Reorder playlists with a drag
Hold the handle next to a song and drag it where you want it. The new order is saved to your Plex server, so your other devices see it too.
Flex - Music Player
Your library, your way
A music player and playlist editor for your Plex music library. Reorder songs with a drag or a swipe, follow the lyrics, and take your music offline.
Out now on the App Store and Google Play.
Your libraryAlbums · playlists · tracks
Pick a moodColour-coded vibes
OfflinePlays without signal
LyricsFollow along line by line
The why
Built on a long walk
Flex - Music Player started as a real problem. On long walks I build playlists that ramp up — steady openers first, then bigger and bigger tracks that pump me up and push me to go harder.
Keeping a long playlist in exactly that order meant fighting every music app I tried. Moving one song was a chore; shaping a few hundred was hopeless. I wanted real control over my own playlists, and nothing out there gave it to me.
So I built it, and now you can use it too.
— Jas, maker of Flex - Music Player
Features
Twelve things you can do
From reordering a playlist to listening offline. All the screenshots are from the app as it is today.
Find any song in a playlist
Type a few letters to find songs, artists or albums inside the playlist. Use the arrows to go from one match to the next, or jump to the top or bottom. If the playlist is playing, it opens at the current song.
Search inside the playlist, not just your library.
Swipe a song into place
Moving one song through a long playlist can mean a lot of dragging. Instead, swipe it to send it straight to the top, middle, bottom or a random spot. You can choose what each swipe does in Settings.
Swipe left or right to move a song.
Press and hold a song
Press and hold any song to add it to another playlist or remove it from this one. Every row has star ratings, so you can rate songs as you scroll.
Tap a star to rate a song.
Add a whole album at once
Press and hold an album to add all of it to one of your playlists, or start a new playlist with it.
Pick a playlist or make a new one.
Copy a playlist, then change it
Clone a playlist and edit the copy. The original stays exactly as it was, so it's an easy way to make a shorter version for a trip or try a different order.
Clone it, then edit the copy.
No deleting by accident
To delete a playlist, you type a 4-digit code that the app shows you. Only the playlist is removed. The songs stay on your server.
Type the code to confirm.
Play by mood
The Vibe tab lists the moods tagged in your Plex library, each with its own colour. Pick one and those songs play in shuffled order. If your library doesn't have mood tags, you'll see Playlists there instead.
Pick a mood and press play.
A good-looking player
Big artwork, with colours taken from the album cover. Swipe left or right to skip songs, and tap a star to rate what's playing. You can also turn on a waveform progress bar in Settings.
Swipe to skip. Tap a star to rate.
Lyrics that follow the song
Lyrics scroll along with the song and highlight the line you're hearing. Tap any line to jump to that part of the song. Full-screen lyrics keep your screen on, and there are four text sizes. If your server doesn't have lyrics for a song, the app looks them up on LRCLIB.
Tap a line to jump to it.
Watch the music move
Choose from six visualizers under the player controls: Simple, Bars, Scope, Blob, Dots and Embers. Swipe across them to change style, or turn them off.
Swipe to change the style.
Listen offline
Press and hold a playlist to download it for a flight, a commute or anywhere with poor signal. Turn on Keep favourites offline and the app downloads your most-played songs for you, over Wi-Fi if you like. Settings > Storage shows how much space is used and lets you set a limit.
Downloads play without a connection.
More screens
A few more things
Your home screen
Recent playlists, recently added music, songs you played on this day in past years, top albums, genres and your history. You can reorder or hide any of them.
Search your library
One search for playlists, albums and songs, with the results grouped by type. Your recent searches are kept.
Browse your way
Artists, albums, compilations, soundtracks, songs, playlists and genres. Artwork loads as you scroll, so large libraries stay quick.
Seven themes
Deep Purple, Indigo, Teal, Forest Green, Sunset Orange, Slate and Pure Black. Pick one and it changes straight away.
Devices
On your phone, tablet, wrist and car
iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch and CarPlay, plus Android phones, tablets and foldables.
iPad
More room on iPad
On iPad, the player splits into two columns, with the artwork on one side and lyrics or the queue on the other.
Apple Watch
Control it from your wrist
See what's playing, start a playlist, check what's up next, rate a song and turn the Digital Crown for volume. Your iPhone plays the music and the watch controls it. The Watch app is part of Flex - Music Player Pro.
Android
Also on Android
Flex - Music Player runs on Android phones, tablets and foldables too. On a big or unfolded screen, the player uses two columns.
CarPlay is free and comes with the iPhone app. Browse your playlists and albums on the car's screen, with artwork, and rate the song that's playing.
Good to know
The little things
Made for touch
Press and hold, swipe and drag work throughout the app.
Ratings saved to Plex
Rate a song in the player, in a playlist, in CarPlay or on your watch, and it's saved to your Plex library.
Ask Siri
Ask Siri to play any of your playlists by name.
Picks up where you left off
If your phone closes the app in the background, your queue and place in the song are still there when you come back.
Set it up your way
Reorder or hide the home sections, choose what's in the menu, set your swipe actions and pick a lyric size.
No ads
There are no ads and no extra account. You sign in with Plex and you're done.
Before you start
What you need
A Plex account
You sign in with your Plex account. You don't need Plex Pass.
A Plex Media Server
Your own server, or one you've been given access to, with a music library on it.
A connection to the server
You need one to stream music and edit playlists.
Nothing for downloads
Songs you've downloaded play without any connection at all.
Flex - Music Player is an independent app made by Elixir Consultancy Services Ltd. It is not affiliated with, endorsed by or sponsored by Plex, Inc.
Pricing
Free, with Pro for bigger playlists
Flex - Music Player is free to download and has no ads. Everything works with playlists and downloads of up to 100 tracks. Pro removes that limit and adds the Apple Watch app.
Free
Everything, up to 100 tracks
- Browse, search, play and rate your whole library
- Lyrics, visualizers, the waveform bar and all seven themes
- Every setting, including your swipe actions
- CarPlay
- Edit playlists of up to 100 tracks
- Download up to 100 tracks at a time and keep up to 100 favourites offline
Flex - Music Player Pro
For big playlists and Apple Watch
- Edit and clone playlists of any size (tested with over 17,000 tracks)
- Download more than 100 tracks at once, or pick an exact number
- Keep more than 100 favourites offline
- The Apple Watch app
- Buy it once, or pay monthly or yearly. All three unlock the same things, and you can restore a purchase from Settings.
This is what you see when a download is over the free limit. The first 100 tracks are still free to download.
It's your library. Flex - Music Player just makes it feel like yours.
Support development
Help Flex - Music Player keep growing
Flex - Music Player is free and has no ads, and Pro is there for bigger libraries. If you enjoy the app but don't need Pro, you can leave a tip. It helps pay for developer accounts and new features.
You don't have to. Feedback and App Store reviews help a lot too.
Support Flex - Music PlayerFeedback
Tell us what you think
Is there a feature you'd like, or something that gets in your way? Send us an email. We read every message.
support@elixircs.com