FinStream vs tofa
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side ā with what reviewers say about each.
FinStream
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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.
tofa
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tofa plays the movies and shows you already own. You run a tofa server on a computer at home and point it at your media folders. Sign in to this app with your tofa account and your server is there, with your libraries, your artwork, and your place in every episode. WATCH ON EVERY SCREEN Your progress follows you. Start a film on Apple TV, finish it on your phone on the train. There is nothing to copy across and nothing to sync by hand. BUILT FOR YOUR LIBRARY Movies and shows are organized automatically, with posters, backdrops, descriptions, and cast. Seasons and episodes land in the right order. When something is named unusually, you can correct the match yourself and it stays corrected. PLAYS YOUR FILES AS THEY ARE Most of your library plays exactly as it sits on disk, which means the best picture your device can show. When a file needs converting, your server handles it and playback keeps up. PICTURE AND SOUND Dolby Vision, HDR10, and 4K on the hardware that supports them. Surround audio passes through to your receiver. Pick the audio track and subtitles you want, and tofa remembers the choice. SUBTITLES THAT WORK Text and image subtitles both render, including styled subtitles. Sidecar files sitting next to your media are picked up automatically. SHARE WITH PEOPLE YOU TRUST Give family or friends access to some or all of your libraries. Everyone gets their own profile, their own watch history, and their own place in each show. YOUR MEDIA STAYS YOURS tofa does not host any content. It plays the files on the server you run. We do not track you across apps or websites, we do not serve ads, and we do not sell your data. You need a tofa server to use this app. Setting one up takes about ten minutes.
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Verdict
FinStream and tofa are too close to call on the numbers: across 6 compared parameters ā price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases among them ā neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.
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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
FinStream ships an update every 6 days, tofa every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 9, 2026 and October 10, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | FinStream | tofa |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | Every 6 days | Every 3 days ā better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple TV ā better | iPhone, iPad, Apple TV |
| Requires iOS | 26.0 | 26.0 |
| Further details ā not scored | ||
| Size | 10 MB | 54 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Zabir Raihan | Tofa Software ehf. |
In-app purchases
FinStream
No in-app purchases
tofa
No in-app purchases









