SlideStream vs Freya Player
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
SlideStream
Easily display your latest photo albums and streams, allowing family members to contribute. Assign photos to specific photographers and even print your favorite memories. The app offers guided access to restrict settings changes.
- Stream selected albums
- Family sharing of moments
- Assign photos to photographers
- Print memories
- Guided access for restricted settings
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SlideStreams allows you to show your album and streams in a very easy way, which just displays the latest moments. You can just put your devices somewhere and let the show begin. Features: • Moments Select your albums to stream, for example the stream you share with your family. This app allows everybody in a family to join the slides. • Photographers Assign your pictures to avatars of the photographer. In this way it is always possible to know who took the picture. • Printing Print your memories, some pictures are even better printed out, and last longer than some slides. • Guided Access The app is able to limit the ability to change settings. It is possible to use the app and only be allowed to print without messing up the settings.
Freya Player
This app allows you to stream media from your personal Jellyfin or Plex server. It provides a native tvOS experience for playback on Apple devices. A server and content are not included with the player.
- Native tvOS experience
- Jellyfin server client
- Plex server client
- Media playback
- Supports Apple devices
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Freya Player is a native client for your personal Jellyfin or Plex server. Play your media using a fully native tvOS experience. A Jellyfin or Plex server is required to use this client player. Freya Player does not provide a server or any content itself.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: SlideStream at 100% against Freya Player's 0%. SlideStream also leads on rating (4.0 vs 1.0) and iOS requirement (9.0 vs 26.2). Freya Player's advantage is update cadence (every 4 days vs every 3 months). On price, ratings volume, ads and in-app purchases 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.
SlideStream holds the better App Store score, 4.0 against 1.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 1 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of SlideStream's written reviews are positive against 0% of Freya Player's.
SlideStream ships an update every 3 months, Freya Player every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 7, 2026 and October 14, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | SlideStream | Freya Player |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.0 (1 ratings) — better | 1.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 4 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple TV — better |
| Requires iOS | 9.0 — better | 26.2 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 12 MB | 5 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | ritterfeld.com | GRAHAM ALLAN OTTE |
Customer experience
SlideStream
Freya Player
In-app purchases
SlideStream
No in-app purchases
Freya Player
No in-app purchases
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