Comparison

Magpies Waitara vs Aether Player

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

Head to head
About

Magpies Waitara

Access your digital membership, explore dining options at various eateries, and stay informed about upcoming events like live music, raffles, and sports. The app streamlines your visit with quick sign-in and up-to-date information.

Highlights
  • Digital membership card
  • Access to multiple dining venues
  • View menus
  • Event listings
  • Live music updates
  • Raffle information
  • Live sport schedules
Features
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Welcome to Magpies Waitara VISITING US When you enter, use your digital membership card to sign in quickly DINING Enjoy our great variety at The Kitchen, Lucky Magpie Asian Cuisine & Peggy’ CafΓ©. Check out the menus WHAT’S ON Keep up to date with what happening at Magpie Waitara with free live music, weekly raffles, live sport and special events.

About

Aether Player

Features
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Aether is a personal media player for Plex, Jellyfin, Emby and your own files β€” built natively for every Apple screen. Connect your server and your whole library appears: movies, shows, music, Continue Watching, Recently Added. Add a second server and both merge into one deduplicated view, with a picker that tells you which copy is the better file. Your media, not theirs. PLAY ANYTHING β€’ Direct play or server-transcoded β€” Aether follows the best path automatically, per title. β€’ MKV, HEVC, Dolby Vision, DTS: formats other players choke on play through a modern engine, GPU-accelerated for smooth 4K. β€’ Picture in Picture, AirPlay, Dolby Atmos, lock-screen controls. β€’ Switch audio and subtitle tracks mid-playback on every platform. β€’ Offline downloads, including whole seasons β€” and Smart Downloads that keep the next unwatched episodes ready. EVERYONE IN THE HOUSE β€’ Profiles: separate Continue Watching, watchlist, ratings, Home rails and trackers, with a PIN on the way in and per-profile library visibility. β€’ A child's profile can be held to an age rating. β€’ Pair a profile to your Plex Home profile, or to its own Jellyfin or Emby user, so watched state stays separate on the server too. β€’ Two profiles are included; up to five with Supporter. SUBTITLES, DONE PROPERLY β€’ Aether reads subtitle files itself and times them against the picture, so they sit where you put them β€” in the black bars or over the video, in your own style, with sync and size adjustable in the player. β€’ Search OpenSubtitles from a title's own page in thirty-one languages, ranked against the exact file you're playing. YOUR LIBRARY, YOUR WAY β€’ One library across every connected source, filtered by genre, year, rating, country, audio language, server or the libraries you curated on them. β€’ Continue Watching, Up Next and a Discover tab with trending titles and Where to Watch availability in your region. β€’ Person pages, franchise collections, and ratings from IMDb, Rotten Tomatoes, Metacritic and TMDb. β€’ Music as its own tab β€” artists, albums, playlists, and a player built for it, with the catalog kept on disk so it opens offline. β€’ Live TV from a playlist you already have, with a full guide, categories you make yourself, Xtream Codes accounts and HDHomeRun tuners. Bring-your-own: Aether provides no channels. BEAUTIFUL ON EVERY SCREEN β€’ iPhone and iPad: cinematic hero art, a page that grows out of the poster you tapped. β€’ Apple TV: precision focus design, and your Continue Watching in the top shelf. β€’ Apple Vision Pro: an auditorium around the picture β€” raked seating, masking walls, house lights down. β€’ Mac: a native app with a menu-bar mode, a series browser, and Apple's own decoder for what it can play. PRIVATE BY DESIGN Aether connects only to the servers you configure. No account of ours, no cloud, no ads, no cross-app tracking. Your ratings, watchlist and resume positions live on your devices and in your own iCloud. Optional anonymous usage statistics can be turned off any time. SOURCES β€’ Plex (multi-server, multi-account) β€’ Jellyfin (multi-server) β€’ Emby (multi-server, Live TV, music) β€’ Silo β€’ SMB / network shares, with Bonjour discovery β€’ WebDAV β€’ Local files Optional, all bring-your-own: connect your own Seerr to request what you don't have, your own Trakt or Simkl account to track what you watch, and your own OpenSubtitles account for subtitle search. Aether requires a Plex, Jellyfin, Emby or Silo media server, an SMB or WebDAV share, or local video files. It is not a streaming service and does not provide any content. Plex, Jellyfin, Emby, Silo, Trakt, Simkl and OpenSubtitles are trademarks of their respective owners. Aether is an independent, third-party client and is not affiliated with, sponsored or endorsed by them. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://aetherplayer.com/privacy

Screenshots

Magpies Waitara4 screens
Aether Player4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Magpies Waitara at none against Aether Player's 5. Magpies Waitara also leads on iOS requirement (16.4 vs 26.0). Aether Player's advantage is update cadence (weekly vs every 6 weeks) and device support (5 vs 2). On price and ads there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price Β· Rating Β· Positive reviews Β· Number of ratings Β· Update frequency Β· Ads Β· In-app purchases Β· Monetization Β· Best chart rank Β· Devices Β· Requires iOS

CostPrice Β· In-app purchases Β· Ads Β· Monetization

Both are free to download. Aether Player sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Magpies Waitara asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Magpies Waitara ships an update every 6 weeks, Aether Player weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 14, 2026 and October 10, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences Β· 4 level
Magpies Waitara versus Aether Player: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMagpies WaitaraAether Player
PriceFreeFree
Positive reviews0.0% of reviewsβ€”
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeksWeekly β€” better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo β€” betterYes
MonetizationFreeβ€”
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple TV, Vision Pro β€” better
Requires iOS16.4 β€” better26.0
Further details β€” not scored
Size87 MB107 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDaily Press PTY LTDVaclav Zmrhal

In-app purchases

None

Magpies Waitara

No in-app purchases

5 purchases

Aether Player

Subscriptions2
  • Supporter$0.991 Month
  • Supporter$9.991 Year
One-time3
  • Small Tip$0.99
  • Medium Tip$4.99
  • Large Tip$9.99

Questions

Is Magpies Waitara free?
Magpies Waitara is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Aether Player free?
Aether Player is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Magpies Waitara or Aether Player have ads?
Neither Magpies Waitara nor Aether Player shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Magpies Waitara or Aether Player?
Magpies Waitara ships an update every 6 weeks, and Aether Player weekly. Most recently, Magpies Waitara was updated on October 14, 2026 and Aether Player on October 10, 2026.

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