Rheo vs DocuBay
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Rheo
Discover personalized short videos curated for your mood, from comedy to news. This app acts as your video DJ, offering trending and culturally relevant content from a wide range of sources not found on major streaming platforms.
- Mood-based video curation
- Personalized video playlists
- Discovery of trending content
- Wide range of video sources
- Bite-sized video viewing
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Rheo is your curated and personalized video DJ, playing you the best short videos available anywhere. From comedy, to music, to news, Rheo organizes videos by your mood: Laugh, Learn, Chill, Taste, Move, Inform, Spark, etc. Just hit play, and let Rheo take you on a journey. You’ll be the first to discover what’s hot, trending, or culturally relevant. Rheo is the video track to your life. Available on your Apple TV, iPhone and Web, Rheo helps you discover unlimited content from a line-up of sources never before tapped in one place, and not available on Netflix or Hulu -- curated and personalized to you. Here are just a few: R29 Brit & Co. Super Deluxe Vimeo Hearst Great Big Story Clique Vox Jimmy Kimmel Bill Maher Jimmy Fallon Graham Norton Vice News BBC ABC News Reuters PBS TED Talks The Economist Kaytranada Soulection GoPro Red Bull Media Sit back and enjoy what you love. Bite-sized video viewing like never before. Rheo is an alternative to YouTube, Sling TV, and Pluto TV among others.
DocuBay
Stream a vast collection of award-winning documentaries across diverse categories like crime, nature, and history. Enjoy curated playlists, daily new releases, and offline viewing options. Discover insightful content for free or with premium membership.
- Categorized documentary library (Bays)
- Curated LIVE Channel
- Short documentary previews (DocuBytes)
- Daily new releases
- Monthly featured film (DocBuster)
- Offline viewing via download
- Favorites and Watchlist management
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Watch Free and Premium Award winning documentaries on crime, nature, travel, culture, science, sports and more. Our ever-growing documentary collection extends across a variety of categories: crime, nature, biography, culture, travel, history, music, sports, humanity, adventure, politics and more. DocuBay has a variety of videos that make it easy to view and discover HD documentaries, at leisure or on-the-go. Unbiased news can be hard to find, but documentaries can give you a deep insight into topics. We also stream documentaries for free regularly. OneTribe Members from India now get 12 Months ETPRIME Membership along with their 12 Months DocuBay Membership. Key Features: • Bays: All the documentaries in the DocuBay library have been segregated into categories, making it easier for you to browse the collection and find content that matches your interests. Choose your favorite categories from NatureBay, TravelBay, ScienceBay, CultureBay, BiographyBay, AdventureBay, and HumanityBay, to enjoy many hours of enlightening and exciting content. (More Bays are coming soon!) • LIVE Channel: To watch a curated playlist of Documentaries for you to sit back and watch without having to choose anything. • DocuBytes: Check out short snippets or previews of the documentaries in our library and find the next film you want to watch. • New releases every day: A new unmissable documentary will be released every day! You can also sneak a peek at the next day’s release. • DocBuster: Every month, one documentary gets the coveted title of DocBuster. Whether it is chosen for the many awards and honors it has received, or for covering vital issues, the DocBuster is one film that you don’t want to miss. • Download: You can watch the documentary of your choice even when your internet connection is taking a break! Just download the title to watch offline at leisure. • Membership Options: You can opt for either a Premium membership or a OneTribe membership for DocuBay. Both give you access to stream unlimited documentaries on our platform. • TrendingBay: You can find the most popular and watched documentaries on our video streaming service by simply visiting the TrendingBay. • Favorites: Show your love for the films you’ve liked by clicking the heart icon near the title. They will be saved in a Favorites list in your account. • Watchlist: Whenever you find a documentary that you want to watch later or watch again, you can add it to your Watchlist for easy access. To receive regular updates on DocuBay releases and features, follow us on Twitter and Instagram, like us on Facebook, and subscribe to our YouTube channel. If you subscribe to Docubay via iTunes, payment will be charged to your iTunes Account at confirmation of purchase and your membership will automatically renew monthly/yearly unless turned off at least 24 hours before the end of current period. Subscription will be renewed within 24-hours before the end of each period at the rate of your selected plan. Turn off auto-renewal anytime by going the user's Account Settings after purchase. Privacy policy: https://www.docubay.com/privacy-policy Terms of use: https://www.docubay.com/terms-of-use
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Rheo at none against DocuBay's 3. Rheo also leads on review sentiment (69% vs 40%) and rating (4.5 vs 4.1). On price, update cadence, ads and device support there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Both are free to download. DocuBay sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. Rheo asks for nothing beyond the download.
Rheo holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 4.1. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Rheo has 529 ratings behind it against 50, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 69% of Rheo's written reviews are positive against 40% of DocuBay's.
Rheo ships an update every 5 weeks, DocuBay monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Rheo | DocuBay |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (529 ratings) — better | 4.1 (50 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 69.2% of reviews — better | 40.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 529 — better | 50 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks | Monthly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple TV | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple TV |
| Requires iOS | 14.3 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 52 MB | 112 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Copper Studios | Docubay Media Private Limited |
Customer experience
Rheo
DocuBay
Bugs and requests
Rheo
Reported bugs
4 issues- Videos not playing to the end
- App getting stuck on certain screens
- Incompatibility issues on older devices
- Difficulty exiting the app on some platforms
Requested features
5 requests- Add speed control and subtitles
- Implement Chromecast/casting support
- Improve video playback and navigation
- Provide more content variety and curation options
- Fix account/login problems
DocuBay
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Rheo
No in-app purchases
DocuBay
- Premium Membership$3.991 Month
- Premium Membership$9.993 Months
- OneTribe Membership$29.991 Year









