Comparison

zeitgeist vs Coax

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

zeitgeist

A minimalist game that challenges your brain and reaction speed through color and pattern matching. Aim to beat your personal best times and unlock new levels. It's ideal for quick bursts of mental stimulation.

Highlights
  • Minimalist design
  • Color and pattern matching
  • Brain training
  • Reaction time tests
  • Unlockable levels
  • Beat personal best times
Features
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A minimal color and pattern matching game, designed to test your brain and reaction times. Beat your best time, unlock extra levels, and keep your mind sharp. Perfect for when you have a few seconds to spare.

About

Coax

Experience your Plex media library like a traditional cable TV experience. This app automatically generates channels from your existing content, allowing you to randomly discover movies and shows without the pressure of choosing.

Highlights
  • On-device Plex library channel surfing
  • Zero-setup integration
  • Automatic channel guide generation
  • Customizable channel categories (genre, decade, actor, etc.)
  • Create channels from Plex Collections
  • Unify TV and movie libraries
  • Adjustable number of channels
Features
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Demolish the tyranny of too much choice, say "NO" to BigAlgo, and just Relax with Coax. Within seconds, you'll be flipping through a schedule made entirely of your own home media server content. Jump right in with the on-screen cable guide and watch whatever's on, just like the old days. You can't pause, you can't skip forward, you can't rewind - all you can do is change the channel. Experience the joy of randomly happening upon a great scene in a movie you forgot you had, or a TV show marathon for an old favorite. Coax requires no setup at all - it uses the metadata your media library already has. If you want, you can create your own custom Lineups, with all sorts of simple yet powerful scheduling rules - create a Saturday Morning Cartoons Lineup for your inner (or actual) child, or a Late Night Thrillers Lineup for date night. Important: This app requires a Plex account and access to a Plex Media Server (or Jellyfin, or Emby). Coax does not provide or distribute any media; it only connects to content you already own. How to configure your Lineups: • Coax scans your home media libraries and generates a channel guide based on your content’s metadata. • Select which channel categories you want: Genre, Decade, Recent Additions, Actor, Studio, Director, and Collections. • Create 100% custom channels using Collections. • Unify your libraries to mix TV and movie channels. • Adjust the number of channels you want to generate. •  Customize the time between your programs with Gap Content - play Trailers, or content from another Library if you want! Coax is your personal “cable box” for your own content — no extra accounts, no third-party streaming, just your Plex library organized in a fun, nostalgic way. https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

zeitgeist3 screens
Coax4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Coax at 4.2 against zeitgeist's 2.0. Coax also leads on update cadence (weekly vs every 16 months) and ratings volume (41 vs 1). zeitgeist's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 3) and review sentiment (100% vs 77%). On price, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Coax sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. zeitgeist asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Coax holds the better App Store score, 4.2 against 2.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Coax has 41 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 100% of zeitgeist's written reviews are positive against 77% of Coax's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

zeitgeist ships an update every 16 months, Coax weekly. Both last shipped on October 18, 2026.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
zeitgeist versus Coax: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterzeitgeistCoax
PriceFreeFree
Rating2.0 (1 ratings)4.2 (41 ratings) — better
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews — better76.9% of reviews
Number of ratings141 — better
Update frequencyEvery 16 monthsWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple TV, Vision Pro — better
Requires iOS16.0 — better18.6
Further details — not scored
Size6 MB57 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperJohn KennedyOut to Lunch Productions, LLC

Customer experience

zeitgeist

All ratings1 ratings
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Coax

All ratings41 ratings
Positive80.5%
Neutral0.0%
Negative19.5%
Written reviews26 reviews
Positive76.9%
Neutral3.8%
Negative19.2%

In-app purchases

None

zeitgeist

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

Coax

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly - 1st Week Free7 Days trial$2.991 Month
  • Annual - 1st Week Free7 Days trial$29.991 Year
One-time1
  • Lifetime$74.99

Questions

Is zeitgeist free?
zeitgeist is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Coax free?
Coax is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, zeitgeist or Coax?
Coax is rated higher. zeitgeist averages 2.0 out of 5 from 1 ratings, while Coax averages 4.2 from 41 ratings.
Do zeitgeist or Coax have ads?
Neither zeitgeist nor Coax shows ads.
Which is updated more often, zeitgeist or Coax?
zeitgeist ships an update every 16 months, and Coax weekly. Most recently, zeitgeist was updated on October 18, 2026 and Coax on October 18, 2026.

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