Floatplane vs Pocket for Seerr
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Floatplane
This platform allows users to support content creators directly, offering an ad-free and high-quality video viewing experience. The mobile app extends this premium content access to users on the go.
- Ad-free viewing
- High-quality video
- Support content creators
- Personal premium experience
- Mobile access
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Say hello to Floatplane! We believe in supporting both content creators and fans by providing a stable platform to grow on, with ad-free viewing and high-quality video for a personal, premium experience for all. Floatplane’s iPhone app lets you bring all this awesomeness with you wherever you go!
Pocket for Seerr
This app allows you to manage your media server requests directly from your iOS device. Browse, search, and submit requests for movies and TV shows. Admins can also approve or decline requests on the go.
- Browse and search media
- Submit media requests
- Track request status
- Approve/decline requests (admins)
- Native iOS experience
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Pocket for Seerr is a native iOS companion for your Overseerr / Jellyseerr / Seerr server, built to make media requests fast and effortless from your phone. IMPORTANT: This app requires a self-hosted Seerr, Overseerr or Jellyseerr backend server. It does not function as a standalone application. Connect to your existing Seerr instance and: • Browse and search your media Quickly look up movies and TV shows available through your Plex, Jellyfin, or Emby libraries, with the same metadata and posters you see in Seerr on the web. • Request what you want to watch Send requests for movies, seasons, or full series in a few taps. See at a glance what’s already available, what’s pending, and what’s been approved or rejected. • Keep track of request status View your own request history and status updates in one place so you always know what’s coming to your server next. • Manage requests on the go (for admins) If you’re an admin or have request-management permissions in Seerr, you can approve or decline requests directly from Pocket, without opening a browser. Stay on top of your queue from anywhere. • Built for iOS Pocket for Seerr is a clean, responsive native app designed to feel at home on iPhone. Fast navigation, familiar patterns, and an experience tuned for quick actions make handling requests painless. Requirements Pocket for Seerr is an unofficial client and requires an existing Seerr / Jellyseerr / Overseerr server configured with your media stack (Plex, Jellyfin, or Emby, plus Radarr/Sonarr, etc.). No third-party accounts, subscriptions, or hosted services are included.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Pocket for Seerr at 4.9 against Floatplane's 4.1. Pocket for Seerr also leads on review sentiment (88% vs 51%) and monetization model (free vs freemium). Floatplane's advantage is device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (13.4 vs 26.0). On price, ratings volume, update cadence and ads 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Pocket for Seerr holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 4.1. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 394 and 184 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 51% of Floatplane's written reviews are positive against 88% of Pocket for Seerr's.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 7, 2026 and October 5, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Floatplane | Pocket for Seerr |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.1 (394 ratings) | 4.9 (184 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 50.7% of reviews | 88.2% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 394 — better | 184 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Every 3 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Freemium | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 13.4 — better | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 45 MB | 33 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Floatplane Media Inc. | Miguel Piedrafita |
Customer experience
Floatplane
Pocket for Seerr
Bugs and requests
Floatplane
Reported bugs
4 issues- Inconsistent video loading indicators
- Unreliable login/sign-up process
- Orientation issues on iPad
- Casting/mirroring problems
Requested features
5 requests- Picture-in-Picture mode
- Resume playback across devices
- Notification settings
- Offline video downloads
- Improved video scrubbing
Pocket for Seerr
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Floatplane
No in-app purchases
Pocket for Seerr
No in-app purchases







