Plex is the free social and discovery app for movie and TV lovers.
Discover your next watch with Plex. Find shows and movies to watch, see what's trending, get ratings and movie reviews from friends you trust, and stream free on-demand movies, shows, and live TV.
Connect all your streaming services (including Netflix, Max, Paramount+, Prime Video, and more) to Plex to browse them all from one place. If you can stream it, we can find it.
Watch over 50,000 free movies and shows across every genre from A24, Paramount, AMC, Magnolia, Relativity, Lionsgate, and more. Your next binge is waiting.
Stream 600+ free live TV channels featuring live sports, news, kids’ shows, and more. Save your favorite channels for later or start watching now.
Find movies and shows from anywhere, add them to your Plex watchlist, and keep everything you want to watch in one place. Customize your preferences and build a home screen around what you love to watch.
Share TV and movie reviews, create lists, and start discussions about the movies and shows you love. Find movies and shows to watch through ratings, movie reviews, and real recommendations from real people—not an algorithm.
Enjoy your personal media, your way, with a Plex Media Server. Store, organize, and stream your movies, shows, music, and photos from one library. Your server automatically scans your files, making them easy to browse and enjoy from any device.
With Plex, you can:
● Find new movies and shows and discover your next binge
● Watch 50,000+ free movies and shows
● Stream 600+ free live TV channels
● Browse all your streaming services in one place
● Watchlist any movie or TV show from anywhere
● Share TV and movie reviews, create lists, and join discussions
● Stream your personal media with Plex Media Server
Download the free Plex app to get started. Visit https://www.plex.tv/free for more information.
Note: Streaming personal media requires Plex Media Server version 1.41.2 or higher (available for free at https://plex.tv/downloads) installed and running to stream to other devices. DRM-protected content, ISO disc images, and video_ts folders are not supported. Some features of this app are supported by interest-based advertising. To learn more about this and your choices regarding it, visit the Plex Privacy Policy.
On their website, there is literally no way to open contact with support. All they provide are links to articles. They even explicitly state that all contact for support with Plex will be ignored. IMO, that’s a terrible way to run a company. User feedback is one of the most important factors of making a satisfactory product. So leaving a review and hoping the developers see it is my last resort to report this bug. I have an issue regarding my Plex Pass subscription. When I watch downloaded videos, the skip button is grayed out. For streamed videos, this bug is not present. I am a little irritated at the quality of the video player for downloaded videos, especially since it’s a paid subscription. The lack of customer support regarding legitimate issues and bug reporting is astounding. It’s a wonder there is a functioning product at all. You know what all successful software companies have in common? They have open channels to listen for customer feedback about their product. Now I understand the financial cost of accepting torrents of emails from customers. I understand it can be frustrating to receive thousands of emails that could have easily been answered by reading an FAQ. But seriously guys, you need at least SOME way to report bugs. Especially for a paid service. I love Plex, but it has its issues. You guys deserve to hear about them as much as your customers deserve to have them fixed. Please open a channel of dialogue between you and your community. I promise that you will have a stronger product as a result. Thank you for everything that you do. I hope you take what I said here to heart.
Almost perfect...
doverby
For a long time, I couldn't find fault with this media app. It looks amazing and is extremely flexible and scalable. I use it at home on a Mac as the server and am able to run an Apple TV with its beautiful interface. My most irritating pair of bugs is with the iOS (iPadOS) app. When I'm watching content on my iPad, subtitles are shown when they shouldn't be. They show up as "OFF" in the settings, but they're most definitely on. The only way to get them to go away is to turn them on, then turn them off again. HOWEVER, after turning them on, the timing for tapping the required menu to turn them off again is very important, because there can be no subtitles present on the screen when the video is paused to turn subtitles off or that subtitle will be present at the bottom of the screen for the rest of the video, or until this whole maneuver is attempted again. Very distracting and an irritating bug to say the least. Most shows have a minute or two of recaps, so it's pretty much all nonstop dialogue (subtitles).This all being said, the Plex team has created an AMAZING media environment for the user. This level of quality is what every media company should aim for. I'm sure once the folks at Plex discover this bug, they'll be able to squash it in short order.
Developer Response
Thank you for letting us know about your troubles. Unfortunately, we were not able to reproduce the issue. Would you mind filing it in the forums https://forums.plex.tv/ with the following information to help us debug it.- logs https://support.plex.tv/articles/212639598-apple-tv-logs/ (Apple TV) - logs https://support.plex.tv/articles/201636593-ios-logs/ (iOS) - app version- device version
Plex is the beat
AngryAlexG
I love Plex for it’s beautiful organization and easy to use interface. Having almost all my media in one place has always been the dream and Plex has done that for me (for about 80% - still missing native audiobook support and support for eBooks). Having full control of my own personal media cloud and server has been incredible. The movie and show ratings from Rotten Tomato are awesome and being able to watch a trailer of something is convenient if someone wants a quick synopsis. I love being able to put all our childhood videos converted from VHS on my own cloud and give access to my family to see any of the embarrassing and amazing home videos anytime. ***DEVS: Would love to see a audio only version for Apple Watch for streaming or offline usage to listen to podcasts, music, audiobooks - Audible does this now which has been amazing. Being able to listen to Plex media with only a watch and bluetooth headphones would be a game changer. Also native audiobook support and support for eBooks would basically round out any media needs I could possible want to have in one app!Love what the Plex teams does and always looking to see what they’ve recently added. More than happy to be a part of the Plex Pass Lifetime member. Keep up the amazing work!
Local server connections
elgrego1939
I have always had trouble with the iOS versions of this app, even though I’m only connecting to a local server. The app on my Roku has no difficulty connecting to the same server. It is extremely frustrating. I am now completely unable to connect to the server from my iPad, despite having tried logging out and back into the app, logging out and using a wait list of local network connection, deleting the app and re-downloading it, deleting all three instances of the iPad app from my list of allowed devices in my account, etc. For some inexplicable reason, my Plex account has now decided that my iPad app is also a server, so some of the other client apps now list two entries for my iPad as servers.Also, when my home Internet isn’t working and I can’t go online, even though my Plex server is on the same local network/router as Plex app on my phone, iPad, and TV, none of them are able to access the server. They all say that the server is unavailable. My SMB file sharing on the same Mac at the Plex server works fine, so it’s not a problem with my local network. I would think that playing files in Plex over the local network would not be affected by an Internet outage…I’ve had so many problems with the iOS apps that I don’t see how the people at Plex hope to entice me to purchase a subscription when I can’t even really use the features that a subscription affords. The app is nice when it works, but far too often it doesn’t really work.
NEW:
- Added a manage button to the user switcher that opens Plex Home settings.
- Advanced options when scheduling a Live TV recording, including starting early and ending late.
- Artwork fades in as it loads and crossfades when it changes.
- Closed state for discussions, with a lock on cards and a notice explaining why a discussion was closed.
- Opening a notification for a comment, reaction, mention or new follower now marks it as read in Notifications.
- Rounded search fields on the search, people and settings screens, matching the web app.
- Tapping the Live TV tab now opens the source picker when more than one Live TV source is available
- Theme music can play on movie and collection detail pages.
- Zero state for the watch history screen.
FIXES:
- A completed download with a missing poster showed an empty box.
- A library briefly showed two columns of loading placeholders before switching to three.
- Activity cards could show another card's Read more button.
- After subscribing, the paywall could briefly reappear before the new subscription was recognized.
- Album detail screens were missing their related items hubs.
- Album detail screens would flash/flicker when opened.
- Artwork downloaded again after switching networks, such as between home Wi-Fi and mobile data.
- Artwork on screen took longer than it should to come back after leaving the player.
- Artwork that failed or was slow to load stayed blank instead of showing its title.
- Artwork tiles turned a darker shade between their loading placeholder and their artwork appearing.
- Cast and crew would not appear on some libraries.
- Confirmation for deleting an episode was not always clear.
- Download rows could show another download's poster.
- Downloads could fail to start for items with missing artwork.
- Editing the avatar could result in a low quality image.
- Expanded hubs could show loading placeholders in the wrong shape.
- Fixed downloads not working for some people after the app was closed while it was updating its downloads list.
- Grid loading placeholders sat lower than the content that replaced them.
- Items within a list could be slightly overlapped.
- Live TV: The bottom of the guide was hidden behind the tab bar.
- Long album names were cut off on the album screen.
- Music library recommendations loaded with poster-shaped placeholders.
- Player: Live TV channels with a space in their channel ID (e.g. from a VBox gateway) failed to tune.
- Player: Playback speed went back to normal after moving to the next item.
- Player: Prefer displaying a track's artist when it differs from the album artist.
- Player: Remote playback failed when the server converted the video to an image format.
- Player: The post-play screen overlapped the status bar on iPad.
- Player: The seek preview did not match the aspect ratio of the video after changing the display mode.
- Recent searches on the search screen sat right up against their heading.
- Remote Watch Pass could advertise a free trial to accounts that were no longer eligible for one.
- Rows and headers could briefly settle slightly out of place after scrolling.
- Rows with badges or a "New episode" style line under their tiles were taller than the rows around them, leaving uneven gaps.
- Scrolling Edit Metadata could mix up field values or hide unsaved edits.
- Scrolling after swiping a row open could show Remove on another row.
- Search field placeholders were invisible while typing.
- Search results sat further from the right edge of the screen than the left.
- Search settings no longer list servers that can't return any search results, such as one that only shares a single item with you.
- Sending a follow or friend request could change another person's buttons.
- Server Dashboard: Prefer displaying a track's artist when it differs from the album artist.
- Server dashboard was not showing a zero state for offline servers
- Shared servers in All Libraries were not sorted alphabetically by the person sharing them
Version 2026.20.0
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Information
Seller
Plex Inc.
Size
135.2 MB
Category
Entertainment
Compatibility
Requires iOS 16.0 or later.
iPhone Requires iOS 16.0 or later.
iPad Requires iPadOS 16.0 or later.
Apple Vision Requires visionOS 1.0 or later.
Apple TV Requires tvOS 16.0 or later.
Languages
English
Age Rating
4+
4+
This app is rated 4+ with content restrictions.
Some content may be rated higher, and may therefore be restricted and managed by the developer through in-app controls.