boum vs Polaris
Side-by-side comparison of two open source alternatives
boum
boum is a modern music app for Jellyfin media servers, allowing you to stream your own media remotely where ever you are. Some of boum’s features include:ability to download your favourite albumsoffline modecross navigation e.g. navigate from albums to the artist from the player to album / artistrecommendations for similar artist on the artist screen and similar albums on the album screenbasic queue managementsleeptimerability to start a scan for new music on the Jellyfin serversaving the queue to pick up where you left off (for all the audiobook listeners out there)streaming limit for both WiFi / mobileselectable quality for both WiFi and mobile streamingunified searchre-scan your music librariesChromeCast support
Polaris
Connect to your Polaris server and listen to music on the go! Key features: - Shuffle mode - Songs preloading - Offline mode
| Feature | boum | Polaris |
|---|---|---|
| License | MPL-2.0 | MIT |
| Install sources | GitHubIzzyOnDroid | F-DroidGitHub |
| Categories | Media PlayerVideo | Media PlayerVideo |
| Features | Ad-FreeOpen SourceNo Tracking | Ad-FreeOpen SourceNo Tracking |
| Platforms | Android | Android |
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