Reviews of Plexamp

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List of user reviews and ratings for Plexamp

Total ratings

4.48 (Rating count: 22,825)

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Review summary

Users praise Plexamp for a clean UI, easy self-hosted server access, deep customization, and strong audio quality for local libraries. Recurring drawbacks focus on confusing playlist management (especially dynamic playlists), unreliable offline playback, and limited audiobook controls due to missing cue-file support. Some commentary notes app fragmentation across Plex’s ecosystem. Overall, Plexamp is seen as a powerful, reliable music player for personal libraries, with clear opportunities to improve playlists, offline reliability, and audiobook features.

Pros

Clean, intuitive UI and a great overall interface
Easy to connect to a self-hosted server and use your own music library
Deep in-app settings and extensive customization options
Excellent audio quality and reliable playback of local files
Strong, feature-rich performance for managing and accessing personal libraries

Cons

Playlist management is confusing and dynamic/smart playlists are hard to use
Offline/download playback can be unreliable or unusable when not online
Limited audiobook controls (no cue-file support and poor navigation for long files)

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All time rating average: 4.48

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Date	Author	Comment
2026-07-29	Br*****	Excellent way to access server music. 👍🏼
Excellent way to access server music. 👍🏼
2026-07-28	Pe*****	brilliant app , can cast to plexamp on pc , so pretty much acts like a remote . plus downloads for off line use in android auto . highly recommend 👌.
brilliant app , can cast to plexamp on pc , so pretty much acts like a remote . plus downloads for off line use in android auto . highly recommend 👌.
2026-07-25	Bi*****	This has completely changed my music listening habits and is now my go-to app for streaming my music
This has completely changed my music listening habits and is now my go-to app for streaming my music
2026-07-25	Jo*****	Works only while connected to the local network. Plexamp on iPhone connects to my library just fine from other networks and so does the browser on my Android, not this app. (While in the local network, the app seems good)
Works only while connected to the local network. Plexamp on iPhone connects to my library just fine from other networks and so does the browser on my Android, not this app. (While in the local network, the app seems good)
2026-07-25	Ja*****	As long as you're only using it to listen to your music, this works incredibly. I miss the old Plex app that also allowed video playback, but this app is still fantastic.
As long as you're only using it to listen to your music, this works incredibly. I miss the old Plex app that also allowed video playback, but this app is still fantastic.
2026-07-24	Er*****	Showing different album dates between the player interface and the library is irritating. If I go to albums, release date is shown. Player interface shows added date instead. This should be fixed. Other than that, sounds good.
Showing different album dates between the player interface and the library is irritating. If I go to albums, release date is shown. Player interface shows added date instead. This should be fixed. Other than that, sounds good.
2026-07-24	Da*****	needs playlists support. car audio sucks - whisper quiet compared to YT music, Apple Music and all other audio sources on the phone.
needs playlists support. car audio sucks - whisper quiet compared to YT music, Apple Music and all other audio sources on the phone.
2026-07-24	bl*****	the best app ever giving bad reviews towards you guys Plex Inc you guys are not a bad company at all it's just you guys need my help to grow so good job keep up the good work keep up the good progress and keep up the good reviews
the best app ever giving bad reviews towards you guys Plex Inc you guys are not a bad company at all it's just you guys need my help to grow so good job keep up the good work keep up the good progress and keep up the good reviews
2026-07-22	Jo*****	Having the Lifetime Plex Pass, (way before it became insanely expensive) I live this app. Works great and is feature packed. Even works great with Android Auto.
Having the Lifetime Plex Pass, (way before it became insanely expensive) I live this app. Works great and is feature packed. Even works great with Android Auto.
2026-07-22	Ol*****	fails to load music library
fails to load music library