Comparison

Review for Plex vs Stolo Systems

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

Head to head
About

Review for Plex

This app provides server administrators with detailed insights and management tools for their Plex Media Server. Monitor streams, analyze viewing habits, and control library settings directly from your device.

Highlights
  • Real-time stream monitoring
  • In-depth viewing statistics
  • Advanced media management
  • Fix media matching
  • Server and library control
  • Powerful search functionality
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Review for Plex seamlessly integrates with your existing Plex Media Server, unlocking a wealth of data and insights at your fingertips. Review connects directly to your server's official API, giving you powerful insights without needing third-party tools. Please note that this application is designed for server administrators. To access certain advanced features, an active Plex Pass subscription may be required. For the best experience, we recommend using the latest version of Plex Media Server. Monitor all current streams in real-time, see who is watching what, and get detailed information on every session. Sync your entire watch history to uncover fascinating statistics, including your most-played movies and shows, top users, and fun facts about your viewing habits. Review isn't just for viewing, it's for managing. - Take control of your media library like never before. - Refresh metadata, analyze media files for optimal playback, change posters, and easily fix incorrect media matches, all from your iPhone. - You can also access and modify a wide range of advanced server and library settings, giving you unparalleled control over your medias. Key Features: - Real-Time Activity Monitoring: See live stream details, including user, player, and location. - In-Depth Statistics: Discover your top media, active users, and peak viewing times. - Advanced Media Management: Refresh metadata, analyze files, and change artwork. - Fix Matching: Easily correct mismatched movies and shows. - Full Server & Library Control: Access and edit advanced settings. - Powerful Search: Instantly find any item in your libraries. - Native iOS Experience: A clean, fast, and responsive interface built with SwiftUI. Review for Plex is not affiliated with Plex Inc.

About

Stolo Systems

This app provides encrypted, off-grid messaging that functions without internet connectivity. It creates a peer-to-peer mesh network using Wi-Fi, cellular, or LoRa radio, enabling secure communication of messages, photos, voice notes, and GPS locations even when cell towers or servers are unavailable.

Highlights
  • Off-grid encrypted messaging
  • Peer-to-peer mesh network
  • Works without internet
  • End-to-end encryption
  • Offline world map
  • Emergency SOS beacon
Features
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Stolo is an encrypted messenger that built off of Reticulum and LXMF Out of the box it is a private, end-to-end encrypted messenger: no account, no phone number, no sign-up. Your identity and your history live only on your device, and Stolo's gateway relays your messages across the internet. When you need more, the same app becomes your own network. Create a network, share one invitation, and everyone who joins is in each other's contacts, trusted, automatically. Phones link directly over Wi-Fi and cellular, and optional long-range LoRa radios carry messages where there is no signal at all. Messages to someone out of range wait and are delivered when they come back. What you can send, on or off the grid: • Messages, photos, and voice notes, end-to-end encrypted. Only the people in the conversation can read them. Not us. • Live GPS positions on a built-in offline world map. See yourself and your team with zero connectivity. Under the hood, Stolo is built on Reticulum, the open cryptographic mesh stack, and sets up in a minute with no config files. Used for backcountry trips, maritime, job sites, disaster response, and everyday group chats that should stay between the people in them. Built on privacy. Works every day, everywhere, and keeps working when nothing else does.

Screenshots

Review for Plex4 screens
Stolo Systems4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Stolo Systems at 100% against Review for Plex's 0%. Stolo Systems also leads on rating (4.7 vs 3.0) and ratings volume (10 vs 1). On price, ads, 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Stolo Systems holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 3.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Stolo Systems has 10 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 0% of Review for Plex's written reviews are positive against 100% of Stolo Systems's.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Review for Plex versus Stolo Systems: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterReview for PlexStolo Systems
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.0 (1 ratings)4.7 (10 ratings) — better
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings110 — better
Update frequency—Every 3 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPod — better
Requires iOS18.515.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size2 MB265 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperBRUNO DURANDStolo Systems Inc.

Customer experience

Review for Plex

All ratings1 ratings
Positive0.0%
Neutral100.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral100.0%
Negative0.0%

Stolo Systems

All ratings8 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews6 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Review for Plex

No in-app purchases

None

Stolo Systems

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Review for Plex free?
Review for Plex is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Stolo Systems free?
Stolo Systems is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Review for Plex or Stolo Systems?
Stolo Systems is rated higher. Review for Plex averages 3.0 out of 5 from 1 ratings, while Stolo Systems averages 4.7 from 10 ratings.
Do Review for Plex or Stolo Systems have ads?
Neither Review for Plex nor Stolo Systems shows ads.

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