Comparison

Flex vs Lissa

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

Head to head
About

Flex

This app allows you to manage and play your personal music library hosted on a Plex Media Server. Enjoy offline playback, customize your queue, and personalize your listening experience with various themes and visualizers.

Highlights
  • Plex Media Server integration
  • Offline music downloads
  • Customizable playback queue
  • Theming and visualizers
  • Smart playlist management
  • Lyrics and artwork display
  • CarPlay and Siri integration
Features
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Your music library should feel like yours. Flex Music is an independent music player and playlist manager for personal Plex Media Server libraries. Sign in with Plex, choose your server and enjoy your music at home, remotely or offline. BROWSE AND PLAY Explore artists, albums, tracks, playlists, genres and moods. Search inside large playlists, rate tracks back to Plex, and keep browsing while the mini-player plays. Expand Now Playing for artwork, synced lyrics when available, visualizers and the waveform progress bar. YOUR QUEUE, YOUR WAY Use Play Next to put a track first, or Play After Next to add it after your manually queued tracks. Assign these actions to your playlist swipes. Manage Up Next and Previously Played, reorder playlists, add whole albums and clone playlists. OFFLINE AND DATA SAVER Download your music with no paid track limit. Choose storage limits and keep favourites offline. Data saver asks your Plex server to convert audio to your chosen bitrate, with separate Wi-Fi and cellular preferences and measured transferred-data totals. Conversion depends on your server; data saved is compared with the original media size. MADE FOR YOUR SCREEN Choose themes, artwork effects and visualizers. Larger displays have room for the player and queue side by side. iPhone Duo adapts from a compact cover-screen player to a stacked portrait layout and a side-by-side player and queue when opened in landscape. Controls stay clear of the system strip, and your player and queue are retained as the layout changes. Music casting is free on supported receivers. Lyric casting brings available lyrics to Google Cast displays with Flex Music Pro. FLEX MUSIC PRO Free: browsing, playback, Smart Search, ratings, on-device lyrics, music casting, themes and visualizers, offline downloads, the Pinned Playlist widget, and editing playlists up to 100 tracks. Pro unlocks editing larger playlists, saving smart playlists and listening sessions, premium home-screen widgets, alternate app icons, navigation icon themes and styles, and lyric casting. The Apple Watch companion is also included with Pro. CarPlay and Siri playlist playback are free. Monthly, yearly and lifetime plans unlock the same Pro features. Purchases are processed by the App Store and can be restored from Settings. Lifetime is a one-time purchase; subscriptions renew until cancelled in your store account settings. REQUIREMENTS A Plex account and access to a Plex Media Server containing a music library. Network access to that server is required for streaming and library management. Flex Music is independently developed by Elixir Consultancy Services Ltd and is not affiliated with or endorsed by Plex, Inc. Plex is a trademark of Plex, Inc. Google Cast is a trademark of Google LLC. Terms of Service: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Lissa

Transform your personal music collection into a dynamic light show. This app features a native player with a real-time visualizer that syncs to your audio, offering multiple customizable visual effects and sound shaping options. Enjoy your music privately, offline, and without ads.

Highlights
  • Real-time music visualizer
  • Supports MP3, AAC, FLAC, WAV, AIFF
  • Import from Files app
  • Eight hand-tuned visualizers
  • Preset editor for custom looks
  • Built-in equalizer
  • Offline and ad-free operation
Features
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Lissa turns your music library into a light show. Import your own audio files and play them through a fast, native player with a real-time visualizer that reacts to every beat, bass hit, and shimmer of the music — right on your phone. YOUR MUSIC, YOUR LIBRARY • Plays the files you already own: MP3, AAC/M4A, ALAC, FLAC, WAV, and AIFF • Import from the Files app, or drop songs in from your Mac with Finder file sharing — "Open in Lissa" works from Mail and Files too • Automatic metadata: titles, artists, albums, and cover art • Albums, artists, playlists, and a play queue with shuffle and repeat • Keeps playing in the background and from the Lock Screen EIGHT HAND-TUNED VISUALIZERS • Radial Pulse, Classic Bars, Neon Tunnel, Plasma Drift, Mirror Bars, Feedback Bloom, Scope, and Minimal Mono • Rendered with Metal for smooth motion, tuned to stay cool on battery • Fullscreen mode for the full effect — great on a desk or at a party • Tweak any preset, or build your own look with the preset editor • Visual Sync Offset lines the visuals up perfectly with Bluetooth and AirPlay audio SOUND SHAPING • Built-in equalizer with presets and custom settings PRIVATE BY DESIGN • No account, no ads, no analytics, no tracking — ever • Works completely offline; your music never leaves your device • Respects Reduce Motion and adapts to thermal state Lissa is for people who still keep their own music — and missed watching it dance.

Screenshots

Flex4 screens
Lissa4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Lissa at none against Flex's 3. Lissa also leads on update cadence (fortnightly vs every 2 months). On price, rating, ratings volume 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. Flex sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Lissa asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Flex against 5.0 for Lissa. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 1 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Flex ships an update every 2 months, Lissa fortnightly. Both last shipped on October 31, 2026.

Scorecard3 real differences · 6 level
Flex versus Lissa: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFlexLissa
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings)
Number of ratings11
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsFortnightly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFreemiumFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple WatchiPhone, iPad, Mac
Requires iOS18.017.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size132 MB7 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperElixir CSNardo Dorsin

Customer experience

Flex

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Lissa

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Flex

Subscriptions2
  • Flex Music Pro Monthly$0.991 Month
  • Flex Music Pro Yearly$9.991 Year
One-time1
  • Flex Music Pro Lifetime$19.99
None

Lissa

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Flex free?
Flex is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Lissa free?
Lissa is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Flex or Lissa?
Flex and Lissa are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 1 and 1 ratings respectively.
Do Flex or Lissa have ads?
Neither Flex nor Lissa shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Flex or Lissa?
Flex ships an update every 2 months, and Lissa fortnightly. Most recently, Flex was updated on October 31, 2026 and Lissa on October 31, 2026.

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