Offline Media vs ArchTV
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Offline Media
Easily play and manage videos, music, and images stored directly on your device. Organize your media into folders, playlists, and albums with a built-in file manager. Supports Chromecast and secure access with passcode lock.
- Play all iOS supported media formats
- Chromecast support
- Easy file import
- iTunes File Sharing
- Dropbox import
- Built-in file manager
- Playlist and album organization
- Passcode lock with FaceID
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Play, organize and edit your iPhone's videos and music with ease! Offline Media plays the videos, music and images stored locally on your iPhone and iPad - no internet connection needed. Import your files, organize them into folders, playlists and albums, and enjoy them anywhere. And now it does more than play: trim your videos and songs, turn any song into a ringtone, convert videos to audio, and tune the sound with the built-in equalizer. MUSIC PLAYER -> Play your music with the built-in music player. -> Equalizer with presets for Rock, Pop, Jazz, Classical, Hip Hop, Dance and more - or create your own custom sound with pre-amp control. -> Sleep Timer - choose how long to keep playing and fall asleep to your music. -> Organize your music into playlists and albums, and pick your own playlist artwork. -> Sort your songs by title, artist or date, or drag them into your own custom order. VIDEO LIBRARY -> A dedicated video library for all your movies and clips. -> Organize your videos into folders. -> Import videos straight from your device's photo library. EDITING TOOLS -> Trim Video - cut any video down to the part you want. -> Trim Audio - cut any song into a new track. -> Ringtone Maker - turn your favorite part of a song into a ringtone. -> Convert to Audio - extract the soundtrack of any video and add it to your music. IMPORT AND MANAGE -> Play all iOS supported video, audio and image formats. -> Easily import videos, music, images and documents from your device. -> Import files from Dropbox. -> Supports File Sharing - connect your iPhone or iPad to your computer and copy files with Finder or iTunes. -> Built-in File Manager to create and manage your media library: move, rename, select and sort your files. AND MORE -> Connect to your Chromecast device and play your videos, music or pictures on the big screen. -> Passcode lock with Face ID to protect your privacy. -> Available in 30 languages.
ArchTV
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ArchTV is a curated home for vertical, AI-generated microseries — short-form stories built for your phone, watched the way you scroll. Discover original concepts and ongoing series from independent creators working at the frontier of AI-native storytelling. Continue Watching picks up where you left off. Save what catches you to your Watchlist. Find new stories in Discover, filtered by category, tag, or search. Each episode is built for vertical viewing — full-screen, swipe-to-advance, no horizontal letterboxing. Auto-advance keeps the story moving. Pilot arcs introduce new series; when a concept resonates, you can back the creator directly on ArchMarket. ArchTV is the viewer-facing companion to ArchMarket, the creator and supporter platform for AI-native film and series.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: ArchTV at none against Offline Media's shown. ArchTV also leads on update cadence (daily vs every 3 weeks). On price, in-app purchases, device support and iOS requirement 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. Offline Media sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and ArchTV sells 4 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Offline Media ships an update every 3 weeks, ArchTV daily. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Offline Media | ArchTV |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.2 (137 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 48.5% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 137 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Daily — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.5 | 15.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 53 MB | 47 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Rima Vikard | Gary DePew |
Bugs and requests
Offline Media
Reported bugs
18 issues- Videos don't work
- Loses connection while playing in the background
- Video casting stops every half a second to buffer
- Video playback is awful
- Doesn't work
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- С Chromecast не соединяется, выдаёт ошибку.
- Фильмы, лежащие в Video Player'е, не видит.
- App never worked for trying to cast videos to chromecast that are saved to my iPad.
- Won't let me do anything except create a folder name that of course is empty
- Its locked as soon as I downloaded its locked
- Not good for video casts because the video will not play continues frame .
- Keeps losing the connection to the Chromecast.
- Didn't work with videos stored on iPad to Chromecast
- Video without sound - if that - and some Videos didn't project at all.
- Crashes and then loses the connection and then it doesn't reconnect.
- Able to import videos fro library now nothing
- Received errors when importing music, which the app labeled videos.
- Importing a video from my camera did work, but was slower than expected and didn't show a progress bar, so I wasn't sure it was doing anything. Once imported playback was slow and had no sound.
Requested features
5 requests- Improve video playback
- Add vast updates for video
- Add remote facility
- Add internal video player
- Separate videos and music when adding
ArchTV
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Offline Media
- Free from Ads$1.99
ArchTV
- 100 Coins$0.99
- 600 Coins$4.99
- 1,300 Coins$9.99
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- 3,000 Coins$19.99









