Plio vs Playfyn

Plio is a premium media player designed for your personal media library, with a focus on a beautiful, fast, and distinctly Apple-native experience. Connect your Jellyfin or Emby server or WebDAV storage and enjoy your movies and TV shows on iPhone, iPad, and Apple TV. Plio brings your personal media together in a simple, focused experience. Browse your library, continue watching where you left off, manage favorites, and keep your media close at hand without getting in the way. Built for your library • Jellyfin - Connect to your personal Jellyfin server and access your library directly. • WebDAV - Connect to compatible NAS devices, servers, and network storage. • Multiple sources - Add the media sources you use and access them from one app. • Subtitles - Enjoy support for common subtitle formats and advanced subtitle rendering. • High-quality playback - Play your media directly without unnecessary file conversion. • Offline downloads - Keep supported media available when you don't have an internet connection. Plio Pro Take your personal media experience further with Plio Pro. • Household profiles - Everyone gets their own library experience, favorites, and watch history. • Unlimited media sources - Connect all your libraries, servers, and media sources. • Personalized experience - Keep your favorites, watch history, and recommendations personal to you. • Unlimited offline downloads - Take your media with you and watch anywhere. • Updates for life - Get new features and improvements as Plio continues to evolve. Designed for Apple Plio is built specifically for the Apple ecosystem, with a native experience across iPhone, iPad, and Apple TV. Your media stay yours Plio does not provide, host, or curate media content. You connect Plio to your own media servers and network storage, and you remain responsible for the content you access. Plio does not require a Plio account to use your media sources. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://retwo.io/privacy.html

Playfyn is a beautiful, fast client for your own Jellyfin media server — built for people who care how their library looks and plays. Point it at your server, sign in, and your movies and shows are ready on Apple TV, iPhone, and iPad. PLAYBACK THAT RESPECTS YOUR FILES • Full-quality 4K HDR10 and Dolby Vision passthrough — your files play as they were mastered, not re-encoded • MKV and more play seamlessly; when a transcode is genuinely needed, Playfyn degrades gracefully and automatically • Surround audio (Dolby Digital, Dolby Digital Plus) with smart track selection that keeps quality high • Automatic intro and credits skipping (with the Intro Skipper plugin) • Continuous playback, resume anywhere, and an Up Next row that keeps your place across devices MADE FOR EVERY SCREEN • Apple TV: a fast, focus-driven interface designed for the big screen, with a Top Shelf and light/dark looks • iPhone and iPad: Picture in Picture, AirPlay, background audio with full lock-screen controls, and cellular data protection that caps streaming quality on the go • iPad multitasking: Split View, Slide Over, and Stage Manager YOUR LIBRARY, YOUR WAY • A rich home screen with a featured carousel, Up Next, favorites, and recently added • Powerful library browsing: filter by genre or resolution, sort your way, search everything • Playback stats HUD for the curious: live codec, bitrate, and resolution info PRIVATE BY DESIGN Playfyn talks only to your Jellyfin server. No accounts with us, no analytics, no tracking — the App Privacy label is "Data Not Collected," and we mean it. FREE TO TRY, ONE PURCHASE EVERYWHERE Try Playfyn free. Upgrading to Playfyn Pro unlocks unlimited playback with a subscription or a one-time lifetime purchase — and universal purchase means one buy covers Apple TV, iPhone, and iPad. REQUIREMENTS Playfyn requires your own Jellyfin server (free, open-source software — jellyfin.org) on your home network or reachable remotely. Playfyn ships with no media content; you bring your own library. Playfyn is an independent project and is not affiliated with or endorsed by the Jellyfin project. PLAYFYN PRO — SUBSCRIPTION DETAILS • Playfyn Pro Monthly — $4.99 per month, auto-renewing • Playfyn Pro Lifetime — $39.99, one-time purchase, does not renew Payment is charged to your Apple Account at confirmation of purchase. A monthly subscription renews automatically unless it is cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period; your account is charged for renewal within 24 hours before the period ends. Manage or cancel your subscription in Settings > your Apple Account > Subscriptions. One purchase covers iPhone, iPad, and Apple TV. Terms of Use (EULA): https://playfyn.app/terms/ Privacy Policy: https://playfyn.app/privacy/