Finamp 4+

Great so far

I am stress-testing Finamp this week after getting my Jellyfin server setup this weekend. It has been very stable and responsive so far. It has a mild scrolling stutter issue in the downloads tab when I expand an album to show the individual tracks. But this is nothing compared to the craziness with running Plex or PlexAmp. All told, I’m liking the elegant simplicity, with focus on usability.

I don’t even care that I can’t download downsized music files, but only my original flac files. That probably eliminates half of the Plex and PlexAmp crashes right there.

If you want usability, then Finamp is great. If you want motion blur and fireworks, then try out Plex or PlexAmp.

Crashes???

Edit: I opened the app today and now every time I try to play a song the app crashes instantly, downloaded or not. Reinstalling it a few times a month and redownloading songs each time is just not reasonable, I’m considering dropping it :(

I don’t know why but I have to reinstall every once in a while for it to stop crashing as soon as I close the app. I think it has something to do with my downloads, but I cannot be sure about that. It seems to correlate somehow though. Little bit of a deal breaker, but when it works, it’s quite nice. Additionally, just a request, I like to use Tailscale out of the house, and not when I’m in the house, so I end up with two IPs and I have to manually sign in to either when I want to switch. It would be nice if there was something like what’s in the main Jellyfin app.

Developer Response ,

This should be fixed in 0.6.19. The review says you're updated, but please check again since it was released very recently

Great, really.

This is an app I really appreciate as it’s the main reason I’ve gone back to my Jellyfin server. A little feedback though, the cover arts don’t sync or get saved when the offline mode is turned on, that’s about my feedback. This app is perfect, I hope it doesn’t get ruined with future updates and things.