Vidi vs MonoArt

Vidi turns the media on your home NAS into a library you actually want to open. Point it at your network and it finds your SMB servers by itself, discovers their shares, and builds an organized library of movies—with artwork, seasons and episodes—, TV shows, home videos and photos. A REAL LIBRARY, NOT A FILE LIST • Automatic discovery — Vidi finds the SMB servers on your network automatically • Movies, TV shows and home videos organized with posters, seasons and episodes • Every photo on your NAS at your fingertips in a beautiful library • Search the whole library with thumbnails and grouped results • Plain folder browsing is always there when you want the file list instead BUILT FOR SPEED • Indexing starts immediately and stays up-to-date automatically • Speedy tapping through pictures and videos • Re-crawls only touch what actually changed on the NAS • Folder browsing stays quick on shares with thousands of files PLAYS WHAT YOUR NAS ACTUALLY HOLDS • MKV, HEVC and codecs Apple's own player refuses — no transcoding server required • Video starts almost immediately, and an MKV starts as promptly as an MP4 • Vidi reads ahead of the playhead, so scrubbing through material is super fast • A-B loop, pinch zoom and pan during playback • Continue Watching remembers where you stopped, across the library PHOTOS IN FULL • Full-screen viewer with pinch zoom, quick zoom, swipe and a filmstrip • EXIF details: camera, lens, aperture, shutter, ISO, dimensions, file size and a location map • HEIC and RAW sit alongside everything else OFFLINE • Download a movie, episode or home video and play it with the NAS switched off • Downloads queue, resume after interruptions, and survive a relaunch • Live Activity progress on the Lock Screen and in the Dynamic Island PRIVATE BY DEFAULT • Read-only: Vidi never writes to, moves, renames or deletes anything on your NAS • No account and no sign-in • No tracking, no advertising identifier, no ad networks • Server credentials are stored in the device Keychain and never logged WORKS WITH Synology, QNAP, TrueNAS, Unraid, Windows shares, Linux Samba — any SMB server on your network. Vidi is free, with no in-app purchases.

MonoArt is an iOS app for creating modern ASCII art from your camera and photos. See the effect live, shape the look with creative controls, and save high-quality results ready for avatars, wallpapers, posters, and social posts. Create in 3 steps 1. Shoot or import — use the camera or pick any photo from your library 2. Style & tweak — choose a look and fine-tune the details 3. Save — export crisp images directly to Photos Key features • Live ASCII camera preview — compose your shot while the effect is already on screen • 6+ styles — ASCII, Shapes, Circle, Square, Triangle, Diamond • Creative controls — adjust Cell Size, Jitter, and Contrast • Advanced color — presets, custom color picker, and symbol gradients for neon looks • High-quality export — sharp results saved to Photos, ready to share Perfect for • Avatars that stand out • Wallpapers & lock screens with a terminal/cyber vibe • Posters & covers with bold textures • Stories & Reels content that stops the scroll Compatibility Requires iOS 18 or later.