Emby User Reviews

Customer Experience

Positive experience30.5% of reviews
Neutral12.1% of reviews
Negative experience57.4% of reviews

~ Based on 446 written reviews from the US App Store.

What users say

Is Emby Safe?

Emby has mixed safety signals based on user ratings. AppsHunter Safety Score for Emby is 62/100.

This assessment is based on 648 user ratings, with an App Store average of 3.1/5.

Safety Analysis

47.8% of ratings point to a safe experience
7.4% of ratings suggest some concerns
44.8% of ratings point to a risky experience

~ Based on 648 App Store ratings for Emby.

Is Emby Legit?

Emby appears legitimate, with a few gaps. AppsHunter Legitimacy Score for Emby is 78/100.

Based on 78 of 100 points across 7 verification signals from App Store and developer data.

Top reviews

Seems to work…

The app seems to work good, however I can’t get it to work remotely with Tailscale nothing plays back including video and audio. However if I open my server in Firefox playback is just fine. Needs some work for remote connections it seems.

Exceptional But Has Gone Awry

Used to be an exceptional app; terrific media centre, minimal glitches. The ability to download for offline viewing has recently been removed and represents a huge step back. Hopefully the developers can reintroduce that feature along with others soon!

No sound with Tailscale

Videos play consistently well on remote clients. However, Audio files do NOT, regardless of formatting, I.e. AAC, MP3, FLAC. This is an app problem, NOT a server problem … IMHO

And BTW, Jellyfin works fine with Tailscale, with the latest Windows backend and IOS app.

My workaround? Emby for video, Jellyfin for audio, accessing the same libraries … 😎
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Update: Now can! [Can’t] play videos via hdmi

UPDATE: appears to be fixed. Stars adjusted.

As the title says, can’t play videos out over hdmi. Paid for the playback, but be aware it only works on the phone screen.

The server is good, it’s good on Apple TV.

Misleading app

Useless app. Tricks you into thinking it work but then constantly prompts for unlock fee. Pure greed. Go with jellyfin instead which has no paywalls.

doesn't work

stuck on loading screen even after deleting and reinstalling and having major issues even before the last update--app simply does not work at all

Can’t play videos via hdmi

As the title says, can’t play videos out over hdmi. Paid for the playback, but be aware it only works on the phone screen.

The server is good, it’s good on Apple TV.

Bonne Appli

Superbe appli pour accéder à différents serveurs.
Fluide, pas de bugs constatés par contre l’application se déconnecte automatiquement et là je n’ai plus accès au remplissage automatique de mon identifiant et mdp ?
Est-ce normal merci pour votre réponse.

Downloads disappear

Downloads disappear. This app is generally useless and unusable

Stopped streaming video over screen share.

Screen share works fine with other apps but Emby quit working.

Doesn’t support plug in displays

Just connected my RayNeo pro 4 glasses and they don’t work. They work with all the rest of the iPhone apps. Viewing enby was the main reason I bought these glasses.

New version still not fixed studio display bug

So the first new version in over a year and it still crashes when playing audio on a Mac with Studio Display. I know there are workarounds that reduce the audio functionality of Studio Display to make it work, but I find that unacceptable.

I used to love Emby

I am someone who uses MB almost on the daily. I have a family member who runs a server and allows me to watch and stream media that I wanna watch however, within recent updates, I have noticed I am no longer allowed to screen cast, and I use a projector as my TV so now I’m no longer allowed to watch Emby as TV so thanks for whatever update you did because you’ve completely destroyed your app for me.
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Отлично работает Emby

Развернул в Docker на TNAS по локалке шикарно работает, а вот приложение просит денег ну да ладно решил купить вечную подписку, купил работает очень даже хорошо транскодинг на лету смотрю в дороге без проблем.

Works great(ish)

Latest update makes some vids playback with sound but black screen :-(

Don’t forget to check in iOS to be sure the Emby app has “Local Network” enabled. Otherwise, you will get a lot of playback errors.

I cannot make an account💀😡

It just say bababababab like let me in the app bro😡

Great!

I don’t use the app much; but am a big fan of the service! Mostly watch on TV and have overall see great stability. I’m sure the app is the same.

Streaming

von seinem eigenen server sollte man schon umsonst streamen können

Emby is Awesome!

Runs slimmer than plex .. much less bloat. If you learn to use the Direct play options it pushes the file for the client to handle. Much better pricing model than plex and Allows for up to 30 device for one price. Highly recommended.

Great!

Bloody great app with a epic team behind it, they will answer all your questions and help you if needed! It does sometimes crash but realoading it has never not worked for me. Don’t listen to all the other fake reviews this is a bloody great app and a wayyyy cheaper alternative to disney + or netflix
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