Comparison

Narjo vs Armpit

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

Head to head
About

Narjo

Stream your personal music library from various servers or local storage. Enjoy lossless playback, synced lyrics, and extensive library exploration. Cast to multiple devices and customize your listening experience with a powerful equalizer and offline downloads.

Highlights
  • Connect to Navidrome, Subsonic, Jellyfin, Emby, Plex
  • Lossless playback and gapless support
  • Real-time synced lyrics with translation
  • Browse by artist, album, genre, decade, folder
  • UPnP/DLNA casting and Sonos support
  • 10-band graphic equalizer
  • Offline downloads and full offline mode
Features
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Your music. Your server. Brought to life. Narjo is a beautiful, powerful player for the music you already own. Connect directly to Navidrome, Subsonic, Jellyfin, Emby, or Plex and enjoy lossless playback, synced lyrics, deep customization, and immersive animated artwork wherever you listen. No Narjo account. No ads. No behavioral tracking. Just your collection, your way. CONNECT YOUR LIBRARY • Navidrome, Subsonic, Jellyfin, Emby, and Plex • Add multiple servers and switch between them instantly • Automatically switch between home and remote addresses as your network changes • Client certificates (mTLS), custom headers, reverse proxies, Cloudflare Tunnels, and self-signed certificates • No server? Local Library mode plays music stored directly on your device ARTWORK THAT MOVES • Bring covers to life with animated artwork in Now Playing and album views • Display animated artwork on the Lock Screen on supported devices and system versions • Play animated WebP covers from your library • Add custom video artwork to individual songs or complete albums • Dynamic interface colors inspired by the current artwork PLAYBACK, DONE RIGHT • Lossless FLAC and ALAC, plus MP3, AAC, WAV, and AIFF • Gapless playback and customizable crossfade • BPM-aware AutoMix transitions with a smooth adaptive fallback • ReplayGain normalization with clipping protection • Separate streaming and download quality for Wi-Fi and cellular • Smart pre-caching for smooth, responsive playback • 10-band equalizer with 18 presets, custom presets, Simple and Advanced modes, and Equalizer APO import LYRICS THAT KEEP UP • Synced lyrics with real-time, line-by-line highlighting • Lyrics from your server, embedded tags, LRC files, and LRCLIB • On-device translation into your preferred language • Adjustable timing, text size, and alignment REDISCOVER YOUR COLLECTION • Browse artists, albums, songs, genres, decades, and folders • Recently Played, Recently Added, Most Played, and Time Capsule • Song, Artist, and Album Radio • Smart playlists, favorites, hearts, and 5-star ratings • Fast library-wide search • Optional AudioMuse-AI for similar songs and Song Path • Optional Lidarr integration for discovering and adding music OFFLINE AND AROUND THE HOME • Download songs, albums, and playlists • Auto-download and smart playlist downloads • Full Offline Mode when no connection is available • Favorites, ratings, play counts, and scrobbles sync when you reconnect • AirPlay, Sonos, and speaker groups • Bit-perfect UPnP/DLNA casting with native DSD passthrough on compatible renderers • Navidrome Jukebox mode MAKE NARJO YOURS • Dark, Light, and System themes with customizable accent colors • Personalize the player, Home screen, tab bar, and artwork presentation • Sleep timer and configurable swipe gestures • Sport Mode can match playback to your target running BPM EVERYWHERE YOU LISTEN • iPhone and iPad • Apple TV for big-screen listening • Apple Watch with volume and playback controls, library browsing, Up Next, and offline playback • CarPlay • Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets • Siri and Shortcuts • Available in 11 languages PRIVATE BY DESIGN Narjo connects directly to your server. Your credentials stay securely stored in the Keychain. Narjo contains no advertising and does not use your activity for cross-app behavioral tracking. A compatible server account is required for server features. Availability may vary by server, configuration, device, operating system, and audio renderer. Your collection deserves a player as expressive as the music itself. Download Narjo and hear—and see—your music in a new way. TERMS & PRIVACY Terms of Use: https://narjomusic.com/terms Privacy Policy: https://narjomusic.com/privacy

About

Armpit

This music player connects to your personal Navidrome server, allowing you to stream your entire music library in original quality. Enjoy features like gapless playback, a 10-band equalizer, and offline listening across multiple Apple devices.

Highlights
  • Connects to Navidrome server
  • Original-quality streaming (FLAC)
  • True gapless playback
  • 10-band equalizer
  • Offline listening
  • Cross-device sync
  • CarPlay and Apple Watch support
Features
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A regular music player, i'm telling-you. Your music, your rules. Armpit is a fast, native music player for your own server. Connect to Navidrome server and take your entire library everywhere. PLAYBACK THAT RESPECTS YOUR FILES • Original-quality streaming — FLAC and other lossless formats decode natively, no forced transcoding • True gapless playback • 10-band equalizer with presets • ReplayGain volume normalization • Signal path view — see exactly what happens to your audio from source to output • Synced and static lyrics • Per-network streaming quality (Wi-Fi / cellular), from original quality down to 128k YOUR WHOLE LIBRARY • Albums, artists, songs, genres, favorites, playlists • Real smart playlists on Navidrome — rules are evaluated live on your server • Podcasts with cross-device resume — pause on the TV, continue on your phone • Internet radio stations - if enabled in navidrome • Downloads for offline listening • Discover screen with fresh releases, most played, and personal mixes • Listening stats EVERYWHERE YOU LISTEN • iPhone and iPad, with a full desktop app for Mac • Apple TV — full browsing, playback, and a Top Shelf preview of your library right on the home screen • Apple Watch — standalone streaming and downloads • CarPlay • Siri and Shortcuts support SEAMLESS ACROSS DEVICES • Sign in once — iCloud securely syncs your server connection to every device, including Apple TV • Settings, theme, accent color, and search history follow you everywhere • Scrobbling to your server (and Last.fm through it) MADE TO BE LOOKED AT • A flat, instrument-inspired design: hairlines, mono type, one accent color • Light and dark themes, eight accent colors, matching app icons • Available in English, Spanish, German, and French Armpit requires your own Navidrome music server. It streams your personal library — no music is included, and no account with us is needed. Armpit is an independent project by Pierre Ugaz, not affiliated with Navidrome.

Screenshots

Narjo4 screens
Armpit4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Armpit at 5.0 against Narjo's 4.3. Armpit also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 2) and review sentiment (100% vs 82%). Narjo's advantage is ratings volume (34 vs 4) and iOS requirement (16.0 vs 26.0). On price, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Narjo sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Armpit asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Armpit holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Narjo has 34 ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 82% of Narjo's written reviews are positive against 100% of Armpit's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Narjo ships an update every 11 days, Armpit fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 13, 2026 and October 3, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Narjo versus Armpit: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterNarjoArmpit
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.3 (34 ratings)5.0 (4 ratings) — better
Positive reviews81.6% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings34 — better4
Update frequencyEvery 11 days — betterFortnightly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFreemiumFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple WatchiPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple TV, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS16.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size79 MB9 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperArturo YumpoPierre Ugaz

Customer experience

Narjo

All ratings34 ratings
Positive82.4%
Neutral0.0%
Negative17.6%
Written reviews38 reviews
Positive81.6%
Neutral5.3%
Negative13.2%

Armpit

All ratings4 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Narjo

Subscriptions1
  • Narjo Pro Monthly7 Days trial$1.991 Month
One-time1
  • Narjo Lifetime$29.99
None

Armpit

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Narjo free?
Narjo is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Armpit free?
Armpit is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Narjo or Armpit?
Armpit is rated higher. Narjo averages 4.3 out of 5 from 34 ratings, while Armpit averages 5.0 from 4 ratings.
Do Narjo or Armpit have ads?
Neither Narjo nor Armpit shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Narjo or Armpit?
Narjo ships an update every 11 days, and Armpit fortnightly. Most recently, Narjo was updated on October 13, 2026 and Armpit on October 3, 2026.

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