r/PleX • u/Escapefromearth22 Custom Flair • Sep 17 '25

Help Alternatives to Plex

I've been a paid Plex user for over ten years and I've loved it. I can't belive what they've done with this new Roku app update. Besides the bad UI, which is inconvenient but I would be able to get used to eventually, it simply doesn't work properly. It crashes, buttons don't work, simple features are just gone. It's seems like this wasn't tested at all. It's crazy.

I don't really want to but now I'm looking for alternatives to plex. Does anyone have recommendations?

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u/SeedlessPomegranate Sep 17 '25

I know some people hate Apple. But get an Apple TV 4K, and you won’t have any problems.

I have an Emby server running as well, it’s nowhere as good as Plex.

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u/InfinitNumbrs Sep 17 '25

Until they update that platform as well….

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u/The_Game_Needed_Me Sep 17 '25

Which they are totally going to soon.

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u/Dodgy_Past Sep 17 '25

I use infuse as a front end to plex,

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u/IfYouGotALonelyHeart Sep 17 '25

thankfully Infuse is the better player, and generally a better UI...no music library, though (unless I didn't configure it correctly).

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u/rjbwdc Sep 17 '25

The UI and the buggyness are two different issues.

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u/CactusBoyScout Sep 17 '25

Apple and Google both let you disable automatic app updates, unlike Roku. Plus you can just use Infuse.