Ombi is a self-hosted web application for iOS that enables users to request media content from Plex, Emby, or Jellyfin servers.
Product velocity
Maintenance
Daily rank 🇺🇸
#26
▼1Entertainment · paid
Sentiment
4.8
1k reviews
Nemesis
Plex: Find Movies and TV Shows
The App DNA
What makes this app unique?
Users hire Ombi to automate the request-to-DVR workflow, removing the manual administrative burden of managing media requests for shared server environments.
For Self-hosted media server owners using Plex, Emby, or Jellyfin who manage content requests for shared users.
What does it look like?
Key features
Centralized interface for users to request movies and TV shows from Plex, Emby, or Jellyfin servers.
Automated forwarding of content requests to Sonarr and Radarr, reducing manual admin work.
Automatic synchronization of user accounts from connected media servers.
How much does it cost?
The mobile app uses a flat $2.99 entry fee, while the core server software remains a community-supported project.
Velocity
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Ombi currently maintains a release cadence of approximately 0.08 releases per week, placing it firmly in the maintenance tier. Development activity has decelerated significantly since late 2025, shifting from feature-rich updates to generic, opaque release notes. The latest release continues this trend of providing no visibility into technical changes or new functionality. There is no evidence of live-ops activity or recurring content updates.
Who built it?
User Sentiment
What do users think recently?
Recent user voice shows a thrilled sentiment. Users appreciate high-fidelity graphics and sound design create an immersive zombie-shooting experience for mobile players and responsive touch controls and smooth gameplay mechanics facilitate an enjoyable first-person shooter experience, but report aggressive advertising and pay-to-win progression barriers frustrate players during the core campaign.
How are ratings & reviews evolving?
What users say, by theme
- High-fidelity graphics and sound design create an immersive zombie-shooting experience for mobile players
- Responsive touch controls and smooth gameplay mechanics facilitate an enjoyable first-person shooter experience
- Aggressive advertising and pay-to-win progression barriers frustrate players during the core campaign
50 of 50 recent reviews analyzed · high confidence · Thrilled overall
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Competitive landscape for Ombi
How's the Entertainment market?
Ombi holds a #17 paid rank in the US Entertainment category, but its grossing performance remains secondary to its utility role. The $2.99 price point creates a conversion ceiling that free discovery alternatives do not face.
Read the market outlookThe rivals identified
By Plex Inc.
Plex serves as the primary ecosystem host for the media servers Ombi interacts with, creating a massive network effect and user-base dominance.
- Offers a native, integrated streaming platform that eliminates the need for third-party request tools.
- Provides a unified discovery engine across multiple streaming services, whereas Ombi is strictly a request-management utility.
- Maintains a massive, cross-platform infrastructure that supports direct playback, which Ombi does not attempt to replicate.
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Key takeaways for Ombi
Where is it heading?
The self-hosted media market is consolidating around integrated discovery platforms like Plex, which directly threatens Ombi's utility-based model. Ombi must transition from a peripheral request tool to a more integrated experience to avoid being rendered obsolete by native server features.
- The latest interface redesign improves navigation, but the core request-management utility remains unchanged, signaling a maintenance-focused product strategy.
- Plex's continued expansion into unified discovery threatens to absorb Ombi's user base by removing the need for third-party request tools.
The SWOT
- Automated request-to-DVR pipeline reduces server admin overhead
- Deep integration with Plex/Emby/Jellyfin creates high switching costs
- Specialized utility focus avoids feature bloat found in general discovery apps
- Expansion into managed media hosting B2B partnerships
- Integration with emerging decentralized media protocols
- Freemium model trial to increase top-of-funnel conversion
Next best moves
Ship a free-tier trial because the $2.99 entry fee is a top conversion barrier → increase install velocity.
+ 1 more prioritized moveThe counter-intuitive read
Ombi's $2.99 price tag is actually a retention filter…
Read the full takeFeature gaps
Native media playback (available in Plex but missing here) +1
Bottom line
Ombi retains power users through deep integration with DVR tools, but the $2.99 barrier stunts growth compared to free discovery rivals, so the PM should prioritize a free-tier trial to lower the acquisition hurdle.
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