Comparison

ReelFin vs Spectati

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

Head to head
About

ReelFin

Features
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ReelFin turns your Jellyfin library into a native experience on iPhone, iPad, and Apple TV. Browse your movies and shows, find an episode, and pick up right where you left off. ReelFin connects to your own server, so your media library stays under your control. PLAYBACK MADE FOR APPLE • Playback with Apple technologies and Direct Play when your media and device are compatible. • Resume, skipping, seeking, and progress saved to your Jellyfin account. • Selection of available audio tracks and subtitles. • Home, Library, and Search help you quickly find the right title. • Quick Connect on Apple TV lets you approve sign-in from another device. YOUR SERVER, YOUR MEDIA You need a reachable Jellyfin server and an account on that server. ReelFin does not include, provide, or sell movies or shows. Playback formats and available features depend on your media, server, and device. ReelFin is an independent client and is not affiliated with the Jellyfin project.

About

Spectati

Consolidate your media from Plex, Jellyfin, and IPTV playlists into a single, organized library. Enjoy live TV with a comprehensive guide, seamless playback without re-encoding, and personalized recommendations across all your Apple devices.

Highlights
  • Unified media library (Plex, Jellyfin, IPTV, SMB)
  • Live TV with EPG and channel management
  • High-quality playback (4K, HDR, Atmos)
  • Cross-device watch history sync
  • Personalized recommendations and ratings
  • Multiview for live TV
Features
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Plex, Jellyfin and your IPTV playlist in one app. Spectati puts your media servers and your live channels in one library on Apple TV, iPhone, iPad and Mac. Your XMLTV data becomes a full guide, and files reach your display and your receiver without re-encoding. ONE LIBRARY Connect Plex, Jellyfin, IPTV playlists, SMB shares and Emby (beta) at the same time. A film that sits on two servers shows up once, and Spectati plays the better copy, judged by resolution, codec, HDR and audio. Search covers titles, episodes and live channels from every source. Spectati writes your progress back to the server, so you can stop on one device and pick up on another. LIVE TV WITH A REAL GUIDE Paste an M3U, M3U8 or JSON playlist, or connect an Xtream provider. You get now and next, categories and a timeline you can scroll. SD, HD and 4K feeds of the same channel group under one entry. Hide, rename, sort and pin channels, and your changes survive a playlist refresh. On Apple TV you can zap up and down without leaving the player. On iPad, Mac and Apple TV, Multiview plays up to four channels at once. SPORTS (BETA) Follow leagues and teams in football, basketball, ice hockey, tennis, motorsport and more, and Spectati finds their matches in your IPTV source's XMLTV guide. Subscribers get kickoff reminders, Watch from Kickoff on catch-up channels and Matchday Multiview. PLAYBACK High-bitrate 4K remuxes direct-play, with no server transcoding. Dolby Vision, HDR10+, HDR10 and HLG go to the display. Dolby Atmos, TrueHD, E-AC-3 and DTS go to the receiver. Adjust audio delay and subtitle timing. Subtitles come from OpenSubtitles, live channels carry DVB teletext, and IntroDB skips the intro. NATIVE ON EVERY APPLE DEVICE Written in Swift for tvOS, iOS, iPadOS and macOS 26 or later. Spectati follows the current Apple TV user, so everyone in the house keeps their own watch history. Families get a PIN lock and age-rating caps. FREE TO USE No ads and no card. Connect up to two sources and you get live TV with the full guide, 4K remuxes in SDR and channel curation. Four Blender open movies on Home let you try the player before you connect anything. FEATURES • Continue Watching, watch history, watchlist and favorites • Like or Not For Me on anything, and Home rows that follow your ratings • Chapters, playback speed and audio modes • AirPlay and Picture in Picture BRING YOUR OWN CONTENT Spectati is a player and organizer. It does not provide media, channels, IPTV subscriptions, playlists, accounts, metadata, subtitles, storage or internet access. Connect your own supported providers and only stream content you're authorized to access. SUBSCRIPTION Browsing, live TV and playback need no account and no subscription, with up to two sources connected. The subscription is optional. It lifts the two-source limit and adds full quality playback with HDR and surround sound, offline downloads, IPTV catch-up and on-demand, bulk channel tools, program reminders, iCloud sync of your sources, lists and watch state, Multiview, Sports, automatic subtitles and SIMKL and Trakt watch-history sync. It renews automatically and is billed through the App Store, with a free trial when available. You can also choose a one-time lifetime purchase. One purchase covers iPhone, iPad, Apple TV and Mac, and Family Sharing is supported. Manage or cancel anytime in your Apple ID settings.

Screenshots

ReelFin3 screens
Spectati4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: ReelFin at none against Spectati's 3. Spectati's advantage is update cadence (every 4 days vs fortnightly). On price, ads, device support 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. Spectati sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. ReelFin asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

ReelFin ships an update fortnightly, Spectati every 4 days. Both last shipped on October 31, 2026.

Scorecard2 real differences · 7 level
ReelFin versus Spectati: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterReelFinSpectati
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Number of ratings—2 — better
Update frequencyFortnightlyEvery 4 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
Monetization—Free with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple TViPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple TV — better
Requires iOS26.026.0
Further details — not scored
Size94 MB97 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperFLORIAN DAMIEN TAFFINJacob Søndergaard

In-app purchases

None

ReelFin

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

Spectati

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly7 Days trial$2.991 Month
  • Annual7 Days trial$22.991 Year
One-time1
  • Lifetime$99.99

Questions

Is ReelFin free?
ReelFin is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Spectati free?
Spectati is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do ReelFin or Spectati have ads?
Neither ReelFin nor Spectati shows ads.
Which is updated more often, ReelFin or Spectati?
ReelFin ships an update fortnightly, and Spectati every 4 days. Most recently, ReelFin was updated on October 31, 2026 and Spectati on October 31, 2026.

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