Comparison

Audiorr vs Bolera

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

Head to head
About

Audiorr

Features
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Audiorr is a modern streaming client for your self-hosted music server, putting your personal library back in your hands. Connect to your own Navidrome server and enjoy your music with a fast, clean, and beautifully designed interface. Features - Stream your personal music library from anywhere - Browse and search artists, albums, and playlists - Star your favorite songs and find them in your Favorites playlist - Create and manage playlists right from the app - Download songs, albums, and playlists for offline listening - Configurable crossfade between songs - Synced lyrics from your music's embedded tags - ReplayGain volume normalization - Background playback and CarPlay support - Light and dark themes, in English and Spanish Privacy-first Audiorr does not provide any content or media. The app connects to user-owned, self-hosted Navidrome servers. Users are responsible for the content they access and must have the appropriate rights. No ads. No third-party tracking. Your music stays on your server — and so does your listening data. Built for ownership Audiorr is a personal alternative to traditional streaming platforms. Your server, your library, your rules.

About

Bolera

This native music client provides a seamless experience for your self-hosted Jellyfin server across Apple devices. Enjoy lossless playback, intelligent daily mixes, and a powerful EQ, all designed for intuitive use on iPhone, iPad, Mac, and CarPlay.

Highlights
  • Native SwiftUI for fast performance
  • CarPlay integration for driver-friendly access
  • Lossless and gapless audio playback
  • Intelligent, daily changing music mixes
  • AI-powered playlist generation
  • 10-band equalizer with iCloud sync
  • Offline playback for downloaded content
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Bolera is a beautiful, native music client for your own Jellyfin server — built for iPhone, iPad, Mac, and CarPlay, not bolted on. No Catalyst, no web wrapper. Just fast SwiftUI that feels at home everywhere, talking straight to the library you already host. BUILT FOR CARPLAY Your whole Jellyfin library on the dashboard — browse artists, albums, playlists, and your daily mixes from the car screen, with full Now Playing controls and album art. Lossless, gapless, and your endlessly-extending daily mixes, all driver-friendly. Plug in and your music is just there. YOUR MUSIC, TREATED LIKE MUSIC • Lossless playback — FLAC and ALAC play exactly as stored. • A Now Playing screen worth opening, with synced lyrics that scroll in time. • Gapless transitions with adjustable crossfade. DAILY MIXES THAT ACTUALLY FIT Themed playlists that change every day — seeded from your real listening and tightened with Last.fm so every track sits in the same pocket. Mixes get named aftxtend endlessly as you listen, and neverrepeat. They follow you into CarPlay too. MAKE-A-MIX Type a mood — "rainy Sunday morning", "gym ainto a playlist from your library, usingApple Intelligence on supported devices. A REAL 10-BAND EQ A biquad-driven equalizer with a tap-and-draTune it once and sync the curve across allyour devices via iCloud. ARTISTS WORTH VISITING Artist pages with bios, top tracks ranked bylbum grid, and similar artists drawn fromyour own library. OFFLINE THAT JUST WORKS Download tracks, albums, or whole playlists the container automatically, so even lossless files actually play — with artwork — when you're offline, on the road included. LYRICS, ALWAYS Time-synced lyrics straight from your serverve any, Bolera fills them in from a freecommunity database and caches them for offline. LAST.FM, PROPERLY WIRED Sign in with just your Last.fm username — norated similar artists, real bios, smarterdaily mixes, and optional scrobbling that follows the official 30-second / 50% rules. YOUR LIBRARY, YOUR RULES Hide libraries you don't want in the music vwant surfaced, and keep live recordings outof mixes and radio with one toggle. BOLERA PRO A one-time unlock for the extras — Pro EQ pred-items management, and more — witheverything synced across your devices. Bolera connects to your self-hosted Jellyfin server. A Jellyfin account is required. Apple, Apple Intelligence, and CarPlay are trademarks of Apple Inc., registered in the U.S. and other countries.

Screenshots

Audiorr4 screens
Bolera4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Audiorr at none against Bolera's 1. Bolera's advantage is iOS requirement (18.0 vs 26.0). On price, update cadence, ads 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

Both are free to download. Bolera sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Audiorr asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 5, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Audiorr versus Bolera: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAudiorrBolera
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—50.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—1 — better
Update frequencyFortnightlyFortnightly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
Monetization—Free with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, Mac — better
Requires iOS26.018.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size6 MB7 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperCONSULTORÍA INFORMÁTICA I TELEFONÍA DE REUS ASSOCIATS, S.L.Jake Watts

In-app purchases

None

Audiorr

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Bolera

One-time1
  • Bolera Pro$4.99

Questions

Is Audiorr free?
Audiorr is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Bolera free?
Bolera is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Audiorr or Bolera have ads?
Neither Audiorr nor Bolera shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Audiorr or Bolera?
Audiorr ships an update fortnightly, and Bolera fortnightly. Most recently, Audiorr was updated on October 5, 2026 and Bolera on October 31, 2026.

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