JellyBox Player vs Nautune
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
Nautune
A music player that integrates with Jellyfin servers, offering a visually appealing deep-sea theme and smooth audio playback. Enjoy your entire music library with a native experience.
- Jellyfin integration
- Deep-sea themed UI
- Smooth native audio playback
- Cross-device support
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Jellyfin music player. Nautune is built with Flutter and delivers a beautiful deep-sea themed experience with smooth native audio playback and seamless Jellyfin integration.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Nautune at 100% against JellyBox Player's 27%. Nautune also leads on update cadence (every 3 days vs every 9 days) and ratings volume (3 vs 1). JellyBox Player's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.7). On price, ads, in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
JellyBox Player holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 3 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 27% of JellyBox Player's written reviews are positive against 100% of Nautune'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, Nautune every 3 days. Both last shipped on September 11, 2026.
| Parameter | JellyBox Player | Nautune |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | 4.7 (3 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 27.3% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 3 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 9 days | Every 3 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Mac | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 17.4 | 14.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 34 MB | 77 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 9+ |
| Developer | Oleksandr Synelnykov | Benjamin Noirjean |
Customer experience
JellyBox Player
Nautune
In-app purchases
JellyBox Player
No in-app purchases
Nautune
No in-app purchases
