Jimmy Dore vs MytView
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Jimmy Dore
Get a weekly dose of uncensored news commentary and satire. This app delivers a humorous and critical look at current events, featuring jokes and discussions with comedians. It's an alternative to mainstream media, offering a fearless perspective on politics and corporate news.
- Weekly news dissection
- Take-no-prisoners satire
- Jokes and discussions
- Guest comedians and writers
- Uncensored podcast version
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A hilarious dissection of the week’s news. The antidote to the mainstream noise makers, Jimmy Dore’s take-no-prisoners approach fearlessly skewers both political parties and all sides of corporate media. One hour of satire, jokes, and discussion with some of today’s funniest comedians and comedy writers. Jimmy Dore is a popular award winning stand-up comedian with two Comedy Central Specials and is a frequent guest host on The Young Turks. Contributors include Frank Conniff (Mystery Science Theatre 3000), Mike MacCrae (from TBS’s FrankTV and Late Show with David Letterman) Steve Rosenfield (The Daily Show), Ben Mankiewicz (Turner Classic Movies), Robert Yasumura (Team Yasumura), and Stef Zamorano (Comedy and Everything Else). THE JIMMY DORE SHOW originates from KPFK Los Angeles and is heard all over the country on the Pacifica Radio Network. Hear the UNCENSORED podcast version of the program through this app.
MytView
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Your library, your server, every Apple screen. MytView is the companion app for the self-hosted MytView server. Run the server on your own hardware (Docker), sign in, and your video library is on iPhone, iPad and Apple TV. Without your own server there is nothing to play. WATCH • Resume anywhere; your place syncs through your server • Subtitles and audio tracks, with caption settings that follow you • AirPlay, Picture in Picture and background audio on iPhone and iPad • Plays what your device can, converts on the fly what it can't TAKE IT WITH YOU (iPhone and iPad) • Keep any movie or episode on your device and watch it with no signal • Follow a series or channel: the next episodes you haven't watched are kept ready • Offline mode shows just what's on your device; watched copies clean themselves up • Copies are made in the format your device plays, in the background, over Wi‑Fi unless you allow cellular BROWSE • Recent, channels, series and film collections, with artwork • Sort and genre remembered per library, shared across your devices • Search by title, jump in by tag, mark watched from the grid • Up next when a video ends; chapters for long ones SHARE THE HOUSE • A sign-in, watch history and private collections for each person • Pair the Apple TV by scanning a code with your iPhone. No typing. • Per-video share links PRIVATE BY DESIGN No cloud, no analytics, no ads. The app talks only to your server; your videos never leave your hardware.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Jimmy Dore at none against MytView's 1. Jimmy Dore also leads on iOS requirement (8.0 vs 17.0). MytView's advantage is update cadence (every 2 days vs every 5 weeks). On price, ads and device support 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. MytView sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Jimmy Dore asks for nothing beyond the download.
Jimmy Dore ships an update every 5 weeks, MytView every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Jimmy Dore | MytView |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (50 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 93.8% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 50 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks | Every 2 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, Apple TV |
| Requires iOS | 8.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 17 MB | 2 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | James Dore | Imbarco CRM Solutions SL |
In-app purchases
Jimmy Dore
No in-app purchases
MytView
- MytView Unlock$8.99









