Cloud Video Player vs Aether Player

Cloudist is a cloud video player for the videos you already own. Connect OneDrive, Dropbox, Box, Yandex Disk, WebDAV servers (Nextcloud, ownCloud, Synology NAS) and S3 storage, then stream straight from the cloud or download for offline viewing — no uploading or converting required. ONE LIBRARY FOR ALL YOUR VIDEOS Every cloud account and your device's videos come together in one library with automatic thumbnails. Browse folders like a file manager, or let the Continue Watching shelf take you right back to where you stopped. SUPPORTED STORAGE - Microsoft OneDrive - Dropbox - Box - Yandex Disk - WebDAV (Nextcloud, ownCloud, Synology, QNAP and any NAS) - S3 storage (AWS, Backblaze B2, Cloudflare R2, Wasabi, MinIO) - Videos in your Photos library PLAYS YOUR FORMATS MP4, MKV, WebM, AVI, MOV, M4V, FLV, WMV, TS and 3GP. SUBTITLES Matching .srt and .vtt files next to your videos are found automatically. One tap on CC turns them on, and they are saved for offline viewing too. WATCH ANYWHERE - Picture-in-Picture: keep watching in a floating window - AirPlay to Apple TV and AirPlay 2 TVs - Chromecast and Google TV - Mini-player with live preview and gesture controls OFFLINE MODE Download single videos or whole playlists and watch without a connection. Manage storage per account. ORGANIZED YOUR WAY - Playlists with drag-and-drop ordering - Queue with shuffle and repeat - Per-video watch progress - Back up and restore your library across devices MAKE IT YOURS 18 themes, light and dark modes, and 44 languages including right-to-left support. PRIVATE BY DESIGN Your cloud sign-in credentials are encrypted and stored only on your device. Your videos stay in your own cloud accounts — Cloudist just plays them. SUBSCRIPTION INFORMATION Cloudist is free to use. Optional auto-renewable subscriptions remove ads: - Monthly subscription, renews every month - Yearly subscription, renews every year Payment is charged to your Apple ID account at confirmation of purchase. The subscription renews automatically unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel subscriptions in your Apple ID account settings. Terms of Use: https://watch.fromcloud.ist/terms Privacy Policy: https://watch.fromcloud.ist/privacy

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, HDR, lossless audio: formats other players choke on play through a modern engine, GPU-accelerated for smooth 4K. • Picture in Picture, AirPlay, surround sound, 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