Do I need Plex Pass to stream remotely?

No. The remote viewing checks are done client-side in the official Plex apps, not on your server. Plezy connects directly to your server's API, so there are no such checks.

Does Plezy support Jellyfin?

Yes! Plezy works with Jellyfin servers alongside Plex. You can sign in with either your Jellyfin username and password or use Quick Connect for a one-tap login from another device. Most of Plezy's features — direct play, HDR, subtitles, offline downloads — work the same way on both.

Plezy is open-source and free to download from GitHub. The App Store and Play Store versions are paid (one-time purchase, price varies by region). The charge helps cover developer account fees, test devices, and the time spent developing and maintaining the app. There's no free trial because the app stores don't natively support trials for paid apps. The only way to offer one would be to make the app free and use in-app purchases — which means integrating StoreKit and Google Play Billing, gating features behind a paywall, and adding a layer of complexity that doesn't make sense for a simple one-time purchase. If you'd like to try before you buy, you can sideload the binaries from GitHub or try it on desktop first.

Does Plezy work on Apple TV?

Yes, Plezy is available for tvOS on the App Store.

Does Plezy work on Android TV / Shield?

Yes! The app is available for Android TV including the Shield.

How does Watch Together work?

Watch Together requires every participant to have access to the same media on the same server. It uses a WebSocket relay to exchange room and participant details, server and media identifiers, an optional media title, and playback timing/control state. It does not relay the media stream or your media-server credentials. Plezy’s relay is the default; if you choose a custom relay, that relay’s operator controls its security, logging, retention, and location.

What video player does Plezy use?

mpv on most platforms, with ExoPlayer available on Android for HDR support and better performance. ExoPlayer also has libass support via libass-android.

Will Plex block this app?

Unlikely. We use the officially documented Plex API with their recommended authentication method.

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"Clean UI, great performance, and things ACTUALLY WORK. Scrubbing through a video takes no time at all, turning on subtitles takes maybe .5s, starting episodes is near instant. Incredible work."

"Impressively way better than the official Plex client!"

"Really works better than the native plex app. If the developer keeps going this can be a killer app"

"Holy shit. This comment just made me install it and give it a shot. I've never had a video open so fast. It was amazing."

"Downloads that work...what a concept."

"Best plex client I know of, so much better than official Plex app."

"This app is absolutely beautiful. It's clean and smooth. A real professional feel to it. Much better than the official Plex app."

"Design and theme are much better. Love having the buffer size setting. Clean and intuitive. Single developer app that is consistently updated, thank you for your hard work."

"Better than the official client after just a few months. Keeps getting updates that make it better. Great app."

"Nice, fast and clean app! It has much greater support for codecs than the official app and the download function is made better. I'm changing to this now."

"Much better than the official app! The sticking point for me is that downloads actually work reliably. The interface is great and snappy."

"Just brilliant. Using on all my Android TV boxes. UI and UX are great. I was having intermittent audio drops with the latest build of the official Plex app. No issues with Plezy."

"Fantastic and super lean looking! Must have if you have a Plex server."

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