Floatplane vs JellyTV
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!
JellyTV
This app provides a modern and immersive interface for streaming your personal media library from a self-hosted server. Enjoy high-quality playback, automatic progress tracking, and offline downloads across your Apple devices. Optional premium features enhance management and integration.
- Modern, fluid interface
- High-quality video and live streaming
- Automatic progress tracking
- Offline downloads
- Cross-device sync
- Advanced search functionality
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JellyTV is a premium Jellyfin client designed to deliver a fast, elegant and immersive media experience across all your Apple devices. Connect to your self-hosted Jellyfin server and enjoy your movies and series in a modern, fluid interface built for performance. Stream your content with high-quality video support, live streaming and transcoding. Pick up where you left off with automatic progress tracking and favorites. Smart Features – Advanced search by genre, actor, year and more – Seerr integration for request management – Push notifications for new content – Offline downloads for watching anywhere – Full sync across iPhone, iPad, Mac, Vision Pro and Apple TV JellyTV+ Unlock advanced features with JellyTV+, available as an optional in-app purchase: – Admin interface for Jellyfin and Seerr – Trakt & AniList integration – Home screen customization – Exclusive app icons – iCloud settings sync JellyTV+ enhances the experience but is not required for core playback. Requirements – A self-hosted Jellyfin server is required – JellyTV does not provide media content – Jellyseerr requires separate installation – Some advanced features require JellyTV+ Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Floatplane at none against JellyTV's 10. Floatplane also leads on ratings volume (402 vs 40) and iOS requirement (13.4 vs 26.0). JellyTV's advantage is review sentiment (79% vs 50%) and rating (4.3 vs 4.1). On price, ads, monetization model 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. JellyTV sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $2.49 per month. Floatplane asks for nothing beyond the download.
JellyTV holds the better App Store score, 4.3 against 4.1. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Floatplane has 402 ratings behind it against 40, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 50% of Floatplane's written reviews are positive against 79% of JellyTV's.
Floatplane ships an update every 3 weeks, JellyTV weekly. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and November 14, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Floatplane | JellyTV |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.1 (402 ratings) | 4.3 (40 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 50.2% of reviews | 78.7% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 402 — better | 40 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Freemium | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, Apple TV, Apple Watch — better |
| Requires iOS | 13.4 — better | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 45 MB | 174 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Floatplane Media Inc. | Charly Manderrier |
Customer experience
Floatplane
JellyTV
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
JellyTV
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Floatplane
No in-app purchases
JellyTV
- JellyTV+ monthly$2.491 Month
- JellyTV+ monthly$4.991 Month
- JellyTV+ Yearly7 Days trial$17.991 Year
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- JellyTV+ Yearly7 Days trial$34.991 Year
- 1200 Pops$9.99
- Admin tools$14.99
- 2500 Pops$19.99
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- JellyTV+ lifetime family upgrade$39.99
- JellyTV+ for life$49.99
- JellyTV+ family for life$89.99








