Streamyfin vs Itchy for Scratch
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Streamyfin
Access and stream your entire media library from a Jellyfin server. Download content for offline viewing, cast to your television, and enjoy a seamless entertainment experience.
- Stream movies and TV shows
- Connect to Jellyfin instance
- Download media for offline viewing
- Cast to TV
- Manage media library
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Stream movies and TV-Shows from your Jellyfin instance. Download media to watch on the go, cast to your TV, and much more!
Itchy for Scratch
This app provides a streamlined way to access and interact with the Scratch platform. Users can read messages, engage with projects, leave comments, and search for content within a user-friendly interface. It offers a free, ad-free experience for Scratch enthusiasts.
- Read messages
- Interact with projects
- Leave comments
- Search content
- Beautiful interface
- Easy to use
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Itchy is a third-party client for Scratch. Read messages, interact with projects, leave comments, search content, and more, all in a beautiful and easy-to-use interface. And best of all, it's completely free and without ads! Open-sourced here: https://github.com/micahlt/itchy-native
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Itchy for Scratch at every 3 days against Streamyfin's every 3 weeks. Itchy for Scratch also leads on review sentiment (79% vs 71%). Streamyfin's advantage is ratings volume (156 vs 31). On price, rating, ads and in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.2 for Streamyfin against 4.1 for Itchy for Scratch. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Streamyfin has 156 ratings behind it against 31, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 71% of Streamyfin's written reviews are positive against 79% of Itchy for Scratch's.
Streamyfin ships an update every 3 weeks, Itchy for Scratch every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on November 4, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Streamyfin | Itchy for Scratch |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.2 (156 ratings) — better | 4.1 (31 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 70.8% of reviews | 79.3% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 156 — better | 31 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Every 3 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Apple TV — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 16.4 | 15.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 133 MB | 52 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 9+ |
| Developer | Fredrik Burmester | David Banziger |
Customer experience
Streamyfin
Itchy for Scratch
Bugs and requests
Streamyfin
Reported bugs
6 issues- Crashes on launch
- Unable to connect to server
- Playback URI errors
- Subtitles not working with downloads
- Crashes when switching between videos
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- Downloading issues and lost downloads
Requested features
8 requests- Playback speed controls
- Picture-in-Picture mode
- Apple TV and Mac support
- OpenSubtitles integration
- Ability to delete media
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- Folder structure support in libraries
- Customizable UI colors
- Improved media metadata display
Itchy for Scratch
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Streamyfin
No in-app purchases
Itchy for Scratch
No in-app purchases
