Comparison

Yidio vs PlayOn Cloud

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

Head to head
About

Yidio

Discover and track TV shows and movies across over 100 streaming services. Find where to watch, get personalized recommendations, and manage your watchlist. Save time and money by consolidating your streaming needs.

Highlights
  • Universal search for streaming content
  • Personalized recommendations
  • Customizable watchlist
  • Daily reminders for new content
  • Price comparison for watching
  • Roku remote integration
Features
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All Your Streaming Services in One Place. Your Streaming Movie & TV Guide. Track, discover and find where to watch TV shows and movies from Netflix, Amazon Prime, Hulu, Showtime and over 100 more services. 1. Universal TV & Movie Search Guide - Find where to watch TV Shows and Movies streaming online and use the Roku Remote. 2. Personalized Suggestions - Based on the things you like. 3. Personalized Watchlist - Keep track of what you watch and what to watch next. 4. Personalized Daily Reminders - See what's new each day. 5. Price Comparison - Find the free & cheapest ways to watch. Yidio is the premier personalized TV & movie guide that helps you find where to watch TV Shows and Movies streaming online and discover new things to watch. Save time and money by using one app to manage your TV and movie life. Universal search to easily find where to watch TV Shows or Movies available across more than 100 sources like Netflix, Hulu, Amazon Prime, DirecTV, HBO GO, HBO NOW, Crackle, MTV, CBS, Vudu, FOX, CW, PBS, Lifetime, YouTube, A&E, History Channel, MAX GO, Showtime, Cartoon Network, Comedy Central, VH1, ABC, Starz, EPIX and Fandango, all in one app. What are you waiting for? With Yidio, finding what you want to watch has never been easier. **PLEASE NOTE** While some streaming services make their movies and TV shows available for free (The CW, Tubi TV), other streaming services require a subscription or cable/satellite login (Netflix, Hulu, HBO GO) or a payment to rent or buy (iTunes). Yidio, however, is free to use to find where to watch your favorite movies and TV shows across all those services. Many of them require their app to be downloaded in order to watch. Yidio helps you install their apps and deep link into them. -- Yidio is a top rated movie and TV show app with thousands of 4 and 5 star ratings! 5 Stars – “Easy to use. Finally able to view all available sources for shows and movies in one place.” –Tom777767 5 Stars – “Unlike other apps, Yidio keeps track of what you watch, what episode you left off on, updates on when shows are new, upcoming shows .” –414brooky 5 Stars – “Yidio is a great way to search for TV shows and movies across all of your sources like HBO GO, iTunes, Netflix, and so on. It’s easy to use! ...” –Bazial -- Smart – Don't know what to watch? Yidio helps you discover new movies and TV shows with advanced search, filtering and recommendations. Simple – Once you find what you’re looking for, just tap play to start watching on your iPad, iPhone or TV (via Airplay, Chromecast or Roku Remote). Personal – Tell Yidio which movies and TV shows you want to watch. It will notify you when and where they are available. -- Upgrade now to Yidio Premium to remove all ads from inside the Yidio app. Unlock real-time notifications when a favorite TV show or movie becomes available. Plus, get help faster with priority assistance from expert Yidio support staff. Try Yidio Premium free for the first 7 days! After that, your Yidio Premium monthly or yearly subscription will auto-renew each month with a cost of $4.99 per month or each year with a cost of $47.99 per year. Details: - Payment will be charged to iTunes Account at confirmation of purchase - Subscription automatically renews unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24-hours before the end of the current period - Account will be charged for renewal within 24-hours prior to the end of the current period - Subscriptions may be managed by the user and auto-renewal may be turned off by going to the user's Account Settings after purchase - No cancellation of the current subscription is allowed during active subscription period - Yidio's Privacy Policy and Terms of Use: https://www.yidio.com/privacy and https://www.yidio.com/tos - Any unused portion of a free trial period, if offered, will be forfeited when the user purchases a subscription to Premium. -- Universal search & discovery for any TV show or movie! https://www.yidio.com/app

About

PlayOn Cloud

Record and download streaming videos from over 20 popular services, including Netflix, Hulu, and Disney+. Watch your favorite shows and movies anytime, anywhere, even offline, and skip ads on supported tiers. Downloads never expire.

Highlights
  • Record from 20+ streaming services
  • Download videos for offline viewing
  • Ad skipping on supported tiers
  • Downloads never expire
  • Watch on TV via casting
  • Automatic downloads
Features
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Record and download any streaming video from Netflix, Disney+, Hulu, Amazon Prime, HBO Max, Peacock, Paramount+, The CW, Discovery+, Showtime, STARZ, Vudu, Pluto, Tubi, CBS, NBC, ABC, FOX, PBS, The Roku Channel, and BBC iPlayer, Acorn, Xfinity, and Spectrum. PlayOn Cloud downloads never expire. Download Big Bang Theory, The Bear, House of Dragon, Superman & Lois, Star Trek: Strange New Worlds, Yellowstone, Gotham Knights, Chicago Fire, Grey's Anatomy, or any of your favorite movies and shows; watch anytime, anywhere, even offline. Save hundreds of dollars a year by subscribing to the Ad-supported tiers of Netflix, Hulu, Disney+, HBO Max, Peacock, and Paramount+ and then skip over the ads when you watch with PlayOn (just like you do with your cable DVR). Record and download videos from Netflix before they go offline then watch them anywhere, anytime, even after they have been removed from Netflix. No need to select only the videos that Netflix lets you download, with PlayOn Cloud you can download ANY Netflix or Hulu video. Record and download Disney+ videos to watch offline. The simple PlayOn Cloud app gives you easy access to download all streaming videos from Netflix, Disney+, Hulu, Amazon Prime, HBO Max, Peacock, Paramount+, The CW, Discovery+, Showtime, STARZ, Vudu, Pluto, Tubi, CBS, NBC, ABC, FOX, PBS, The Roku Channel, and BBC iPlayer, Acorn, Xfinity, and Spectrum.– over 20 of the most popular streaming services. Love House of Dragon, Game of Thrones, Jack Ryan or want to watch Moon Knight when you’re offline? Simply select the show you want and hit record. Once recorded, a streaming show or movie will be available for you to download to your mobile device or PC. You can even set it to automatically download to your phone, tablet, or TV as soon as the recording is finished. You can skip right over the recordings automatically when you watch. You can even watch your recordings on your Roku, Chromecast, Fire TV, or Apple TV (and skip the recordings). The recording happens in the PlayOn Cloud so no data is used to make the recording. Once your PlayOn Cloud recording is downloaded, you can watch it anytime and anywhere. You can watch it on your big screen TV with your Roku, Chromecast, Fire TV, or Apple TV. No more worrying about a Netflix video leaving. You can even download it to your Mac, PC or other device. No more WiFi requirement to watch on your mobile device – you can download Netflix and watch when you're not on WiFi without using data. Want to watch your downloaded PlayOn Cloud recordings on your TV? You can cast to your TV with Roku, Chromecast or Fire TV or AirPlay it to your Apple TV. Have a long flight tomorrow? Queue up Game of Thrones, Jack Ryan or The Mandalorian tonight and they’ll be downloaded and waiting when you take off. Long subway ride to work? With PlayOn Cloud, you’ll be watching downloaded Netflix, The CW, or Disney+ videos the entire time. Need a selection of safe shows for your kids to watch? PlayOn Cloud makes it easy to fill up your kid's device with safe streaming shows - and watch them without using any cellular data, or watching any commercials. When you watch recordings that have commercials, you have an option to automatically skip the ads. How great is that? Want to make PlayOn Cloud even more powerful? Get an optional PlayOn Cloud Storage and Credit plan. You'll get a week to make 7 free recordings. After that you'll be billed $4.99 per month for 30 recordings and 100GB cloud storage. You’ll be charged as a recurring transaction through your iTunes account. Your subscription will automatically renew unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current billing period. Your account will be charged for renewal within 24 hours prior to the end of the current period. You can manage your subscription and turn off auto-renewal by going to your iTunes Account Settings after purchase. Terms of Use: https://www.playon.tv/eula Privacy Policy: http://www.playon.tv/privacy

Screenshots

Yidio4 screens
PlayOn Cloud4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: PlayOn Cloud at none against Yidio's shown. PlayOn Cloud also leads on review sentiment (62% vs 27%) and rating (4.6 vs 4.3). On price, ratings volume, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. Yidio sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month and PlayOn Cloud sells 11 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

PlayOn Cloud holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 4.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3.5K and 2K respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 27% of Yidio's written reviews are positive against 62% of PlayOn Cloud's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Yidio ships an update every 6 weeks, PlayOn Cloud every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 20, 2026 and October 22, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Yidio versus PlayOn Cloud: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterYidioPlayOn Cloud
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.3 (3.5K ratings)4.6 (2K ratings) — better
Positive reviews27.4% of reviews62.2% of reviews — better
Number of ratings3.5K — better2K
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeksEvery 3 weeks — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better
Requires iOS15.212.4 — better
Further details — not scored
Size36 MB155 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperYidio LLCMediaMall Technologies, Inc.

Customer experience

Yidio

All ratings3,435 ratings
Positive81.0%
Neutral5.3%
Negative13.8%
Written reviews73 reviews
Positive27.4%
Neutral11.0%
Negative61.6%

PlayOn Cloud

All ratings1,945 ratings
Positive89.5%
Neutral2.4%
Negative8.1%
Written reviews283 reviews
Positive62.2%
Neutral7.8%
Negative30.0%

User reviews

Yidio

From 3.5K App Store ratings

What we love

  • ⭐ Consistently useful
  • 🎥 Great movie app
  • 👍 I like Yidio

Room to improve

  • 😡 Inaccurate and unreliable
  • 🔒 Potential data breach issues
  • 🐛 Doesn't save watchlist, poor customer support
  • 💰 Overpriced compared to alternatives
  • 🕰️ Slow and laggy performance

PlayOn Cloud

From 2K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 Easy to use
  • 🚀 Convenient for offline viewing
  • 👍 Great for travel
  • 👍 Allows building personal content library
  • 👍 Helpful customer support

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Frequent app crashes
  • 🐛 Buggy login and download issues
  • 🔍 Limited content selection
  • 💰 Expensive per-recording fees
  • 🕰️ Slow download speeds

Bugs and requests

Yidio

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • App crashes or fails to launch
  • Streaming links and availability information is often incorrect
  • Watchlist and progress tracking issues

Requested features

3 requests
  • Add more streaming services (e.g. YouTube TV)
  • Improve search accuracy and keep up with content changes
  • Enhance watchlist management and syncing across devices

PlayOn Cloud

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Recordings not resuming from where left off
  • App not working on certain devices/OS versions
  • Inconsistent performance across platforms

Requested features

5 requests
  • Ability to delete recordings from queue
  • Option to sort recordings alphabetically or chronologically
  • Support for more streaming platforms
  • Larger cloud storage capacity
  • Offline playback without needing to download

In-app purchases

5 purchases

Yidio

Subscriptions5
  • Yidio Premium7 Days trial$2.991 Month
  • Yidio Premium7 Days trial2 variants$4.991 Month
  • Yidio Premium7 Days trial$23.991 Year
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  • Yidio Premium7 Days trial$35.991 Year
  • Yidio Premium7 Days trial$47.991 Year
11 purchases

PlayOn Cloud

Subscriptions9
  • 10 Credits/50 GB Storage7 Days trial$2.991 Month
  • 10 Credits/50 GB (No Trial)$2.991 Month
  • 7 Credit Trial/ 30 Cred/mo7 Days trial$2.991 Month
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  • 30 Credits Monthly$2.991 Month
  • 30 Credits/100 GB Storage7 Days trial$4.991 Month
  • 30 Credits/100GB (No Trial)$4.991 Month
  • 100GB Storage/ 30 Credits$4.991 Month
  • 100GB Storage/30 Credits7 Days trial$4.991 Month
  • 500GB Storage/ 30 Credits$9.991 Month
One-time2
  • 25 Recording Credits$4.99
  • 55 Recording Credits$9.99

Questions

Is Yidio free?
Yidio is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is PlayOn Cloud free?
PlayOn Cloud is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Yidio or PlayOn Cloud?
PlayOn Cloud is rated higher. Yidio averages 4.3 out of 5 from 3.5K ratings, while PlayOn Cloud averages 4.6 from 2K ratings.
Do Yidio or PlayOn Cloud have ads?
Yidio shows ads; PlayOn Cloud does not.
Which is updated more often, Yidio or PlayOn Cloud?
Yidio ships an update every 6 weeks, and PlayOn Cloud every 3 weeks. Most recently, Yidio was updated on October 20, 2026 and PlayOn Cloud on October 22, 2026.

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