AudioServe vs FLAC Player Offline
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.
FLAC Player Offline
Enjoy your local music library offline with a player that supports lossless formats and gapless playback. Manage your music, edit tags, and organize playback queues without needing an internet connection or paying for subscriptions.
- Offline playback
- Lossless audio support (FLAC, ALAC, WAV)
- Gapless playback
- 10-band equalizer
- Wi-Fi file transfer
- Multiple play queues
- Tag and artwork editing
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Your music. Your files. No internet, no ads, no subscription. A truly offline music player for your own library: MP3, FLAC, ALAC, WAV, AAC/M4A, AIFF, OGG Vorbis and Opus in full lossless quality — with real gapless playback. WHY THIS PLAYER • Truly offline — plays your local files, never needs a connection • No ads, no subscription, no account — ever • Gapless playback that actually works, for live albums, concept albums and DJ sets • Wi-Fi transfer: send music from your computer straight into the app in your browser • Import whole folders and keep their structure — an album stays an album • Or add files through the Files app on iPhone and Finder on your Mac • Albums and Artists with cover art, plus browsing by folder • Sort your songs by title, artist, album, date added or length • Manage your files in the app: delete, rename, move, make folders, select many at once • Edit tags and album artwork right on your phone • 10-band equalizer with presets • Playlists — build your own, import and export M3U • Sleep timer with fade-out • Crossfade between albums, gapless inside them • Plays over Bluetooth headphones, speakers and your car stereo (Bluetooth, AUX or USB); control playback from the lock screen, Control Center and Apple Watch GREAT FOR • Audiophiles with FLAC and hi-res collections • Anyone with an MP3 library built from years of purchases and rips • Travelers and commuters who don't want to burn data • Everyone tired of renting their own music back through subscriptions HOW IT WORKS 1. Add your music: import single files or whole folders, send them over Wi-Fi from your computer, or drop them in through Finder or the Files app. 2. Your library is organized by album, artist and folder automatically. 3. Press play. Everything works offline, forever. Your music files never leave your device. No analytics, no tracking, no account. This player plays your own music files. DRM-protected Apple Music tracks cannot be played. Press play on the music you already own.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: AudioServe at weekly against FLAC Player Offline's every 2 months. FLAC Player Offline's advantage is iOS requirement (15.0 vs 26.0). On price, 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
AudioServe ships an update weekly, FLAC Player Offline every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 8, 2026 and October 14, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | AudioServe | FLAC Player Offline |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 1.5 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | — | 33.3% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | — | 2 — better |
| Update frequency | Weekly — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | — | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 26.0 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 12 MB | 41 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Charlie Marshall | lapnito.cz s.r.o. |
In-app purchases
AudioServe
No in-app purchases
FLAC Player Offline
No in-app purchases
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