Comparison

FinStream vs RexyView

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

Head to head
About

FinStream

Features
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FinStream is a native, modern client for your personal media server. Bring your movie and TV collection to your Apple devices with a clean interface. • Connect to one or more media servers • Browse libraries, movies, shows, seasons and episodes • Resume playback across devices, with progress synced through your server • Built-in player with subtitle and audio track selection • Discover what is trending in your libraries • Optional request-service integration to browse and request new content • Designed for the latest SwiftUI APIs and Liquid Glass appearance You need your own compatible media server to use FinStream.

About

RexyView

Access and stream your entire Plex media library across all your Apple devices. Enjoy smooth playback, offline downloads, and detailed server monitoring, all with a beautifully designed native interface.

Highlights
  • Native Apple device design
  • Browse and watch Plex library
  • Offline playback support
  • Plex server monitoring
  • Apple Watch companion app
  • Home screen widgets
Features
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RexyView is a beautifully designed Plex client built natively for every Apple device you own. Browse and watch your library on iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple TV, and Apple Vision Pro — and monitor your server from your wrist with the Apple Watch companion. BUILT FOR APPLE Designed from the ground up for iOS 26 and the Liquid Glass interface. Sharp on iPhone, spacious on iPad, native in macOS, cinematic on Apple TV, and immersive on Apple Vision Pro. BROWSE YOUR LIBRARY Movies and TV shows from any Plex Media Server. Alpha-indexed grids for fast scrolling, full-text search, and Continue Watching and Recently Added on every home screen. Rich detail views include synopsis, cast, genres, and episode lists, with actor pages showing full filmographies. A dedicated ratings button surfaces scores from Plex, IMDb, and Rotten Tomatoes. WATCH ANYTHING Smooth playback with Direct Play, Direct Stream, and server-side transcoding. Multiple audio tracks and subtitles, scrubbing with preview, chapter navigation, and a sleep timer. A live info panel shows codec, resolution, bitrate, and buffering stats. Picture-in-Picture on iPhone and iPad. Progress syncs across all your devices. OFFLINE PLAYBACK Download movies and episodes to watch without a connection. Your progress queues locally and syncs back when your server reconnects. SERVER DASHBOARD For server owners — monitor your Plex server at a glance. See who's watching what, on which device, with full codec details. Live CPU and RAM graphs for host and Plex process. Bandwidth tracking by user and stream. Full user list with last-seen timestamps. Playback history across all users. Tap any active stream for detailed info, or stop it with a single swipe. HOME SCREEN WIDGETS Four widget sizes from a quick stream count to a full dashboard, for iPhone, iPad, Mac, and Apple Vision Pro. Widgets refresh automatically from your server. Tap any widget to jump into the Dashboard. APPLE WATCH COMPANION A companion for your wrist — not a video player. See active streams, server load, and user activity at a glance. A dedicated Resources screen shows live CPU and RAM graphs. Complications in Circular, Corner, Rectangular, and Inline styles put stream counts on your face. Tap a stream for details, or long-press to stop it. APPLE TV INTEGRATION Your recently-added content appears on the Apple TV home screen via Top Shelf. Browse and play without opening a tab. MAKE IT YOURS Choose between a traditional poster grid or a cinematic hero landscape view. Pick from a range of accent colors, or stick with pure black or the system default. Blurred poster backgrounds on detail pages give every title its own atmosphere. THOUGHTFUL DETAILS Multi-profile support for Plex Home users. Actor headshots with TMDB fallback. Stylized title logos (optional). Offline scrobble queue. PERFORMANCE Engineered for a light memory footprint. Posters are downsampled server-side and client-side so your library stays snappy even with thousands of titles. Smart caching keeps things fast. PRIVACY FIRST RexyView talks only to your Plex server and optionally to TMDB for actor photos. No analytics. No tracking. No ads. Your viewing activity never leaves your device or your server. ==== Note: A Plex account and Plex Media Server are required to use RexyView. RexyView is an independent app and is not affiliated with, endorsed by, sponsored by, or otherwise associated with Plex Inc. or The Movie Database (TMDB). "Plex" is a trademark of Plex Inc. "IMDb" and "Rotten Tomatoes" are trademarks of their respective owners. Metadata and artwork are provided by your Plex Media Server, with optional fallback to TMDB for actor photos.

Screenshots

FinStream4 screens
RexyView4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: FinStream at none against RexyView's 4. FinStream also leads on update cadence (every 6 days vs every 3 weeks). RexyView's advantage is device support (6 vs 4). On price, ads and iOS requirement 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. RexyView sells 4 one-off in-app purchases. FinStream asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

FinStream ships an update every 6 days, RexyView every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 9, 2026 and October 8, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
FinStream versus RexyView: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFinStreamRexyView
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—1 — better
Update frequencyEvery 6 days — betterEvery 3 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
Monetization—Free
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple TViPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple TV, Apple Watch, Vision Pro — better
Requires iOS26.0 — better27.0
Further details — not scored
Size10 MB22 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperZabir RaihanChris Ortega

In-app purchases

None

FinStream

No in-app purchases

4 purchases

RexyView

One-time4
  • Small Coffee$0.99
  • Large Coffee$2.99
  • Buy Me Lunch$4.99
Show 1 more
  • You're Amazing$9.99

Questions

Is FinStream free?
FinStream is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is RexyView free?
RexyView is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do FinStream or RexyView have ads?
Neither FinStream nor RexyView shows ads.
Which is updated more often, FinStream or RexyView?
FinStream ships an update every 6 days, and RexyView every 3 weeks. Most recently, FinStream was updated on October 9, 2026 and RexyView on October 8, 2026.

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