Comparison

JammyMusic vs Crate for Plex

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

Head to head
About

JammyMusic

Access your Jellyfin music library with a streamlined player. Enjoy offline playback and control your music from your watch. This app focuses on a clutter-free listening experience without subscriptions or ads.

Highlights
  • Connect to Jellyfin server
  • Offline music playback
  • Watch as media player
  • Adjust download quality
  • Clutter-free interface
Features
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Experience your Jellyfin music library in a compact and simple way. The way music players should be. It's tailored to the users that just want to listen to their music without the clutter, the subscriptions, or the bloated features that make no sense for a media player. Included is the ability to connect to your jellyfin server, the ability to play offline music, and the ability to use your watch as a media player while away from your phone. You can also choose the quality of downloads on your watch to decide if download speed and storage space or quality matter more on your watch. Currently on the iPhone app, the best quality available will always be whats played. This project is not affiliated with Jellyfin and all rights for the trademark are reserved to Jellyfin. This app is intended to further support the open source community and no subscriptions or ads will be implemented at any time.

About

Crate for Plex

A native, unofficial music player for your Plex Media Server, designed for iPhone and Apple Watch. Enjoy your owned music library with features like offline listening, crossfade, and queue management without subscriptions or ads.

Highlights
  • Plex music library browsing
  • Offline listening
  • Apple Watch app
  • Crossfade playback
  • Queue management
  • Smart caching
Features
Currently charting
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Your Plex music library, finally given the iOS music player it deserves. Crate is a native, unofficial music player for your Plex Media Server, built for iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch, and CarPlay. Pay once. No subscription. No ads. No tracking. Just your music, played beautifully. ON IPHONE - Browse your entire library — albums, artists, playlists - Now Playing reimagined with crossfade, queue, lyrics, and hearts - Stations built from your own library — Hits, Heart Beats, On Repeat, and more - Discover view to rediscover albums you'd forgotten you loved - Download albums for offline listening - Smart caching keeps recently-played tracks ready offline - Pick up where you left off — Crate restores your last session on launch - Light and dark modes that actually look like iOS IN THE CAR - Full CarPlay app — Home, Library, Discover, Stations, and Search - Top Picks and recent albums the moment you connect - Hands-free with Siri: "Hey Siri, play House in Crate" - Ask Siri for a playlist, an artist, or a station, or say "I like this song" to heart it ON IPAD - A layout built for the big screen, in both orientations - Lyrics alongside the artwork, the way they should be ON APPLE WATCH - A real watchOS app — browse, download, and play from your wrist - Doubles as a remote when your iPhone is the one playing - Download albums directly to your watch - Phone-optional playback with AirPods THE FUNDAMENTALS, DONE RIGHT - Gapless playback with crossfade between tracks - Volume matching, so quiet albums and loud ones sit at the same level - Lossless FLAC playback on iPhone (Apple Watch auto-transcodes for compatibility) - Stream quality control, with Data Saver and Low Data Mode respected automatically - Shuffle with no repeats - Hearts to track what you love - Queue management you can actually use WHAT'S NOT INSIDE - No subscription - No ads - No tracking - No login wall to a service that isn't yours Crate connects directly to your own Plex Media Server. Your music. Your server. Your player. REQUIREMENTS Crate requires a Plex Media Server with a music library and a free Plex account. Plex Pass is not required. Crate is an unofficial third-party application and is not made by, endorsed by, or affiliated with Plex Inc.

Screenshots

JammyMusic4 screens
Crate for Plex4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: JammyMusic at Free against Crate for Plex's $3.99. JammyMusic also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 75%) and rating (5.0 vs 4.7). Crate for Plex's advantage is chart position (#155 vs unranked). On ratings volume, ads, in-app purchases and device support 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

JammyMusic is free to download; Crate for Plex costs $3.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

JammyMusic holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4 and 7 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of JammyMusic's written reviews are positive against 75% of Crate for Plex's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

JammyMusic ships an update every 3 weeks, Crate for Plex every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on November 5, 2026 and November 9, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 4 level
JammyMusic versus Crate for Plex: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterJammyMusicCrate for Plex
PriceFree — better$3.99
Rating5.0 (4 ratings) — better4.7 (7 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews — better75.0% of reviews
Number of ratings47 — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks — betterEvery 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree — betterPaid
Best chart rank—#155 — better
DevicesiPhone, Apple WatchiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS18.0 — better26.4
Further details — not scored
Size7 MB28 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperBrent BurroughsDarren Ebbing

Customer experience

JammyMusic

All ratings4 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Crate for Plex

All ratings6 ratings
Positive83.3%
Neutral16.7%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive75.0%
Neutral25.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

JammyMusic

No in-app purchases

None

Crate for Plex

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is JammyMusic free?
JammyMusic is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Crate for Plex free?
Crate for Plex costs $3.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, JammyMusic or Crate for Plex?
JammyMusic is rated higher. JammyMusic averages 5.0 out of 5 from 4 ratings, while Crate for Plex averages 4.7 from 7 ratings.
Do JammyMusic or Crate for Plex have ads?
Neither JammyMusic nor Crate for Plex shows ads.
Which is updated more often, JammyMusic or Crate for Plex?
JammyMusic ships an update every 3 weeks, and Crate for Plex every 2 months. Most recently, JammyMusic was updated on November 5, 2026 and Crate for Plex on November 9, 2026.

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