MediaHarbor: NAS Media Player

Photo & video player for NAS

Free · In‑App Purchases · Designed for iPad. Not verified for macOS.

New in 1.2: Continue Watching, background playback with Lock Screen controls, automatic NAS discovery, and video snapshots. Your media, your server — no cloud. Your photos and videos live on a NAS, an external drive, or right here on your iPhone. MediaHarbor makes them feel like they're in the Photos app — without uploading a single file to anyone's cloud. CONNECT STRAIGHT TO YOUR SERVER Save SMB connections to Synology, QNAP, TrueNAS, Unraid, Windows shares, or any SMB server on your network — Macs and most NAS drives show up automatically. MediaHarbor speaks SMB directly, so you don't have to mount anything in the Files app first. Passwords are stored in the iOS Keychain, on your device only. A REAL PHOTO GRID, NOT A FILE LIST • Fast, adaptive thumbnail grid with pinch-to-resize columns • Sort by name, date, or size, with date-grouped headers • Favorites, filename search, and multi-select for batch actions • Press and hold any thumbnail to share, save, download, or see its info • JPEG, HEIC, PNG, GIF, TIFF, WebP, and RAW (DNG, ARW, CR2, CR3, NEF and more) • Live Photos play with a long press VIDEO THAT ACTUALLY PLAYS Two playback engines, chosen automatically. MP4 and MOV use the native player with Picture in Picture and AirPlay. MKV, AVI, WMV, TS and other containers iOS can't normally open play through a built-in VLC engine. • Stream video straight off your NAS — no waiting for a download • Or download for offline viewing, Picture in Picture, and AirPlay • Resume exactly where you left off, or pick up from Continue Watching on the home screen • Double-tap to skip, hold for 2× speed, drag for brightness and volume • Play Next or Shuffle when a video ends • Keep listening in the background, with Lock Screen, Control Center, and headphone controls • Save any frame to Photos as a snapshot • Audio and subtitle track selection, plus .srt sidecar files BUILT FOR PRIVACY No accounts, no ads, no third-party SDKs, no trackers — just four anonymous usage counters with an off switch in Settings. FREE TO TRY, ONE-TIME UNLOCK The free version includes one network connection and plays the first five minutes of each video — enough to confirm MediaHarbor works with your NAS and your files before you pay anything. A single Lifetime Unlock removes both limits forever. No subscription, and it's Family Shareable. Also included: EXIF and GPS metadata with a map view, on-device scene detection for smart albums, slideshows, save to Photos, and bookmarks for folders you use often.

  • 5.0
    out of 5
    2 Ratings

Pick up where you left off: Continue Watching on Home lists the videos you're partway through, from your network shares or your folders. Keep listening in the background. Videos keep playing when you lock the screen or switch apps, with controls on the Lock Screen, in Control Center, and on your headphones. Turn it off in Settings → Video. Find your file server automatically. Macs and NAS drives on your network now show up when you add a connection. Press and hold any thumbnail to share, copy, save to Photos, favorite, download, or see its info. Take a snapshot of any video frame with More → Take Snapshot (or Shift-S on a keyboard). It's saved straight to Photos. New tips point out hidden gestures, and Command-/ lists every keyboard shortcut. Your network favorites and resume points now carry over when the app updates.

The developer, Ian Marrero Falcon, 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 Linked to You

    The following data may be collected but it is not linked to your identity:

    • Purchases
    • Contact Info
    • User Content
    • Identifiers
    • Usage Data

Privacy practices may vary, for example, based on the features you use or your age. Learn More

The developer has not yet indicated which accessibility features this app supports. Learn More

Seller
Ian Marrero Falcon
Size
106.1 MB
Category
Photo & Video
Compatibility
Requires iOS 17.0 or later.
  • iPhone
    Requires iOS 17.0 or later.
  • iPad
    Requires iPadOS 17.0 or later.
  • Mac
    Requires macOS 14.0 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later.
Languages
English
Age Rating
4+
In-App Purchases
Yes
Copyright
© 2026 Ian Marrero