# Aquarium Media — A Jellyfin client, made w/ AI > A Jellyfin client, made w/ AI (iPhone/iPad app by Scott Bindelglass.) - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/aquarium-media/id6799581721 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`) - Developer: [Scott Bindelglass](https://appshunter.io/developer/1889608512) - Category: Entertainment, Utilities - Price: Free - Age rating: 4+ - Requires: iOS 17.0 · 432 MB - Languages: American English - Released: 2026-09-19 - Data updated: 2026-10-29 ## What is Aquarium Media? Aquarium brings the films, shows, music, audiobooks and Live TV on your own media server to iPhone, iPhone Duo, iPad, Apple Watch and CarPlay. Created with Artificial Intelligence. Pick your server from the ones found on your network, sign in or approve a Quick Connect code, and Home picks up right where you left off. WATCH • Your files play as they are: MKV, DTS, TrueHD, Dolby Digital and PGS subtitles, with no conversion on the server. • Auto quality plays your downloaded copy first, then the original file, and steps down only when a connection struggles. Pick a quality in the player to keep it. • Watch upright or sideways, with audio, subtitles, quality and Up Next one tap away. • On iPhone Duo, fold the phone halfway and the film plays on the top half with the controls, Up Next and the TV guide below. • Skip intro and credits, an Up Next card with autoplay, and a sleep timer. • Audio and subtitle choices remembered for each series, and a forced-only subtitle setting. • Picture in Picture, AirPlay, lock screen controls, SharePlay, and Handoff to your iPad or Mac. LISTEN • Music and Audiobooks tabs appear whenever your server has those libraries. • Stations built from what you play, with a mix you tune yourself: twenty points to spend on familiar, favourites, discovery and more. • Surprise Me, a shuffle that learns from what you finish and what you skip. • Top songs, new music, and lyrics that follow along. • Song Info on any song: its tags, your plays and the file's format. • Playlists you can create, reorder and edit, plus smart playlists built from rules. • Audiobooks with chapters, playback speed, 15- and 30-second skips, and your place saved to the server. • Gapless playback and a mini player on every screen. DOWNLOAD • Save a film, an episode, a season or a whole series, plus songs, albums and audiobooks. • A disk-space check shows what fits before you start. Downloads keep going in the background, carry their subtitles, and can be paused. • Watch or listen offline; your progress syncs back when you reconnect. APPLE WATCH • Audiobooks and music on your wrist, signed in by your iPhone. • Stream over Wi-Fi or cellular, or keep books and playlists on the watch and leave the phone behind. Your iPhone carries the downloads over, with Sync Now on both sides. • Use the watch as a remote for what your iPhone is playing. • Digital Crown volume, chapters and speed, and a Smart Stack widget. CARPLAY • Discover, Library and Audiobooks on your car's screen. BROWSE • A rotating spotlight from your library, then Continue Watching, Next Up and what's new. • On iPad, a grouped sidebar, floating glass bars over the artwork, and a two-column title page. • Sort, filter and search every library, with an A–Z index; favourites and watched status. • Detail pages with cast, similar titles and exactly what the file is. • Live TV with a channel guide. • Spotlight search, Siri and Shortcuts, and a Follow widget for a show. • A collection of app icons to choose from, including seasonal ones. PRIVATE BY DESIGN • No analytics, no tracking and no account of its own. Aquarium talks only to your server. • Your sign-in stays in the keychain, and settings sync between your devices through iCloud. Requires a Jellyfin server (10.9 or later) that you run or have an account on. Aquarium does not provide any content of its own. Jellyfin is a trademark of the Jellyfin project; Aquarium is an independent app and is not affiliated with or endorsed by it. About this app: Aquarium's code was written with AI assistance (Anthropic's Fable and Opus), directed and tested by one developer, and is shared as-is. ## Is Aquarium Media safe? Not enough ratings yet to assess Aquarium Media. ## Is Aquarium Media legit? Aquarium Media has limited verification signals. The AppsHunter Legitimacy Score for Aquarium Media is 58 out of 100 points across 7 verification signals from App Store and developer data. ## Version history (last 2 releases) ### 1.4 — 2026-10-28 • A new video player on iPhone and iPad. Your files play as they are, MKV, DTS, TrueHD and PGS subtitles included, with no conversion on the server. • New player controls: pills along the bottom for audio, subtitles, quality and Up Next, and a back button. Turn your phone upright or sideways for any film. • iPhone Duo: a layout for every pose. Browse on the outside screen, open it for the wide view, or fold it halfway and the film plays on the top half with the controls, Up Next and the TV guide below. • iPad: a new look with a grouped sidebar, floating glass bars over the artwork, and a two-column title page. • Auto quality: plays your downloaded copy if there is one, then the original file, and steps down only when the connection struggles. Pick a quality in the player to keep it there. • Downloads carry their subtitles, recover from dropped connections, pick up where they left off after a relaunch, and can be paused. A forced-only subtitle setting. • Music: Stations you tune with a budget of points, Surprise Me as a shuffle that learns from what you skip, and Song Info on any song. • Apple Watch: use it as a remote for your iPhone. Downloads for the watch now go through the phone, with Sync Now on both sides. • Siri and Shortcuts, a Follow widget, SharePlay, an A–Z index for long libraries, and show pages that resume the episode in progress. • Set audio sync for your Apple TV with your iPhone's camera. • A redesigned Settings page, and many fixes across music, CarPlay and widgets. ### 1.3 — 2026-10-07 No release notes. --- *Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). User reviews are verbatim App Store reviews. 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