Arnage vs Tekstream
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side โ with what reviewers say about each.
Arnage
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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 โข 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. โข On a weak or metered connection, set a quality cap and your server scales the stream down to fit โ so you keep watching. โข PGS subtitles and TrueHD audio. โข 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.
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 โข Your server, properly presented โ Plex and Jellyfin libraries with rich metadata, not a file list โข Trending on Trakt โ see what people are watching right now, alongside your own collection โข Live TV โ your channels in the same place as everything else โข Watchlist, Favourites and Downloads โ kept in sync, available offline โข Your Activity and Diary โ 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 โ 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
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Verdict
Arnage and Tekstream are too close to call on the numbers: across 5 compared parameters โ price, ads, in-app purchases and device support among them โ neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.
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
Both are free to download. Arnage sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month and Tekstream sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.29 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
| Parameter | Arnage | Tekstream |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly | โ |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 โ better | 18.0 |
| Further details โ not scored | ||
| Size | 104 MB | 81 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | TFDN | Teksart |
In-app purchases
Arnage
- Monthly Pass$0.991 Month
- Annual Pass$8.991 Year
- Lifetime Pass$89.99
Tekstream
- Monthly3 Days trial$1.291 Month
- Annual3 Days trial$12.991 Year









