Comparison

flo vs Show Primer

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • Offline playback
  • Gapless playback
  • Supports multiple audio formats
  • Browse music collection
  • Shuffle and repeat
  • Album cover art
  • Lock-screen integration
Features
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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/

About

Show Primer

This app generates an Apple Music playlist based on an artist's recent setlists. Discover songs played on tour, create custom playlists, and learn every track before a concert.

Highlights
  • Generate playlists from setlists
  • Search for artists
  • View recent tour songs
  • Create custom song selections
  • One-tap Apple Music playlist creation
  • Learn songs before a show
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Get ready for the show! Show Primer builds you an Apple Music playlist from a band's recent setlists — so you can learn every song before the show. Here's how it works: 1. Search for the artist you're going to see 2. Show Primer pulls their latest setlists and figures out what they've been playing on tour 3. Pick your songs — or just grab them all 4. One tap creates an Apple Music playlist, ready to play on repeat until showtime Your first 3 playlists are free. Want unlimited? A one-time $2.99 purchase unlocks playlist creation for every concert, forever. Songs played at every show? They're in there. Deep cuts that only come out once in a while? Those too. You'll know which songs to expect, which ones to hope for, and — most importantly — you'll know all the words. Stop scrambling to Shazam songs at the venue. Start showing up prepared!

Screenshots

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Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Show Primer at 5.0 against flo's 3.7. flo's advantage is monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases) and ratings volume (27 vs 4). On price, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. flo sells 3 one-off in-app purchases and Show Primer sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Show Primer holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: flo has 27 ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
flo versus Show Primer: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterfloShow Primer
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.7 (27 ratings)5.0 (4 ratings) — better
Positive reviews65.3% of reviews—
Number of ratings27 — better4
Update frequencyEvery 5 weeks—
AdsNo—
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch — better—
Requires iOS16.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size22 MB2 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperFariz RizaldyJoshua Larson

In-app purchases

3 purchases

flo

One-time3
  • Coffee$1.99
  • Lunch$4.99
  • Dinner$9.99
1 purchases

Show Primer

One-time1
  • Unlimited Playlists$2.99

Questions

Is flo free?
flo is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Show Primer free?
Show Primer is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, flo or Show Primer?
Show Primer is rated higher. flo averages 3.7 out of 5 from 27 ratings, while Show Primer averages 5.0 from 4 ratings.

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