# Plezy: Media Server Client — Stream Plex, Jellyfin & Emby

> Modern Plex client for enhanced playback, offline viewing, and shared experiences. (iPhone/iPad app by Edvard Wikhall.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/plezy-media-server-client/id6754315964 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [Edvard Wikhall](https://appshunter.io/developer/1847830664)
- Category: Entertainment
- Price: $5.99
- Rating: 4.50/5 from 95 App Store ratings · 87 written reviews indexed
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 15.5 · 108 MB
- Languages: American English
- Released: 2025-10-30
- Data updated: 2026-09-03
- Monetization: free
- User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/plezy-media-server-client/id6754315964/reviews.md

## What is Plezy?

Plezy is a modern client for Plex, Jellyfin, and Emby, built for high-quality playback, effortless discovery, and offline access. Connect multiple servers at once and enjoy your media in one clean, native app—no subscription required.

BROWSE & DISCOVER
- Browse libraries, collections, playlists, folders, extras, and personalized recommendations
- Search across every connected Plex, Jellyfin, and Emby server
- Explore trending, popular, watchlist, and recommendation rows from Plex Discover, Trakt, MyAnimeList, AniList, Simkl, and Seerr
- Match catalog titles back to your own libraries and request movies or shows through Seerr
- See resolution, HDR, Dolby Vision, and audio-format badges at a glance

PLAYBACK
- Wide codec support including HEVC, AV1, VP9, and more
- HDR playback, direct play, and configurable transcode quality
- Switch between media versions with detailed file and stream information
- Full ASS/SSA subtitles with styling controls and online subtitle search
- Auto-play the next episode with skip intro and skip credits
- Chapter navigation, thumbnail scrubbing, playback speed, audio sync, sleep timer, and video zoom
- Picture-in-Picture, loudness normalization, and stereo downmix with center-channel boost
- Resume progress and remembered audio/subtitle choices

MUSIC
- Browse artists, albums, and tracks with rich artwork
- Gapless playback with a reorderable queue, Play Next, and Add to Queue
- Synced lyrics, a persistent mini-player, and sleep timer
- Background playback with lock-screen and media controls
- Offline albums and tracks, plus selectable streaming quality

LIVE TV & DVR
- Browse and tune live channels with favorites and a full program guide
- See what's on, browse show schedules, and manage DVR recording rules
- Use Live TV across multiple supported servers

DOWNLOADS & OFFLINE
- Download movies, shows, albums, and tracks
- Pause or resume the background queue
- Create automatic download rules, including optional show specials
- Browse offline and sync watch state when you reconnect

PROFILES & INTEGRATIONS
- Use multiple profiles with per-profile settings, downloads, and watch state
- Switch Plex Home users with optional PIN protection
- Discover Jellyfin and Emby servers locally and use Quick Connect
- Sync watchlists, ratings, watched state, and scrobbles with connected services
- Watch together with synchronized play, pause, and seeking
- Control desktop and TV devices with Plezy Remote
- Available in English plus 21 translations

Some features require a supported server, media format, or connected service.

## Key features

- Wide codec and HDR playback support
- Download media for offline viewing
- Synchronized watch parties with friends
- Auto-skip intros and credits
- Resume playback across devices
- Browse libraries with rich metadata
- Connect to multiple Plex servers

## Chart rankings

- #19 in Top Paid · Entertainment (US App Store)

## What do users think of Plezy?

Overall sentiment: positive

**Pros**

- 🚀 Fast and responsive
- 👍 Clean and aesthetically pleasing UI
- 🚀 Efficient and lightweight
- 👍 Easy playback
- 👍 Excellent Plex client

**Cons**

- 🐛 Constant crashes
- 🐛 Immediately crashes on opening
- 🔍 Limited functionality (no watchlist, single library view)

**Commonly reported bugs**

- Crashes on clicking movies/TV shows
- Crashes within seconds of opening

**Most requested features**

- Support for ripped extras
- Picture-in-picture or background playback
- Subtitle support

## Recent user reviews (10 of 87)

All indexed reviews: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/plezy-media-server-client/id6754315964/reviews.md

### 5/5 — Way better than Plex default app

*2026-08-19*

This app is fast and lean. Doesn’t have any bloat. Works on both phones and computers. And finally I can tap and hold to increase speed without 10 different steps.

### 4/5 — appletv4k, ipados 18.7.9

*2026-08-13*

auf appletv kann man nicht die vollständige Beschreibung der Filme ansehen, bei Serien wird die Episodenbeschreibung nicht angezeigt.
Auf dem ipad gelingt keine Verbindung zum jellyfin server. Folderanzeige fehlt.

Auf Empfehlung eines anderen Users nochmal alles neu installiert. Verbindungen funktionieren jetzt.

Was bei mir nicht geht: Auf der Startseiten werden die Mediatheken nicht angezeigt trotz Einstellung
Start—Mediatheken.
Bewertung auf 4 Sterne geändert.

**Developer response:** Regarding the connection issue, it would be good if you could either email contact@plezy.app or create an issue on GitHub with as much detail as possible so we can solve the issue.

### 5/5 — Superior to Plex App

*2026-08-08*

If Plex had any sense, they would acquire this app as a wholesale replacement of the mediocre app they currently sell. This app might just make the new lifetime subscription worth it.

### 5/5 — Plex as it should be and I am happy to pay for it.

*2026-07-18*

This is what Plex was like before it became all about jamming in features nobody asked for and when the UI wasn’t a laggy, over-complicated mess.

Plezy has integrated the actual good features that Plex added, like intro and credit skipping, but it’s so much quicker to do things like enable subtitles, change quality. etc.

Plezy is 5 stars out of 5.

### 5/5 — Close to perfection

*2026-07-16*

This app just works, and it looks great while doing it. Would rate 11 stars if I could.

### 5/5 — Amazing

*2026-07-03*

I don’t write many reviews unless the experience is great or really bad. Plezy has been great, I read about it in Reddit and gave it a chance and it just fixed a lot of the issues I had with the plex client app.
It is a well done , nice UI and just works as expected app.

Great work dear devs, cheers

### 5/5 — Was great when I got it a couple weeks ago even better after the latest update

*2026-06-30*

Edit: one request would be to be able to change the app icon to a few different styles.

Finally, a solid alternative with a good UI since the Plex app has been in decline the last year. Love that this app brings back the watch together feature for friends out of town. I was having an issue that it wouldn’t play the next episode unless I got out of it first, but the new update has fixed that. I also like that the update brought back the ability to look at my library under date added. Love what you are doing, and I would definitely recommend this to anyone looking for a solid alternative to the flex app.

### 5/5 — Updated review

*2026-06-29*

Issues with Jellyfin playback resolved, I apologize for using review as a way to bug report I see the issue with that now. Thanks for the quick response.

**Developer response:** This should be fixed in the latest update. App Store reviews in probably the worst way to report bugs since I do not check these often, if you have further issues I'd suggest emailing contact@plezy.app or opening an issue on GitHub.

### 5/5 — Works great, better than the default Jellyfin iOS client imo.

*2026-06-29*

I use this app for Jellyfin and it has the best looking GUI of any Jellyfin client I’ve found and the developers are very quick and responsive with fixing issues with the app. It would be nice if Seerr integration was added in the future.

### 4/5 — Almost perfect

*2026-06-28*

Finally an actually good jellyfin client. The ONLY thing missing is the option to use the native keyboard or somehow bring in the Siri Remote search. Please please please add in Siri voice I hate typing with that keyboard.

## Frequently asked questions about Plezy

### What does Plezy for Plex do?

Plezy for Plex is a modern client application for Plex Media Server. It focuses on providing a superior playback experience with wide codec and HDR support, offline downloading capabilities, and features for watching content with friends synchronously.

### What are the key features of this app?

Key features include wide codec and HDR playback, the ability to download media for offline viewing, synchronized watch parties, auto-skipping of intros and credits, seamless playback resume across devices, rich library browsing, and support for connecting to multiple Plex servers.

### Is this app free to use?

Yes, the application is completely free to use. It does not require a separate subscription and does not contain any in-app purchases or advertisements.

### What devices is Plezy for Plex compatible with?

While specific device compatibility is not detailed in the description, it functions as a client for Plex Media Server, implying it would be compatible with devices that can run modern applications and connect to a Plex server. Users should check their device's app store for availability.

### How can I use this app to watch media offline?

You can download movies, TV shows, or entire seasons directly within the app. Once downloaded, you can play this media without an internet connection. Your watch progress will automatically sync when you reconnect to your server.

## Version history (last 5 releases)

### 2.17.0 — 2026-08-24

## New features

- Live TV recording on Jellyfin and Emby

## Performance

- Cold start reaches the first screen ~500 ms sooner
- Player chrome no longer rebuilds on every tick
- Artwork nothing displays is no longer decoded

## Playback

- Downloaded subtitles apply instead of failing
- Quoted mpv.conf values take effect
- Preferred languages no longer match unrelated tracks
- A secondary subtitle no longer replaces the primary
- A cleared intro pattern no longer marks every chapter
- Play/pause no longer crashes during teardown
- Progress reporting survives failed retries
- Dismissing Still Watching re-arms the sleep timer
- Scoped audio sync offsets display correctly
- iPadOS PiP no longer resizes with SRT subtitles

## Plex

- Tags with spaces, symbols, or commas remove correctly
- Recording indicators appear in the EPG
- Scheduled programmes offer Manage, not Record
- "Other Videos" render as 16:9 thumbnails
- Unreachable servers show an error, not empty lists
- Discover keeps its hubs when one leg fails
- Plex QR and browser sign-in can be cancelled

## Jellyfin & Emby

- Date Added sorting works on rows and albums
- Unplayed Next Up items sort correctly
- Editing a release date updates the year
- The guide keeps already-airing programmes
- Two profiles on one server no longer share caches
- Add-server lists existing servers, per backend

## Explore & trackers

- Jellyseerr request states decode correctly
- Failed requests can be re-requested
- Queued tracker writes purge on disconnect and expiry
- Rewatch updates use post-write state
- Dismissing device-code sign-in cancels the attempt
- Concurrent tracker sign-ins on one network succeed

## Downloads

- Recovery finds files on a custom location
- One offline server no longer stalls the queue
- Queued items resume when their server returns
- Partly cancelled seasons no longer show completed
- Deleting a season no longer orphans thumbnails
- Offline metadata resolves per profile
- Cancelled downloads no longer commit empty files

## Profiles & startup

- Managing a PIN-protected profile requires its PIN
- The mandatory profile picker cannot open twice
- Returning from playback keeps the detail page
- Repair works on the startup-failure screen

## UI

- Detail hero chips fit on one row
- Episode rows show the real episode number
- Library switcher and profile menu are sheets on phones
- Hub "see all" cards match their source rows
- Explore no longer scrolls the app bar away
- The file-info spinner dismisses with its card
- Library tabs refetch after long backgrounding

## Remote & controllers

- Pairing no longer hangs on unroutable addresses
- The remote reconnects after backgrounding
- Fixed the top crash in LAN discovery
- Gamepad disconnect stops runaway key repeat

### 2.16.0 — 2026-08-20

## New features

- Search results can be filtered by media type
- The sidebar is restyled as an M3 Expressive navigation rail

## Playback

- Playback stats show the source audio track and codec during passthrough

## Plex

- Artwork is requested at native size instead of server-side upscales

## Jellyfin & Emby

- Items removed from Emby Continue Watching no longer reappear

## Explore & trackers

- The Seerr request action appears on items opened from Discover hubs and search
- AniList and MAL entries set to rewatching stay rewatching when scrobbled

## UI

- Closing context menus no longer scrolls detail pages to the top or resets the season selector

## tvOS

- Dolby Direct Play no longer develops continuous judder
- Adding a server no longer freezes remote input at the username field
- Siri Remote swipe navigation matches the native focus-engine feel

### 2.15.0 — 2026-08-18

## New features

- Multi-version movies and episodes get a split Play button
- Player changes can be saved globally, per library, per show or movie, or not at all
- Search results show their source server and library
- Plex artist pages group albums by release type
- Connected MDBList watchlists can be selected in Explore
- iOS and tvOS system video controls add skip buttons

## Playback

- Video starts faster through cached metadata and parallelized setup
- Play actions show loading feedback during fetches
- Network prefetching removes gaps between music tracks
- Plex Live TV can select and burn embedded DVB subtitles
- Right-arrow focus reaches the last player control
- Timed-out endpoint probes close promptly

## Music

- Plex playlists prefer user-assigned posters
- Album and playlist grids have consistent card spacing

## Plex & Live TV

- Live TV guide reloads preserve focus and apply day picks immediately
- Older Plex servers regain show logos in Continue Watching

## TV & profiles

- D-pad navigation preserves collection and playlist grid positions

## UI & translations

- Sheet Back-button hover circles are centered
- Missing translations are filled; unused keys are removed

## tvOS

- Apple TV Direct Play no longer develops recurring stutter or passthrough dropouts

### 2.14.0 — 2026-08-17

## New features

- Audio and subtitle sync sliders cover ±10 seconds in 50 ms steps

## Playback

- Plex video transcodes use fMP4 HLS, so HEVC presets stop corrupting
- Plex transcodes seek in-band instead of pre-warming at the resume offset
- Same-day Specials no longer hijack up next
- Episode advances that fail on a transient server blip are retried
- Timeline heartbeats stop once a Plex server terminates the session
- Emby scrub previews load from the server's BIF index
- iOS and tvOS keep HDR and Dolby Vision when the video is zoomed
- tvOS schedules frames with more presentation lead

## Subtitles

- Korean glyphs render on the MPV path via a bundled Hangul font
- Disabling subtitles clears the displayed ASS cue immediately
- ASS frames that overflow the glyph atlas render as a flattened composite
- External subtitle files load with the media whether or not they are selected

## Music

- iOS music playback gains lock-screen and headphone controls

## Plex

- Live TV favorite updates persist again
- PIN sign-in keeps polling after transient network errors

## Watch Together

- Lobby guests are told the room's control mode

## Downloads & profiles

- The parallel download limit stays intact on slow networks
- Offline downloads stay visible when a profile's servers are unreachable

## UI

- The sidebar's Libraries section stays collapsed across restarts
- Player, downloads and server-setup text that was left in English is now translated

### 2.13.0 — 2026-08-15

NEW FEATURES
- Emby joins Plex and Jellyfin as a first-class backend for onboarding, browsing, search, watch state, and downloads
- Tracker sign-in dialogs now show a QR code and copyable link
- MDBList adds watched-history sync, ratings, and scrobbling
- Library context menus gain a watchlist toggle
- Appearance gains an option to hide the Explore tab
- Text subtitles can sit at the bottom of the screen, including beneath widescreen video
- Playback Buffer now offers Auto, Large, and Extra Large tiers

PLAYBACK
- Plex transcodes now open at the resume position
- Transcoded subtitles are delivered correctly again across Plex and Jellyfin
- Repeated stream-open failures now show an actionable dialog
- Playback skips count from the position where the jump actually landed
- Keyboard Enter no longer switches the app into focus navigation
- Escape exits only fullscreen sessions entered by the player
- Watch Together accepts clock replies only from the host and stays anchored while the host reloads
- Marking an item watched now clears its resume position and queued progress
- Refreshed Discover rows correctly replace stale local watch-state patches

MUSIC
- Shuffle now includes the head of the queue
- Gapless track changes report the correct timeline, preventing phantom Plex plays and Last.fm scrobbles

LIVE TV
- Guide rows follow their displayed order across multiple DVRs
- An empty favorites-filtered guide explains the state and offers Show All Channels

UI
- Sheets size to their content instead of filling most of the screen
- Delete-from-server dialogs identify exactly what will be removed
- The profile picker keeps its highlight while sorting
- Navigation labels are shorter on phones, and all 21 translations are complete

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