Comparison

Ruddarr vs nexview app

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

Head to head
About

Ruddarr

This open-source companion app allows you to manage your movie and TV series collections remotely. Browse upcoming releases, receive notifications, and automate actions. It requires a separate Radarr or Sonarr instance to function.

Highlights
  • 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
  • Automate actions with Siri Shortcuts
Features
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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/

About

nexview app

Features
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nexview for iPhone and iPad is the companion app for nexview, the self-hosted request manager for the movies and series in your home. nexview runs on your own server and works with nexcrate or Radarr and Sonarr, Plex, Jellyfin and Emby. Everyone in the house has their own account, with the rights and limits the administrator set. FOR EVERYONE • Discover shelves, trending titles and a calendar of what comes out • Request a title in the version you want, such as Full HD or 4K, whole series or single seasons • See your quota and your storage, and give up what you no longer need • Follow your requests, get the bell's notifications, report problems, rate the quality • Hearts and your Plex watchlist FOR APPROVERS AND PARENTS • Approve, decline or defer requests • Decide on your children's wishes FOR ADMINISTRATORS • The dashboard: what waits, what is wrong, how long the disk lasts • Stuck downloads with the fix one tap away • Users, invitations, quotas, feedback, blocklist, recycle bin and give-ups FOR CHILDREN A simple view of their own: browse what is there and wish for something. A parent decides. CONNECTING Open nexview in your browser, go to Profile, Account, Security, Connect the iPhone app, and scan the QR code. The key has exactly your account's rights, stays in your device's keychain and can be revoked in nexview at any time. Parents connect a child's device from the child account. NO SERVER YET? Tap Try the demo on the first screen and look around with sample data. How to set up nexview is explained on nexview.nexapps.dev. nexview is free and open source. PRIVACY The app collects nothing. It talks only to your own nexview and loads posters from TMDB. No account with us, no tracking, no ads. This product uses the TMDB API but is not endorsed or certified by TMDB.

Screenshots

Ruddarr4 screens
nexview app4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: nexview app at none against Ruddarr's 1. nexview app also leads on iOS requirement (18.0 vs 26.0). On price, ads and device support 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. Ruddarr sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $5.99 per year. nexview app asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Ruddarr versus nexview app: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterRuddarrnexview app
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.9 (773 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews90.1% of reviews—
Number of ratings773 — better—
Update frequencyMonthly—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS26.018.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size68 MB4 MB
Age rating12+12+
DeveloperRuddarrMarkus Mrozek

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

nexview app

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Ruddarr

Subscriptions1
  • Ruddarr+$5.991 Year
None

nexview app

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Ruddarr free?
Ruddarr is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is nexview app free?
nexview app is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Ruddarr or nexview app have ads?
Neither Ruddarr nor nexview app shows ads.

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