AudioServe vs Bolera
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
AudioServe
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AudioServe is a dedicated music player for Plex, designed to make listening to your personal music collection simple and enjoyable. Connect to your Plex account and stream music from your own Plex Media Server with a clean, focused interface built around finding and playing music quickly. Browse your library by artist, album or song, create playlists, search your entire collection, and keep your favourite music available for offline listening when supported by your Plex account. Features: • Stream music from your Plex Media Server • Browse artists, albums and songs • Fast library-wide search • Create and manage playlists • Download music for offline playback • Clean, simplified interface • Add and listen to your favourite online radio station • Listen in your vehicle, with support for CarPlay Requirements: • A Plex account is required • Access to a Plex Media Server with a music library is required • Some features, including downloads, depend on your Plex account type, server configuration, and Plex Pass entitlements AudioServe is an independent third-party client for Plex and is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by Plex, Inc.
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.
- 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.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: AudioServe at none against Bolera's 1. AudioServe also leads on update cadence (weekly vs fortnightly). Bolera's advantage is iOS requirement (18.0 vs 26.0). On price, 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
Both are free to download. Bolera sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. AudioServe asks for nothing beyond the download.
AudioServe ships an update weekly, Bolera fortnightly. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.
| Parameter | AudioServe | Bolera |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | — | 50.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | — | 1 — better |
| Update frequency | Weekly — better | Fortnightly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | — | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, Mac — better |
| Requires iOS | 26.0 | 18.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 12 MB | 7 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Charlie Marshall | Jake Watts |
In-app purchases
AudioServe
No in-app purchases
Bolera
- Bolera Pro$4.99









