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RexyView is a free media player app for Apple devices that connects to your own media server. It works with Plex, Jellyfin and Emby, and gives you a beautiful, fast way to browse and play your own movie and TV collection on iPhone, iPad, Apple TV, Mac and Vision Pro, with a companion app for Apple Watch.

Yes. Every feature, every platform. No subscription, no paywall, no ads. If you want to support development, an optional tip jar is available inside the app via Apple In-App Purchase. Tips are voluntary, unlock nothing, and the app works exactly the same whether you tip or not.

No. RexyView is an independent application and is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by Plex, Inc., the Jellyfin project, or Emby LLC. It works with servers you run or have been given access to, using each server’s standard API. Plex™ and Plex Media Server™ are trademarks of Plex, Inc.; Jellyfin is a trademark of the Jellyfin project; Emby is a trademark of Emby LLC.

Movies and TV shows (on Jellyfin and Emby, Home Videos and mixed libraries too). Music, photos, audiobooks and Live TV/DVR libraries are not supported at the moment.

Two things: (1) at least one media server — Plex Media Server, Jellyfin or Emby — running on a computer, NAS or home server, or a server someone has shared with you, and (2) an Apple device running RexyView. RexyView is the player; your server stores and serves your content. A NAS works when it runs Plex, Jellyfin or Emby — RexyView does not open files directly from network shares or folders. RexyView needs iOS or iPadOS 27, macOS 27, visionOS 27 or tvOS 26 or later; the Apple Watch app needs watchOS 27.

Plex: sign in on plex.tv in your browser with a short code — RexyView never sees your Plex password. You can add more than one Plex account. Jellyfin and Emby: enter the server’s address with your user name and password, use Jellyfin Quick Connect to approve the sign-in from another device, or use Sign In with Emby Connect. On your home network, RexyView can find Jellyfin and Emby servers on your Wi-Fi so you don’t have to type an address. Jellyfin needs version 10.9 or newer. Want to look around first? Tap Set Up Later on the sign-in screen; Home then offers Connect a Server, or add one any time in Settings → Server.

Yes. Add as many servers as you like and switch between them, or turn on Combine Libraries (Settings → Server) to browse every server’s movies and shows as one library. Each card shows small P, J or E badges for the servers that have it. When a title is on more than one server, Play From lets you choose which copy plays, or you can set a Preferred Server. Combine Libraries never copies, moves or changes anything on your servers.

RexyView itself doesn’t require Plex Pass. Some things are controlled by Plex rather than RexyView: for example, Plex may require Plex Pass or a Remote Watch Pass to stream from a server away from home, and server CPU and RAM statistics on the Dashboard need Plex Pass on the server. Plex Pass is sold by Plex, Inc.; RexyView has no part in that purchase. Jellyfin and Emby users don’t need Plex at all.

Yes, as long as your server can be reached from the internet. For Plex, turn on Remote Access in Plex Media Server and RexyView finds the right connection automatically. For Jellyfin and Emby, use the address you reach your server at from outside (for example a domain name or reverse proxy); RexyView can remember more than one address for a server. RexyView warns you before sending a password over an unencrypted connection outside your home network.

Yes, for browsing, posters, downloads and files that play directly. RexyView shows the certificate’s fingerprint and asks you to confirm before trusting it. Videos your server has to convert while streaming can’t play over a self-signed certificate, so for those use the server’s http:// address at home or a trusted certificate (for example Let’s Encrypt).

RexyView plays video with Apple’s own player, which supports the formats Apple devices can play. When a file uses a format, codec or subtitle type Apple devices can’t play directly, RexyView asks your Plex, Jellyfin or Emby server to convert it on the fly (often called transcoding). This happens on your server, so it uses your server’s processor; it may also be limited by your server’s settings and by permissions on your account.

Ratings, artwork and descriptions come from your server’s metadata. If a title is missing information, your server usually hasn’t matched it yet — fix the match in your server’s web interface. RexyView shows what your server provides; optional actor headshots can come from TMDB using your own API key.

Both depend on your server. On Plex they need intro/credits detection and preview thumbnails enabled on the server. On Jellyfin they need an intro-detection plugin and trickplay images; on Emby, intro detection and thumbnail extraction. When your server has the data, RexyView shows it.

Yes. In the player, open the Subtitles menu and choose Find Subtitles…, pick a language, then pick a result. The search runs through your server, not RexyView: Plex searches OpenSubtitles, and Jellyfin and Emby need a subtitle plugin, such as Open Subtitles, installed on the server. If your account isn’t allowed to download subtitles, the server owner can turn on Subtitle Management for you. The subtitle is saved on your server. It works on every device, Apple TV included, but not for downloaded videos.

Tap Download on a movie or episode to save it for offline viewing. Choose a Download Quality in Settings → Downloads: Original, 1080p, 720p or 480p. Original keeps the server’s file when Apple devices can play it; if they can’t, or you pick a smaller size, your own server converts the file to MP4 first, then RexyView downloads it — so you’ll see it prepare on the server and then download. Downloads are organized by show and season, and can be deleted automatically after you watch them.

On iPhone, iPad, Mac and Vision Pro. Apple TV always streams. On iPhone and iPad, downloads your server is converting keep going in the background while you use other apps. On iPhone, iPad and Mac you can turn on notifications that tell you when a download is ready or has failed — RexyView asks the first time you download.

Your server account must be allowed to download. On Jellyfin and Emby the server owner needs to turn on “Allow media downloading” for your user. Converting a download also needs a server that supports it; updating your server software usually helps.

Open a show and tap Auto-Download (shown as Auto on iPhone), then choose Next 3, 5 or 10 Episodes. RexyView keeps that many unwatched episodes on your device and removes the ones it added once you’ve watched them. Downloads you added yourself are never removed. It checks when you open the app and downloads only on Wi-Fi. See or turn off each show in Settings → Downloads → Smart Downloads.

Profiles are optional. Create one per person in Settings → Profiles, and each profile chooses which user to use on each of your servers (or hides a server). With two or more profiles, RexyView asks “Who’s Watching?” at launch. Each profile can have a photo and a 4-digit PIN. Profiles are kept on each device; turn on Family Sharing (Settings → Profiles) to share them with your other devices and your family’s through iCloud.

No — they work with them. A profile can use a Plex Home user on your Plex account, and a user on each Jellyfin or Emby server. Plex Home PINs are still asked by Plex. RexyView profiles simply switch all your servers together, so one tap changes everything to that person.

Each profile can have a maximum content rating (for example PG or TV-14). With a limit set, titles above that rating are hidden, and so are titles without a rating. Limits rely on the ratings your server supplies, so they’re a convenience, not a guarantee that every unsuitable title will be hidden — check your library’s ratings. In a limited profile the IMDb button is turned off. Give adult profiles a PIN too, so a child can’t simply pick them. An adult profile linked to a Plex Home user with a Plex PIN already counts as protected.

On the PIN screen, tap Forgot PIN? Then prove you own the servers: Sign In with Plex (the same Plex account the app uses), or enter the user name and password of a Jellyfin or Emby administrator. RexyView then removes the PINs from the adult profiles (those without a rating limit) and from the profile you were opening, so you can set a new one in Settings → Profiles. A child who only knows the device passcode can’t do this. Deleting and reinstalling RexyView also removes its profiles, unless Family Sharing is on.

In Settings → Profiles, open a profile and set any of: a Bedtime (with an “Until” time in the morning), a Viewing Time a Day, or Episodes or Films a Day. When a limit is reached, whatever is playing can finish, but nothing new starts and Up Next stops until the next viewing day (which begins at the “Until” time). These are RexyView’s own limits, separate from Apple’s Screen Time.

On the limit screen, either enter your parent PIN on their device (Parent PIN Here), or — with Family Sharing on — they can tap Ask a Parent on Their Device. Devices with Get Requests on This Device turned on (Settings → Profiles → Family Sharing) get a notification with 15 More Minutes, One More Episode or Film, No Limits Tonight or Not Now. Answering needs your iPhone unlocked.

It shares your profiles, their photos, PINs, ratings, bedtime and viewing limits, and today’s viewing time through iCloud, so every device agrees and viewing time adds up across devices. Turn it on in Settings → Profiles → Family Sharing. Your devices on the same Apple ID pick it up automatically (Apple TV included); family members with their own Apple ID join through Invite or Manage Family Members… on an iPhone, iPad or Mac. It uses your own iCloud — there’s no RexyView account.

Yes. In Settings → Profiles, open the profile and tap Choose Photo. RexyView uses Apple’s private photo picker, so it only ever receives the one photo you pick. The photo stays on your device and, with Family Sharing on, is shared with your family’s devices.

It’s hidden while a kids’ profile has limits but an adult profile has no PIN — otherwise anyone could open it. Add a PIN to the adult profile (Settings → Profiles shows a Set a PIN button) and it comes back, asking for that PIN. An adult profile linked to a Plex Home user with a Plex PIN counts too: that Plex PIN works as its parent PIN.

Turn off Ask Who’s Watching at Launch in Settings → Profiles. RexyView then opens straight into the last profile you used. You can still switch from Switch Profile.

Settings → iCloud Sync lets your settings follow you to your other devices on the same Apple ID. Choose the groups: Appearance & Home, Playback & Subtitles, Libraries & Servers, and Streaming & Download Quality (off by default, so one device can stream lower on cellular). Downloads, caches, network, HomeKit, audio output and video enhancement always stay per device.

Yes. Turn on Share Sign-ins Through iCloud Keychain in Settings → iCloud Sync. On a new iPhone, iPad, Mac or Vision Pro, the sign-in screen then offers Use Sign-ins from Your Other Devices. Passwords are never stored — only the sign-in tokens, end-to-end encrypted by Apple.

Start signing in on the Apple TV so it shows a code, then on your iPhone go to Settings → Server → Approve a Sign-in Code, choose the account and enter the code. It works with Plex’s plex.tv/link code and with Jellyfin Quick Connect codes.

Yes. Turn on Sync Watched Status (Settings → Server, under Combine Libraries). When you finish something or mark it watched or unwatched, RexyView marks the same title on your other servers. It changes nothing else, and whole seasons aren’t copied.

Actor images show circular headshots next to cast member names on movie and show pages. In Settings → Metadata you can turn them on and choose your server’s images or TMDB (with your own free TMDB API key) for better coverage.

Find films and shows in your own libraries by theme — Christmas, time travel, heists, dinosaurs and dozens more — and narrow it by genre or the time you have. Open it from the Discover row on Home or from Search. Themes come from each title’s name, tags and summary, matched on your device.

The Discover row on Home has shortcut tiles: Browse by Theme, Under 1 Hour, Surprise Me, the current holiday and Your Year. Press and hold a tile to hide it, or choose tiles in Settings → Appearance → Home Screen → Discover Tiles. Smart Rows are your own Home rows built from filters (for example “Unwatched in 4K”), added in Settings → Appearance → Home Screen → Add a Row… → New Smart Row…. The same Home Screen page lets each profile hide and reorder its rows, and add a library, collection or playlist row.

On your server, so every device and app signed in to the same account sees them. On Plex, Favorites are your Plex Watchlist; on Jellyfin and Emby they’re the server’s favorites. Add them from a title’s page or by pressing and holding a poster. Playlists are under Collections.

“Resume watching in RexyView”, “Surprise me with RexyView”, “Browse RexyView by theme” and “Show my RexyView downloads”. The same actions are in the Shortcuts app, as Home Screen quick actions (press and hold the icon), and as Control Center buttons.

It jumps back 15 seconds with subtitles on for just that moment, then turns them off again. Press and hold the back button in the player, press W on a keyboard, or choose it from the player menu on Apple TV.

Yes. RexyView is a single free download on the App Store and runs on iPhone, iPad, Apple TV, Mac and Vision Pro, with a companion app for Apple Watch, Home Screen widgets and Apple TV Top Shelf. With iCloud Sync, your settings, profiles and (if you choose) server sign-ins follow you to your other devices on the same Apple ID.

The Apple TV version has the same core features — Plex, Jellyfin and Emby, Combine Libraries and profiles — with an interface designed for the TV and the Siri Remote. Downloads are not available on Apple TV; it always streams from your server. Bedtime and viewing limits work on Apple TV too, and an Apple TV can send a request to a parent’s iPhone.

Very little, and none of it is sent to us unless you send a bug report or email us. RexyView stores your preferences, servers, profiles and downloads on your device. If you turn on iCloud Sync or Family Sharing, the items you choose are kept in your own iCloud account — RexyView has no access to it. When you switch to a Plex Home user or enter a Plex PIN, the PIN is checked with plex.tv. It talks directly to your own servers — that data never passes through RexyView, because RexyView has no servers. We do not collect analytics, sell data, or track what you watch. See our full Privacy Policy for details.

Access tokens are stored in your device’s Keychain. RexyView never stores your password: Plex sign-in happens on plex.tv, and your Jellyfin or Emby password is sent only to your server (or to Emby Connect, if you choose it) to get a token. Profile PINs are stored only as salted hashes. Removing a server or signing out removes its token from the device.