RexyView vs ArrView
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
RexyView
Consolidate your Plex, Jellyfin, and Emby media libraries into a single, intuitive interface across all Apple devices. Discover new content with curated themes, manage profiles with robust parental controls, and enjoy offline playback.
- Unified media library from multiple servers
- Content discovery by theme and time
- Customizable profiles with parental controls
- Cross-device sync via iCloud
- Offline viewing with downloads
- Server dashboard for owners
- Apple ecosystem integration
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RexyView brings your Plex, Jellyfin and Emby servers together in one beautiful app, built natively for iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple TV and Apple Vision Pro, with an Apple Watch companion. It helps your family find something to watch, gives parents real control and follows you across every Apple device. ALL YOUR SERVERS, ONE LIBRARY Use Plex, Jellyfin and Emby side by side, with as many servers and Plex accounts as you like. Turn on Combine Libraries to see every server as one collection. A title on several servers appears once, with a badge for each, and Play From lets you pick which copy to watch. FIND SOMETHING TO WATCH • Browse by Theme: pick themes like Dinosaurs, Heists or Christmas and see every title that matches them all • Under 1 Hour: only what fits the time you have • Surprise Me: a random pick, from the app or by asking Siri • Holiday picks that change with the season • Smart Rows: your own Home rows, like “Best of the 90s” or “Unwatched in 4K” • Your Year: a shareable card of everything you watched this year PROFILES AND PARENTAL CONTROLS “Who’s Watching?” profiles work across every server at once, each with its own photo, optional PIN and maximum content rating, based on your server’s ratings. Set a bedtime, a daily viewing time or a number of episodes a day. When time runs out, a child can ask for more and a parent approves it right from their phone. Profiles and limits can be shared with your family’s devices through iCloud, and viewing time adds up across them, so switching devices doesn’t reset the clock. EVERY APPLE DEVICE, IN SYNC iCloud Sync carries your settings, Home layout and Smart Rows to your other devices. Sign-ins can be shared through iCloud Keychain, so a new device is ready in seconds. Handoff continues what you’re looking at on another device. Watched status can stay in step across your servers. MAKE HOME YOURS Reorder, hide and add Home rows per profile, choose your Discover tiles, pick a poster grid or a cinematic hero layout, accent colours and backgrounds. HomeKit scenes can dim the lights when you press play. WATCH AND DOWNLOAD Plays with Apple’s own video player, with Skip Intro and Credits, Up Next, chapters, audio and subtitle choices, Find Subtitles (when your server supports it), a sleep timer and Picture in Picture. When a file isn’t in a format your device plays, your server converts it. Download movies and episodes to watch offline on iPhone, iPad, Mac and Apple Vision Pro. FOR SERVER OWNERS A full Dashboard shows who’s watching what, users and playback history, and lets you stop a stream. Home Screen widgets and the Apple Watch companion keep your server at a glance, and Apple TV shows your newest titles in Top Shelf. BUILT FOR APPLE Designed for the Liquid Glass look, with Siri and Shortcuts, Spotlight search, keyboard shortcuts on iPad and Mac, and swipe brightness and volume on iPhone and iPad. PRIVACY FIRST No analytics, no tracking and no ads. RexyView has no servers of its own. It connects to your media servers, to Plex’s and Emby’s online services when you use those accounts, to your own iCloud for syncing, to IMDb or YouTube when you open those pages, and to TMDB only if you add your own API key. Nothing reaches the developer unless you choose to send a bug report. ==== Requires your own Plex Media Server (with a Plex account), Jellyfin server or Emby server. RexyView doesn’t provide any content. RexyView is an independent app and is not affiliated with, endorsed by or sponsored by Plex, Inc., the Jellyfin project, Emby LLC or The Movie Database (TMDB). Plex, Jellyfin, Emby, IMDb and Rotten Tomatoes are trademarks of their respective owners. Metadata and artwork come from your media server. RexyView uses TMDB and the TMDB APIs (with your own API key) but is not endorsed, certified or otherwise approved by TMDB. ==== Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://rexyview.com/privacy
ArrView
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ArrView is a fast, native companion app for the self-hosted media tools you already run. Connect to your own Sonarr, Radarr, SABnzbd, and NZBHydra servers to check your library and keep an eye on downloads — from the couch or away from home. No account. No tracking. No middleman. ArrView talks directly to your servers, and everything you enter stays on your device. WHAT YOU CAN DO • Browse your TV series and movies at a glance • See what's downloading and track activity in real time • Connect multiple services and switch between them easily • Designed for both iPhone and iPad EFFORTLESS SETUP • Auto-discover ArrView servers on your network over Bonjour • Or enter any server address and API key directly • Works with plain HTTP on your local network, or HTTPS where your server supports it PRIVATE BY DESIGN • No analytics, ads, or third-party tracking of any kind • API keys are stored securely in the iOS Keychain • Your data never leaves your device except to reach the servers you choose REQUIREMENTS ArrView connects to servers that you host and control. You'll need your own running Sonarr, Radarr, SABnzbd, NZBHydra, or ArrView instance and its API key. The app is a client only — it doesn't host or provide any content. — ArrView is an independent client and is not affiliated with or endorsed by the Sonarr, Radarr, SABnzbd, or NZBHydra projects. All product names are trademarks of their respective owners.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: ArrView at none against RexyView's 4. ArrView also leads on iOS requirement (17.0 vs 27.0). RexyView's advantage is device support (6 vs 2). On price and ads 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
Both are free to download. RexyView sells 4 one-off in-app purchases. ArrView asks for nothing beyond the download.
| Parameter | RexyView | ArrView |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 2 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple TV, Apple Watch, Vision Pro — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 27.0 | 17.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 53 MB | 3 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Chris Ortega | Patrick Mcdonald |
In-app purchases
RexyView
- Small Coffee$0.99
- Large Coffee$2.99
- Buy Me Lunch$4.99
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- You're Amazing$9.99
ArrView
No in-app purchases









