Pocket for Seerr vs Archive Sifter
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
Archive Sifter
Explore digitized films and images from the National Archives with a fast, modern interface. Browse archival media directly with smooth scrolling and streamlined search tools, designed for mobile devices. Discover historical content efficiently for research, education, or curiosity.
- Fast search of archival films and images
- Continuous image scrolling
- Keyword, ID, and date search
- Direct viewing of digitized films
- Download video files
- Bookmark and save records
- View record details
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Archive Sifter makes it easy to explore digitized films and images from the National Archives with a fast, modern, mobile-friendly experience. Unlike traditional archive websites that require navigating through record pages and image links, Archive Sifter lets you browse archival media directly with smooth image scrolling, streamlined search tools, and a sleek interface designed for mobile devices. Search archival records, view historic photographs, watch digitized films, and quickly save the records you want to revisit. Whether you're a researcher, student, filmmaker, historian, or simply curious about the past, Archive Sifter helps you discover archival content faster and more efficiently. Features: • Fast search across National Archives films and images • Browse images directly with continuous scrolling • Search records by keyword, ID, date, and other details • Watch digitized film records directly in the app • Download available video files for offline viewing • Bookmark records to revisit later • Save images directly to your camera roll • View record titles, descriptions, dates, IDs, and source details • Clean, modern interface optimized for iPhone and iPad Archive Sifter helps make public archival media easier to search, browse, view, and organize from your mobile device. Archive Sifter is an independent app and is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by the National Archives.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Archive Sifter at daily against Pocket for Seerr's every 3 weeks. Archive Sifter also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 88%) and iOS requirement (17.2 vs 26.0). Pocket for Seerr's advantage is ratings volume (237 vs 5). 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 — 4.9 for Pocket for Seerr against 5.0 for Archive Sifter. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Pocket for Seerr has 237 ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 88% of Pocket for Seerr's written reviews are positive against 100% of Archive Sifter's.
Pocket for Seerr ships an update every 3 weeks, Archive Sifter daily. The most recent releases landed on October 28, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Pocket for Seerr | Archive Sifter |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.9 (237 ratings) | 5.0 (5 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 88.2% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 237 — better | 5 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Daily — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad — better |
| Requires iOS | 26.0 | 17.2 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 33 MB | 2 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Miguel Piedrafita | WILLIAM DANN HARVIE |
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Pocket for Seerr
Archive Sifter
In-app purchases
Pocket for Seerr
No in-app purchases
Archive Sifter
No in-app purchases









