LiquidFin vs Sodalite

LiquidFin delivers a fast, elegant, and powerful way to stream your Jellyfin media across iPhone, iPad, Mac, and Apple TV. Built for both viewers and server administrators, LiquidFin combines a beautiful, native playback experience with administration tools. Watch & stream everything: - Movies, TV shows, and collections - Live TV streaming - Full music and audiobook support - Books library browsing - Picture-in-Picture & background playback Built for music & audiobooks: - Dedicated music mode & library view - Dedicated audiobooks mode - Playlist support - Chapter support for audiobooks - Seamless background playback Offline downloads: Take your media anywhere with download support for offline playback. Jellyseerr integration: Search, discover, and request new media directly from your server. Built-in admin tools: Refresh libraries, start tasks, disable users, see storage details and more Focused viewing modes: Switch between dedicated experiences for Movies & TV, Music, Books or Live TV Effortless server switching: Quickly switch between multiple Jellyfin servers. Even more: Small quality of life features like support for preroll plugins, ... Designed for Apple devices - iPhone & iPad - Apple TV - macOS - Apple Watch - Liquid Glass design LiquidFin is free to download, with optional premium features to unlock the full experience. Terms of service: https://bcnlab.org/legal/tos

Your Jellyfin library, live TV, and Seerr, on your iPhone and iPad. Watch what is already on your server, tune into your live channels, and request what is missing. AirPlay it, or send it full screen to a TV over HDMI. WATCH • Direct Play for almost every codec: H.264, HEVC, AV1, VP9, VC-1 and MPEG-2, plus older DivX, XviD and WMV files, so your server rarely has to transcode • HDR10, HDR10+, Dolby Vision and HLG on the built-in display, over AirPlay and over HDMI • Dolby Atmos via EAC3+JOC as Dolby MAT 2.0 over AirPlay or HDMI, plus 5.1 and 7.1 with correct channel layout • Every subtitle format decoded on the device: SRT, ASS, SSA, WebVTT, PGS, DVB and DVD, so they appear instantly • Forced captions show even with subtitles off, like on a disc player • The audio and subtitle track you pick is remembered, per movie and per series • Two subtitle tracks at once, and a search for missing ones through your server's subtitle plugin • Scrub previews generated on the device, even when your server has none • Chapters, intro, recap and credits skip, next-episode autoplay with a countdown you set, resume, shuffle, trailers, version picker IPHONE & IPAD • AirPlay to any Apple TV or AirPlay 2 receiver • Picture in Picture while you use other apps • Full-screen HDMI out to an external display, subtitles included • Touch transport, swipe to scrub, edge swipes for brightness and volume, rotation lock • A child lock that ignores every touch until you press and hold to unlock LIVE TV & DVR • Full guide with a live now-line, favorite channels first and current-show highlighting • Pause live TV and rewind, with a buffer depth you choose • Record a show or a whole series, manage timers, play back recordings REQUEST WHAT'S MISSING • Browse trending and popular media from Seerr without leaving the app • Request movies, whole series or single seasons, and follow each request's status • Single sign-on, plus an admin view with optional alerts when a request needs you • Film collections with each part's availability, and one action to request what is missing • Search finds people too, with what your library holds first, then the full filmography MORE • Your Jellyfin music, browsable by album with a native Now Playing screen • Multiple servers with home and away addresses, plus end-to-end encrypted iCloud sync of servers, accounts and settings • Servers with a self-signed certificate work once you check its fingerprint and accept it • Parental controls with a Guardian PIN and per-profile locks, plus Watch Stats for your totals and top genres • Sort any library by title, date, rating or runtime, with optional format badges on posters • Spoiler protection blurs episode images and descriptions until you have watched, for everything or just the series you choose • 26 languages, three accent colors and two backgrounds; the optional Supporter Pack adds more palettes and animated backgrounds OPEN SOURCE, END TO END GPL-3.0 with an Apple Store / DRM Exception; the video engine, AetherEngine, is LGPL-3.0. No telemetry, no analytics, no third-party SDKs. REQUIREMENTS • iPhone or iPad on iOS or iPadOS 26.0 or later • Your own Jellyfin server (10.9+ recommended) • Optional: a Seerr instance (2.0+) for in-app requests Source, issues and roadmap: https://github.com/superuser404notfound/Sodalite