Comparison

Saisei Player vs Tekstream

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

Head to head
About

Saisei Player

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Your libraries. One player. Stream your own videos, save them for offline viewing, and translate text in a paused frame without leaving the player. BRING YOUR SOURCES TOGETHER Connect Plex, Jellyfin, Emby, Kyoo and Seanime. Browse videos on your NAS or shared folders with SMB and WebDAV, or sign in to Telegram to watch videos from your chats and channels. You can also open local videos from Files. Switch between your sources in one familiar player. PAUSE. TRANSLATE. KEEP WATCHING. On iPhone and iPad, pause a video to recognize text within the scene: a chat on a phone screen, a sign or a document. Turn on translation to read it in the frame, then tap a highlighted region to see the original and translation. Choose a supported language or copy the text without leaving your video. TAKE YOUR VIDEOS WITH YOU Download from supported sources for offline viewing. Manage your queue, pause or retry downloads, and share completed files with other apps. EXPLORE A BIGGER VIEW Play compatible 180° and 360° VR videos directly from supported sources without downloading them first. KEEP YOUR CONTROLS CLOSE Move your favorite player controls toward one side for easier one-handed use. Browse folders, shuffle videos, and manage playlists where your source supports them. Connect a source, choose a video and make yourself at home. Saisei Player does not provide media content. Use your own accounts and media sources. Features vary by source. Text recognition and translation depend on device and language support; language downloads may be required. Film footage and stills: Sintel Ā© Blender Foundation | durian.blender.org. CC BY 3.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ Edited, cropped and composited for app previews and screenshots. Additional preview footage: Wing It! — (CC) Blender Foundation | studio.blender.org Spring — Ā© Blender Foundation | cloud.blender.org/spring CC BY 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Edited, cropped and composited for the app preview.

About

Tekstream

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Tekstream connects your own media server to everything else you watch. Point it at Plex or Jellyfin and your library arrives with proper artwork, cast, ratings and descriptions. Browse it, search it, download for the flight, and pick up where you left off. BUILT AROUND WHAT YOU ACTUALLY WATCH • Your server, properly presented — Plex and Jellyfin libraries with rich metadata, not a file list • Trending on Trakt — see what people are watching right now, alongside your own collection • Live TV — your channels in the same place as everything else • Watchlist, Favourites and Downloads — kept in sync, available offline • Your Activity and Diary — a record of what you watched and when MEET CLEO Cleo is an entertainment companion built into the app. Ask her what to watch and she answers from what is actually available to you. Her feed covers new trailers, streaming releases, box office and casting news — so you find out a series was renewed without leaving the app you watch it in. DESIGNED FOR IPAD AND IPHONE A proper sidebar on iPad, a full-screen experience on iPhone, and a dark interface that stays out of the way of the artwork. Tekstream does not host or provide any content. You connect your own Plex or Jellyfin server, or browse public catalogue data from Trakt and TMDB. Tekstream Premium is an auto-renewing subscription. It renews automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period, and can be managed or cancelled at any time in your Apple Account settings. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://teksart.com/TeksStream-privacy.html

Screenshots

Saisei Player4 screens
Tekstream3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Saisei Player at none against Tekstream's 2. Tekstream's advantage is iOS requirement (18.0 vs 26.0). On price, ads and device support 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. Tekstream sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.29 per month. Saisei Player asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard2 real differences Ā· 4 level
Saisei Player versus Tekstream: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSaisei PlayerTekstream
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyFortnightly—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS26.018.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size148 MB81 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperCodingmiao PTE. LTD.Teksart

In-app purchases

None

Saisei Player

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

Tekstream

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly3 Days trial$1.291 Month
  • Annual3 Days trial$12.991 Year

Questions

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

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