Comparison

NUVEO vs Swiftly Player

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

Head to head
About

NUVEO

Features
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Elevate your movie-going experience with NUVEO — the ultimate personal film diary and recommendation companion built for thoughtful solo cinephiles. Track everything you watch, rate titles, capture your post-movie feelings, watch video reviews, and uncover personalized recommendations tuned specifically to your taste. No mandatory accounts, no tedious social noise, and no full-stream bloat—just an elegant, feature-rich cinema space right on your device. KEY FEATURES: Personal Film Diary: Easily log watched movies, assign 0–10 star ratings, tag your exact mood (from Warm & Cozy to Chills & Adrenaline), and leave private notes for your future self. Deep Viewing Statistics: Visualize your cinematic journey with sleek charts! Track your total watch time in hours, average ratings, monthly/yearly histograms, and favorite genre breakdowns. Inline Trailers & Video Reviews: Watch high-quality official trailers and curated YouTube video reviews directly inside the app before deciding what to watch. Smart Recommendation Engine: Get frequency-weighted movie suggestions based on what you’ve highly rated. Explore "Because you liked..." curated selections tailored to your taste. Mood Collections: Not sure what you're in the mood for? Browse tailored collections designed for every vibe: Switch your brain off, Chills & adrenaline, Warm & cozy, Romance, or Crowd-pleasers. Interactive Movie Roulette: Can't decide on movie night? Spin the neon roulette wheel filtered by genre or un-watched titles to let fate pick tonight's blockbuster. Custom Watchlist & Lists: Save upcoming titles you want to watch later and organize them into custom thematic collections. WHY CINEPHILES LOVE NUVEO: • Fast & Frictionless: No sign-up required—start logging and discovering immediately upon install. • Legal Streaming Directs: Watch official video content and get direct links to official legal streaming providers. • Premium Dark Aesthetic: Styled in a deep violet and neon pink visual framework designed for late-night browsing. Turn your movie watching into a personal story. Download NUVEO today and build your ultimate film diary!

About

Swiftly Player

Stream your Jellyfin media library without transcoding. Seamlessly resume playback across devices, download content for offline viewing, and enjoy features like skip intro and picture-in-picture.

Highlights
  • No transcoding required
  • Cross-device playback resume
  • Offline downloads
  • Picture-in-picture support
  • Multiple server support
  • Skip intro/credits
Features
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Swiftly plays the films on your Jellyfin server just as they are. Most apps have the server rebuild a film while you're watching. Swiftly leaves it alone — and tells you beforehand that it will. If something ever does have to be converted, you'll see which part of the file was responsible. Picture in Picture is built in, so a film can carry on in the corner while you get on with something else. RESUME ON THIS DEVICE Something playing on the Apple TV turns up as a button on your iPhone. One tap and it carries on here, at the second you left it. It works in every direction between iPhone, iPad, Mac and Apple TV. SERVERS AND ACCOUNTS Add more than one Jellyfin, stay signed in to all of them, and switch from your profile without typing a password again. DOWNLOADS Take episodes and films with you. Swiftly downloads the original file, so what you watch offline is the same quality as what you stream. MORE • Request what your server doesn't have yet, through Seerr, without leaving the app • Skip Intro and Skip Credits, via the Jellyfin plugin • People pages: tap a name in the cast for a biography and everything of theirs you own • Your home screen in your order — rows off, rows moved, genres as rows or as chips • Custom headers per server, for Jellyfin behind Cloudflare Access, Authelia, Authentik or Pangolin • Collections and each library, straight from the Movies and Shows title • Sign in with a Quick Connect code instead of a password • Lock screen and headphone controls, plus background audio • Your audio and subtitle language, chosen once • Next episode on its own, sleep timer, playback speed • Watchlist, filters and search • English and German Swiftly brings no films of its own — it simply shows what's already on your server. And it collects nothing: no analytics, no advertising, no account with us. Your viewing position goes to your server and nowhere else. You'll need a Jellyfin server of your own, 10.8 or newer, on a secure (https) address, and an iPhone or iPad with iOS 18. Uses VLCKit and libVLC by VideoLAN under the LGPL 2.1 or later. Licenses and source code: https://swiftlyplayer.com/licenses/ SUPPORT - All features are free, for everyone. - Optional Supporter extras (app icons, accent colours, a heart in About): Monthly 1.99 EUR per month, or Lifetime 19.99 EUR once. Optional tips: 1.99, 4.99 or 9.99 EUR. Monthly Supporter is an auto-renewable subscription (1.99 EUR per month). Payment is charged to your Apple Account at confirmation of purchase. The subscription renews automatically unless you cancel at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Your account is charged for renewal within 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel in your Apple Account settings. Lifetime is a one-time purchase and lasts for as long as Swiftly Player exists, on all your devices. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://swiftlyplayer.com/privacy.html

Screenshots

NUVEO4 screens
Swiftly Player4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: NUVEO at none against Swiftly Player's 5. NUVEO also leads on iOS requirement (15.1 vs 18.0). Swiftly Player's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and device support (4 vs 2). On price 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. Swiftly Player sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. NUVEO asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
NUVEO versus Swiftly Player: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterNUVEOSwiftly Player
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—2 — better
Update frequency—Every 6 days
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
Monetization—Free
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple TV — better
Requires iOS15.1 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size31 MB61 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperRESPEKT LOGISTYK, TOVPaul Herter

In-app purchases

None

NUVEO

No in-app purchases

5 purchases

Swiftly Player

Subscriptions1
  • Supporter$1.991 Month
One-time4
  • A coffee$1.99
  • Coffee and cake$3.99
  • A movie night$8.99
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  • Swiftly Supporter Lifetime$17.99

Questions

Is NUVEO free?
NUVEO is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Swiftly Player free?
Swiftly Player is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do NUVEO or Swiftly Player have ads?
NUVEO shows ads; Swiftly Player does not.

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