While I bought a perpetual Plex license ages ago, I haven’t tried it for music yet. I opted to try Jellyfin first out of curiosity and see how easy it would be to get going in about 1 hour. From installing Jellyfin (on a non-LTS Ubuntu) to adding media, installing an iOS client, and playing music has come in just under that.
Main issues so far:
- The official Jellyfin app doesn’t keep playing music on an iOS when closed.
- Tried Finamp briefly, worked, but no Carplay.
- Moved to Manet Music (which has a paid tier for Mac support) and so far working overall.
Might try Plex music to see how it compares. Being able to call out tracks for a toddler on a roadtrip would be a north star to aim at for sure. So far, good.
Updated and Retried on iOS and Ubuntu 25.04 2025/11/07
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