cipherStream
Stream your own media server
Free
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.
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What's new in cipherStream 1.0.227:
- Household profiles: several people can share one device, each with their own account, face or photo, and an optional PIN.
- Two new party games, WordFlash and Mission: Almost Possible. Invite players from the Online now list, and games remember your name and face.
- Downloads keep going in the background and save subtitles for offline viewing.
- Trailers and extras on title pages, plus movie collections, labels and video playlists.
- A Still watching prompt, an optional rewind when you resume, and a warning on slow connections.
- Many fixes to playback, downloads, watch parties and games.
The developer, IotSoftworks, indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer’s privacy policy .
Data Linked to You
The following data may be collected and linked to your identity:
- User Content
- Identifiers
- Usage Data
- Diagnostics
Accessibility
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Information
- Seller
- IotSoftworks Ltd
- Size
- 15.1 MB
- Category
- Entertainment
- Compatibility
Requires iOS 16.0 or later.
- iPhone
Requires iOS 16.0 or later. - iPad
Requires iPadOS 16.0 or later. - Mac
Requires macOS 12.0 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later.
- iPhone
- Languages
- English
- Age Rating
9+
- 9+
- Infrequent
Cartoon or Fantasy Violence
Horror/Fear Themes
Contests
Guns or Other Weapons
Contains
Messaging and Chat
- Copyright
- © 2026 IotSoftworks Ltd