ApexPlayer vs cipherStream

Your media. Your servers. One purchase to make it all yours. ApexPlayer brings your Jellyfin, Plex, Emby, and ApexFeeder libraries together in one cinematic app. Browse your movies and shows, stream from your own servers, and enjoy your collection on iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple TV, and Apple Vision Pro. Try it free. Unlock your full library with a one-time ApexPlayer Pro purchase. No subscription. No recurring fees. No ads. YOUR SERVERS, TOGETHER Connect multiple servers in any combination and browse their libraries in one place. Discover supported servers on your local network, connect manually, or sign in with Plex. Find something to watch with filters for genres, favorites, and titles you’ve already started. MORE THAN A GRID OF POSTERS Explore your collection with rich artwork, movie and episode details, cast and crew, and related titles. Resume where you left off, find your next episode, and spend less time searching for something to watch. FIND THE MOMENT Preview scenes as you scrub through supported videos, making it easier to find the moment you want. Preview availability depends on your server and media. SUBTITLES WITHOUT LEAVING THE MOVIE Search for and download subtitles from OpenSubtitles directly in the player. If the timing is off, adjust it while the video stays in view. See the dialogue, fine-tune the timing, and get back to the story. YOUR LIBRARY ON THE BIG SCREEN On Apple TV, navigate with your remote and reach In Progress and Recently Added titles directly from the Home Screen’s Top Shelf. Jump back into a favorite or discover the latest addition to your library. AT HOME ON EVERY SCREEN Browse with touch on iPhone and iPad, enjoy your collection in a desktop window on Mac, settle in with Apple TV, or bring your movies into your space on Apple Vision Pro. Watch progress syncs through supported connected servers, so you can continue across devices. Enable iCloud sync to carry supported app settings with you. YOUR MEDIA STAYS YOURS ApexPlayer connects to media you host. It doesn’t provide a streaming catalog or require you to upload your collection to an ApexPlayer cloud. TRY THE FEATURES. UNLOCK THE LIBRARY. The free version includes your 10 most recently added movies and 1 most recently added series, so you can test your setup and enjoy the playback and subtitle tools before buying. ApexPlayer Pro removes the library limit with one non-consumable purchase. Your unlock does not expire. There’s no subscription to manage and no recurring charge. Family Sharing is supported, so eligible family members can share your Pro purchase. A compatible media server and your own media are required. Feature availability can vary by server, media format, and device. Subtitle downloads use OpenSubtitles and are subject to its availability and limits. Own your feed. Enjoy every screen. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

cipherStream is the iPhone and iPad app for a cipherStream server: the media server you run yourself, on your own computer or NAS, for your own films, series and music. Sign in with the account your server's owner gave you and your library is there: posters, cast, ratings, seasons and episodes, with Continue Watching and favourites that follow you between your phone, your television and your browser. • Your originals, played as they are. The app plays the files on your server directly, without the server converting them: HEVC and H.264 video (AV1 on devices that decode it), with AAC, Dolby Digital, Dolby Digital Plus, FLAC and MP3 audio. DTS, TrueHD, Opus and Vorbis soundtracks are converted on your iPhone or iPad as they play. • Picture in Picture, and AirPlay to an Apple TV. • Blu-ray image subtitles, as well as the subtitles your server provides. • Encrypted end to end. Every request and every byte of video is encrypted by the app itself, on top of HTTPS. • Audio tracks and subtitles. Switch a title's language while it plays. • Music. Albums, artists, songs, folders and playlists from your server's music library. • Watch parties. Watch in step with other people on the same server, with live chat. • Your phone as a remote. Drive a television signed in to the same account, or move what you are watching to it at the same moment. • Quiz night. Play the trivia game on your television from your phone. • More than one server. Keep a friend's server beside your own and switch between them, or combine their libraries into one. Requires a cipherStream server. The app contains no media of its own; everything you watch comes from the server you choose.