Plex Downloads & RevenuePlex: Find Movies and TV Shows · App Store & Google Play
Plex: Find Movies and TV Shows gets 50k+ downloads a day worldwide (AppInsider estimate, November 2026, rounded down to a band).
Plex: Find Movies and TV Shows by Plex Inc. is on App Store and Google Play. Active Users (MAU & DAU), Downloads, rankings, keywords, revenue, and rating totals.
Plex: Find Movies and TV Shows update history & changes
Last change · 48 events since 31 Aug 2010Full timeline ↓📈iOSEntered the top 100📈iOSCharting in a new country🔎AndroidTop 10 for “letterboxd”📈AndroidNew best rank in the overall chart: #128📈AndroidCharting in a new country🎉iOSIn-app event: Fear is the Main Ingredient.📦iOSUpdated to version 2026.20.0📦iOSNow updating weekly📦AndroidUpdated to version 2026.20.0📦AndroidVersion 2026.19.1✏️iOSRenamed✏️iOSDescription updated✏️AndroidDescription updated🆕iOSFirst spotted by AppInsider🆕AndroidFirst spotted by AppInsider🆕AndroidReleased on Google Play🆕iOSReleased on the App Store
Full timeline · 48 events
- 📈Plex: Find Movies and TV Shows entered the top 100iOSTop Grossing · Entertainment · PH
- 📈Plex: Find Movies and TV Shows charting in a new countryiOSTurkey
- 📈Plex: Find Movies and TV Shows charting in a new countryiOSIndonesia
- 📈Plex: Find Movies and TV Shows entered the top 100iOSTop Grossing · Entertainment · IT
- 🔎Plex: Find Movies and TV Shows reached Top 10 for “letterboxd”Android#10 in Canada search · popularity 89
- 📈Plex: Find Movies and TV Shows entered the top 10iOSTop Grossing · Entertainment · RU
- 📈Plex: Find Movies and TV Shows new best rank in the overall chart: #128AndroidTop Free · All Apps · CA
- 📈Plex: Find Movies and TV Shows entered the top 100iOSTop Grossing · Entertainment · SA
- 📈Plex: Find Movies and TV Shows charting in a new countryAndroidTaiwan
- 🎉Plex: Find Movies and TV Shows in-app event: Fear is the Main Ingredient.iOSMAJOR UPDATE · until 1 Nov
- 📈Plex: Find Movies and TV Shows entered the top 100AndroidTop Grossing · Entertainment · ES
- 📈Plex: Find Movies and TV Shows entered the top 100iOSTop Grossing · Entertainment · PL
- 📦Plex: Find Movies and TV Shows updated to version 2026.20.0iOSNEW:
- Added a manage button to the user switcher that opens Plex Home settings.
- Advanced options when scheduling a Live TV recording, including starting early and ending late.
- Artwork fades in as it loads and crossfades when it changes.
- Closed state for discussions, with a lock on cards and a notice explaining why a discussion was closed.
- Opening a notification for a comment, reaction, mention or new follower now marks it as read in Notifications.
- Rounded search fields on the search, people and settings screens, matching the web app.
- Tapping the Live TV tab now opens the source picker when more than one Live TV source is available
- Theme music can play on movie and collection detail pages.
- Zero state for the watch history screen.
FIXES:
- A completed download with a missing poster showed an empty box.
- A library briefly showed two columns of loading placeholders before switching to three.
- Activity cards could show another card's Read more button.
- After subscribing, the paywall could briefly reappear before the new subscription was recognized.
- Album detail screens were missing their related items hubs.
- Album detail screens would flash/flicker when opened.
- Artwork downloaded again after switching networks, such as between home Wi-Fi and mobile data.
- Artwork on screen took longer than it should to come back after leaving the player.
- Artwork that failed or was slow to load stayed blank instead of showing its title.
- Artwork tiles turned a darker shade between their loading placeholder and their artwork appearing.
- Cast and crew would not appear on some libraries.
- Confirmation for deleting an episode was not always clear.
- Download rows could show another download's poster.
- Downloads could fail to start for items with missing artwork.
- Editing the avatar could result in a low quality image.
- Expanded hubs could show loading placeholders in the wrong shape.
- Fixed downloads not working for some people after the app was closed while it was updating its downloads list.
- Grid loading placeholders sat lower than the content that replaced them.
- Items within a list could be slightly overlapped.
- Live TV: The bottom of the guide was hidden behind the tab bar.
- Long album names were cut off on the album screen.
- Music library recommendations loaded with poster-shaped placeholders.
- Player: Live TV channels with a space in their channel ID (e.g. from a VBox gateway) failed to tune.
- Player: Playback speed went back to normal after moving to the next item.
- Player: Prefer displaying a track's artist when it differs from the album artist.
- Player: Remote playback failed when the server converted the video to an image format.
- Player: The post-play screen overlapped the status bar on iPad.
- Player: The seek preview did not match the aspect ratio of the video after changing the display mode.
- Recent searches on the search screen sat right up against their heading.
- Remote Watch Pass could advertise a free trial to accounts that were no longer eligible for one.
- Rows and headers could briefly settle slightly out of place after scrolling.
- Rows with badges or a "New episode" style line under their tiles were taller than the rows around them, leaving uneven gaps.
- Scrolling Edit Metadata could mix up field values or hide unsaved edits.
- Scrolling after swiping a row open could show Remove on another row.
- Search field placeholders were invisible while typing.
- Search results sat further from the right edge of the screen than the left.
- Search settings no longer list servers that can't return any search results, such as one that only shares a single item with you.
- Sending a follow or friend request could change another person's buttons.
- Server Dashboard: Prefer displaying a track's artist when it differs from the album artist.
- Server dashboard was not showing a zero state for offline servers
- Shared servers in All Libraries were not sorted alphabetically by the person sharing them… more - 📈Plex: Find Movies and TV Shows entered the top 100 in 2 chartsAndroidTop Free · Entertainment · ES · Top Free · Entertainment · MX
- 📦Plex: Find Movies and TV Shows: now updating weeklyiOS4 updates in 30 days, after a quiet two months
- 📈Plex: Find Movies and TV Shows charting in a new countryiOSPoland
- 📦Plex: Find Movies and TV Shows updated to version 2026.20.0AndroidBug fixes and performance improvements.
Much more, see https://l.plex.tv/h9HDtkm - 📈Plex: Find Movies and TV Shows charting in a new countryAndroidSpain
- 📈Plex: Find Movies and TV Shows entered the top 100AndroidTop Grossing · Entertainment · SE
- 📈Plex: Find Movies and TV Shows entered the top 100 in 5 chartsiOSTop Free · Entertainment · AR · Top Free · Entertainment · CO · Top Free · Entertainment · MY · Top Free · Entertainment · ZA · +1 more
- 📈Plex: Find Movies and TV Shows charting in a new country in 5 chartsiOSArgentina · Colombia · Malaysia · Philippines · +1 more
- 📈Plex: Find Movies and TV Shows charting in a new country in 3 chartsAndroidMexico · Netherlands · Sweden
- 📈Plex: Find Movies and TV Shows entered the top 100 in 2 chartsAndroidTop Grossing · Entertainment · NL · Top Free · Entertainment · SE
- 📈Plex: Find Movies and TV Shows entered the top 100iOSTop Grossing · Entertainment · ES
- 📈Plex: Find Movies and TV Shows entered the top 100iOSTop Free · Entertainment · IT
- 📦Plex: Find Movies and TV Shows updated to version 2026.19.1iOSFIXES:
- Bugfixes and performance improvements. - 📈Plex: Find Movies and TV Shows entered the top 100iOSTop Free · Entertainment · MX
- 📦Plex: Find Movies and TV Shows version 2026.19.1AndroidFIXES:
- Bugfixes and performance improvements.
Much more, see https://l.plex.tv/h9HDtkm - ✏️Plex: Find Movies and TV Shows: renamediOSPlex: Streaming de TV y pelis → Plex: busca películas y series · MX
- 📈Plex: Find Movies and TV Shows entered the top 100iOSTop Grossing · Entertainment · AE
- ✏️Plex: Find Movies and TV Shows: description updatediOS· 4 countries
- ✏️Plex: Find Movies and TV Shows: description updatediOS· 5 countries
- ✏️Plex: Find Movies and TV Shows: renamediOSPlex: TV y noticias en vivo → Plex: Películas y programas · ES
- ✏️Plex: Find Movies and TV Shows: description updatediOS· CA
- 📦Plex: Find Movies and TV Shows updated to version 2026.19.0iOSNEW:
- Preferred audio and subtitle languages can now be set for a show from its action menu.
FIXES:
- A tile's video preview kept playing behind a sponsored hero after moving focus back up to it.
- Automatically focus the correct item when using the library grid's jumpbar.
- Details screens take focus as soon as they open on TV instead of waiting for the data.
- Disabled online media sources no longer show up on the tvOS top shelf or the Android TV home row.
- Episodes that aren't selected dim again when focus leaves the episode list on show and season pages.
- Fixed focus escaping the top and bottom of the library grid's JumpBar.
- Fixed several cases where the Top Shelf could stay empty.
- Fixed the side navigation (and other views) occasionally spinning in place after closing the player.
- Focus could jump away from what you were on when the rest of a show or movie page finished loading.
- Improved browse grid scrolling performance on low-performance devices.
- Improved the responsiveness of the on-screen keyboard when searching on TV.
- Library grid placeholders now match the artwork height, so rows no longer jump as artwork loads.
- Live TV: Performance improvements in the guide
- Page titles on profile screens now line up with the content below them.
- Returning to Home from a details screen is faster on low-end TVs.
- Scrolling quickly on the browse grid could cause focus to be lost unexpectedly.
- Selecting the navigation item you are already on now takes you back to the top of the screen.
- Slightly improved scrolling performance on low-performance devices.
- Some parts of the list header would not update when changes were made to the list.
- Stopping an on-demand episode and starting a different one could play the previous episode again
- The "not available" message in the Watch From hub was too narrow and had extra space below it.
- The focused summary on details screens had a highlight that clipped tightly around the text.
- The next hub was not visible below the first one on the home screen when a sponsored hero was at the top.
- The review language setting didn't mention that it also applies to discussions.
- The selected radio button now keeps its orange marker while focused.
- The sponsored label on spotlight tiles was hard to read over bright artwork.… more - 📈Plex: Find Movies and TV Shows entered the top 100AndroidTop Grossing · Entertainment · GB
- 📈Plex: Find Movies and TV Shows entered the top 100AndroidTop Free · Entertainment · RU
- 📈Plex: Find Movies and TV Shows entered the top 100 in 2 chartsiOSTop Grossing · Entertainment · AU · Top Free · Entertainment · FR
- 📈Plex: Find Movies and TV Shows entered the top 100 in 2 chartsiOSTop Free · Entertainment · GB · Top Grossing · Entertainment · GB
- 📈Plex: Find Movies and TV Shows charting in a new countryiOSUnited Kingdom
- ✏️Plex: Find Movies and TV Shows: description updatedAndroid· US
- 📈Plex: Find Movies and TV Shows entered the top 100 in 3 chartsiOSTop Grossing · Entertainment · CA · Top Free · Entertainment · RU · Top Grossing · Entertainment · SE
- 🆕Plex: Find Movies and TV Shows first spotted by AppInsideriOS#55 in Top Free · Entertainment · United Arab Emirates
- 📈Plex: Find Movies and TV Shows new best rank in the overall chart: #129AndroidTop Free · All Apps · CA
- 🆕Plex: Find Movies and TV Shows first spotted by AppInsiderAndroidUnited States
- 📦Plex: Find Movies and TV Shows version 2026.18.0iOSNEW:
- Player: Record the current program while watching an OTA live TV channel.
FIXES:
- A Live TV & DVR entry could remain in the side navigation with no way to remove it from your favorites.
- A white outline would appear around star ratings.
- Collections that exist in multiple libraries did not link to each other.
- Episode title was not visible when sorting episode list by title.
- Fixed "See all" button alignment on Cast & Crew hub.
- Fixed downloads sometimes failing to save right after the app started.
- Fixed links and notifications sometimes failing to open the content they pointed at, landing on Home instead.
- Home took longer to appear than it needed to on startup.
- Improve grid scrolling performance under some conditions.
- Player: Fixed a burst of sound from a background trailer when moving on to something else just as it started playing.
- Player: OTA live channel playback failed when DNS rebinding protection was enabled.
- Scrolling up through older comments after leaving one snapped back to the bottom.
- The "More On This Title" item could disappear from the "More Ways to Watch" menu on PMS items.
- The app could crash while comments were still loading on a discussion or a list.
- The app could freeze for several seconds shortly after launch on older iPads.
- The app could freeze for several seconds while checking for local network access.
- The app started in English instead of your device language.
- The background colour behind artwork now settles as quickly as the artwork itself, instead of drifting in slowly after it.
- The cast device list could show up empty when a Plex device on the account had no reachable connections.
- The estimated download size only included the first part of a multi-part file.
- The server dashboard could crash when a server had no bandwidth or resource statistics to report.… more - 🆕Plex: Find Movies and TV Shows released on Google PlayAndroid
- 🆕Plex: Find Movies and TV Shows released on the App StoreiOS
Collected from the stores by AppInsider since we first spotted the app. Dates are when we saw each change.
Rating
3.3 ★
627k ratings, both stores
Measured
Best rank now
#23
Android · 
Entertainment Free
Entertainment FreeMeasured
New ratings a week
552
steady vs the 2 weeks before (Google Play)
Measured
App Store
App details
App ID
383457673
Publisher
Plex Inc.
Publisher country
United States
On the store since
Aug 2010
16 years on the store
Minimum OS
iOS 16.0+
iPhone 8 and later
Devices
iPhone · iPad
Universal purchase
Content rating
4+
Languages
1
EN
Size
135 MB
Also listed in
Photo & Video
App privacy Measured
Plex: Find Movies and TV Shows’s App Store privacy label declares 3 data categories used to track you across other companies’ apps and websites, 6 linked to your identity and 0 collected anonymously.
Used to track you
3
Linked to you
6
Not linked to you
0
Tracks you via
LLocationIIdentifiersUUsage Data
Linked to your identity
As declared by the developer on the App Store — Apple requires every app to publish this label. We track changes over time.
Google Play
App details
App ID
com.plexapp.android
Publisher
Plex, Inc.
Publisher country
United States
Content rating
Teen
Plex: Find Movies and TV Shows downloads & installs
Both stores, worldwide. Bands are open; exact numbers are free with an account.
| Store | Downloads / day | Lifetime installs |
|---|---|---|
| App Store | 1k+ | 10M+ |
| Google Play | 50k+ | 100M+ Measured |
| Other Android stores | 5k+ | – |
| Total | 50k+ Confidence | 100M+ Confidence |
How this is calculated
App Store: chart positions and rating growth per country, anchored on its own Android downloads; lifetime from ratings worldwide × installs per rating. Google Play: the daily change in its exact install count. The total adds every store.
Where Plex: Find Movies and TV Shows's downloads come from Modelled
Last 30 days: organic search, browsing the store, features and paid ads.
Active users
All platforms, worldwide. Free with an account.
Stickiness (DAU / MAU)
how many monthly users open it on a given day
Retention · share of new users still active
Day 1
Day 7
Day 30
Time spent · per daily user
Average time spent Pro
min a day
Sessions a day Pro
Time per session Pro
min
How this is calculated
Monthly users come from lifetime installs across every store, fitted on monthly active user figures companies publish; daily users = monthly × the typical daily/monthly ratio for the category. Confidence is the chance the real number is within half to double ours.
In-app revenue
Worldwide, what users spend before Apple and Google take their fee.
| Store | Per day | Per month | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| App Store | |||
| Google Play | |||
| Total | Confidence | 100% |
Business model: Ad-led
How Plex: Find Movies and TV Shows makes money: subscriptions, one-off purchases and ads.
SubscriptionsIn-app purchasesAds · 268 ad networks
Subscriptions
/mo
of revenue
Ads
/mo
of revenue
Top in-app purchases · App Store US, most popular first
| 1 | Monthly Plex Pass subscription | |
| 2 | iOS App Activation (enable streaming playback on iOS devices) | |
| 3 | Monthly Remote Watch Pass subscription | |
| 4 | Monthly Remote Watch Pass subscription | |
| 5 | Yearly Plex Pass subscription | |
| 6 | Yearly Remote Watch Pass subscription | |
| 7 | Yearly Remote Watch Pass subscription | |
| 8 | Lifetime Plex Pass subscription |
Where it ranks now
Both stores, across every country we track.
| Store | Best rank | Charting in | US Top Free | US Top Grossing |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| App Store | #51 Entertainment Free | 21 of 30 countries | #87 | – |
| Google Play | #23 Entertainment Free | 12 of 23 countries | #36 | #148 |
Full chart lists: App Store · Google Play.
Review momentum
ⓘ How we measure thisApp Store
New ratings a week
46
steady vs the 2 weeks before
Lifetime rating
4.6★
recent stars not readable yet: new ratings are a tiny share of the total
Review momentum
72/100
faster than 87% of Entertainment apps
Growing fastest in 
France ▲ +240%
New ratings by country (10)
| Country | New ratings a week | Share | Last 2 weeks vs the 2 before |
|---|---|---|---|
 United States | 23 | 52% | ▼ -30% |
| France | 5 | 11% | ▲ +240% |
 United Kingdom | 5 | 11% | ▼ -43% |
 Australia | 2.8 | 6% | ▲ +125% |
| Canada | 2.5 | 6% | steady |
 Germany | 1.5 | 3% | – |
 Russia | 1.2 | 3% | – |
 India | 1 | 2% | – |
 Italy | 1 | 2% | – |
 Saudi Arabia | 1 | 2% | – |
App Store ratings in the countries we track, 4-week average.
Google Play
New ratings a week
506
steady vs the 2 weeks before
Written reviews a week
30
Google Play
Lifetime rating
3.5★
recent stars not readable yet: new ratings are a tiny share of the total
Recent written reviews
2.0★
people who write skew negative
Review momentum
65/100
faster than 77% of Entertainment apps
Review momentum (0-100) blends how fast the app collects ratings compared with other apps in its category (60%), whether that pace is speeding up (25%) and what recent raters give it (15%; recent stars well below lifetime pull it down). Ratings counts are read daily. A jump usually means a launch, a feature, ads or a new review prompt.
Ratings
Both stores. Store data, measured.
| Store | Rating | Ratings |
|---|---|---|
| App Store | 4.6 ★ | 138k |
| Google Play | 2.9 ★ | 489k 43k written reviews |
| Both stores | 3.3 ★ weighted by ratings | 627k |
What users say about Plex: Find Movies and TV Shows
From the 200 most recent Google Play reviews in the US.
Mostly negative (20% of recent reviews give 4–5 stars). People like it for its features and content, and being easy to use. The main complaints are about recent updates, and crashes and bugs.
What people like
- Features & content: “Redesign & no bloat, showing just local library”
- Ease of use: “good app easy to use up to date on movies and TV shows”
- Price & subscription: “4K ULTRA HD premium 1440p MOVIES”
- Updates: “it's a good app,but why am I not seeing video quality/data saver options in the new version is something wrong?”
Common complaints
- Updates: “The new update is so slow”
- Crashes & bugs: “It literally doesn't work”
- Design: “This is terrible UI design”
- Features & content: “my library is unavailable since new update”
About Plex: Find Movies and TV Shows
Plex is the free social and discovery app for movie and TV lovers.
Discover your next watch with Plex. Find shows and movies to watch, see what's trending, get ratings and movie reviews from friends you trust, and stream free on-demand movies, shows, and live TV.
Connect all your streaming services (including Netflix, Max, Paramount+, Prime Video, and more) to Plex to browse them all from one place. If you can stream it, we can find it.
Watch over 50,000 free movies and shows across every genre from A24, Paramount, AMC, Magnolia, Relativity, Lionsgate, and more. Your next binge is waiting.
Stream 600+ free live TV channels featuring live sports, news, kids’ shows, and more. Save your favorite channels for later or start watching now.
Find movies and shows from anywhere, add them to your Plex watchlist, and keep everything you want to watch in one place. Customize your preferences and build a home screen around what you love to watch.
Share TV and movie reviews, create lists, and start discussions about the movies and shows you love. Find movies and shows to watch through ratings, movie reviews, and real recommendations from real people—not an algorithm.
Enjoy your personal media, your way, with a Plex Media Server. Store, organize, and stream your movies, shows, music, and photos from one library. Your server automatically scans your files, making them easy to browse and enjoy from any device.
With Plex, you can:
● Find new movies and shows and discover your next binge
● Watch 50,000+ free movies and shows
● Stream 600+ free live TV channels
● Browse all your streaming services in one place
● Watchlist any movie or TV show from anywhere
● Share TV and movie reviews, create lists, and join discussions
● Stream your personal media with Plex Media Server
Download the free Plex app to get started. Visit https://www.plex.tv/free for more information.
Note: Streaming personal media requires Plex Media Server version 1.41.2 or higher (available for free at https://plex.tv/downloads) installed and running to stream to other devices. DRM-protected content, ISO disc images, and video_ts folders are not supported. Some features of this app are supported by interest-based advertising. To learn more about this and your choices regarding it, visit the Plex Privacy Policy.
Discover your next watch with Plex. Find shows and movies to watch, see what's trending, get ratings and movie reviews from friends you trust, and stream free on-demand movies, shows, and live TV.
Connect all your streaming services (including Netflix, Max, Paramount+, Prime Video, and more) to Plex to browse them all from one place. If you can stream it, we can find it.
Watch over 50,000 free movies and shows across every genre from A24, Paramount, AMC, Magnolia, Relativity, Lionsgate, and more. Your next binge is waiting.
Stream 600+ free live TV channels featuring live sports, news, kids’ shows, and more. Save your favorite channels for later or start watching now.
Find movies and shows from anywhere, add them to your Plex watchlist, and keep everything you want to watch in one place. Customize your preferences and build a home screen around what you love to watch.
Share TV and movie reviews, create lists, and start discussions about the movies and shows you love. Find movies and shows to watch through ratings, movie reviews, and real recommendations from real people—not an algorithm.
Enjoy your personal media, your way, with a Plex Media Server. Store, organize, and stream your movies, shows, music, and photos from one library. Your server automatically scans your files, making them easy to browse and enjoy from any device.
With Plex, you can:
● Find new movies and shows and discover your next binge
● Watch 50,000+ free movies and shows
● Stream 600+ free live TV channels
● Browse all your streaming services in one place
● Watchlist any movie or TV show from anywhere
● Share TV and movie reviews, create lists, and join discussions
● Stream your personal media with Plex Media Server
Download the free Plex app to get started. Visit https://www.plex.tv/free for more information.
Note: Streaming personal media requires Plex Media Server version 1.41.2 or higher (available for free at https://plex.tv/downloads) installed and running to stream to other devices. DRM-protected content, ISO disc images, and video_ts folders are not supported. Some features of this app are supported by interest-based advertising. To learn more about this and your choices regarding it, visit the Plex Privacy Policy.
Plex: Find Movies and TV Shows App Store
Plex: Find Movies and TV Shows gets 50k+ downloads a day worldwide (AppInsider estimate, November 2026, rounded down to a band).
Plex: Find Movies and TV Shows is #87 in Entertainment Free in United States and charting in 21 of 30 countries we track.
Updated 8 Nov 2026 · rankings refresh through the day
DeveloperPlex Inc.
CategoryEntertainment
PriceFree
Released
Rating★ 4.6 (138k)
Version2026.20.0
Age rating4+
First seen by us
24 Sep 2026
24 Sep 2026Installs (est.)10M+ worldwide
Rating
4.6 ★
138k ratings
Measured
Best rank now
#87
Entertainment FreeMeasured
New ratings a week
46
steady vs the 2 weeks before
Measured
Plex: Find Movies and TV Shows on the App Store
App details
App ID
383457673
Publisher
Plex Inc.
Publisher country
United States
On the store since
Aug 2010
16 years on the store
Minimum OS
iOS 16.0+
iPhone 8 and later
Devices
iPhone · iPad
Universal purchase
Content rating
4+
Languages
1
EN
Size
135 MB
Also listed in
Photo & Video
App privacy Measured
Plex: Find Movies and TV Shows’s App Store privacy label declares 3 data categories used to track you across other companies’ apps and websites, 6 linked to your identity and 0 collected anonymously.
Used to track you
3
Linked to you
6
Not linked to you
0
Tracks you via
LLocationIIdentifiersUUsage Data
Linked to your identity
As declared by the developer on the App Store — Apple requires every app to publish this label. We track changes over time.
Plex: Find Movies and TV Shows downloads
Worldwide, per day, and installs to date. The band is open; the exact number is free with an account.
How this is calculated
Apple publishes no download counts. App Store downloads come from chart positions and daily rating growth per country, calibrated on Google Play install counts; lifetime installs from ratings worldwide × installs per rating. Confidence is the chance the real number is within half to double ours.
Where Plex: Find Movies and TV Shows's downloads come from Modelled
Last 30 days: organic search, browsing the store, features and paid ads.
Active users
All platforms, worldwide. Free with an account.
Stickiness (DAU / MAU)
how many monthly users open it on a given day
Retention · share of new users still active
Day 1
Day 7
Day 30
Time spent · per daily user
Average time spent Pro
min a day
Sessions a day Pro
Time per session Pro
min
How this is calculated
Monthly users come from lifetime installs across every store, fitted on monthly active user figures companies publish; daily users = monthly × the typical daily/monthly ratio for the category. Confidence is the chance the real number is within half to double ours.
In-app revenue
Worldwide, what users spend in Plex: Find Movies and TV Shows before Apple and Google take their fee.
How this is calculated
Not in an overall Top Grossing chart, only in category charts: each category position is converted to the overall position it corresponds to, then priced on the same rank-to-revenue curve, inside the part of each market the charted apps leave over.
Business model: Ad-led
How Plex: Find Movies and TV Shows makes money: subscriptions, one-off purchases and ads.
SubscriptionsIn-app purchasesAds · 268 ad networks
Subscriptions
/mo
of revenue
Ads
/mo
of revenue
Top in-app purchases · App Store US, most popular first
| 1 | Monthly Plex Pass subscription | |
| 2 | iOS App Activation (enable streaming playback on iOS devices) | |
| 3 | Monthly Remote Watch Pass subscription | |
| 4 | Monthly Remote Watch Pass subscription | |
| 5 | Yearly Plex Pass subscription | |
| 6 | Yearly Remote Watch Pass subscription | |
| 7 | Yearly Remote Watch Pass subscription | |
| 8 | Lifetime Plex Pass subscription |
Where it ranks now
Every top chart it appears in across 30 countries.
| Country | Charts | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| United States | EntertainmentFree | #87 |
| United Kingdom | EntertainmentFree | #114 |
| Canada | EntertainmentFree | #65 |
| Russia | EntertainmentGrossing | #68 |
| Australia | EntertainmentGrossing | #91 |
| France | EntertainmentFree | #99 |
| Australia | EntertainmentFree | #80 |
| India | EntertainmentFree | #84 |
 Brazil | EntertainmentFree | #106 |
 Spain | EntertainmentFree | #76 |
| Saudi Arabia | EntertainmentFree | #76 |
| Italy | EntertainmentFree | #108 |
| United Arab Emirates | EntertainmentFree | #58 |
 Mexico | EntertainmentFree | #118 |
 Netherlands | EntertainmentGrossing | #91 |
 Sweden | EntertainmentGrossing | #67 |
| Netherlands | EntertainmentFree | #90 |
| Sweden | EntertainmentFree | #89 |
| South Africa | EntertainmentFree | #51 |
| South Africa | EntertainmentGrossing | #67 |
 Poland | EntertainmentFree | #173 |
 Colombia | EntertainmentFree | #75 |
 Argentina | EntertainmentFree | #105 |
 Philippines | EntertainmentFree | #125 |
 Malaysia | EntertainmentFree | #110 |
Apps near Plex: Find Movies and TV Shows on the chart
Entertainment Free, around #87.
Ratings
App Store, worldwide.
Rating
4.6 ★
138k ratings
Measured
Ratings
138k
Measured
Review momentum
ⓘ How we measure thisNew ratings a week
46
steady vs the 2 weeks before
Lifetime rating
4.6★
recent stars not readable yet: new ratings are a tiny share of the total
Review momentum
72/100
faster than 87% of Entertainment apps
Growing fastest in France ▲ +240%
New ratings by country (10)
| Country | New ratings a week | Share | Last 2 weeks vs the 2 before |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 23 | 52% | ▼ -30% |
| France | 5 | 11% | ▲ +240% |
| United Kingdom | 5 | 11% | ▼ -43% |
| Australia | 2.8 | 6% | ▲ +125% |
| Canada | 2.5 | 6% | steady |
| Germany | 1.5 | 3% | – |
| Russia | 1.2 | 3% | – |
| India | 1 | 2% | – |
| Italy | 1 | 2% | – |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 2% | – |
App Store ratings in the countries we track, 4-week average.
Review momentum (0-100) blends how fast the app collects ratings compared with other apps in its category (60%), whether that pace is speeding up (25%) and what recent raters give it (15%; recent stars well below lifetime pull it down). Ratings counts are read daily. A jump usually means a launch, a feature, ads or a new review prompt.
About Plex: Find Movies and TV Shows
Plex is the free social and discovery app for movie and TV lovers.
Discover your next watch with Plex. Find shows and movies to watch, see what's trending, get ratings and movie reviews from friends you trust, and stream free on-demand movies, shows, and live TV.
Connect all your streaming services (including Netflix, Max, Paramount+, Prime Video, and more) to Plex to browse them all from one place. If you can stream it, we can find it.
Watch over 50,000 free movies and shows across every genre from A24, Paramount, AMC, Magnolia, Relativity, Lionsgate, and more. Your next binge is waiting.
Stream 600+ free live TV channels featuring live sports, news, kids’ shows, and more. Save your favorite channels for later or start watching now.
Find movies and shows from anywhere, add them to your Plex watchlist, and keep everything you want to watch in one place. Customize your preferences and build a home screen around what you love to watch.
Share TV and movie reviews, create lists, and start discussions about the movies and shows you love. Find movies and shows to watch through ratings, movie reviews, and real recommendations from real people—not an algorithm.
Enjoy your personal media, your way, with a Plex Media Server. Store, organize, and stream your movies, shows, music, and photos from one library. Your server automatically scans your files, making them easy to browse and enjoy from any device.
With Plex, you can:
● Find new movies and shows and discover your next binge
● Watch 50,000+ free movies and shows
● Stream 600+ free live TV channels
● Browse all your streaming services in one place
● Watchlist any movie or TV show from anywhere
● Share TV and movie reviews, create lists, and join discussions
● Stream your personal media with Plex Media Server
Download the free Plex app to get started. Visit https://www.plex.tv/free for more information.
Note: Streaming personal media requires Plex Media Server version 1.41.2 or higher (available for free at https://plex.tv/downloads) installed and running to stream to other devices. DRM-protected content, ISO disc images, and video_ts folders are not supported. Some features of this app are supported by interest-based advertising. To learn more about this and your choices regarding it, visit the Plex Privacy Policy.
Discover your next watch with Plex. Find shows and movies to watch, see what's trending, get ratings and movie reviews from friends you trust, and stream free on-demand movies, shows, and live TV.
Connect all your streaming services (including Netflix, Max, Paramount+, Prime Video, and more) to Plex to browse them all from one place. If you can stream it, we can find it.
Watch over 50,000 free movies and shows across every genre from A24, Paramount, AMC, Magnolia, Relativity, Lionsgate, and more. Your next binge is waiting.
Stream 600+ free live TV channels featuring live sports, news, kids’ shows, and more. Save your favorite channels for later or start watching now.
Find movies and shows from anywhere, add them to your Plex watchlist, and keep everything you want to watch in one place. Customize your preferences and build a home screen around what you love to watch.
Share TV and movie reviews, create lists, and start discussions about the movies and shows you love. Find movies and shows to watch through ratings, movie reviews, and real recommendations from real people—not an algorithm.
Enjoy your personal media, your way, with a Plex Media Server. Store, organize, and stream your movies, shows, music, and photos from one library. Your server automatically scans your files, making them easy to browse and enjoy from any device.
With Plex, you can:
● Find new movies and shows and discover your next binge
● Watch 50,000+ free movies and shows
● Stream 600+ free live TV channels
● Browse all your streaming services in one place
● Watchlist any movie or TV show from anywhere
● Share TV and movie reviews, create lists, and join discussions
● Stream your personal media with Plex Media Server
Download the free Plex app to get started. Visit https://www.plex.tv/free for more information.
Note: Streaming personal media requires Plex Media Server version 1.41.2 or higher (available for free at https://plex.tv/downloads) installed and running to stream to other devices. DRM-protected content, ISO disc images, and video_ts folders are not supported. Some features of this app are supported by interest-based advertising. To learn more about this and your choices regarding it, visit the Plex Privacy Policy.
Latest updates
2026.20.0
NEW:
- Added a manage button to the user switcher that opens Plex Home settings.
- Advanced options when scheduling a Live TV recording, including starting early and ending late.
- Artwork fades in as it loads and crossfades when it changes.
- Closed state for discussions, with a lock on cards and a notice explaining why a discussion was closed.
- Opening a notification for a comment, reaction, mention or new follower now marks it as read in Notifications.
- Rounded search fields on the search, people and settings screens, matching the web app.
- Tapping the Live TV tab now opens the source picker when more than one Live TV source is available
- Theme music can play on movie and collection detail pages.
- Zero state for the watch history screen.
FIXES:
- A completed download with a missing poster showed an empty box.
- A library briefly showed two columns of loading placeholders before switching to three.
- Activity cards could show another card's Read more button.
- After subscribing, the paywall could briefly reappear before the new subscription was recognized.
- Album detail screens were missing their related items hubs.
- Album detail screens would flash/flicker when opened.
- Artwork downloaded again after switching networks, such as between home Wi-Fi and mobile data.
- Artwork on screen took longer than it should to come back after leaving the player.
- Artwork that failed or was slow to load stayed blank instead of showing its title.
- Artwork tiles turned a darker shade between their loading placeholder and their artwork appearing.
- Cast and crew would not appear on some libraries.
- Confirmation for deleting an episode was not always clear.
- Download rows could show another download's poster.
- Downloads could fail to start for items with missing artwork.
- Editing the avatar could result in a low quality image.
- Expanded hubs could show loading placeholders in the wrong shape.
- Fixed downloads not working for some people after the app was closed while it was updating its downloads list.
- Grid loading placeholders sat lower than the content that replaced them.
- Items within a list could be slightly overlapped.
- Live TV: The bottom of the guide was hidden behind the tab bar.
- Long album names were cut off on the album screen.
- Music library recommendations loaded with poster-shaped placeholders.
- Player: Live TV channels with a space in their channel ID (e.g. from a VBox gateway) failed to tune.
- Player: Playback speed went back to normal after moving to the next item.
- Player: Prefer displaying a track's artist when it differs from the album artist.
- Player: Remote playback failed when the server converted the video to an image format.
- Player: The post-play screen overlapped the status bar on iPad.
- Player: The seek preview did not match the aspect ratio of the video after changing the display mode.
- Recent searches on the search screen sat right up against their heading.
- Remote Watch Pass could advertise a free trial to accounts that were no longer eligible for one.
- Rows and headers could briefly settle slightly out of place after scrolling.
- Rows with badges or a "New episode" style line under their tiles were taller than the rows around them, leaving uneven gaps.
- Scrolling Edit Metadata could mix up field values or hide unsaved edits.
- Scrolling after swiping a row open could show Remove on another row.
- Search field placeholders were invisible while typing.
- Search results sat further from the right edge of the screen than the left.
- Search settings no longer list servers that can't return any search results, such as one that only shares a single item with you.
- Sending a follow or friend request could change another person's buttons.
- Server Dashboard: Prefer displaying a track's artist when it differs from the album artist.
- Server dashboard was not showing a zero state for offline servers
- Shared servers in All Libraries were not sorted alphabetically by the person sharing them
2026.19.1
FIXES:
- Bugfixes and performance improvements.
2026.19.0
NEW:
- Preferred audio and subtitle languages can now be set for a show from its action menu.
FIXES:
- A tile's video preview kept playing behind a sponsored hero after moving focus back up to it.
- Automatically focus the correct item when using the library grid's jumpbar.
- Details screens take focus as soon as they open on TV instead of waiting for the data.
- Disabled online media sources no longer show up on the tvOS top shelf or the Android TV home row.
- Episodes that aren't selected dim again when focus leaves the episode list on show and season pages.
- Fixed focus escaping the top and bottom of the library grid's JumpBar.
- Fixed several cases where the Top Shelf could stay empty.
- Fixed the side navigation (and other views) occasionally spinning in place after closing the player.
- Focus could jump away from what you were on when the rest of a show or movie page finished loading.
- Improved browse grid scrolling performance on low-performance devices.
- Improved the responsiveness of the on-screen keyboard when searching on TV.
- Library grid placeholders now match the artwork height, so rows no longer jump as artwork loads.
- Live TV: Performance improvements in the guide
- Page titles on profile screens now line up with the content below them.
- Returning to Home from a details screen is faster on low-end TVs.
- Scrolling quickly on the browse grid could cause focus to be lost unexpectedly.
- Selecting the navigation item you are already on now takes you back to the top of the screen.
- Slightly improved scrolling performance on low-performance devices.
- Some parts of the list header would not update when changes were made to the list.
- Stopping an on-demand episode and starting a different one could play the previous episode again
- The "not available" message in the Watch From hub was too narrow and had extra space below it.
- The focused summary on details screens had a highlight that clipped tightly around the text.
- The next hub was not visible below the first one on the home screen when a sponsored hero was at the top.
- The review language setting didn't mention that it also applies to discussions.
- The selected radio button now keeps its orange marker while focused.
- The sponsored label on spotlight tiles was hard to read over bright artwork.
Store changes
What Plex: Find Movies and TV Shows changed on its store page: name, icon, screenshots, price, size, languages, requirements.
Renamed
Plex: Streaming de TV y pelis → Plex: busca películas y series
Description updated
Description updated
More from Plex Inc.
Plex: Find Movies & TV Shows Android
Plex: Find Movies & TV Shows gets 50k+ downloads a day worldwide (AppInsider estimate, November 2026, rounded down to a band).
Plex: Find Movies & TV Shows is #36 in Entertainment Free on Google Play in United States and charting in 12 of 23 countries we track.
Updated 8 Nov 2026 · rankings refresh through the day
DeveloperPlex, Inc.
CategoryEntertainment
PriceFree
Released
Installs100M+
Rating★ 2.9 (489k)
Updated
Content ratingTeen
Rating
2.9 ★
489k ratings
Measured
Best rank now
#36
Entertainment FreeMeasured
New ratings a week
506
steady vs the 2 weeks before
Measured
Plex: Find Movies & TV Shows on Google Play
App details
App ID
com.plexapp.android
Publisher
Plex, Inc.
Publisher country
United States
Content rating
Teen
Plex: Find Movies & TV Shows downloads
Worldwide, per day, and installs to date. The band is open; the exact number is free with an account.
How this is calculated
Google Play shows an exact lifetime install count; downloads per day are its daily change (measured). When Play hasn't refreshed the count, they come from new ratings and Top Free chart positions. Confidence is the chance the real number is within half to double ours.
Where Plex: Find Movies & TV Shows's downloads come from Modelled
Last 30 days: organic search, browsing the store, features and paid ads.
On Android app stores
The same app (com.plexapp.android) on every Android store we track. Known Android installs: at least 115M (Google Play band + AppGallery count).
| Store | Installs | Rating | Version | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Google Play | 100,000,000+ | ★ 2.9 (489k) | 2026.20.0 | Open ↗ |
| Huawei AppGallery | 15M | ★ 4.0 | 10.28.0.3441 | Open ↗ |
Active users
All platforms, worldwide. Free with an account.
Stickiness (DAU / MAU)
how many monthly users open it on a given day
Retention · share of new users still active
Day 1
Day 7
Day 30
Time spent · per daily user
Average time spent Pro
min a day
Sessions a day Pro
Time per session Pro
min
How this is calculated
Monthly users come from lifetime installs across every store, fitted on monthly active user figures companies publish; daily users = monthly × the typical daily/monthly ratio for the category. Confidence is the chance the real number is within half to double ours.
In-app revenue
Worldwide, what users spend in Plex: Find Movies & TV Shows before Apple and Google take their fee.
How this is calculated
Not in an overall Top Grossing chart, only in category charts: each category position is converted to the overall position it corresponds to, then priced on the same rank-to-revenue curve, inside the part of each market the charted apps leave over.
Business model: Ad-led
How Plex: Find Movies & TV Shows makes money: subscriptions, one-off purchases and ads.
SubscriptionsIn-app purchasesAds · 268 ad networks
Subscriptions
/mo
of revenue
Ads
/mo
of revenue
Top in-app purchases · App Store US, most popular first
| 1 | Monthly Plex Pass subscription | |
| 2 | iOS App Activation (enable streaming playback on iOS devices) | |
| 3 | Monthly Remote Watch Pass subscription | |
| 4 | Monthly Remote Watch Pass subscription | |
| 5 | Yearly Plex Pass subscription | |
| 6 | Yearly Remote Watch Pass subscription | |
| 7 | Yearly Remote Watch Pass subscription | |
| 8 | Lifetime Plex Pass subscription |
Where it ranks on Google Play
Every top 200 chart it appears in across 23 countries.
| Country | Charts | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| United States | EntertainmentFree | #36 |
| United States | All AppsFree | #189 |
| United States | EntertainmentGrossing | #148 |
| Canada | EntertainmentFree | #23 |
| United Kingdom | EntertainmentFree | #64 |
| United Kingdom | EntertainmentGrossing | #113 |
| France | EntertainmentFree | #59 |
| Canada | All AppsFree | #161 |
| Spain | EntertainmentFree | #39 |
| Canada | EntertainmentGrossing | #79 |
| Australia | EntertainmentGrossing | #90 |
| France | EntertainmentGrossing | #138 |
| India | EntertainmentFree | #128 |
| Spain | EntertainmentGrossing | #100 |
| Sweden | EntertainmentFree | #37 |
| Russia | EntertainmentFree | #110 |
| Mexico | EntertainmentFree | #105 |
| Sweden | EntertainmentGrossing | #62 |
| Netherlands | EntertainmentGrossing | #86 |
| United Arab Emirates | EntertainmentFree | #78 |
Apps near Plex: Find Movies & TV Shows on the chart
Entertainment Free, around #36.
Ratings
Google Play, worldwide.
Rating
2.9 ★
489k ratings
Measured
Ratings
489k
Measured
Written reviews
43k
Measured
Review momentum
ⓘ How we measure thisNew ratings a week
506
steady vs the 2 weeks before
Written reviews a week
30
Google Play
Lifetime rating
3.5★
recent stars not readable yet: new ratings are a tiny share of the total
Recent written reviews
2.0★
people who write skew negative
Review momentum
65/100
faster than 77% of Entertainment apps
Review momentum (0-100) blends how fast the app collects ratings compared with other apps in its category (60%), whether that pace is speeding up (25%) and what recent raters give it (15%; recent stars well below lifetime pull it down). Ratings counts are read daily. A jump usually means a launch, a feature, ads or a new review prompt.
What users say about Plex: Find Movies & TV Shows
From the 200 most recent Google Play reviews in the US.
Mostly negative (20% of recent reviews give 4–5 stars). People like it for its features and content, and being easy to use. The main complaints are about recent updates, and crashes and bugs.
What people like
- Features & content: “Redesign & no bloat, showing just local library”
- Ease of use: “good app easy to use up to date on movies and TV shows”
- Price & subscription: “4K ULTRA HD premium 1440p MOVIES”
- Updates: “it's a good app,but why am I not seeing video quality/data saver options in the new version is something wrong?”
Common complaints
- Updates: “The new update is so slow”
- Crashes & bugs: “It literally doesn't work”
- Design: “This is terrible UI design”
- Features & content: “my library is unavailable since new update”
About Plex: Find Movies & TV Shows
Plex is the free social and discovery app for movie and TV lovers.
Discover your next watch with Plex. Find shows and movies to watch, see what's trending, get ratings and movie reviews from friends you trust, and stream free on-demand movies, shows, and live TV.
Connect all your streaming services (including Netflix, Max, Paramount+, Prime Video, and more) to Plex to browse them all from one place. If you can stream it, we can find it.
Watch over 50,000 free movies and shows across every genre from A24, Paramount, AMC, Magnolia, Relativity, Lionsgate, and more. Your next binge is waiting.
Stream 600+ free live TV channels featuring live sports, news, kids’ shows, and more. Save your favorite channels for later or start watching now.
Find movies and shows from anywhere, add them to your Plex watchlist, and keep everything you want to watch in one place. Customize your preferences and build a home screen around what you love to watch.
Share TV and movie reviews, create lists, and start discussions about the movies and shows you love. Find movies and shows to watch through ratings, movie reviews, and real recommendations from real people—not an algorithm.
Enjoy your personal media, your way, with a Plex Media Server. Store, organize, and stream your movies, shows, music, and photos from one library. Your server automatically scans your files, making them easy to browse and enjoy from any device.
With Plex, you can:
● Find new movies and shows and discover your next binge
● Watch 50,000+ free movies and shows
● Stream 600+ free live TV channels
● Browse all your streaming services in one place
● Watchlist any movie or TV show from anywhere
● Share TV and movie reviews, create lists, and join discussions
● Stream your personal media with Plex Media Server
Download the free Plex app to get started. Visit https://www.plex.tv/free for more information.
Note: Streaming personal media requires Plex Media Server version 1.41.2 or higher (available for free at https://plex.tv/downloads) installed and running to stream to other devices. DRM-protected content, ISO disc images, and video_ts folders are not supported. Some features of this app are supported by interest-based advertising. To learn more about this and your choices regarding it, visit the Plex Privacy Policy.
Discover your next watch with Plex. Find shows and movies to watch, see what's trending, get ratings and movie reviews from friends you trust, and stream free on-demand movies, shows, and live TV.
Connect all your streaming services (including Netflix, Max, Paramount+, Prime Video, and more) to Plex to browse them all from one place. If you can stream it, we can find it.
Watch over 50,000 free movies and shows across every genre from A24, Paramount, AMC, Magnolia, Relativity, Lionsgate, and more. Your next binge is waiting.
Stream 600+ free live TV channels featuring live sports, news, kids’ shows, and more. Save your favorite channels for later or start watching now.
Find movies and shows from anywhere, add them to your Plex watchlist, and keep everything you want to watch in one place. Customize your preferences and build a home screen around what you love to watch.
Share TV and movie reviews, create lists, and start discussions about the movies and shows you love. Find movies and shows to watch through ratings, movie reviews, and real recommendations from real people—not an algorithm.
Enjoy your personal media, your way, with a Plex Media Server. Store, organize, and stream your movies, shows, music, and photos from one library. Your server automatically scans your files, making them easy to browse and enjoy from any device.
With Plex, you can:
● Find new movies and shows and discover your next binge
● Watch 50,000+ free movies and shows
● Stream 600+ free live TV channels
● Browse all your streaming services in one place
● Watchlist any movie or TV show from anywhere
● Share TV and movie reviews, create lists, and join discussions
● Stream your personal media with Plex Media Server
Download the free Plex app to get started. Visit https://www.plex.tv/free for more information.
Note: Streaming personal media requires Plex Media Server version 1.41.2 or higher (available for free at https://plex.tv/downloads) installed and running to stream to other devices. DRM-protected content, ISO disc images, and video_ts folders are not supported. Some features of this app are supported by interest-based advertising. To learn more about this and your choices regarding it, visit the Plex Privacy Policy.
What's new in 2026.20.0
Bug fixes and performance improvements.
Much more, see https://l.plex.tv/h9HDtkm
Much more, see https://l.plex.tv/h9HDtkm
Store changes
What Plex: Find Movies & TV Shows changed on its store page: name, icon, screenshots, price, size, languages, requirements.
Description updated