--- title: I finally found a Jellyfin app that doesn't make me miss... description: Findroid is a third-party Android client for Jellyfin that offers a cleaner, Netflix-like UI and smoother video playback compared to the official Jellyfin and... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/i-finally-found-a-jellyfin-app-that-doesn-t-make-me-miss-plex-vkotswhyd twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: I finally found a Jellyfin app that doesn't make me miss Plex | daily.dev og:description: Findroid is a third-party Android client for Jellyfin that offers a cleaner, Netflix-like UI and smoother video playback compared to the official Jellyfin and... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/i-finally-found-a-jellyfin-app-that-doesn-t-make-me-miss-plex-vkotswhyd og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/vkOtSwhYd.png og:image:alt: I finally found a Jellyfin app that doesn't make me miss Plex og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # I finally found a Jellyfin app that doesn't make me miss Plex **[XDA Developers](https://daily.dev/sources/xda-developers)** · 5 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Findroid is a third-party Android client for Jellyfin that offers a cleaner, Netflix-like UI and smoother video playback compared to the official Jellyfin and Plex Android apps. It uses the mpv/ExoPlayer engine for broad codec support and styled subtitles, and includes offline downloads with one-tap playback. The main drawbacks are its video-only focus — music, audiobooks, photos, and podcasts are absent or limited — and it relies on direct play rather than client-side transcoding, making the official app better for remote streaming over poor connections. Despite these limitations, it's free and worth trying for anyone who primarily uses Jellyfin for video. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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