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Genus

Genus is a beautiful, native front end for Plex that provides a premium viewing experience on tvOS and macOS.

Entertainment · tvOS · iPadOS · v1.1.0, v1.0.0 · $14.99

About Genus

Genus is a focused client for the media you already own on Plex. It brings your libraries to the big screen and other Apple devices with a simple structure—home, search, and your server’s libraries—so you can open the app and get to movies, shows, and episodes without wading through clutter.

Playback is built around your Plex library: streams, audio, and subtitles line up with what your server knows, so watching at home feels consistent with how you’ve organized and tagged your collection. Genus is for people who want a calm, native-feeling way to enjoy a personal Plex server, not another generic streaming grid.

What stands out

Genus is a dedicated Apple-native client built with SwiftUI and AVKit end-to-end, so playback and system integration feel like first-party media apps rather than Plex’s cross-platform “same everywhere” shell.

The whole app is oriented around your own server—home, libraries, and search—without folding in Plex’s broader client experience (promoted rows, rentals, and other non-library surfaces you get in the main app).

Playback is tuned for your library’s reality: stream-aware audio and subtitle selection, plus intro / ad / credit markers surfaced as skip-style actions where the platform supports them.

Power-user levers stay upfront, including transcoding quality and in-player technical readouts (“stats”) for people who actually manage bitrates, servers, and clients.

Layout and navigation are deliberately custom (including a Mac sidebar flow and tvOS-first patterns), so the product can prioritize “open app → watch what’s on my Plex” instead of mirroring every tab and upsell from Plex’s own app.

Recent updates

Shipped on Genus—the same release discipline behind The Blueprint.

Acquire Genus

When the fit is right, we can transfer the codebase, brand, store listings, and related IP as a clean ownership deal. We do not license or white-label our products.

Start from the contact form. Acquisition threads stay confidential and we usually reply within one business day. Price and terms are negotiated per deal.

IP and source

Transfer of source code, brand assets, and documentation, structured with your legal team.

Store listings

Live App Store or platform listings can transfer with the deal when applicable.

Handoff window

Documentation, walkthroughs, and bounded post-close support are scoped per agreement.

Want this level of craft on your roadmap?

The Blueprint is $2,500 flat: a business review, an AI opportunity map, and a written execution plan your team can run. You work with Chris directly.

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