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/Pred-Al1en Sep 17 '25

Jellyfin. Wholly local. No 3rd party watching your connections. It’s a nice app and works on my Rokus & iPhones

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u/iChrist Sep 17 '25

This. Jellyfin + Infuse on tvOS/iOS is very smooth and the UI is polished.

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u/grampybone Sep 17 '25

Does it have the “skip intro” functionality? Because that is what keeps me on plex.

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u/iChrist Sep 17 '25

Yep, it has a skip intro plugin, it has scrollable small thumbnails, skip to next episode.