Comparison

tofa vs Caviar Media Client

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

Head to head
About

tofa

Access your personal media library on any device. Stream movies and shows you own, with progress syncing across screens. Organize and enjoy your collection with rich metadata and advanced playback features.

Highlights
  • Stream owned movies and shows
  • Cross-device progress syncing
  • Automatic media organization
  • High-quality picture and sound
  • Subtitle support
  • Share libraries with trusted users
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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.

About

Caviar Media Client

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Caviar is a modern media client for browsing and enjoying your personal media collection across iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple TV, and Apple Vision Pro. Connect your compatible Jellyfin and Seerr servers to: - Browse movies, shows, seasons, and episodes - Search across your selected media libraries - Stream compatible content from your own server - Resume playback and track watched progress - Manage media requests - Download supported content for offline viewing - Customize playback, subtitles, quality, and library layouts Caviar does not provide media, subscriptions, or streaming services. A compatible user-configured server and authorized access to its content are required. Availability of features depends on your server configuration and media formats.

Screenshots

tofa4 screens
Caviar Media Client4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: tofa at every 4 days against Caviar Media Client's every 2 weeks. Caviar Media Client's advantage is device support (5 vs 3). On price, ads, in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

tofa ships an update every 4 days, Caviar Media Client every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 5, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 7 level
tofa versus Caviar Media Client: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParametertofaCaviar Media Client
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (3 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings3 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 4 days — betterEvery 2 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple TViPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple TV, Vision Pro — better
Requires iOS26.026.0
Further details — not scored
Size68 MB30 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperTofa Software ehf.Fionn Murphy

In-app purchases

None

tofa

No in-app purchases

None

Caviar Media Client

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is tofa free?
tofa is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Caviar Media Client free?
Caviar Media Client is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do tofa or Caviar Media Client have ads?
Neither tofa nor Caviar Media Client shows ads.
Which is updated more often, tofa or Caviar Media Client?
tofa ships an update every 4 days, and Caviar Media Client every 2 weeks. Most recently, tofa was updated on November 5, 2026 and Caviar Media Client on October 31, 2026.

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