Comparison

Coax vs BingeBrowse

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • 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
Features
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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/

About

BingeBrowse

Experience a nostalgic 3D video store to discover movies and shows across your streaming services. Browse aisles, pick up cases for synopses and trailers, and seamlessly transition to your chosen platform. Features include regional content, search, saved lists, and a family-friendly filter.

Highlights
  • Walkable 3D video store experience
  • Regional streaming service integration
  • Search, saved lists, and sharing
  • Family View content filter
  • Personal media library connection
  • Customizable visual themes
Features
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BingeBrowse turns choosing a film into a trip to a video store. Select your streaming services, enter an immersive 3D shop and browse shelves stocked with films and TV shows available in your region. Move between the aisles, pick up a case, read its synopsis and age guide, watch a trailer, then continue to the relevant streaming service. Features: - A walkable, nostalgic video-store experience - Regional shelves built from your selected services - Search, saved lists and sharing - Family View for a broadly family-suitable selection - Optional connections to supported personal media libraries - Multiple visual themes and shelf layouts Streaming availability changes by service and country. A separate subscription may be required. Family View is an on-device browsing filter, not a parental control.

Screenshots

Coax4 screens
BingeBrowse4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Coax at 77% against BingeBrowse's 0%. Coax also leads on monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases) and ratings volume (42 vs 8). BingeBrowse's advantage is rating (4.8 vs 4.3) and update cadence (every 3 days vs weekly). On price, ads, in-app purchases and iOS requirement 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. Coax sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month and BingeBrowse sells 14 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

BingeBrowse holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Coax has 42 ratings behind it against 8, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 77% of Coax's written reviews are positive against 0% of BingeBrowse's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Coax ships an update weekly, BingeBrowse every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 28, 2026 and October 29, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Coax versus BingeBrowse: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCoaxBingeBrowse
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.3 (42 ratings)4.8 (8 ratings) — better
Positive reviews76.9% of reviews — better0.0% of reviews
Number of ratings42 — better8
Update frequencyWeeklyEvery 3 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple TV, Vision Pro — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS18.617.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size58 MB2 MB
Age rating17+12+
DeveloperOut to Lunch Productions, LLCOliver Evans

Customer experience

Coax

All ratings41 ratings
Positive80.5%
Neutral0.0%
Negative19.5%
Written reviews26 reviews
Positive76.9%
Neutral3.8%
Negative19.2%

BingeBrowse

All ratings8 ratings
Positive87.5%
Neutral12.5%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral100.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Coax

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly - 1st Week Free7 Days trial$2.991 Month
  • Annual - 1st Week Free7 Days trial$29.991 Year
One-time1
  • Lifetime$74.99
14 purchases

BingeBrowse

One-time14
  • Large Store$4.99
  • 500 Gems$4.99
  • Gems for your look$5.99
Show 11 more
  • Gems for your look$6.99
  • Gems for your look$7.99
  • XL Store$8.99
  • 1,000 Gems$8.99
  • Gems for your look$10.99
  • Gems for your look$12.99
  • XXL Store$13.99
  • Gems for your look$13.99
  • Mega Store$17.49
  • 2,000 Gems$17.49
  • Everything Pack$29.99

Questions

Is Coax free?
Coax is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is BingeBrowse free?
BingeBrowse is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Coax or BingeBrowse?
BingeBrowse is rated higher. Coax averages 4.3 out of 5 from 42 ratings, while BingeBrowse averages 4.8 from 8 ratings.
Do Coax or BingeBrowse have ads?
Neither Coax nor BingeBrowse shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Coax or BingeBrowse?
Coax ships an update weekly, and BingeBrowse every 3 days. Most recently, Coax was updated on October 28, 2026 and BingeBrowse on October 29, 2026.

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