Comparison

Dashio vs Sesame

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

Head to head
About

Dashio

Features
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Dashio: The Ultimate Personal Server Dashboard Take command of your home lab and self-hosted infrastructure with Dashio. Designed for administrators who need a fast, unified interface, Dashio provides a seamless mobile connection to your remote media management APIs and server instances. Whether you are auditing your personal library or monitoring server health, Dashio puts the power of your home server in the palm of your hand. Key Features: • Centralized Management: Connect to multiple remote server instances and toggle between them instantly. • Biometric App Lock: Protect Dashio with Face ID, Touch ID, or your device passcode, with an adjustable delay before it locks again. • Unified Add & Search: One button to either search everything already in your library — instantly, even offline — or discover and add new movies, shows, and artists across every connected service. • Automatic & Manual Search Control: Trigger an automatic search for a movie, an entire series, a single season, or one episode — or hand-pick your own release from your indexers when you want full control. • Request Management: Browse and request new movies and shows through Overseerr or Jellyseerr, choose specific seasons or request in 4K, and approve or decline pending requests if your account has permission. • Library Oversight: Audit and organize your personal media collections. View metadata, cast details, and file status, and manage your library from anywhere. • Real-Time Monitoring & Queue Control: Keep an eye on active transfers and server queues with live status and progress updates, and remove a download with the option to block that release from being grabbed again. • Watch Activity & Stats: Track what's playing on Plex right now, browse watch history, and view statistics including a plays-by-date chart, powered by Tautulli. • Home Dashboard & Calendar: See recently added media, wanted items, disk space, and upcoming releases across every connected service at a glance. • Secure API Integration: Connect securely using your existing API keys, custom port configurations, and optional custom HTTP headers for setups behind Cloudflare Access, reverse proxies, or similar. • Wake-on-LAN: Wake a sleeping home server before connecting to it. • Dark Mode & Adaptive Layouts: A sleek, high-contrast interface with a permanent sidebar on tablets — built for power users and late-night server maintenance. • Multi-language Support: Available in English, Greek, Spanish, and Russian. • Backup & Restore: Export/restore service configs with optional AES-256 encryption. Supported Services: Radarr • Sonarr • Lidarr • Bazarr • Prowlarr Jackett • SABnzbd • NZBGet • Deluge • qBittorrent • Transmission Overseerr • Jellyseerr • Tautulli Technical Requirements: • Dashio is a remote control client only. It does not host, provide, or facilitate the downloading of any content. • Users must have their own server infrastructure and APIs (e.g., Sonarr, Radarr, SABnzbd, or similar automation and transfer services) already configured and reachable from their device. • Supports secure HTTPS connections, including setups behind reverse proxies or Cloudflare Access via custom headers.

About

Sesame

Features
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Feels like it came with your phone. 2FA the way it should be. Fast, light, and familiar. Profiles for personal, work, side projects, or however you organise your life. Enable iCloud backups to give you peace of mind. Or backup to an encrypted file you can store wherever you like. Works with Siri and Spotlight. Search is instant. Fully private and secure. Free and open source. Read it, build it, audit it.

Screenshots

Dashio4 screens
Sesame4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Sesame at Free against Dashio's $0.99. Dashio's advantage is iOS requirement (13.0 vs 18.0). On ads, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price Ā· Rating Ā· Positive reviews Ā· Number of ratings Ā· Update frequency Ā· Ads Ā· In-app purchases Ā· Monetization Ā· Best chart rank Ā· Devices Ā· Requires iOS

CostPrice Ā· In-app purchases Ā· Ads Ā· Monetization

Sesame is free to download; Dashio costs $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

Scorecard2 real differences Ā· 4 level
Dashio versus Sesame: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDashioSesame
Price$0.99Free — better
Update frequencyEvery 5 days—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS13.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size29 MB11 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAndreas NeofytouSam King Studio

In-app purchases

None

Dashio

No in-app purchases

None

Sesame

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Dashio free?
Dashio costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Sesame free?
Sesame is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Dashio or Sesame have ads?
Neither Dashio nor Sesame shows ads.

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