Comparison

Accio for Plex vs Spectati

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

Head to head
About

Accio for Plex

This app serves as a native iOS companion for your Seerr server, allowing you to easily browse, search, and request media. It provides detailed information about movies and TV shows, tracks the status of your requests, and sends push notifications for updates. You can also report issues directly to your server administrator.

Highlights
  • Browse and search media
  • Request movies, seasons, or series
  • Track request status
  • Push notifications for updates
  • Report issues to admin
  • Native iOS design
Features
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Accio for Plex is a native iOS companion for your Seerr server, built to make browsing and requesting media fast and effortless from your phone. IMPORTANT: This app connects to a pre-configured Seerr server and requires a Plex account to sign in. It does not function as a standalone application. • Browse and search your media Quickly look up movies and TV shows with detailed info including cast, ratings, and trailers — all pulled directly from your Seerr server. • Request what you want to watch Send requests for movies, seasons, or full series in a few taps. See at a glance what's already available, what's pending, and what's been approved or rejected. • Keep track of request status View your own request history and status updates in one place so you always know what's coming to your server next. • Stay in the loop with push notifications Get notified when your requests are approved, become available, or need attention — no need to keep checking. • Report issues directly Spotted a problem with a movie or episode? Report issues and contact your server admin right from the app. • Built for iOS Accio for Plex is a clean, responsive native app designed to feel at home on iPhone. Fast navigation, familiar patterns, and an experience tuned for quick actions make managing requests painless. Requirements Accio requires access to an existing Seerr server and a Plex account for authentication.

About

Spectati

Features
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Plex, Jellyfin and your IPTV playlist in one app. Spectati puts your media servers and your live channels in one library on Apple TV, iPhone, iPad and Mac. Your XMLTV data becomes a full guide, and files reach your display and your receiver without re-encoding. ONE LIBRARY Connect Plex, Jellyfin, IPTV playlists, SMB shares and Emby (beta) at the same time. A film that sits on two servers shows up once, and Spectati plays the better copy, judged by resolution, codec, HDR and audio. Search covers titles, episodes and live channels from every source. Spectati writes your progress back to the server, so you can stop on one device and pick up on another. LIVE TV WITH A REAL GUIDE Paste an M3U, M3U8 or JSON playlist, or connect an Xtream provider. You get now and next, live progress, categories and a timeline you can scroll. SD, HD and 4K feeds of the same channel group under one entry. Hide, rename, sort and pin channels, and your changes survive a playlist refresh. On Apple TV you can zap up and down without leaving the player. On iPad, Mac and Apple TV, Multiview plays up to four channels at once. PLAYBACK High-bitrate 4K remuxes direct-play, with no server transcoding. Dolby Vision, HDR10+, HDR10 and HLG go to the display. Dolby Atmos, TrueHD, E-AC-3 and DTS go to the receiver. Adjust audio delay and subtitle timing. Subtitles come from OpenSubtitles, live channels carry DVB teletext, and IntroDB skips the intro. NATIVE ON EVERY APPLE DEVICE Written in Swift for tvOS, iOS, iPadOS and macOS 26 or later. Spectati follows the current Apple TV user, so everyone in the house keeps their own watch history. Families get a PIN lock, locks per provider, age-rating caps and hide-from-browse. FREE TO USE No ads and no card. Connect up to two sources and you get live TV with the full guide, 4K remuxes in SDR and channel curation. Four Blender open movies are on Home from the first launch, so you can try the player before you connect anything. FEATURES • IPTV catch-up and your provider's movies and series • Continue Watching, watch history, watchlist and favorites • Like or Not For Me on anything, and Home rows that follow your ratings • Skip intro, chapters, playback speed, audio modes and track delay • Automatic subtitles, or search them yourself • Offline downloads where your provider supports it • iCloud sync of sources, lists and watch state • Two-way watch history with SIMKL and Trakt • Bulk channel tools and program reminders • AirPlay and Picture in Picture BRING YOUR OWN CONTENT Spectati is a player and organizer. It does not provide media, channels, IPTV subscriptions, playlists, accounts, metadata, subtitles, storage or internet access. Connect your own supported providers and only stream content you're authorized to access. SUBSCRIPTION Browsing, live TV and playback need no account and no subscription, with up to two sources connected. The subscription is optional. It lifts the two-source limit and adds full quality playback with HDR and surround sound, offline downloads, IPTV catch-up and on-demand, bulk channel tools, program reminders, iCloud sync of your sources, lists and watch state, Multiview, automatic subtitles and SIMKL and Trakt watch-history sync. It renews automatically and is billed through the App Store, with a free trial when available. You can also choose a one-time lifetime purchase. One purchase covers iPhone, iPad, Apple TV and Mac, and Family Sharing is supported. Manage or cancel anytime in your Apple ID settings.

Screenshots

Accio for Plex4 screens
Spectati4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Accio for Plex at none against Spectati's 2. Accio for Plex also leads on iOS requirement (17.0 vs 26.0). Spectati's advantage is update cadence (every 4 days vs monthly). On price, ads 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. Spectati sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. Accio for Plex asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Accio for Plex ships an update monthly, Spectati every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 7, 2026 and October 12, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Accio for Plex versus Spectati: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAccio for PlexSpectati
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (2 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings2 — better—
Update frequencyMonthlyEvery 4 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple TViPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple TV — better
Requires iOS17.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size7 MB92 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperSultan AlkhooriJacob Søndergaard

In-app purchases

None

Accio for Plex

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

Spectati

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly subscription$3.991 Month
  • Annual subscription7 Days trial$34.991 Year

Questions

Is Accio for Plex free?
Accio for Plex is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Spectati free?
Spectati is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Accio for Plex or Spectati have ads?
Neither Accio for Plex nor Spectati shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Accio for Plex or Spectati?
Accio for Plex ships an update monthly, and Spectati every 4 days. Most recently, Accio for Plex was updated on October 7, 2026 and Spectati on October 12, 2026.

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