Comparison

RexyView vs IMDBuddy

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

Head to head
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.

About

IMDBuddy

Features
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IMDBuddy is the movie buddy for people who can’t press play without checking IMDb first. Two apps in one: DRAW & TRACK THE IMDb TOP 250 • You and your partner can never decide what to watch? Spin a cinematic reel for a random pick from the Top 250 and never draw the same movie twice. • Mark movies To Watch, Up Next, or Watched, with one‑tap undo. • Every film shows its poster, IMDb rating, vote count, and a quick synopsis. Tap through for cast, director, runtime, and where to watch. CHECK ANY RATING — OFFLINE • Search 1,400+ movies rated 7.0 or higher on IMDb, with no internet. • Perfect for the seat‑back screen on a flight: if a movie isn’t in the list, it’s rated below 7.0 — so you never watch a dud blind again. • Pull to refresh (with a free TMDB key) to bring the list up to date before you travel. NICE TOUCHES • Where‑to‑watch links open in JustWatch. • Open any title on IMDb, or share it. • Respects Low Data Mode. • No account, no ads, no tracking. Ratings and vote counts come from IMDb; posters and plots from TMDB and OMDb. Not affiliated with IMDb, TMDB, OMDb, or JustWatch.

Screenshots

RexyView4 screens
IMDBuddy4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: IMDBuddy at none against RexyView's 4. IMDBuddy also leads on iOS requirement (17.0 vs 27.0). RexyView's advantage is device support (6 vs 1). 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. RexyView sells 4 one-off in-app purchases. IMDBuddy asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
RexyView versus IMDBuddy: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterRexyViewIMDBuddy
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple TV, Apple Watch, Vision Pro — betteriPhone
Requires iOS27.017.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size22 MB5 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperChris OrtegaRoger Oba

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
None

IMDBuddy

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is RexyView free?
RexyView is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is IMDBuddy free?
IMDBuddy is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do RexyView or IMDBuddy have ads?
Neither RexyView nor IMDBuddy shows ads.

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