Comparison

FinStream vs Curatio Media Player

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

Curatio Media Player

Features
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Your media, your way. Curatio is a premium player for the library you already own. Bring your own server and the sources you already use — Curatio gives them a beautiful, cinematic home on Apple TV, iPhone, and iPad. It hosts nothing and tracks nothing. Your library stays entirely yours. Powered by a custom mpv engine with HDR10 and HLG, Curatio plays your video the way it was mastered. On Apple TV it matches your TV's refresh rate and dynamic range automatically. On iPhone and iPad it matches ProMotion frame-for-frame. BUILT FOR YOUR LIBRARY • Cinematic home screen with hero art and title logos • Curated shelves and rich detail pages — story, cast, and similar titles • Fast search across everything you've connected PLAYBACK THAT LOOKS RIGHT • HDR10 & HLG high dynamic range • Automatic refresh-rate & dynamic-range matching on Apple TV • Hardware-accelerated decoding — HEVC, H.264, VP9, AV1 and more • Instant source switching with automatic failover PREMIUM BY DESIGN • Picture-in-Picture on iPhone & iPad • Skip Intro & Credits, detected automatically • Continue Watching, synced across all your devices • Up to 10 profiles, each with its own history and library • Offline downloads on iPhone & iPad • Top Shelf on Apple TV YOUR SERVER, YOUR SOURCES Connect your own media server and the addons you already use. Curatio is the player — what you watch, and where it comes from, is entirely up to you. Nothing is hosted for you, and nothing is tracked. ONE APP, EVERY SCREEN iPhone, iPad, and Apple TV, with your profiles, history, and watchlist always in sync via iCloud. Your media. Your way.

Screenshots

FinStream4 screens
Curatio Media Player4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Curatio Media Player at 17.5 against FinStream's 26.0. On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

FinStream ships an update every 6 days, Curatio Media Player weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 28, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference Ā· 5 level
FinStream versus Curatio Media Player: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFinStreamCuratio Media Player
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 6 days — betterWeekly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple TV — betteriPhone, iPad, Apple TV
Requires iOS26.017.5 — better
Further details — not scored
Size15 MB52 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperZabir RaihanColin Young

In-app purchases

None

FinStream

No in-app purchases

None

Curatio Media Player

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is FinStream free?
FinStream is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Curatio Media Player free?
Curatio Media Player is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do FinStream or Curatio Media Player have ads?
Neither FinStream nor Curatio Media Player shows ads.
Which is updated more often, FinStream or Curatio Media Player?
FinStream ships an update every 6 days, and Curatio Media Player weekly. Most recently, FinStream was updated on October 28, 2026 and Curatio Media Player on October 25, 2026.

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