Comparison

Arnage vs tofa

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

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Arnage

Features
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Arnage is a warm, cinephile player for the media library you already own. Follow a series, and every new episode downloads itself in the background โ€” ready to watch even with no signal. Connect it to your home server and open your films and shows in a calm, photographic interface โ€” on your iPhone and your iPad. โ€” Follow a series, never miss an episode โ€” Follow a show and Arnage downloads each new episode for you, quietly, in the background. Board the plane with the next three already on your iPhone, no Wi-Fi required. โ€” Made for people who curate their own collection โ€” A quiet, photographic interface that treats your library like the collection it is โ€” continue watching, recently added, and a hero that highlights what's worth your evening. Looking for something in particular? The filters in the Library tab get you there fast, with artwork sized right for every screen. โ€” Playback that respects the file โ€” โ€ข Every file plays directly by default โ€” never re-encoded โ€” with HDR tone-mapped on the spot so it looks right even on an SDR screen. โ€ข On a weak or metered connection, set a quality cap and your server scales the stream down to fit โ€” so you keep watching. โ€ข PGS subtitles and TrueHD audio. โ€ข Your audio and subtitle track choices are remembered for each film and series. โ€” A player built for watching โ€” Swipe across to seek, slide along the edges to set volume and brightness, double-tap to skip โ€” and scrub with live thumbnail previews to land on the exact moment. Pop the video into Picture-in-Picture to keep an eye on it while you get on with something else. โ€” iPhone and iPad, each its own โ€” Designed for each screen rather than stretched between them. โ€” Compatibility โ€” Arnage works with Jellyfin and Plex today โ€” point it at the server you already run. More are on the way. โ€” A word on privacy โ€” Arnage is not an advertising surface. We collect two things, both anonymous and both optional: crash reports, so we can fix what breaks, and usage analytics, so we know which features matter. You'll find both switches during onboarding โ€” before you connect to anything โ€” and any time in Settings โ†’ Privacy. Nothing is ever sold, shared with advertisers, or tied to your identity. Your library, your viewing history, and your credentials are never sent to us โ€” and your watch progress lives on your own media server, never on ours. โ€” Status โ€” Arnage is in active development. Expect rough edges, expect care.

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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.

Screenshots

Arnage4 screens
tofa4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: tofa at none against Arnage's 3. tofa also leads on update cadence (every 3 days vs fortnightly). Arnage's advantage is iOS requirement (17.0 vs 26.0). On price, ads and device support there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price ยท Rating ยท Positive reviews ยท Number of ratings ยท Update frequency ยท Ads ยท In-app purchases ยท Monetization ยท Best chart rank ยท Devices ยท Requires iOS

CostPrice ยท In-app purchases ยท Ads ยท Monetization

Both are free to download. Arnage sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. tofa asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Arnage ships an update fortnightly, tofa every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on September 29, 2026 and October 10, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences ยท 3 level
Arnage versus tofa: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterArnagetofa
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyFortnightlyEvery 3 days โ€” better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo โ€” better
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, Apple TV โ€” better
Requires iOS17.0 โ€” better26.0
Further details โ€” not scored
Size104 MB54 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperTFDNTofa Software ehf.

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Arnage

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly Pass$0.991 Month
  • Annual Pass$8.991 Year
One-time1
  • Lifetime Pass$89.99
None

tofa

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Arnage free?
Arnage is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is tofa free?
tofa is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Arnage or tofa have ads?
Neither Arnage nor tofa shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Arnage or tofa?
Arnage ships an update fortnightly, and tofa every 3 days. Most recently, Arnage was updated on September 29, 2026 and tofa on October 10, 2026.

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