ListenNow+ vs flo
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
ListenNow+
Stream music from Apple Music and access your personal media library via Subsonic or Navidrome. Enjoy features like crossfading, Siri integration, HomeKit lighting control, and lyrics display. Play music in your car with CarPlay and identify songs easily.
- Stream Apple Music library
- Connect to Subsonic/Navidrome servers
- Crossfading playback
- Siri integration
- HomeKit lighting control
- Singing lyrics display
- CarPlay support
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Listen to a huge selection of songs from Apple Music. Also connect to your Subsonic media server to easily access and play content from your personal library. •Play Apple Music library and recommendations. *1 •Connect to Subsonic/Navidrome media server to easily access and play content from your personal media library. •Enjoy a continuous listening experience with crossfading. *2 •Ask Siri to play songs. •Enable lighting control to work with lights in HomeKit for audio-visual feedback. *3 •Immerse yourself in your favorite music with an excellent singing lyrics experience and a beautiful user interface. *4 •Add a widget to your home screen to easily view the lyrics of the currently playing song. •Play music in your car with CarPlay App. •Easily identify music with music recognition without manual search. •Free and ad-free; no privacy data is collected. *1. You need to subscribe to Apple Music to play music from Apple Music. Apple Music availability and features vary by country, plan, or device. For more information, please refer to https://support.apple.com/en-us/118205. *2. Not all media supports audio crossfading. *3. Not all media supports lighting control. *4. Not all media have lyrics, which need to be provided in your Subsonic server.
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 in-app purchases: ListenNow+ at none against flo's 3. ListenNow+ also leads on rating (4.0 vs 3.7) and review sentiment (82% vs 65%). flo's advantage is update cadence (every 5 weeks vs every 3 months). On price, ratings volume, ads 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. flo sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. ListenNow+ asks for nothing beyond the download.
ListenNow+ holds the better App Store score, 4.0 against 3.7. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 53 and 26 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 82% of ListenNow+'s written reviews are positive against 65% of flo's.
ListenNow+ ships an update every 3 months, flo every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 14, 2026 and October 16, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | ListenNow+ | flo |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.0 (53 ratings) — better | 3.7 (26 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 81.5% of reviews — better | 65.3% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 53 — better | 26 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 5 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Apple TV | iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 16.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 74 MB | 22 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Shanghai Yanghe Culture Media Co., Ltd. | Fariz Rizaldy |
Customer experience
ListenNow+
flo
Bugs and requests
ListenNow+
Reported bugs
17 issues- App crashes on opening
- Cannot add content to library
- Songs don't play or skip
- Playback issues on Mac
- App not working on macOS 13
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- Certificate invalid error
- Apple Music store selection not working
- No album art animation on Apple TV
- Inconsistent playback on Apple TV
- Server playback crashes
- Slow response
- Cannot favorite songs
- Cannot connect to Navidrome server
- Cannot connect to Subsonic server
- Navidrome latest version not playable
- No songs after adding server
- Apple TV video and music playback unresponsive
Requested features
22 requests- Add content to library
- Fix crashing issues
- Support KTV/karaoke function
- Add YouTube Music integration
- Add Plex support
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- Add playlist mixes
- Add support for adding artists & albums
- Add dark mode icon
- Load local music files
- Sync network disk music files
- Add CarPlay lyrics
- Solely focus on Subsonic Server content
- Add ability to add albums to Spotify
- Fix certificate invalid error
- Improve Navidrome/Subsonic connection
- Improve Apple TV playback interface
- Add ability to favorite songs
- Add more connection methods
- Add support for Navidrome
- Add ability to add albums & playlists to library
- Add ability to add artists & albums
- Add ability to add albums to library instead of Apple Music library
flo
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
ListenNow+
No in-app purchases
flo
- Coffee$1.99
- Lunch$4.99
- Dinner$9.99
