Rex vs Overtitle
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Rex
Organize your TV shows and movies, track viewing history, and never miss an episode. Discover new content and play your own media library from various sources.
- Episode tracking and reminders
- Viewing history and playback position
- Watch time and genre statistics
- Connect with Trakt
- Explore TMDB movie/TV info
- Play personal media libraries
- Support for Dolby Vision, HDR, Atmos
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Your shows. Ready when you are. When does the next episode air? Where did you leave off? How much did you watch this month? Rex keeps your shows and viewing history organized, so you can pick up where you left off. NEVER MISS A NEW EPISODE • See upcoming episodes for shows you're watching or planning to watch in your calendar. • Set reminders before or after air time, or at a fixed time, for each show or episode. • Browse the full schedule for a season and see which episodes have aired. YOUR WATCH HISTORY, ORGANIZED • Continue Watching remembers your episode and playback position. • Add titles to your watchlist, favorites or subscriptions from their details page. • Browse your viewing history by date or genre. Hiding a show or removing it from your watchlist keeps its history intact. SEE YOUR VIEWING HABITS • Track watch time, movies and episodes over the last seven days or this month. • Explore a daily viewing calendar, genre breakdowns and trends. • Display your collection as a poster wall, DVD shelf or movie tickets. CONNECT WITH TRAKT • Sync your viewing history, watchlist and favorites. • Combine Trakt and local statistics, choosing which sources to include without double counting. FIND YOUR NEXT WATCH • Explore TMDB movie and TV information: posters, stills, synopses, cast, crew and trailers. • Arrange your home screen to build your own discovery page. PLAY YOUR OWN LIBRARY • Connect to Emby, Jellyfin, Plex, WebDAV, SMB, FTP and local videos. • Bring multiple sources and versions of the same title together. • Enjoy Dolby Vision, HDR and Dolby Atmos, dual subtitles, on-screen comments and intro or credits skipping. • Save playback progress to your viewing history and Trakt. DESIGNED FOR IPHONE AND IPAD A native interface with light and dark appearances and iCloud sync across your devices. Rex does not provide movies or TV content. Playback accesses content on your own servers and devices. Privacy Policy: https://rexnow.tv/privacy Terms of Use: https://rexnow.tv/terms
Overtitle
This app provides subtitles for movies shown in cinemas, displaying them on your phone. It automatically syncs with the film's dialogue and supports dual-language display. Subtitles can be downloaded within the app or imported from external files.
- Automatic dialogue synchronization
- Dual-language subtitle display
- Import .srt/.vtt subtitle files
- Offline functionality
- Customizable display for dark environments
- Adjustable brightness and text size
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Cinemas don't hand out subtitles in your language. Bring your own. Overtitle turns your iPhone into a personal subtitle display for the cinema. Press Start, let it hear the dialogue, and it finds where you are in the film. From there, the subtitles keep pace automatically. Show up half an hour late and it still works. It matches words, not seconds. TWO LANGUAGES Show one line of the film's original subtitles and one line in your language. Prefer just the translation? Hide the original. Switch between single- and dual-language subtitles at any time during the film. FIND SUBTITLES OR BRING YOUR OWN Search for a film and download available subtitles directly in Overtitle. Or import any .srt or .vtt file you already have from Files, Mail, AirDrop, or another app. MADE FOR THE DARK Overtitle is designed for a dark cinema, not a bright phone screen. Subtitles appear on a pure black background with no permanent controls or visual clutter. Dim the display until it is only as bright as you need, so you can read comfortably without lighting up the row around you. On OLED iPhones, black pixels remain off, helping keep most of the display dark. Tap when you need the controls. Otherwise, they stay out of the way. Stand your phone in a cup holder and the subtitles can sit toward the top of the screen, above the rim. No buttons to hunt for in the dark. Swipe up or down to adjust brightness. Swipe left or right to nudge subtitle timing. Double-tap to reset the timing offset. Pinch to resize the text. WORKS OFFLINE Download your subtitles and the required speech model before the film starts, and Overtitle can synchronize without an internet connection. Nothing is uploaded or recorded. Dialogue recognition runs on your phone. LANGUAGE SUPPORT Automatic synchronization needs to understand the film's spoken dialogue. Automatic syncing currently supports English and Japanese soundtracks. The subtitle text itself can be in any language. For example, you can watch an English-language film while Overtitle displays subtitles in Chinese, Spanish, French, or another language available in your subtitle file. Films with other spoken languages can still use Overtitle as a subtitle display. In those cases, timing can be aligned manually with swipe gestures. Film information and artwork are provided by TMDB. Subtitle search and downloads are provided through OpenSubtitles.com, where subtitle files are uploaded by its community. Users may also import subtitle files they already have. This product uses the TMDB API but is not endorsed or certified by TMDB. Overtitle is not affiliated with TMDB or OpenSubtitles. Overtitle does not host film content and does not record, stream, or distribute movies.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is monetization model: Overtitle at free against Rex's freemium. Overtitle also leads on update cadence (every 2 days vs every 6 days). Rex's advantage is ratings volume (26 vs 3) and device support (3 vs 1). On price, rating, ads and in-app purchases 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
Both are free to download. Rex sells 8 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month and Overtitle sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Rex holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Rex has 26 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Rex ships an update every 6 days, Overtitle every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Rex | Overtitle |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (26 ratings) — better | 4.3 (3 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 73.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 26 — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Every 6 days | Every 2 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Freemium | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Apple TV — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 — better | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 265 MB | 5 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | 菲 方 | Zijian Zhao |
Customer experience
Rex
Overtitle
In-app purchases
Rex
- Monthly Subscription$3.991 Month
- Annual Subscription3 Days trial$29.991 Year
- Annual Plan, Paid Monthly$29.991 Year
- Lifetime License - 50% Off$19.99
- Lifetime License - 40% Off$24.99
- Lifetime License - 30% Off$29.99
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- Lifetime License - 20% Off$34.99
- Lifetime License$39.99
Overtitle
- Buy Me a Coffee$4.99









