Ruddarr vs Pocket for Seerr
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Ruddarr
Control your movie, documentary, and TV series collections remotely. Browse upcoming releases, manage your media library, and receive notifications. Customize the app's appearance and sync settings across devices.
- Manage movies and TV series
- Browse upcoming releases calendar
- Receive fine-grained notifications
- View activity queue and history
- Switch between multiple instances
- Customize app appearance
- Synchronize settings via iCloud
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Ruddarr is a beautifully designed, open source, privacy-first companion app for Radarr and Sonarr instances. Manage your movies, documentaries and TV series from anywhere, anytime. Features: • Manage movies and TV series • Browse upcoming releases in the calendar • Receive fine-grained notifications • View activity queue tasks and history events • Switch between multiple instances • Customize the app color scheme and appearance • Synchronize settings/instances between devices (iCloud) • Automate actions using Siri Shortcuts • Connect to reverse proxies using custom HTTP headers • Use Spotlight search to quickly jump to media • Fully localized, ready to be translated Notifications require a subscription to Ruddarr+, because sending push notifications to devices requires reliable server infrastructure, which incurs monthly operating expenses for this free, open-source project. Alternatively, *arrs come with many notification integrations that can be self-hosted. Requirements: • Ruddarr does not provide any media and requires a Radarr or Sonarr instance to interact with. - - - Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
Pocket for Seerr
This app allows you to manage your media server requests directly from your iOS device. Browse, search, and submit requests for movies and TV shows. Admins can also approve or decline requests on the go.
- Browse and search media
- Submit media requests
- Track request status
- Approve/decline requests (admins)
- Native iOS experience
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Pocket for Seerr is a native iOS companion for your Overseerr / Jellyseerr / Seerr server, built to make media requests fast and effortless from your phone. IMPORTANT: This app requires a self-hosted Seerr, Overseerr or Jellyseerr backend server. It does not function as a standalone application. Connect to your existing Seerr instance and: • Browse and search your media Quickly look up movies and TV shows available through your Plex, Jellyfin, or Emby libraries, with the same metadata and posters you see in Seerr on the web. • Request what you want to watch Send requests for movies, seasons, or full series in a few taps. See at a glance what’s already available, what’s pending, and what’s been approved or rejected. • Keep track of request status View your own request history and status updates in one place so you always know what’s coming to your server next. • Manage requests on the go (for admins) If you’re an admin or have request-management permissions in Seerr, you can approve or decline requests directly from Pocket, without opening a browser. Stay on top of your queue from anywhere. • Built for iOS Pocket for Seerr is a clean, responsive native app designed to feel at home on iPhone. Fast navigation, familiar patterns, and an experience tuned for quick actions make handling requests painless. Requirements Pocket for Seerr is an unofficial client and requires an existing Seerr / Jellyseerr / Overseerr server configured with your media stack (Plex, Jellyfin, or Emby, plus Radarr/Sonarr, etc.). No third-party accounts, subscriptions, or hosted services are included.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Pocket for Seerr at none against Ruddarr's 1. Ruddarr's advantage is ratings volume (696 vs 184). On price, rating, review sentiment and update cadence 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. Ruddarr sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $5.99 per year. Pocket for Seerr asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.9 for Ruddarr against 4.9 for Pocket for Seerr. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 696 and 184 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 90% of Ruddarr's written reviews are positive against 88% of Pocket for Seerr's.
Ruddarr ships an update monthly, Pocket for Seerr every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 23, 2026 and September 22, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Ruddarr | Pocket for Seerr |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.9 (696 ratings) | 4.9 (184 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 89.9% of reviews — better | 88.2% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 696 — better | 184 |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Freemium | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 26.0 | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 42 MB | 33 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Ruddarr | Miguel Piedrafita |
Customer experience
Ruddarr
Pocket for Seerr
Bugs and requests
Ruddarr
Reported bugs
2 issues- Fails with error when trying to add any service
- Crashes and freezes all the time
Requested features
3 requests- Support one time purchase
- List view not just posters
- Latest releases or trending lists that could be pulled from trakt or IMDb
Pocket for Seerr
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Ruddarr
- Ruddarr+$5.991 Year
Pocket for Seerr
No in-app purchases









