Comparison

Streamyfin vs tofa

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • Stream movies and TV shows
  • Connect to Jellyfin instance
  • Download media for offline viewing
  • Cast to TV
  • Manage media library
Features
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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!

About

tofa

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tofa plays the movies and shows you already own. You run a tofa server on a computer at home and point it at your media folders. Sign in to this app with your tofa account and your server is there, with your libraries, your artwork, and your place in every episode. WATCH ON EVERY SCREEN Your progress follows you. Start a film on Apple TV, finish it on your phone on the train. There is nothing to copy across and nothing to sync by hand. BUILT FOR YOUR LIBRARY Movies and shows are organized automatically, with posters, backdrops, descriptions, and cast. Seasons and episodes land in the right order. When something is named unusually, you can correct the match yourself and it stays corrected. PLAYS YOUR FILES AS THEY ARE Most of your library plays exactly as it sits on disk, which means the best picture your device can show. When a file needs converting, your server handles it and playback keeps up. PICTURE AND SOUND Dolby Vision, HDR10, and 4K on the hardware that supports them. Surround audio passes through to your receiver. Pick the audio track and subtitles you want, and tofa remembers the choice. SUBTITLES THAT WORK Text and image subtitles both render, including styled subtitles. Sidecar files sitting next to your media are picked up automatically. SHARE WITH PEOPLE YOU TRUST Give family or friends access to some or all of your libraries. Everyone gets their own profile, their own watch history, and their own place in each show. YOUR MEDIA STAYS YOURS tofa does not host any content. It plays the files on the server you run. We do not track you across apps or websites, we do not serve ads, and we do not sell your data. You need a tofa server to use this app. Setting one up takes about ten minutes.

Screenshots

Streamyfin4 screens
tofa4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: tofa at every 3 days against Streamyfin's every 3 weeks. Streamyfin's advantage is iOS requirement (16.4 vs 26.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Streamyfin ships an update every 3 weeks, tofa every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 10, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Streamyfin versus tofa: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterStreamyfintofa
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.2 (153 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews71.3% of reviews—
Number of ratings153 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksEvery 3 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple TViPhone, iPad, Apple TV
Requires iOS16.4 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size133 MB54 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperFredrik BurmesterTofa Software ehf.

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

tofa

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Streamyfin

No in-app purchases

None

tofa

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Streamyfin free?
Streamyfin is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is tofa free?
tofa is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Streamyfin or tofa have ads?
Neither Streamyfin nor tofa shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Streamyfin or tofa?
Streamyfin ships an update every 3 weeks, and tofa every 3 days. Most recently, Streamyfin was updated on October 23, 2026 and tofa on October 10, 2026.

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