Plex Dash vs BabyBuddy
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Plex Dash
Monitor your Plex Media Server in real-time. Track streams, DVR recordings, and server resources with detailed graphs. Manage media artwork and refresh libraries directly from your device.
- Real-time playback status
- DVR recording monitoring
- Bandwidth and resource graphs
- Top media and user history
- Artwork management
- Library refresh
- Server log inspection
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** You'll need a Plex Media Server and an active Plex Pass to use this app ** ** From the same people who brought you the Plex app ** ** PS - If you’re new to Plex, download the Plex app first ** Pop quiz, hotshot: how many streams is your Plex Media Server dishing out RIGHT NOW? What’s your most-watched movie in the past month? Is that CPU you picked up from a sketchy eBay vendor up to the task? More importantly, are you sure that’s the best poster for Speed (1994)? Plex Dash is a tool created by obsessive Plex Media Server admins for obsessive Plex Media Server admins. Get real-time status of playbacks, DVR recordings, Sync conversions, and more. Monitor bandwidth and server resources with sexy graphs. Dig deeper and learn about top items or individual user history. Fix up artwork. Refresh libraries. Inspect nerdy media details. If it all goes south, check out the raw server logs. MASTER YOUR MEDIAVERSE Who’s streaming what right now? Plex Dash answers in spades. Gorgeous Now Playing tiles keep you apprised of all the latest shenanigans, across all of your servers. Put that giant iPad to great use by duct-taping it to the wall (landscape, duh); lean back, pet your hairless cat, and keep an eye on your empire. DIVE UNDER THE HOOD Server up to something? DVR recording? Media Optimizer doing its… optimizing? You get a chonky lightning bolt to make sure this doesn’t go unnoticed. ONE-HANDED CURATION Browse and change artwork from the palm of your hand while checking out at your local co-op. It’s like that other swipey app, but with less risk of disease.
BabyBuddy
Easily monitor your child's sleep, feeding, and crying patterns. Track nursing sessions and food intake with simple start/stop functionality. Visualize your baby's data daily or monthly, with iCloud syncing and sharing options.
- Track sleep, feeding, and crying
- Monitor nursing and food intake
- Unlimited baby profiles
- Daily and monthly data visualization
- Automatic iCloud syncing
- Share data with partners
- PDF export
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BabyBuddy will help you track your child’s falling asleep, sleeping, eating and crying time. You can also track which breast side was used when it was suckled and what was fed. Features: - add unlimited babys - start/stop tracking with a simple tap (up to 30 entries are free) - add events to track fundamental changes (new bed, moved to antoher location, etc.) - see how long your baby is awake and how long your baby was sleeping, eating, crying and falling asleep - see tracked data in a list or visually per day - see daily sleep frequencies per month - automatic iCloud syncing to all your devices - you can share your baby inlcuding all data with your partner (or more people), so both of you can track your baby sleep (via In-App-Purchase) - PDF-Export (via In-App-Purchase)
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Plex Dash at 81% against BabyBuddy's 0%. Plex Dash also leads on rating (4.6 vs 3.0) and in-app purchases (none vs 3). 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. BabyBuddy sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Plex Dash asks for nothing beyond the download.
Plex Dash holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 3.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Plex Dash has 2.2K ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 81% of Plex Dash's written reviews are positive against 0% of BabyBuddy's.
Plex Dash ships an update monthly, BabyBuddy every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 16, 2026 and October 1, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Plex Dash | BabyBuddy |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (2.2K ratings) — better | 3.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 81.3% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 2.2K — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Monthly — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — better |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 15.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 36 MB | 6 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Plex Inc. | Oleg Mueller |
Customer experience
Plex Dash
BabyBuddy
Bugs and requests
Plex Dash
Reported bugs
3 issues- Difficulty connecting to server or finding servers
- Crashes when viewing server graphs
- Inaccurate or incomplete playback history
Requested features
6 requests- Add ability to manage users and permissions
- Integrate more server administration functions
- Improve library browsing and media details
- Provide more detailed playback statistics
- Add support for GPU monitoring
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- Allow remote server control and updates
BabyBuddy
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Plex Dash
No in-app purchases
BabyBuddy
- Unlock Sharing$1.99
- Unlock PDF-Export$1.99
- Unlock Pro$2.99







