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Save films and episodes for the flight, on iPhone, iPad and the Mac.
Strand
A player for the films, shows and channels you already have. Connect a Jellyfin, Emby or Plex server, a WebDAV share or your TV provider, and Strand turns it into one Home screen, a proper TV guide, and playback that keeps the Dolby Vision and the Atmos.
For iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple TV and Apple Vision Pro
Sintel (2010) · Blender Foundation · CC BY 3.0
In the app
Screens from Strand itself, on each device it's made for. The films are open-licensed; the channels are made up.
Home: the film of the moment on top, and your rows under it.
- Home: the film of the moment on top, and your rows under it.
- A film's page: ratings, the cast and Play, in one place.
- The guide: your provider's channels, and what's on them now and next.
- Live TV on Home: a channel playing beside what's on now.
- Rows of posters for your collections and lists.
- Home on the Mac, in a window of its own or full screen.
- Live TV on the Mac: the whole guide, with your channel groups down the side.
- A whole collection at a glance.
- Home on iPad, with room for the artwork.
- A show's page, with its seasons, episodes and cast.
- What's on now, at the top of Home.
- Home on iPhone: the film of the moment, then Continue Watching.
- A show's page, with its seasons and episodes.
- Live TV, in your provider's categories.
- Strand in your room on Apple Vision Pro, as big as you like.
- A film's page, floating in the room.
- What's on now, at the top of Home.
Made for each screen
Not one app stretched to fit: each version is built for its device.
Picture in Picture
Leave Strand mid-film and it keeps playing in the corner.
Every device in step
Your Home rows, settings and how far through you are follow you from device to device, through your own iCloud.
CarPlay
Your radio stations in the car, with the song names.
Gestures you'd expect
Double-tap to skip, swipe for brightness and volume, pinch to fill the screen.
A private theatre
On Apple Vision Pro, watch in a theatre of your own.
What's on
Everything Strand does, laid out like its own TV guide. Pick a programme to read about it.
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Library
- Jellyfin, Emby & Plex
Sign in to your server, at home or away. Artwork, cast, ratings and episode details fill themselves in, and your collections arrive the way you set them up.
- WebDAV shares
Point Strand at a folder of video on a NAS or online storage. It works out what each file is and keeps the index fresh.
- Your provider's films
Turn on Use VOD and your TV provider's films and series sit alongside everything else, on each title's page.
- Jellyfin, Emby & Plex
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Live TV
- The guide
M3U or Xtream, with one or two XMLTV guides. Favourites, your own channel groups, and search that reads programme descriptions too.
- Catch-up
Watch a programme from the start, or one that has already finished, wherever your provider keeps an archive. Pause and rewind the one you're on.
- Multiview
Up to four channels at once on Apple TV and the Mac. The sound follows whichever one you pick.
- Recordings
Record a programme, a series or whatever's on now, with Strand Recorder, Dispatcharr or your server's DVR. Ad breaks come marked for skipping.
- The guide
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Playback
- Dolby Vision
Profiles 5 and 8 as they are, profile 7 converted to 8.1, and HDR10, HDR10+ and HLG beside them.
- Atmos & surround
Dolby Atmos and lossless multichannel sound, sent to your receiver or soundbar.
- Match frame rate
On Apple TV your TV switches to each film's frame rate and range, so a 24 fps film plays at 24.
- Subtitles
Styled ASS and PGS, a size for each device, auto-sync, and search across four subtitle services with your own keys.
- Dolby Vision
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Home
- Rows, your way
Build Home a row at a time from your server, your lists, your channels or TMDB, and put them in whatever order you like.
- The hero
Four ways to fill the top of the screen on Apple TV, two on iPhone, iPad and the Mac, with trailers behind it if you want them.
- Top Shelf
What you're watching, waiting above Strand on the Apple TV Home Screen.
- Rows, your way
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Sync
- iCloud
Settings, rows, sources and where you stopped, the same on every device signed in to your Apple Account.
- Trakt & Simkl
Or MDBList, or PublicMetaDB. Or none of them: on-device tracking needs no account at all.
- Share Setup
Copy your whole setup to a new Apple TV, or to a friend, with a code, a link or a file. Passwords stay behind unless you tick them.
- iCloud
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Extras
- Skip Intro
Skip intros, recaps and credits wherever Strand knows where they are.
- What's that song?
Shazam names the songs in what you're watching and on the radio, and saves the ones you like to Apple Music.
- 24/7 channels
Turn your provider's shows and films into channels that play around the clock, with your own logos.
- Kids Mode
A Home screen of rows you've chosen for children, and a passcode on Settings, on Apple TV.
- Skip Intro
Strand Pro
Try Strand free for 7 days
Everything you already have, beautifully played on every screen.
- Your whole libraryFilms and shows from your media servers and shares, with rich artwork and details.
- Live TV, done properlyA fast guide, catch-up, recordings and up to four channels at once.
- Cinema-grade playback4K with Dolby Vision, HDR10+ and Dolby Atmos.
- On every screeniPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple TV and Apple Vision Pro, kept in sync.
YearlySAVE 41%Just $2.92 a month, billed yearly
$34.99 a year7 days free
MonthlyBilled monthly, cancel any time
$4.99 a month7 days free
LifetimePay once, yours forever · Family Sharing
$89.99 once
Prices in US dollars; the App Store shows yours in your own currency. One purchase unlocks Strand on all your Apple devices. Subscriptions renew automatically; cancel at least a day before the trial ends and you won't be charged.
Help and feedback
I make Strand on my own, and I read everything that comes in.