Comparison

All The Media vs Aether Player

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

Head to head
About

All The Media

Consolidate all your media into a single, high-performance interface. Manage IPTV playlists, connect Stremio add-ons, and access personal media from cloud storage. Enjoy a clean, ad-free viewing experience with advanced playback controls.

Highlights
  • IPTV playlist management
  • Stremio add-on support
  • Google Drive media integration
  • Advanced video player
  • Ad-free viewing experience
  • Seamless iOS synchronization
Features
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All The Media – The Ultimate Media Hub IPTV? Yes. Stremio support? Yes. Debrid/WebDAV capability? Yes. Personal media via Google Drive? Yes. Are you tired of having to switch back and forth between apps just to enjoy your media? Ever wish there was one app to control everything? ATM brings all your favorite content into one seamless, high-performance interface. Whether you are managing IPTV playlists or organizing your media via Stremio-compatible services, our app is built for speed, clarity, and reliability. Key Features: • Powerful IPTV Integration: Effortlessly upload and manage your M3U playlists. Enjoy smooth playback and a clean EPG (Electronic Program Guide) to keep track of your favorite channels. • Stremio-Ready Support: Connect your favorite add-ons and services to centralize your library. Access your movies and shows in one unified dashboard. • Advanced Video Player: Experience high-quality streaming with support for multiple video formats, subtitle integration, and intuitive gesture controls. • Seamless Sync: Designed natively for iOS, ensuring your library looks beautiful and performs lightning-fast on your iPhone or iPad. • Privacy Focused: No tracking, no bloat. Just a powerful tool for you to enjoy your content your way. Why Choose All The Media? In a world of cluttered streaming apps, we prioritize a clean, ad-free viewing experience. ATM is a shell and player that puts the control back in your hands—simply bring your own content and let us handle the rest. All The Media does not provide any media content. Users must provide their own legally obtained streams/playlists/content. License Agreement: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Aether Player

Features
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Aether is a personal media player for Plex, Jellyfin, Emby and your own files — built natively for every Apple screen. Connect your server and your whole library appears: movies, shows, music, Continue Watching, Recently Added. Add a second server and both merge into one deduplicated view, with a picker that tells you which copy is the better file. Your media, not theirs. PLAY ANYTHING • Direct play or server-transcoded — Aether follows the best path automatically, per title. • MKV, HEVC, Dolby Vision, DTS: formats other players choke on play through a modern engine, GPU-accelerated for smooth 4K. • Picture in Picture, AirPlay, Dolby Atmos, lock-screen controls. • Switch audio and subtitle tracks mid-playback on every platform. • Offline downloads, including whole seasons — and Smart Downloads that keep the next unwatched episodes ready. EVERYONE IN THE HOUSE • Profiles: separate Continue Watching, watchlist, ratings, Home rails and trackers, with a PIN on the way in and per-profile library visibility. • A child's profile can be held to an age rating. • Pair a profile to your Plex Home profile, or to its own Jellyfin or Emby user, so watched state stays separate on the server too. • Two profiles are included; up to five with Supporter. SUBTITLES, DONE PROPERLY • Aether reads subtitle files itself and times them against the picture, so they sit where you put them — in the black bars or over the video, in your own style, with sync and size adjustable in the player. • Search OpenSubtitles from a title's own page in thirty-one languages, ranked against the exact file you're playing. YOUR LIBRARY, YOUR WAY • One library across every connected source, filtered by genre, year, rating, country, audio language, server or the libraries you curated on them. • Continue Watching, Up Next and a Discover tab with trending titles and Where to Watch availability in your region. • Person pages, franchise collections, and ratings from IMDb, Rotten Tomatoes, Metacritic and TMDb. • Music as its own tab — artists, albums, playlists, and a player built for it, with the catalog kept on disk so it opens offline. • Live TV from a playlist you already have, with a full guide, categories you make yourself, Xtream Codes accounts and HDHomeRun tuners. Bring-your-own: Aether provides no channels. BEAUTIFUL ON EVERY SCREEN • iPhone and iPad: cinematic hero art, a page that grows out of the poster you tapped. • Apple TV: precision focus design, and your Continue Watching in the top shelf. • Apple Vision Pro: an auditorium around the picture — raked seating, masking walls, house lights down. • Mac: a native app with a menu-bar mode, a series browser, and Apple's own decoder for what it can play. PRIVATE BY DESIGN Aether connects only to the servers you configure. No account of ours, no cloud, no ads, no cross-app tracking. Your ratings, watchlist and resume positions live on your devices and in your own iCloud. Optional anonymous usage statistics can be turned off any time. SOURCES • Plex (multi-server, multi-account) • Jellyfin (multi-server) • Emby (multi-server, Live TV, music) • Silo • SMB / network shares, with Bonjour discovery • WebDAV • Local files Optional, all bring-your-own: connect your own Seerr to request what you don't have, your own Trakt or Simkl account to track what you watch, and your own OpenSubtitles account for subtitle search. Aether requires a Plex, Jellyfin, Emby or Silo media server, an SMB or WebDAV share, or local video files. It is not a streaming service and does not provide any content. Plex, Jellyfin, Emby, Silo, Trakt, Simkl and OpenSubtitles are trademarks of their respective owners. Aether is an independent, third-party client and is not affiliated with, sponsored or endorsed by them. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://aetherplayer.com/privacy

Screenshots

All The Media3 screens
Aether Player4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Aether Player at weekly against All The Media's monthly. Aether Player also leads on device support (5 vs 2). All The Media's advantage is iOS requirement (18.0 vs 26.0). On price, ads and in-app purchases 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. All The Media sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $2.99 per month and Aether Player sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

All The Media ships an update monthly, Aether Player weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 16, 2026 and October 10, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
All The Media versus Aether Player: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAll The MediaAether Player
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyMonthlyWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple TV, Vision Pro — better
Requires iOS18.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size45 MB107 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperCameron HowardVaclav Zmrhal

In-app purchases

1 purchases

All The Media

Subscriptions1
  • Monthly Renewal$2.991 Month
5 purchases

Aether Player

Subscriptions2
  • Supporter$0.991 Month
  • Supporter$9.991 Year
One-time3
  • Small Tip$0.99
  • Medium Tip$4.99
  • Large Tip$9.99

Questions

Is All The Media free?
All The Media is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Aether Player free?
Aether Player is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do All The Media or Aether Player have ads?
Neither All The Media nor Aether Player shows ads.
Which is updated more often, All The Media or Aether Player?
All The Media ships an update monthly, and Aether Player weekly. Most recently, All The Media was updated on October 16, 2026 and Aether Player on October 10, 2026.

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