Jellify vs SUB/WAVE
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
SUB/WAVE
Experience radio reborn with a single, shared audio stream. An AI DJ curates the music, provides commentary, and announces station IDs, creating a communal listening experience without playlists or algorithms. Enjoy seamless playback across devices and even request songs.
- AI DJ curates music and commentary
- Single shared audio stream for all users
- No playlist building or algorithmic personalization
- Seamless playback with lock screen and CarPlay controls
- Create and tune into custom SUB/WAVE broadcasts
- Live visualizer and song information
- Song and mood requests
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Remember radio? One signal, everyone hearing the same song at the same moment. SUB/WAVE is that. No playlist to build, no algorithm studying you. You press play and join whatever's already on the air. A DJ runs the station. It's an AI, but it does what a good DJ does: picks the next track, reads the station ID, checks the weather, says something on the way into the song. It never just cuts between tracks in silence. Start it and you're live. Lock the phone, switch apps, get in the car, and it keeps playing, with controls on the lock screen, your headphones, and CarPlay. POINT IT AT ANY STATION It opens on the public station, but it'll play any SUB/WAVE broadcast. Run your own off your music library and paste the address to tune in. Saved a few? Switch between them whenever you like. WHAT'S IN IT • Now playing, with cover art and a live visualiser • The booth — every pick, station ID, and segment as it goes out • Timeline — scroll back through what's played • Requests — send the DJ a track or a mood, hear it answered on air • Schedule — what's coming up • Themes that recolour the whole app to match the station One stream. No skip. It's radio, not a playlist.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: SUB/WAVE at 5.0 against Jellify's 4.2. SUB/WAVE also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 78%) and update cadence (weekly vs fortnightly). Jellify's advantage is ratings volume (27 vs 4). 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.
SUB/WAVE holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Jellify has 27 ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 78% of Jellify's written reviews are positive against 100% of SUB/WAVE's.
Jellify ships an update fortnightly, SUB/WAVE weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 9, 2026 and October 1, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Jellify | SUB/WAVE |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.2 (27 ratings) | 5.0 (4 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 77.8% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 27 — better | 4 |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 16.4 | 16.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 69 MB | 68 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Violet Caulfield | Perminder Singh Klair |
Customer experience
Jellify
SUB/WAVE
In-app purchases
Jellify
No in-app purchases
SUB/WAVE
No in-app purchases









