Bandit is the all-in-one player for the media you already own. Connect your servers, services, and file shares — then browse, search, and stream everything from one beautiful, native app built for iPhone and iPad.
CONNECT EVERYTHING
• Plex, Jellyfin, and Emby media servers
• IPTV via M3U playlists and Xtream Codes portals
• WebDAV and SMB network file shares
• Stremio-compatible add-on catalogs
A REAL PLAYER
• Dual engine (native + VLC) plays virtually anything — MKV, HEVC and more
• Direct play with automatic server-transcode fallback
• Chapters, skip intro/credits, and Up Next autoplay
• Picture in Picture and AirPlay
• Subtitles and preferred audio/subtitle languages
LIVE TV WITH A GUIDE
• Full EPG program guide, favorites and channel groups
• Catch-up / timeshift where your provider supports it
BUILT FOR YOU
• A personalized Home with Continue Watching, Watchlist and recommendations
• Instant on-device search and a complete synced library
• Download to watch offline, anywhere
• Home and away: automatic connection switching for Plex, Jellyfin and Emby
PRIVATE BY DESIGN
• No account. No tracking. No data collection.
• Your credentials stay in the device Keychain.
Bandit is free to use with one source. Upgrade to Bandit Pro to connect unlimited sources.
Bandit hosts no content — you bring your own servers and services.
Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
Cast to your TV
Chromecast is here. Send anything from any of your servers
to a Chromecast or Google TV, with full transport controls,
subtitle and audio track selection, and a scrubber that
keeps up. AirPlay handling has been rebuilt alongside it.
Fix out-of-sync audio and subtitles
New delay controls in the player. Nudge audio or subtitles
in fine steps until they line up, per title.
Section headings now open
Tap "Recently added movies", "Because you watched", or any
other heading to see everything in it instead of the first
few. Same on Discover.
Search your NAS
WebDAV and SMB shares are now searchable. Bandit walks the
share and finds files by name, so content on a NAS is no
longer invisible to search.
More than one account per server
Switch between user profiles on a Jellyfin or Emby server
without signing out and back in.
Edit a source you already added
Swipe a source in Settings to change its address, name or
sign-in details, instead of deleting it and starting over.
Fixes and improvements
• Your whole library indexes in one pass. Large libraries
no longer come up short and need a second attempt, and
a sync that does fall short says so and retries instead
of quietly looking complete.
• "Remove from Continue Watching" no longer appears for
titles that aren't in Continue Watching.
• Marking something watched updates it everywhere on Home
at once, instead of leaving other rows out of date.
• Downloads interrupted by force-quitting the app now
resume instead of sitting stuck.
• Deleting a source now removes its downloads and viewing
history with it.
• Add-on catalogues that share a name are told apart
("Popular Movies" and "Popular Shows" rather than two
rows both called "Popular").
• Playlist and guide downloads are size-limited and time
out properly, so a bad address can't hang the app.
• Artwork is properly sized in the new full-screen grids
on iPad.
Version 1.9
The developer, Jacob Wintheiser, 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 Not Collected
The developer does not collect any data from this app.
Privacy practices may vary, for example, based on the features you use or your age. Learn More
Accessibility
The developer has not yet indicated which accessibility features this app supports. Learn More
Information
Seller
Jacob Wintheiser
Size
56.7 MB
Category
Entertainment
Compatibility
Requires iOS 26.0 or later.
iPhone Requires iOS 26.0 or later.
iPad Requires iPadOS 26.0 or later.
Mac Requires macOS 26.0 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later.