flo vs Nautiline
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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/
Nautiline
Stream your music library from an OpenSubsonic server with a modern, intuitive interface. Enjoy features like offline downloads, gapless playback, synced lyrics, and seamless integration with your iOS device.
- Offline caching and downloading
- Gapless playback
- Synced lyrics
- CarPlay and Siri integration
- Sleep timer
- ReplayGain support
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Nautiline is a modern OpenSubsonic client with a beautiful interface and solid media handling, so you can focus on your music. Listening & Playback: • Cache & Download Files ‣ Songs are automatically cached as you listen with no extra data used ‣ Manually download files for offline listening ‣ Automatically save your whole library • Gapless Playback • Seeking in Transcoded Files ‣ Save bandwidth without sacrificing the listening experience • Internet Radio • Offline Browsing & Searching • Synced Lyrics ‣ Direct from your server • ReplayGain ‣ Automatically apply the right track/album gain • Sleep Timer Remote Access: • Set Custom Headers • Multiple URLs for home and away access iOS Integration: • CarPlay • Siri • Music Haptics
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Nautiline at 4.7 against flo's 3.8. Nautiline also leads on review sentiment (88% vs 65%) and update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 5 weeks). flo's advantage is monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases) and device support (4 vs 2). On price, ads, in-app purchases 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
Both are free to download. flo sells 3 one-off in-app purchases and Nautiline sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Nautiline holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 3.8. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 28 and 86 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 65% of flo's written reviews are positive against 88% of Nautiline's.
flo ships an update every 5 weeks, Nautiline every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 4, 2026 and November 9, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | flo | Nautiline |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.8 (28 ratings) | 4.7 (86 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 65.3% of reviews | 88.2% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 28 | 86 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 22 MB | 102 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Fariz Rizaldy | Gledtone |
Customer experience
flo
Nautiline
In-app purchases
flo
- Coffee$1.99
- Lunch$4.99
- Dinner$9.99
Nautiline
- Nautiline$10.00







