 27% of JellyBox 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.
JellyBox Player ships an update every 9 days, Jellify every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 11, 2026 and September 17, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | JellyBox Player | Jellify |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | 4.3 (26 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 27.3% of reviews | 77.8% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 26 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 9 days — better | Every 2 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Mac — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 17.4 | 16.4 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 34 MB | 69 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Oleksandr Synelnykov | Violet Caulfield |
Customer experience
JellyBox Player
Jellify
In-app purchases
JellyBox Player
No in-app purchases
Jellify
No in-app purchases
