Comparison

Flixarr vs Flick

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

Head to head
About

Flixarr

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Transform your personal media management with Flixarr — the beautiful, native iOS companion for your home media ecosystem. SEAMLESSLY ORGANIZE YOUR COLLECTION Flixarr brings professional-grade management to your private media servers. Designed specifically for iOS, it provides a modern interface to monitor your library health and organize your personal content without ever needing a desktop browser. POWERFUL FEATURES Unified Library Management • Browse your complete TV and movie collections with rich metadata and beautiful poster art • Monitor library organization and metadata quality • View detailed information, ratings, and descriptions • Track your personal collection statistics Personal Calendar • Stay updated with your personal media schedule in a unified, easy-to-read view • Monitor upcoming releases in your tracked content • Organize your viewing schedule Infrastructure Monitoring • Track server status and health • Monitor background tasks in real-time • Manage your library queue • View processing status and system information Smart Discovery • Explore trending content with TMDB integration • Rich metadata and high-quality poster artwork • Genre-based content organization • Professional media database integration Integrated Playback • Stream directly from your personal media backend • Continue watching from where you left off • Smart progress tracking across devices • Support for local and remote server connections Native iOS Excellence • Modern iOS interface with Dark Mode support • Smooth 120Hz fluid animations • Optimized for iPhone and iPad • Portrait and landscape orientations • Secure iCloud sync for configurations (optional) PERFECT FOR IT professionals, home server administrators, and media enthusiasts who manage their own private media infrastructure. REQUIREMENTS • Personal media server infrastructure (Plex Media Server recommended) • Optional: Advanced media management backends (Sonarr v3+, Radarr v3+) • Local network or secure remote access to your servers • Technical knowledge of server administration PRIVACY & SECURITY All your server credentials stay on your device. Flixarr connects directly to your personal infrastructure - no data passes through third-party services. Your privacy is our priority. NOTE This is a management and monitoring tool for self-hosted media infrastructure. All features require you to own and operate your own servers. The app does not provide, host, or link to any third-party content.

About

Flick

Features
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Note: this requires the free Flick companion app on your Mac — get it at flick.seizemode.com. From Netflix to coding — without getting up. Keep a terminal AI coding agent like Claude Code running on your Mac, and control all of it from your iPhone. No need to get off the couch. ■ Speak your commands Say “fix this bug” and it lands straight in the agent's prompt. ■ Answer with 1·2·3·Y·N When the agent asks “Apply changes? 1 Yes 2 No,” reply instantly with the number / Y / N keys on your phone. ■ Read replies with ↑↓ Scroll through long responses with the arrow keys. ■ Switch desktops with ←→ Go from your video desktop to your coding desktop in one tap. ■ A full trackpad Cursor, scroll, right-click and three-finger drag — just like the real thing. And it's not just Claude Code — Flick works as a trackpad, voice input and remote for any Mac app. • Same Wi-Fi, that's it • Input stays between your two devices — never sent to a server • 8 themes (Claude, Apple, Google, Liquid Glass and more) • Free Mac companion app at flick.seizemode.com — Claude and Claude Code are trademarks of Anthropic, PBC. Flick is an independent third-party tool and is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by Anthropic.

Screenshots

Flixarr4 screens
Flick4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Flick at daily against Flixarr's fortnightly. Flixarr's advantage is iOS requirement (18.0 vs 26.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Flixarr ships an update fortnightly, Flick daily. The most recent releases landed on September 14, 2026 and September 18, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 4 level
Flixarr versus Flick: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFlixarrFlick
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyFortnightlyDaily — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS18.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size7 MB2 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperWinarto ZhaoSEIZEMODE

In-app purchases

None

Flixarr

No in-app purchases

None

Flick

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Flixarr free?
Flixarr is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Flick free?
Flick is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Flixarr or Flick have ads?
Neither Flixarr nor Flick shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Flixarr or Flick?
Flixarr ships an update fortnightly, and Flick daily. Most recently, Flixarr was updated on September 14, 2026 and Flick on September 18, 2026.

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