Jellify vs Discrete
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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
Discrete
A sleek and lightweight music player designed for Jellyfin servers. Enjoy your music library directly from your server with features like offline playback, playlist management, and CarPlay support. Optimized for minimal resource usage and a smooth user experience.
- Jellyfin server integration
- Offline playback and downloads
- CarPlay support
- Playlist creation and management
- Transcoding options
- Background playback
- Sleep timer
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Discrete — lightweight, yet powerful and sleek music player for Jellyfin server. Use any Jellyfin instance you want to listen to your music directly from your server. Minimal RAM and storage usage, fast and smooth UI built with great attention to details, proper layouts for all your devices. Built with love for music, tech and UX. - astonishing, fully fledged support for CarPlay - downloads and transparent offline mode - works even in background - fast an reliable on unstable networks - original files or transcoded - displays progress on lock screen - playlists: - create, rename and delete playlists - add, remove and reorder items - transcoding options - off (stream original files) - auto - customized (fine tune yourself) - [paid, with lifetime available] multiple accounts - add as many accounts / servers as you want - build your playback queue with tracks from any account / server - seamless work throughout whole app - home page with discovery sections - glorious pages for your playlists, albums and artists - search in single view for any type of items - built-in sleep timer - lyrics Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Jellify at none against Discrete's 3. Jellify also leads on iOS requirement (16.4 vs 18.0). Discrete's advantage is rating (4.6 vs 4.3) and review sentiment (91% vs 78%). On price, ratings volume, update cadence and ads 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. Discrete sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Jellify asks for nothing beyond the download.
Discrete holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 4.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 26 and 39 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 78% of Jellify's written reviews are positive against 91% of Discrete's.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 17, 2026 and September 14, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Jellify | Discrete |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.3 (26 ratings) | 4.6 (39 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 77.8% of reviews | 90.9% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 26 | 39 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks | Every 2 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, Mac — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.4 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 69 MB | 18 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Violet Caulfield | Aleksandr Orlov |
Customer experience
Jellify
Discrete
In-app purchases
Jellify
No in-app purchases
Discrete
- Discrete Pro [Monthly]$0.991 Month
- Discrete Pro [Yearly]$9.991 Year
- Discrete Pro [Lifetime]$19.99
