Coax vs MiruXR
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Coax
Experience your Plex media library like a traditional cable TV experience. This app automatically generates channels from your existing content, allowing you to randomly discover movies and shows without the pressure of choosing.
- On-device Plex library channel surfing
- Zero-setup integration
- Automatic channel guide generation
- Customizable channel categories (genre, decade, actor, etc.)
- Create channels from Plex Collections
- Unify TV and movie libraries
- Adjustable number of channels
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Demolish the tyranny of too much choice, say "NO" to BigAlgo, and just Relax with Coax. Within seconds, you'll be flipping through a schedule made entirely of your own home media server content. Jump right in with the on-screen cable guide and watch whatever's on, just like the old days. You can't pause, you can't skip forward, you can't rewind - all you can do is change the channel. Experience the joy of randomly happening upon a great scene in a movie you forgot you had, or a TV show marathon for an old favorite. Coax requires no setup at all - it uses the metadata your media library already has. If you want, you can create your own custom Lineups, with all sorts of simple yet powerful scheduling rules - create a Saturday Morning Cartoons Lineup for your inner (or actual) child, or a Late Night Thrillers Lineup for date night. Important: This app requires a Plex account and access to a Plex Media Server (or Jellyfin, or Emby). Coax does not provide or distribute any media; it only connects to content you already own. How to configure your Lineups: • Coax scans your home media libraries and generates a channel guide based on your content’s metadata. • Select which channel categories you want: Genre, Decade, Recent Additions, Actor, Studio, Director, and Collections. • Create 100% custom channels using Collections. • Unify your libraries to mix TV and movie channels. • Adjust the number of channels you want to generate. • Customize the time between your programs with Gap Content - play Trailers, or content from another Library if you want! Coax is your personal “cable box” for your own content — no extra accounts, no third-party streaming, just your Plex library organized in a fun, nostalgic way. https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
MiruXR
Transform your AR glasses and phone into a personal theater and a spatial workspace. Enjoy a giant virtual screen for browsing, watching videos, and viewing your media anywhere. Experience immersive 360° content and manage multiple floating windows.
- Giant virtual cinema screen
- Stream from home media servers
- Immersive 360° and VR video
- Multiple spatial window modes
- Glanceable AR widgets
- iPhone as a spatial controller
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Your screens, floating in front of you. MiruXR turns your XREAL glasses into floating screens: a giant movie theater, windows all around you, and a HUD with what you need as you walk. Free, with no ads or subscriptions. THEATER • A giant movie screen for your videos • Your files and the videos on your network (SMB, Jellyfin, Plex) • Immersive 360° videos • Your video and streaming sites in a desktop browser SPATIAL • Windows pinned around you: turn your head and they stay in place • Move and resize them; when you reopen the app, they're right where you left them • With XREAL One, choose Screen (one fixed screen, ultrawide too, with your windows side by side) or Space (windows free all around you) • Eight environments to enjoy your screens in: beach, mountains, night sky, cinema, and more • With the XREAL Eye camera, see your room with your windows on top HUD • At-a-glance widgets: time, weather, calendar, notes, activity, and more • Walking directions, with your next turn and a minimap at the edge of your view 3D (EXPERIMENTAL) • Switch a window to 3D, with depth calculated by AI on your iPhone. CONTROLS • Your iPhone is the controller: trackpad, laser pointer, and keyboard • The glasses keyboard: point to type, in English, Spanish, or Korean • Apple Watch as a controller: swipe, tap, and turn the Digital Crown • Bluetooth mouse or trackpad (with AssistiveTouch) and XREAL gesture control • A short guide to get you started, plus tips the first time you use something YOUR GLASSES • Works with all XREAL glasses: One, One Pro, 1S, Air, Air 2, Air 2 Pro, Air 2 Ultra, and X by XREAL • With XREAL One, head tracking and Spatial all around you • Also works with other video glasses that connect over USB-C • Fit the picture size to your glasses in Settings • The app is available in English, Spanish, Japanese, Chinese, and Korean WHAT YOU NEED • Video glasses with USB-C: MiruXR is built and tested with XREAL glasses • An iPhone with USB-C (iPhone 15 or newer) MiruXR is free, and I build it together with the XREAL community. Your feedback on Discord helps me a lot.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: MiruXR at 5.0 against Coax's 4.3. MiruXR also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 3) and review sentiment (100% vs 77%). Coax's advantage is ratings volume (42 vs 9) and device support (5 vs 2). On price, update cadence, ads 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
Both are free to download. Coax sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. MiruXR asks for nothing beyond the download.
MiruXR holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 42 and 9 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 77% of Coax's written reviews are positive against 100% of MiruXR's.
Coax ships an update weekly, MiruXR every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Coax | MiruXR |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.3 (42 ratings) | 5.0 (9 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 76.9% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 42 — better | 9 |
| Update frequency | Weekly | Every 4 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple TV, Vision Pro — better | iPhone, Apple Watch |
| Requires iOS | 18.6 | 16.4 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 58 MB | 113 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Out to Lunch Productions, LLC | Felipe Mansilla |
Customer experience
Coax
MiruXR
In-app purchases
Coax
- Monthly - 1st Week Free7 Days trial$2.991 Month
- Annual - 1st Week Free7 Days trial$29.991 Year
- Lifetime$74.99
MiruXR
No in-app purchases









