Comparison

JellyTV vs tofa

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

Head to head
About

JellyTV

Stream your personal media library from a self-hosted Jellyfin server with a modern, fluid interface. Enjoy high-quality playback, automatic progress tracking, and offline downloads. Unlock advanced features with an optional subscription.

Highlights
  • Connect to Jellyfin server
  • High-quality video and live streaming
  • Automatic progress tracking
  • Offline downloads
  • Cross-device sync
  • Advanced search
  • Push notifications
Features
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JellyTV is a premium Jellyfin client designed to deliver a fast, elegant and immersive media experience across all your Apple devices. Connect to your self-hosted Jellyfin server and enjoy your movies and series in a modern, fluid interface built for performance. Stream your content with high-quality video support, live streaming and transcoding. Pick up where you left off with automatic progress tracking and favorites. Smart Features – Advanced search by genre, actor, year and more – Seerr integration for request management – Push notifications for new content – Offline downloads for watching anywhere – Full sync across iPhone, iPad, Mac, Vision Pro and Apple TV JellyTV+ Unlock advanced features with JellyTV+, available as an optional in-app purchase: – Admin interface for Jellyfin and Seerr – Trakt & AniList integration – Home screen customization – Exclusive app icons – iCloud settings sync JellyTV+ enhances the experience but is not required for core playback. Requirements – A self-hosted Jellyfin server is required – JellyTV does not provide media content – Jellyseerr requires separate installation – Some advanced features require JellyTV+ Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

tofa

Access your personal media library on any device. Stream movies and shows you own, with progress syncing across screens. Organize and enjoy your collection with rich metadata and advanced playback features.

Highlights
  • Stream owned movies and shows
  • Cross-device progress syncing
  • Automatic media organization
  • High-quality picture and sound
  • Subtitle support
  • Share libraries with trusted users
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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

JellyTV4 screens
tofa4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: tofa at 5.0 against JellyTV's 4.3. tofa also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 10). JellyTV's advantage is ratings volume (39 vs 3). On price, update cadence, ads 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. JellyTV sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $2.49 per month. tofa asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

tofa holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: JellyTV has 39 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

JellyTV ships an update weekly, tofa every 4 days. Both last shipped on November 5, 2026.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
JellyTV versus tofa: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterJellyTVtofa
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.3 (39 ratings)5.0 (3 ratings) — better
Positive reviews78.7% of reviews—
Number of ratings39 — better3
Update frequencyWeeklyEvery 4 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple TV, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, iPad, Apple TV
Requires iOS26.026.0
Further details — not scored
Size173 MB68 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperCharly ManderrierTofa Software ehf.

Customer experience

JellyTV

All ratings39 ratings
Positive76.9%
Neutral10.3%
Negative12.8%
Written reviews47 reviews
Positive78.7%
Neutral12.8%
Negative8.5%

tofa

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

10 purchases

JellyTV

Subscriptions4
  • JellyTV+ monthly$2.491 Month
  • JellyTV+ monthly$4.991 Month
  • JellyTV+ Yearly7 Days trial$17.991 Year
Show 1 more
  • JellyTV+ Yearly7 Days trial$34.991 Year
One-time6
  • 1200 Pops$9.99
  • Admin tools$14.99
  • 2500 Pops$19.99
Show 3 more
  • JellyTV+ lifetime family upgrade$39.99
  • JellyTV+ for life$49.99
  • JellyTV+ family for life$89.99
None

tofa

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is JellyTV free?
JellyTV is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is tofa free?
tofa is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, JellyTV or tofa?
tofa is rated higher. JellyTV averages 4.3 out of 5 from 39 ratings, while tofa averages 5.0 from 3 ratings.
Do JellyTV or tofa have ads?
Neither JellyTV nor tofa shows ads.
Which is updated more often, JellyTV or tofa?
JellyTV ships an update weekly, and tofa every 4 days. Most recently, JellyTV was updated on November 5, 2026 and tofa on November 5, 2026.

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