Plex Dash vs SimpleSignal

** 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.

Finding someone in a crowd shouldn't require a dozen texts and a phone call. Whether you're waiting at school pickup as fifty identical cars circle the lot, standing in a sea of strangers at an airport arrivals gate, or trying to reunite after your group splits up at a packed stadium — the back-and-forth of "where are you?" messages wastes precious time and ratchets up stress. You can't spot a text bubble from fifty feet away, and in a noisy crowd a ringing phone is useless. What you need is something visual — something bright enough to see at a distance and simple enough to set up in seconds. Simple Signal turns your iPhone into a personal beacon. Pick one of nine vivid colors — including a White you can tune from warm to cool — send your contact a quick iMessage letting them know what to look for, then tap Start. Your screen lights up full-brightness in that color, solid or pulsing at whatever speed you choose, so the person you're meeting can scan the crowd and find you instead of your face. It's the modern equivalent of holding up a sign, only it fits in your pocket. At school pickup, tell your kid to look for the blue light by the flagpole. At the airport, hold up a green beacon so your traveler spots you the moment they exit the terminal. At a sold-out bowl game, agree on red before kickoff so your group can find each other after halftime no matter how separated you get. At the state fair, where "near the Ferris wheel" could mean any of a thousand people, a pulsing yellow light cuts through the chaos instantly. Signal Lamp mode provides an important means of communication to your EDC without having to carry extra gear - even if your Morse Code knowledge is rusty or non-existent. It’s also a great way to learn - either on your own or with a friend. Simple Signal does one thing, and it does it perfectly: it makes you findable.