PickFlick vs Embr

PickFlick is your media companion that bridges the gap between discovery and playback. Designed exclusively for the Apple ecosystem, it unifies your movie tracking, TV show management, and live sports monitoring into a single experience across iPhone, iPad, Mac, and Apple TV. Whether you are planning your week of entertainment on your phone, managing your library on Mac, or immersing yourself in spatial computing on Apple Vision Pro, PickFlick keeps everything in sync and ready to play. Beyond just a watchlist, PickFlick is a powerful playback engine and live sports hub. Connect your own media sources to stream directly within the app, complete with a comprehensive TV guide that puts every game and premiere at your fingertips. PICKFLICK FEATURES: Watchlist and Tracker Unified Database: Browse millions of movies and TV shows with rich metadata, cast details, trailers, and ratings powered by TMDB. Smart Release Alerts: Customized notifications ensure you never miss a season premiere or theatrical release. Universal iCloud Sync: Your library flows with you across iPhone, iPad, Mac, and Apple TV. Discovery Tools: Explore curated collections and find where your favorite content is available to stream. Live Sports and TV Guide Real-Time Scores: View live scoreboards and game statuses for major leagues and tournaments globally. Dynamic TV Guide: Visualize what is airing now with a beautiful, timeline-based EPG that supports multiple playlist sources. Team Matchups: Deep dive into game details with schedule integration to know exactly when your team is playing. Multi-Stream Viewing: Watch multiple events simultaneously with advanced picture-in-picture and split-view capabilities. Powerful Playback Engine Universal Streaming: Native support for OTT playlists (M3U, M3U8), Xtream Codes, and custom media URLs. AirPlay and Casting: Effortlessly cast your streams to AirPlay-enabled speakers and displays. IMPORTANT DISCLAIMER: PickFlick is a media management and playback tool. The application itself is empty and does not contain any pre-loaded video content, channels, or streams. Users are solely responsible for providing their own content. You must supply your own legal playlists, streaming URLs, or content files. PickFlick has no affiliation with any third-party providers and does not endorse the streaming of copyright-protected material without permission. Use PickFlick to organize and enjoy the content you legally own or subscribe to. Unlock the full potential of your media life. Download PickFlick today and experience the future of tracking, watching, and cheering. https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Embr is a fast, native Twitch client built for iPhone — not a wrapped web view. Streams open in a real AVPlayer with picture-in-picture, background audio, and instant quality switching. Chat is rendered natively so it stays smooth even in the busiest channels. No bloat, no clutter, just watch and chat. Browse without an account. Star the channels you love to keep them one tap away, and sign in with Twitch only when you want your follows and to join the conversation. WATCH • Native AVPlayer video — live streams, VODs, and clips • Picture-in-picture and background audio — keep watching while you use other apps • Audio-only mode for listening with the screen off • Quality selection, latency display, and landscape fullscreen • Double-tap to seek, and adjustable playback speed on VODs BROWSE & DISCOVER • Favorites — star any channel and see who's live at a glance, no account needed • Live channels and top categories at a glance • Search channels and categories instantly • A Following tab that surfaces who's live (when signed in) • Rich channel pages with everything you need to dive in REAL-TIME CHAT • Live chat over Twitch EventSub — fast and reliable • Animated emotes from Twitch, 7TV, BetterTTV, and FrankerFaceZ, all merged together • Badges, cheermotes, mentions, and threaded replies • Emote autocomplete and recent-message backfill so you're never lost • Search the chat, report or block messages, and hide users you'd rather not see • Moderator tools — delete, timeout, and ban — when you're a mod in the channel • VoiceOver reads every message aloud, emote names included MADE FOR iPhone • Light and dark themes, with chat readability and text-scale controls • Haptics, third-party emote toggles, and a blocked-users list • Built natively in UIKit for speed and a small footprint • Full guest browsing — an account is optional FREE, WITH AN OPTIONAL TIP JAR Every feature is free for everyone. If Embr becomes how you watch, you can leave a tip in Settings. Tips unlock nothing; they just keep the app going. Embr is open source. ——— Embr is an independent, third-party app and is not affiliated with, endorsed by, sponsored by, or connected to Twitch Interactive, Inc. "Twitch" and all related names, marks, and logos are trademarks of their respective owners and are used here only to describe what the app connects to. You sign in with your own Twitch account through Twitch's official OAuth; Embr never sees your password. Use of Twitch is subject to Twitch's own Terms of Service.