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Software for TV and console

10 products matching your filters. Each one described on the same fields, so two tools can be read against each other rather than against their own marketing.

Showing 1–10 of 10

  • Amazon Music logo

    Amazon Music

    Unlimited music for every moment

    Free plan, then $9.99/mo
    • Web
    • iOS
    • Android
    • +1
    Music

    4 alternatives · 3 questions answered

  • Crunchyroll logo

    Crunchyroll

    The world's largest anime streaming platform

    Free plan, then $7.99/mo
    • Web
    • iOS
    • Android
    • +1
    Entertainment

    4 alternatives · 1 limitation documented

  • Emby logo

    Emby

    Your personal entertainment server

    Free plan, then $4.99/mo
    • Web
    • iOS
    • Android
    • +3
    Entertainment

    4 alternatives · 1 question answered

  • GameMaker Studio 2 logo

    GameMaker Studio 2

    The fastest way to create games. For everyone.

    Free plan available
    • Windows
    • macOS
    • Linux
    • +3
    Game Development

    4 alternatives · 5 limitations documented

  • Peacock logo

    Peacock

    Stream iconic movies, shows, and live sports

    Free plan, then $5.99/mo
    • Web
    • iOS
    • Android
    • +1
    Entertainment

    4 alternatives · 1 question answered

  • Rec Room logo

    Rec Room

    Free-to-play social VR gaming platform

    Free plan available
    • VR and AR
    • Windows
    • iOS
    • +2
    AR VR

    4 alternatives · 1 question answered

  • Roku logo

    Roku

    Streaming made simple

    Free plan available
    • TV and console
    • iOS
    • Android
    Entertainment

    4 alternatives · 1 limitation documented

  • Twitch logo

    Twitch

    Where gaming lives

    Free plan, then $4.99/mo
    • Web
    • iOS
    • Android
    • +1
    Part of Amazon.com, Inc.Gaming

    4 alternatives · 1 limitation documented

  • Vimeo logo

    Vimeo

    Professional video hosting and streaming platform

    Free plan, then $7/mo
    • Web
    • iOS
    • Android
    • +1
    Marketing

    2 alternatives · 5 questions answered

  • YouTube logo

    YouTube

    Video sharing and streaming platform

    Free plan, then $11.99/mo
    • Web
    • iOS
    • Android
    • +1
    Part of Google LLCEntertainment

    4 alternatives · 1 question answered

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How this works

What you are looking at

Where does this data come from?

Pricing, platforms and feature lists are taken from each vendor's own pages. Limitations, answered questions and alternatives are researched separately and carry a source URL on the page that states them. Every product is described on the same fields, so two tools can be read against each other rather than against their own marketing.

Why are there no star ratings?

Because we did not collect any. Softwr hosts no reviews, and a rating aggregated from somewhere else is not ours to publish as though it were an assessment we made. What is shown instead is what a tool costs, where it runs, and what it is concretely bad at.

How are alternatives chosen?

A researcher proposes them, then two independent reviewers judge one question each: would a buyer evaluating this product seriously consider that one instead. 225 of 1,841 candidates failed and were deleted, including a font inspector matched to a dark mode extension. Only pairings that survived both rounds are published.

Do vendors pay to appear here?

Not to be listed. A vendor can buy a place in the results on the home page, on a category listing or on the catalogue, and where they do the result carries a Sponsored label. Everything not carrying that label is ordered on the same criteria as everything else, and a paid place never changes where an unpaid one lands: the editorial order flows around it. Where a link earns a commission that is disclosed on the page carrying it.

How current is it?

Prices and plan limits move without notice, so treat anything with a number on it as a starting point and check the vendor before you buy. Where a claim could go stale it carries the source it came from, which is the fastest way to tell.