Plex, Jellyfin, Emby, IPTV and your own file shares — every source you already own, in a player built for iPhone and iPad.
Free with one source · No account, ever · iOS 26
Works with the servers, portals and shares you already run
Features
Built for people who run their own servers and still want the player to feel effortless.
Apple's AVPlayer and VLC run side by side — direct play when it can, server-side transcode when it must.
Full EPG with catch-up and favorites, cached to open instantly.
Take any streamable source with you.
Local at home, automatic failover when you leave.
Credentials live in the device Keychain and connections go straight from your device to your servers — never through us.
Preview
Real screens, no mockups. The same app adapts from a one-handed phone layout to a full iPad canvas.
iPhone — touch-first, one hand, everything close.
iPad — an adaptive layout with room to breathe, not a stretched phone.
Pricing
Every playback feature is free for everyone. Pro is only about how many sources you connect at once.
App Store · StoreKit · Cancel anytime · Family Sharing
FAQ
No — and it never will. Bandit is a player, nothing more. It ships with no content and no sources. Everything you watch comes from servers, portals, and shares that you already own and configure yourself.
Plex, Jellyfin, Emby, IPTV via M3U or Xtream, WebDAV, SMB shares on your NAS, and Stremio-compatible add-on catalogs. Eight source types in total — connect one for free, or all of them with Pro.
Yes. Bandit is a universal app — one download, one purchase, both devices. On iPad it adapts to the larger screen with wider rails and its own navigation rather than stretching the iPhone layout. Family Sharing is supported.
No. There is no Bandit account, no sign-up, and no tracking. Your server credentials are stored in the device Keychain and connections go straight from your device to your servers — never through us. See the privacy policy.
Only one thing: the number of sources you can connect. Free gives you one source with the complete player — every playback feature, downloads and offline included. Pro removes the limit so you can run every server, portal, and share at once.
Usually, yes. Two engines run side by side — Apple's AVPlayer for efficiency and VLC for everything else — so unusual containers, codecs, and audio tracks are handled. When a file can't be played directly, Bandit falls back to a server-side transcode.
Privacy
Browse, search and stream it all — at home or away.
Free with one source · Universal on iPhone & iPad · iOS 26
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