Play your Jellyfin library exactly as it was made. JellyMold has its own playback engine, so your files play directly and are never transcoded by your server. Original picture, original sound, no re-encoding, no server strain.
Most clients lean on the server to re-encode anything they can't handle, which costs quality and loads your hardware. JellyMold decodes your media itself, so playback starts fast and looks and sounds the way it should, at home or over the internet. It's built for iPhone and iPad, and designed to feel like it belongs there.
JellyMold is my idea of what Jellyfin should feel like on Apple devices. Fast to navigate, beautiful to watch, and built natively from the ground up. I've rethought the parts you use most, like TV show episode navigation and on-screen video setting preferences, so getting to what you want to watch takes less effort and watching it feels better.
PLAYS YOUR FILES AS THEY ARE
• Direct play only, never transcoded, no quality loss
• Wide format support: HEVC, H.264, AV1, VC-1, MPEG-2, MPEG-4 and ProRes
• Surround soundtracks with a dialogue-clear downmix — AC-3, E-AC-3, DTS, TrueHD, FLAC and AAC
• Subtitles done properly: text and image-based (PGS, VOBSUB), forced subtitles, and full appearance control
A REAL PLAYER
• Picture in Picture that keeps playing while you move around your phone
• Chapters, aspect-ratio and zoom controls, and adjustable playback speed
• Audio sync adjustment for soundtracks that drift
• Customisable gestures for scrubbing, skipping and playback
• Skip intros and recaps, and roll straight into the next episode
• Scrubbing thumbnails, generated on device even when your server has none
YOUR WHOLE LIBRARY
• Bring several Jellyfin servers together in one library
• Continue Watching, Up Next and what's new, straight from your server
• Search across everything
• Download anything to watch fully offline
• Lock Screen, Control Centre and CarPlay controls
MADE FOR iPHONE AND iPAD
• A native, adaptive layout on both
• Full Dynamic Type and VoiceOver support
• Output to an external display
WHAT YOU NEED
JellyMold is a client for Jellyfin, the free, self-hosted media server. You'll need your own Jellyfin server and account to sign in. JellyMold plays your personal library and doesn't host or provide any content itself.
ABOUT US
JellyMold is made by Virtue Apps, which is just me. I watch a lot on my own Jellyfin server, and I wanted an iOS app that felt as good as the content deserved. So I built it.
I sweat the small details, because they're what you notice every time you press play. I respect your privacy and your time: no tracking, no clutter, no nonsense. My aim is simple. An app you're genuinely glad you paid for.
I read every message. If something could be better, tell me by using the feedback link in the app.
MEMBERSHIP
You can view 5 pieces of media unrestricted, after which you require a subscription to continue watching. Both monthly and annual plans come with a generous free trial period to ensure you are happy to pay for the experience you get with JellyMold.
PRIVACY
JellyMold collects no personal data. Your library and your viewing stay between you and your server. We only want to provide you with the best possible JellyMold client experience, and we don’t need to know anything about you to do that.
Privacy Policy: https://jellymold.app/privacy/
Terms of Use: https://jellymold.app/terms/
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Pick up where you left off, from anywhere. JellyMold 1.5 adds a home-screen widget, Siri and Shortcuts, and a sleep timer.
New
• Home-screen widget. See what you were watching, with the time left, and tap to carry on. Small, medium and large sizes, plus the Lock Screen. Touch and hold the widget to choose its background.
• Quick actions. Touch and hold the JellyMold icon to resume, open one of your libraries, or search.
• Siri. Say "Resume playing on JellyMold", or name a show you are watching: "Continue watching Planet Earth on JellyMold". While something plays, Siri's own controls work too: "Pause", "Skip ahead 30 seconds".
• Shortcuts. Twenty JellyMold actions for your own shortcuts and automations: play, pause, skip, set subtitles, get Continue Watching or Up Next, mark as watched, download and more. Settings has a new Siri & Shortcuts page with ideas to start from.
• Sleep timer. In the player's settings, stop after 5 to 60 minutes, a time of your own, or the end of this episode. A small timer shows over the picture while it runs.
• No more black bars. Films with black bars inside the picture now fill the screen. JellyMold remembers each film and episode, across your devices.
Improved
• Smoother streaming. JellyMold now builds a bigger buffer early on Wi-Fi and keeps it in Low Power Mode, so a busy network or server is less likely to stall playback.
• Subtitles stored inside large files now load reliably, even when your server takes a while to prepare them.
• Cast and crew photos on a show's page appear straight away.
Fixed
• Choosing your Apple TV again from the AirPlay menu no longer freezes JellyMold.
• Starting a film while your Apple TV is already chosen now plays it on the TV, not on your iPhone with the sound on the TV.
• The AirPlay button no longer stays blue after you stop AirPlay.
• The New row on the home screen no longer shows empty spaces, or films from another library, when one of your libraries has no content type set.
Version 1.5
The developer, Jonathan Darke, 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
The developer indicated that this app supports the following accessibility features. Learn More
Supported Features
VoiceOver
Voice Control
Larger Text
Dark Interface
Differentiate Without Color Alone
Sufficient Contrast
Reduced Motion
Captions
Audio Descriptions
Information
Seller
Jonathan Darke
Size
40.8 MB
Category
Entertainment
Compatibility
Requires iOS 26.1 or later.
iPhone Requires iOS 26.1 or later.
iPad Requires iPadOS 26.1 or later.
Mac Requires macOS 26.1 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later.