Plex Dash vs LumiFrame
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.
LumiFrame
Transform your screens into dynamic digital photo and video frames. Effortlessly create and share albums, collect media from guests at events, and keep all your displays synchronized from a single app. Enjoy elegant slideshows with customizable themes and smooth transitions.
- Elegant slideshows with themes
- Photos and videos display
- Automatic updates
- Shareable albums
- Guest media collection via QR code
- Live event display
- TV casting
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The digital photo frame, without the frame. LumiFrame turns the screens you already own into beautiful, always-current photo and video displays. Set up a tablet on the counter, the TV in the living room, or a screen at your event, and let your favorite media play, automatically. It is more than a slideshow. Create albums, share them with the people you choose, collect media from event guests, and keep every display in sync from one place. DISPLAY - Elegant slideshows with themes, smooth transitions, and gentle motion - Photos and videos, portrait or landscape, sized to look right on each screen - An always-current display that updates itself as new media arrive SHARE - Create albums and invite people to view or contribute - Everyone sees the latest, across every screen you share - Granular controls over who can add and who can view EVENTS - Collect photos from guests with a QR code, no app required for them - Show them live on the big screen as the day unfolds - Keep them as a shared album long after the event ends CAST AND MANAGE - Cast a living slideshow to supported TVs - On paid plans, run several displays at once and drive any of them from any of your devices PRIVATE BY DEFAULT - Your albums stay private unless you choose to share them - You decide who can view and who can contribute - Comments in shared albums are moderated to keep conversations respectful Start free. Paid plans add more displays, video in slideshows, TV casting, and event albums. Privacy Policy: https://lumiframeapp.com/privacy Terms of Use (EULA): https://lumiframeapp.com/terms Questions or ideas? Reach us at support@lumiframeapp.com
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Plex Dash at none against LumiFrame's 7. Plex Dash also leads on ratings volume (2.2K vs 5) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.5). LumiFrame's advantage is update cadence (every 4 days vs monthly) and rating (5.0 vs 4.6). On price, review sentiment, ads and monetization model 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. LumiFrame sells 7 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Plex Dash asks for nothing beyond the download.
LumiFrame holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Plex Dash has 2.2K ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 81% of Plex Dash's written reviews are positive against 80% of LumiFrame's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Plex Dash ships an update monthly, LumiFrame every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 25, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Plex Dash | LumiFrame |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (2.2K ratings) | 5.0 (5 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 81.3% of reviews — better | 80.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 2.2K — better | 5 |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Every 4 days — better |
| 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, Mac — better |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 15.5 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 36 MB | 136 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Plex Inc. | LumiFrame LLC |
Customer experience
Plex Dash
LumiFrame
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
LumiFrame
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Plex Dash
No in-app purchases
LumiFrame
- LumiFrame Monthly Premium$4.991 Month
- LumiFrame Monthly Elite$8.991 Month
- LumiFrame Annual Premium$39.991 Year
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- LumiFrame Annual Elite$69.991 Year
- 1 Extra Event$4.99
- 3 Extra Events$9.99
- 5 Extra Events$14.99









