Comparison

Eigabox vs Swiftly Player

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

Head to head
About

Eigabox

Discover, organize, and share your favorite movies and TV shows. Track your viewing history, create custom collections, and see what your friends are watching. Stream availability is also checked across platforms.

Highlights
  • Discover new movies and TV shows
  • Track viewing history and rewatches
  • Connect with friends and share activity
  • Episode tracking for TV series
  • Create dynamic watchlists and collections
  • Check streaming availability
  • Import data from other services
Features
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Explore, organize, and connect through the movies and series you love. Eigabox is the film & TV companion born from a love of cinema, built as an independent, thoughtfully designed passion project with zero corporate interference. 100% ad-free, no data selling. TRACK EVERYTHING YOU WATCH - Write diary entries to capture every watch and rewatch, with ratings, likes, and reviews - Never lose your place with the TV Episode Tracker and Continue Watching - Follow entire sagas with the Franchise tracker: watch one film and Eigabox tracks your progress through the whole series - Build your complete viewing history, from first watch to latest rewatch DISCOVER YOUR NEXT FAVORITE - For You: personal recommendations powered by your unique taste Fingerprint & DNA - Explore curated collections, seasonal events, and trending titles based on your streaming services - Dive into Trivia: behind the scenes facts, goofs, connections, cameos, and quotes - Search with advanced filters, including nanogenres like Body Horror, Found Footage, or Heist - Check streaming availability across all major platforms in your country of residence ORGANIZE YOUR COLLECTION - Create dynamic watchlists that evolve with you - Build Boxes: custom collections by genre, year, ranking, or any system you imagine - Catalog your physical collection with Box Sets - Celebrate your favorite actors, directors, and writers in your Box of Fame CONNECT WITH MOVIE FRIENDS - Add Eigapals and follow friends to share watch activity, reviews, and boxes - Browse public profiles and boxes, and share yours with a QR code - Join The Studio: community channels, feature voting, and a direct line to the developer MAKE IT YOURS - Themes, custom app icons, and cinematic Scene Drop transitions - Change the posters, logos, and backdrops of any movie or show, and even the photos of actors and directors with ePass - Deep Insights: rich analytics on your watching habits, from nanogenre breakdowns to activity heatmaps with ePass BRING YOUR HISTORY - Import your data from external sources like Letterboxd & Trakt in minutes Free forever, enhanced with ePass. Core features stay free and ad-free for everyone. ePass unlocks higher limits, advanced customization, and Deep Insights, while directly supporting independent development. Monthly, yearly, or a one-time lifetime purchase. New updates ship regularly, shaped by your feedback and wishes. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Swiftly Player

Stream your Jellyfin media library without transcoding. Seamlessly resume playback across devices, download content for offline viewing, and enjoy features like skip intro and picture-in-picture.

Highlights
  • No transcoding required
  • Cross-device playback resume
  • Offline downloads
  • Picture-in-picture support
  • Multiple server support
  • Skip intro/credits
Features
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Swiftly plays the films on your Jellyfin server just as they are. Most apps have the server rebuild a film while you're watching. Swiftly leaves it alone — and tells you beforehand that it will. If something ever does have to be converted, you'll see which part of the file was responsible. Picture in Picture is built in, so a film can carry on in the corner while you get on with something else. RESUME ON THIS DEVICE Something playing on the Apple TV turns up as a button on your iPhone. One tap and it carries on here, at the second you left it. It works in every direction between iPhone, iPad, Mac and Apple TV. SERVERS AND ACCOUNTS Add more than one Jellyfin, stay signed in to all of them, and switch from your profile without typing a password again. DOWNLOADS Take episodes and films with you. Swiftly downloads the original file, so what you watch offline is the same quality as what you stream. MORE • Request what your server doesn't have yet, through Seerr, without leaving the app • Skip Intro and Skip Credits, via the Jellyfin plugin • People pages: tap a name in the cast for a biography and everything of theirs you own • Your home screen in your order — rows off, rows moved, genres as rows or as chips • Custom headers per server, for Jellyfin behind Cloudflare Access, Authelia, Authentik or Pangolin • Collections and each library, straight from the Movies and Shows title • Sign in with a Quick Connect code instead of a password • Lock screen and headphone controls, plus background audio • Your audio and subtitle language, chosen once • Next episode on its own, sleep timer, playback speed • Watchlist, filters and search • English and German Swiftly brings no films of its own — it simply shows what's already on your server. And it collects nothing: no analytics, no advertising, no account with us. Your viewing position goes to your server and nowhere else. You'll need a Jellyfin server of your own, 10.8 or newer, on a secure (https) address, and an iPhone or iPad with iOS 18. Uses VLCKit and libVLC by VideoLAN under the LGPL 2.1 or later. Licenses and source code: https://swiftlyplayer.com/licenses/

Screenshots

Eigabox4 screens
Swiftly Player4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Swiftly Player at 5.0 against Eigabox's 3.0. Swiftly Player also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 3) and device support (4 vs 1). On price, ratings volume, update cadence and ads 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. Eigabox sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Swiftly Player asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Swiftly Player holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 2 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Eigabox ships an update every 11 days, Swiftly Player every 6 days. The most recent releases landed on October 13, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 4 level
Eigabox versus Swiftly Player: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterEigaboxSwiftly Player
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.0 (2 ratings)5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Number of ratings22
Update frequencyEvery 11 daysEvery 6 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFreemiumFree — better
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple TV — better
Requires iOS26.018.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size54 MB55 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperDavid FeliersPaul Herter

Customer experience

Eigabox

All ratings2 ratings
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%

Swiftly Player

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Eigabox

Subscriptions2
  • ePass monthly$2.991 Month
  • ePass yearly$24.991 Year
One-time1
  • ePass Lifetime$89.99
None

Swiftly Player

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Eigabox free?
Eigabox is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Swiftly Player free?
Swiftly Player is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Eigabox or Swiftly Player?
Swiftly Player is rated higher. Eigabox averages 3.0 out of 5 from 2 ratings, while Swiftly Player averages 5.0 from 2 ratings.
Do Eigabox or Swiftly Player have ads?
Neither Eigabox nor Swiftly Player shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Eigabox or Swiftly Player?
Eigabox ships an update every 11 days, and Swiftly Player every 6 days. Most recently, Eigabox was updated on October 13, 2026 and Swiftly Player on October 7, 2026.

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