JellyTV
A Modern Jellyfin Client
Free · In-App Purchases · Designed for iPad. Not verified for macOS.
JellyTV is a premium Jellyfin client designed to deliver a fast, elegant and immersive media experience across all your Apple devices.
Connect to your self-hosted Jellyfin server and enjoy your movies and series in a modern, fluid interface built for performance.
Stream your content with high-quality video support, live streaming and transcoding.
Pick up where you left off with automatic progress tracking and favorites.
Smart Features
– Advanced search by genre, actor, year and more
– Seerr integration for request management
– Push notifications for new content
– Offline downloads for watching anywhere
– Full sync across iPhone, iPad, Mac, Vision Pro and Apple TV
JellyTV+
Unlock advanced features with JellyTV+, available as an optional in-app purchase:
– Admin interface for Jellyfin and Seerr
– Trakt & AniList integration
– Home screen customization
– Exclusive app icons
– iCloud settings sync
JellyTV+ enhances the experience but is not required for core playback.
Requirements
– A self-hosted Jellyfin server is required
– JellyTV does not provide media content
– Jellyseerr requires separate installation
– Some advanced features require JellyTV+
Terms of Use (EULA):
https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
more What’s New in 1.3.12
This update improves media synchronization, playback reliability, Dolby Vision support, and subtitles.
New Features
• Added native SRT subtitle support to JellyTV Remux
• Added global media library synchronization
Improvements
• Improved Dolby Vision playback with local E-AC-3 audio conversion
• Improved playback startup
• Improved playback engine diagnostics and observability
• Improved app privacy metadata configuration
Fixes
• Fixed Dolby Vision Profile 8 preservation during remux
• Fixed subtitle cue timing
• Fixed Continue Watching and Next Up ordering
• Fixed Seerr request state synchronization
• Fixed Home section and carousel presentation issues
• Fixed background widget server routing
1.3.12 10 Sept
What’s New in 1.3.11
This update focuses on playback performance, responsiveness, and reliability across JellyTV.
New Features
• Added subtitle menu visibility controls
• Added Jellyfin backdrop preference on iPhone
• Added real-time support conversations for JellyTV+ users
• Added email preference management for connected JellyTV accounts
• Added 3D video playback modes
Improvements
• Improved player performance and subtitle switching
• Improved JellyTV Engine navigation and playback performance
• Improved scrolling performance across the app
• Improved JellyThink Home and Catalog loading
• Improved Home, subtitle settings, media details, and discovery
Fixes
• Fixed JellyTV Engine playback, seeking, and audio timing issues
• Fixed AV1 playback stalls and fallback routing
• Fixed unexpected transcoding and Jellyfin playback reporting
• Fixed embedded subtitle timing after seeking
• Fixed main-thread stalls and performance issues
• Fixed Community review activity and posters
• Fixed notification registration and Admin actions
• Fixed iPad-on-Mac lifecycle, App Group, and suspension crashes
1.3.11 6 Sept
What’s New in 1.3.10
This update focuses on stability and account reliability.
Fixes
• Fixed launch issues when running the iPad app on Mac with optional AI frameworks
• Fixed UI hangs identified through crash reporting
• Fixed account cache isolation between profiles
1.3.10 27 Aug
What’s New in 1.3.9
This update expands JellyThink, improves playback and discovery, and brings major performance and reliability improvements across JellyTV.
New Features
- Added JellyThink natural language search
- Added JellyThink Visual Intelligence search
- Added Spotlight media indexing
- Added Jellyfin Local Intros pre-roll support
- Added external PGS subtitles for offline playback
- Added connected device management for JellyTV accounts
- Added Seerr server history and direct Catalog login
- Added one-tap Jellyfin profile invitations for Admins
- Added YouTube trailer app preferences
- Added birthday celebrations for JellyTV profiles
- Added advanced JellyTV Engine playback pipelines
Improvements
- Improved Home and Catalog loading and rendering performance
- Improved Home and Catalog carousels
- Improved section header interactions
- Improved offline download presentation
Fixes
- Fixed AV1 playback, fallback and startup issues
- Fixed Dolby Vision fallback with TrueHD audio
- Fixed AirPlay playback with AV1 and subtitles
- Fixed downloaded playback resume synchronization
- Fixed local server discovery
- Fixed JellyThink recommendation generation
- Fixed watched episode state during playback
- Fixed profile and Seerr account issues
- Fixed iPad Library navigation
- Fixed multiple accessibility, toolbar and playback issues
1.3.9 26 Aug
What’s New in 1.3.8
This update expands subtitle, playback, and tvOS capabilities while improving JellyThink, downloads, profiles, and overall reliability.
New Features
• Added OpenSubtitles subtitle downloads
• Added tab customization on tvOS
• Added support for more Dolby Vision videos on Apple TV
• Added saved pinch-to-zoom preference
• Added configurable offline download concurrency
• Added local trailer support on tvOS
• Added an Experimental Features page
Improvements
• JellyThink Home recommendations are now available on all devices
• Improved playback resilience and FFmpeg format compatibility
• Improved JellyTV Engine compatibility with FFmpeg 9.0
• Improved automatic and offline downloads
• Improved profile handling across iOS and tvOS
• Improved local server discovery and offline subtitle selection
• Improved Admin Dashboard actions and user sorting
• Improved trailer previews and tvOS media details
Fixes
• Fixed Catalog loading and navigation issues
• Fixed profile selection and switching issues
• Fixed Seerr authentication and presentation issues
• Fixed Simkl sign-in
• Fixed watched movies missing from the Movies library
• Fixed background download recovery and offline item handling
• Fixed Home network browsing and Modular Home thumbnails
• Fixed multiple Apple TV navigation, settings, and focus issues
1.3.8 17 Aug
What’s New in 1.3.7
This update adds new playback and diagnostic tools while improving Home performance, Admin features, onboarding, and overall stability.
New Features
• Added playback information panels on iOS and tvOS
• Added media cleanup suggestions for Jellyfin administrators
• Added in-app issue reporting with diagnostic data
• Added an Offline Downloads tab to the iPad sidebar
Improvements
• Improved Home scrolling performance and toolbar placement
• Improved consistency across media action menus
• Improved the Jellyfin onboarding connection flow
• Improved Admin storage refresh performance
• Improved Admin settings on tvOS
Fixes
• Fixed Home carousel and history card presentation issues
• Fixed iPad Catalog dismissal and player zoom stability
• Fixed Seerr notification localization, deep links, and legacy account synchronization
• Fixed JellyThink Home card refresh
• Fixed onboarding after skipping the welcome screen
• Fixed external subtitle selection in JellyTV Engine
• Fixed diagnostic logging and Admin tab redirection issues
1.3.7 7 Aug
What’s New in 1.3.6
This update focuses on playback reliability, media compatibility, performance, and overall app stability.
New Feature
• Added a Jellyfin-synced maximum audio channels setting enforced during playback
Improvements
• Improved playback reliability and compatibility across more media formats
• Improved subtitles, audio tracks, HDR, and playback quality
• Improved switching between episodes, tracks, subtitles, and quality settings
• Improved app performance and energy efficiency
• Improved tvOS series navigation and focus behavior
• Improved profile menu consistency across iOS
Fixes
• Fixed playback freezes, black screens, and failed video starts
• Fixed playback resume and startup rebuffer recovery
• Fixed subtitle and audio track selection issues
• Fixed playback speed resetting after pause or seek
• Fixed Picture in Picture dismissal on iOS
• Fixed Jellyfin server switching
• Fixed Home loading, blinking, and Recently Added pagination
• Fixed JellyTV account session recovery
• Fixed multiple Seerr watchlist, navigation, and notification issues
1.3.6 1 Aug
What’s New in 1.3.5
This update improves playback controls, subtitles, navigation, Seerr requests, and overall reliability.
New Features
• Added a lower subtitle placement option
• Added a setting to remember the selected playback quality
• Added media watchers to movie and series detail pages
Improvements
• Improved artwork loading and season caching
• Improved Apple TV remote scrubbing
• Improved profile avatar fallbacks
• Improved offline download progress tracking
• Improved Seerr request sheet responsiveness
Fixes
• Fixed Seerr request pagination, push delivery, and specials display
• Fixed Favorites not loading all available items
• Fixed subtitle appearance rendering
• Fixed Picture in Picture restoration on iOS
• Fixed multiple Apple TV navigation issues
• Fixed carousel backdrops after navigation
• Fixed series playback actions from episode carousels
• Fixed modular collection sections on Home
• Fixed the iOS welcome screen layout
1.3.5 26 Jul
What’s New in 1.3.4
This update expands Seerr integration, improves the JellyTV Remux engine, and fixes several account, playback, and profile-related issues.
New Features
• Added Seerr tag support
• Added support for sending and receiving Seerr requests through push notifications
• Added swipe actions for requests in the Admin section
Improvements
• Improved Catalog loading and rendering reliability
• Reduced storage and memory usage in the JellyTV Remux engine
• Improved audio and video synchronization
• Improved track selection and seeking during remux playback
Fixes
• Fixed JellyTV account session recovery
• Fixed connected apps not refreshing after profile changes
• Fixed genre poster cache reuse
• Fixed grouped season labels
• Fixed playback timeline fallback behavior
• Fixed HLS startup black screens
• Fixed transcoded quality selection indicators
1.3.4 20 Jul
What’s New in 1.3.3
This update improves playback reliability, Home rendering, offline downloads, Seerr integration, and collection browsing.
New Features
• Added Simkl connected app integration
• Added sort picker for the Featured carousel
• Added tvOS profile picker overlay
• Added Next Up fallback timer setting
• Added playback buffering preference
• Added persistent iPad tab customization
Improvements
• Improved offline download options for users without transcoding permissions and movies with multiple versions
• Improved subtitle appearance settings with a refined customization screen and vertical offset option
• Improved playback quality menu with bitrate display and icons for transcoded qualities
• Improved Home data refresh and rendering
• Improved Dolby Vision MKV playback with safer AVPlayer-compatible routing and HDR fallback
• Improved HDR and Dolby Vision routing
• Improved Seerr request notifications with a new setting toggle
• Improved Collections with a unified detail view and richer Seerr data when available
• Preserved native rows in Modular Home
• Preserved server collection ordering
• Merged Home settings into Display and Appearance
Fixes
• Fixed Modular Home sections, collection rows, and deduplication issues
• Fixed duplicate audio issues
• Fixed search after connecting Seerr
• Fixed iOS spatial audio decoder setup
• Fixed subtitle routing through AVPlayer
• Fixed plugin collection section routing
• Fixed offline series download grouping and track selection
• Fixed smooth next episode handoff
• Fixed tvOS Skip Intro focus
• Fixed profile menu behavior when switching server URLs
• Fixed Seerr session switching between Jellyfin accounts
• Fixed referral reconnect flow
• Fixed Home network row visibility
1.3.3 12 Jul
What’s New in 1.3.2
This update improves playback, iCloud sync, offline downloads, and tvOS polish.
New Features
• Added draggable “Next Up” banner on iOS
• Added alternate app icons support on tvOS
• Added center tap control in the iOS player
• Added playback idle protection while the player is visible
• Added Family Purchase restore flow
• Added offline download removal toasts
• Added admin restart waiting screen
• Added Home section order to iCloud sync
Improvements
• Improved series episode loading
• Improved tvOS Top Shelf details carousel
Fixes
• Fixed Seerr request permission handling
• Fixed offline download queue selection state
• Fixed duplicate transactions close button
• Fixed actor filmography duplicates
• Fixed tvOS Home section settings
• Fixed FFmpeg direct play buffering fallback
• Fixed missing collection detail items
• Fixed playback stop reporting when closing the player
• Fixed PiP button availability checks
1.3.2 2 Jul
What’s New in 1.3.1
This update improves playback, account switching, poster customization, and overall reliability across JellyTV.
New Features
• Added lightweight next episode prompt
• Added collection poster style customization
• Added Change Image action for episodes
• Added account switching from the profile menu
• Added combined Favorites and Watchlist menu for Jellyfin + Seerr users
• Added transcoding permission checks for offline downloads and playback
• Added JellyTV Remux, an optional experimental playback engine for compatible MKV files using a local Apple-friendly HLS/fMP4 stream
Improvements
• Improved tvOS Home navigation fluidity
• Improved image and Home performance
• Improved Admin section loading
• Improved JellyThink fallback model eligibility
Fixes
• Fixed Top Shelf multi-user authentication snapshot
• Fixed Seerr download queue progress aggregation
• Fixed App Store purchase notification linking
• Fixed automatic Family IAP entitlement sync
• Fixed Catalog Seerr connection refresh
• Fixed Seerr 4K request overrides
• Fixed poster rating coverage
• Fixed PiP orientation restore on iOS
• Fixed spacing issues with title-style posters
• Fixed external subtitles
• Fixed Continue Watching progress recovery when playback stops or exits before the server session is ready
1.3.1 13 Jun
What’s New in 1.3
JellyTV 1.3 is a major update with new admin tools, Apple Watch support, improved offline downloads, deeper Jellyfin compatibility, and many fixes across iOS and tvOS.
New Features
• Added JellyTV Admin Companion on Apple Watch for JellyTV+ admins
• Added a new JellyTV account connection flow and profile creation system
• Added poster appearance customization for JellyTV+ users
• Added support for Jellyfin multiple versions
• Added support for Jellyfin multiple parts
• Added support for Jellyfin bonus features
• Added Live Activity downloads and a download progress bar on iOS
• Added a redesigned offline download page with auto-downloads
• Added admin-configurable info banners
• Added Admin tab on Apple TV
• Added Home section customization with Plugin Home Sections support
• Added Admin Tools in-app purchase
• Added Seerr 4K requests
• Added video filters
• Added Jellyfin UDP server discovery
• Added search fields across grid pages, admin users, activities, and alerts
• Added unwatched-only and additional grid filters
• Added detail tap preference for media cards
Improvements
• Improved loading on large libraries
• Improved tvOS Home section loading
• Optimized tvOS Home swiper performance
• Redesigned offline download season episode selection
• Unified Catalog section grid navigation
• Updated JellyTV plugin GUID to match the new version
Fixes
• Fixed multiple tvOS focus, navigation, and playback issues
• Fixed offline download and offline playback progress issues
• Fixed subtitle routing, parsing, decoding, and startup selection
• Fixed Seerr artwork, badges, session validation, watchlist, and request status issues
• Fixed HDR / Dolby Vision playback routing
• Fixed video quality switching and resume behavior
• Fixed missing episode handling
• Fixed Catalog refresh after Seerr connection
• Fixed Home reload after server reconnect
• Fixed PiP playback reporting
• Fixed trickplay images not showing
• Fixed admin tab refresh after profile switch
• Fixed account switch state isolation
• Fixed multiple UI, sorting, availability, and loading issues
1.3.0 6 Jun
What’s New in 1.2.5
This update improves admin tools, collections, offline playback, and overall reliability.
New Features
• Added watch reminder action
• Added Jellyfin admin tools for media identification, image management, and metadata refresh
• Added Jellyfin collection detail action
• Added admin alerts and storage paths
• Added collection action to section menus
Improvements
• Hid chapters for non-movie playback
• Improved offline settings fallbacks
• Filtered library playlists by supported media types
Fixes
• Fixed Seerr downloads sheet loading
• Fixed theme song stopping incorrectly when playback starts
• Fixed downloaded playback progress reporting
• Fixed offline subtitle sidecar formats
• Fixed offline next episode card loading
1.2.5 1 May
What’s New in 1.2.4
This update improves onboarding, playback behavior, Seerr integration, and overall app reliability across iOS, tvOS, and macOS.
New Features
JellyThink now defaults to on-device Apple Intelligence on supported devices, with Qwen 3.5 fallback for others
Added guest welcome screen and Jellyfin setup flow
Added onboarding for playback settings on first playback
Added download actions to episode and Continue Watching context menus
Added configurable iOS player zoom modes
Added advanced Seerr request options and admin edit sheet
Improvements
Refined iOS onboarding flow
Refined AVPlayer compatibility routing
Improved Dolby Vision fallback detection and metadata propagation
Improved logo readability in swiper and header views
Improved subtitle cue rendering in JellyTV Engine
Optimized media detail loading
Hardened StoreKit family entitlement resolution
Reduced playback overlay and Now Playing churn
Fixes
Fixed tvOS swiper overlap and backdrop stretch issues
Fixed Home empty-state and reveal behavior issues
Fixed offline season estimate consistency
Fixed pause behavior when removing AirPods
Fixed network availability queries
Fixed Tailscale offline downloads
Fixed episode title display issues in player
Fixed carousel trailer mute state
Fixed Seerr crash on macOS connection changes
Fixed Jellyfin playback reporting sync
Fixed anamorphic aspect ratio in FFmpeg playback
Fixed player overlay timestamp refresh
Fixed alternate server URL validation
Fixed Next Up behavior on tvOS
1.2.4 24 Apr
What’s New in 1.2.3
This update improves playback, offline access, admin tools, and overall app reliability across iOS, tvOS, and Mac Catalyst.
New Features
• Added admin season request button in series banner
• Added trailer sound toggle for carousel previews on iOS
• Added JellyThink recap sheet for full text reading in series recap
Improvements
• Improved player audio track labels
• Improved lazy grid pagination order
• Improved tvOS Home navigation responsiveness
Fixes
• Fixed Family Sharing entitlement sync and restore feedback
• Fixed offline downloads over Tailscale / VPN networks
• Fixed Seerr issues on Mac Catalyst and admin request resolution
• Fixed custom DNS hostname support for local servers
• Fixed DV Profile 7 MKV playback causing black screen before fallback
• Fixed Catalog sections not rendering correctly
• Fixed tvOS detail dismissal when changing sidebar tabs
1.2.3 16 Apr
What’s New in 1.2.2
This update improves discovery, offline playback, and overall reliability.
New Features
• Added Collections section on Home
• Upgraded JellyThink to Qwen 3.5 (Previously Qwen 3)
• Added subtitle support for offline playback
• Added hero sections in Settings menus
Improvements
• Improved playlist UI and interactions
• Improved Catalog loading with smoother section rendering
• Improved Home behavior and recommendation visibility
Fixes
• Fixed Catalog sections not appearing correctly
• Fixed Family Sharing purchase recovery
• Fixed profile sync and account switching issues
• Fixed Seerr request state updates
• Fixed search availability tags
• Fixed multiple UI and loading issues
1.2.2 10 Apr
What's New in 1.2.1
NEW
• Buffer progress bar added to player overlays
IMPROVEMENTS
• App launch is significantly faster — reduced from 22+ simultaneous API calls to ~8
• Detail pages load ~50% faster thanks to parallel data fetching
• Backdrop image memory usage reduced by 60–75%
• Recently Added section fetches half the data from the server
• Smoother scrolling performance and reduced background polling
BUG FIXES
• Fixed SRT subtitle timing so subtitles sync correctly with playback
• Player now reconnects automatically after a long pause to prevent rebuffering
• Resolved tap conflicts between the player overlay and buttons/menus
• Audio and subtitle menus now correctly restore after Picture-in-Picture recovery
• Local network detection now recognizes .fritz.box and other custom DNS suffixes
• Added dark gradient behind PlayingCard info text for better readability
• Fixed tvOS swiper: auto-slide delay, blur bar, focus handling, and slide wrapping
• Removed stale iCloud settings
1.2.1 3 Apr
What’s New in 1.2
This update brings smarter features, improved subtitles support, and better performance across the entire app.
New Features
• Added JellyThink (beta)
• Added playlist support
• Added native ASS subtitles support
• Added subtitle delay setting with persistent default
• Added inline trailers on tvOS carousels
• Added admin local notifications for new Seerr requests
• Added iPad sidebar customization and improved layouts
• Added new languages: Croatian, Czech, Danish, Hebrew, Hungarian, Norwegian, Russian, Slovenian, Turkish, Ukrainian
Improvements
• Improved login flow and server discovery
• Improved iPad responsiveness across cards and headers
• Improved “Best Movies” and “Best Series” sections with dynamic rotation
• Improved offline fallback views in Home and Catalog
• Improved iCloud sync visibility and entitlement handling
Fixes
• Fixed widget state when Seerr is not connected
• Fixed recent searches being shared across accounts
• Fixed scrolling conflicts on iOS
• Fixed playback issues when returning from background
• Fixed image loading issues from Seerr/TVDB
• Fixed multiple playback and UI inconsistencies
Link to full changelog : https://jellytv.app/changelog
1.2 26 Mar
- Fixed TrueHD/DTS audio not routing to JellyTV Engine
- Fixed family-shared transactions not applying
- Fixed Apple TV "What's new" page where "Continue" button was not focused
1.1.1 14 Mar
Version 1.1
This update introduces powerful new features and major improvements across JellyTV.
• New What’s New screen to highlight the latest features
• Chapters tab added to the tvOS player with thumbnails and trickplay
• New admin widgets and broadcast notifications for JellyTV+ users
• New Lock Screen control widget on iOS for quick actions
• Added Face ID protection for sensitive admin actions
• Added default playback speed and persistent library sorting
• Improved iPad experience with sidebar libraries and account switching
This release also includes many fixes and playback improvements across AV1, Dolby Vision, SharePlay, downloads, Picture in Picture, and audio stability.
Full changelog: jellytv.app/changelog
1.1 14 Mar
Preparing for the official launch of JellyTV. This update includes the latest performance optimizations.
1.0.0 3 Mar
What’s New in 1.3.12
This update improves media synchronization, playback reliability, Dolby Vision support, and subtitles.
New Features
• Added native SRT subtitle support to JellyTV Remux
• Added global media library synchronization
Improvements
• Improved Dolby Vision playback with local E-AC-3 audio conversion
• Improved playback startup
• Improved playback engine diagnostics and observability
• Improved app privacy metadata configuration
Fixes
• Fixed Dolby Vision Profile 8 preservation during remux
• Fixed subtitle cue timing
• Fixed Continue Watching and Next Up ordering
• Fixed Seerr request state synchronization
• Fixed Home section and carousel presentation issues
• Fixed background widget server routing
more Version 1.3.12 10 Sept
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