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A media client built for you
Pippin
Experience your media your way
An Apple-native, customisable client for Plex and Jellyfin. Complete with Seerr, Sonarr, and Radarr integrations.
iPhone · iPad · Mac · Apple TV
Make it yours
Your library. Your way.
One Pippin styled your way across every platform.
Accent Recolours everything
Theme
Poster size Row shelf
Top shelf
Device Same app, to scale
Total control
Rearrange everything.
Build anything.
Pippin isn't a fixed layout — it's a canvas.
Reshape the tab bar, compose your own pages from blocks, and save your favourite filters across all your servers.
Build your own pages
Compose from blocks
Stack the page you want: a Hero, headings and text, shelf rows like Keep Watching, On Deck, Watchlist or Server Hub, plus grids, dividers and links.
Scopes & smart filters
Apply filters across all your servers
Any page or row can be filtered and saved. Stack conditions like genre, year, content rating, watch status, resolution, codec, dynamic range, spatial audio, and channels.
- Alternate app icons
- Custom accents
- Plex & Jellyfin servers
- Profiles & household switching
- True Black for OLED
Features
Plays anything.
Does everything.
A serious player at its core, wrapped in dozens of thoughtful touches that make Pippin yours.
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MPV-based player
Play almost any format, hardware-accelerated, on a rock-solid MPV core.
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HDR done right
HDR10, HDR10+, Dolby Vision and HLG, tone-mapped exactly as intended.
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Lossless audio
Dolby Atmos, DD+, DTS-HD and TrueHD, bitstreamed untouched to your receiver.
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Subtitles that look right
PGS/VOBSUB image subs, SRT and full ASS / SSA styling, rendered crisply.
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Subtitles on demand
Missing subs? Search OpenSubtitles and SubDL without leaving playback.
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Generated scrub previews
On-device scrub thumbnails from a headless MPV engine — no Trickplay or BIF needed.
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Precision playback
Frame-accurate seeking, thumbnail scrubbing, variable speed and per-title tracks.
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Never lose your place
Continue Watching, Up Next and skip intro / credits from chapter markers.
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Watch offline
Download any title — and its metadata — for the plane or the train.
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Custom pages & shelves
Build your home from scratch — add, reorder and rename shelves and whole pages.
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Shelf styles
Show any shelf as a Row, a Spotlight carousel, or a full-bleed Hero.
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Accent & themes
Re-tint the whole app with any accent. Light, Dark and True Black for OLED.
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Poster sizes
From compact grids to big cinematic artwork — tuned per shelf.
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Theme songs
Hear a show's theme as you browse it, on both Plex and Jellyfin.
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Multiple servers
Combine Plex and Jellyfin servers with per-network profiles.
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Rich metadata
IMDb, TMDb, Trakt, Rotten Tomatoes, Metacritic and Letterboxd ratings.
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Hide spoilers
Blur episode thumbnails, titles and summaries for anything you haven’t watched yet.
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Search everywhere
Find anything across every connected server, instantly.
Integrations
Never leave the app
Pippin plugs straight into Seerr for requests, and Sonarr & Radarr for automated TV and movie management. Discover, request, and grow your library without ever leaving the app.
Seerr
Overseerr / Jellyseerr
Discover & request
Browse what’s out there and request anything with one tap. Connect several Seerr instances and pick which one handles each request.
Sonarr
TV automation
Automate your shows
Sonarr grabs new episodes and whole seasons the moment they’re available, then files them neatly into your library.
Radarr
Movie automation
Automate your movies
Radarr watches for the movies you want in the quality you want, and adds them to your collection automatically.
One tap, start to finish
Watch a request travel your whole media stack — automatically.
- Requested You
- Approved Seerr
- Grabbed Sonarr · Radarr
- Downloading Your server
- Available In your library
In your library See which episodes are missing from your existing shows with direct Seerr integration. Not a separate search.
Not yet added Missing titles surface a one-tap request, routed to your chosen Seerr.
SharePlay
Watch together with SharePlay
Start a FaceTime SharePlay session and watch with friends and family. Playback stays perfectly in sync, everyone can play, pause and scrub, and it all happens right inside Pippin.
Pay once
Purchase for Life
A single one-time purchase unlocks Pippin on all of your devices — iPhone, iPad, Mac and Apple TV. And with Family Sharing, your whole household is covered.
- One-time purchase
- All your Apple devices
- Family Sharing included
Community
Built with care,
shaped by you.
Pippin is crafted by a solo developer and made better with its community. Report a bug, request a feature, or just follow along as it grows.
Report a bug Something not right? Let us know. Request a feature Got an idea? Pippin is shaped by requests like yours. Join the discussion Share setups, ask questions, and follow along.
Questions
Everything you might ask.
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Plex and Jellyfin — including multiple servers at once, side by side.
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iPhone, iPad, Mac and Apple TV, with a native, adaptive interface tuned to each one.
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Yes. Pippin is a client for your own Plex or Jellyfin server — it is not a streaming service, so it brings nothing to watch on its own.
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It is built on MPVKit with hardware acceleration: HEVC, AV1 and VP9; HDR10, HDR10+ and Dolby Vision; Dolby Atmos, DTS-HD and TrueHD; PGS and ASS subtitles — and plenty more.
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Yes. Discover and request through Overseerr or Jellyseerr, and manage your library with Sonarr and Radarr — right inside Pippin.
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Pippin is a one-time purchase that unlocks all of your Apple devices, and it works with Family Sharing. Subscriptions are also available if you're not convinced yet.
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Yes — Pippin supports SharePlay, so you can watch in sync with the people you care about.
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Yes. Download titles to your device and play them anywhere, with no connection required.
iPhone · iPad · Mac · Apple TV
Your library deserves better.
One purchase. Every Apple device. Your media.