Best of 2026
Our top entertainment picks reviewed for iPhone, ranked by editor score.
Our pick: Tubi: Movies & Live TV leads with an editor score of 4.3. Tubi is the most generous free streaming service available today, offering an enormous ad-supported library of movies, series, live TV, and original content without charging a single cent. How we score.
| # | App | Best for | Price | Editor score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tubi: Movies & Live TV | Budget-conscious genre fans and... | Free | 4.3 |
| 2 | IMDb: Movies & TV Shows | Anyone who wants one authoritative app... | Free | 4.3 |
| 3 | JustWatch - Movies & TV Shows | Multi-service subscribers who regularly... | Free | 4.3 |
| 4 | Netflix | Existing Netflix subscribers who want... | Free | 4.2 |
| 5 | The Roku App (Official) | Daily Roku device owners who want a... | Free | 4.2 |
| 6 | HBO Max: Stream Movies & TV | Serious TV and film fans who want HBO... | Free | 4.2 |
| 7 | PlutoTV: Stream Free Movies/TV | Budget-conscious viewers who want... | Free | 4.2 |
| 8 | PBS: Watch TV & Documentaries | Cord-cutters and public media loyalists... | Free | 4.2 |
| 9 | Angel: Stream TV & Movies | Households already invested in Angel... | Free | 4.2 |
| 10 | Cast Web Videos to TV - iWebTV | Anyone who regularly watches web video... | Free | 4.2 |
Tubi is the most generous free streaming service available today, offering an enormous ad-supported library of movies, series, live TV, and original content without charging a single cent.
Read the full Tubi: Movies & Live TV review
IMDb remains the definitive film and TV reference app on iOS, and its streaming availability alerts give it genuine daily utility well beyond a simple cast lookup.
Read the full IMDb: Movies & TV Shows review
JustWatch is the most practical answer to streaming fragmentation, delivering fast, reliable lookup across thousands of providers while stopping well short of a full discovery platform.
Read the full JustWatch - Movies & TV Shows review
Netflix on mobile is a polished, well-maintained app that earns its 4.75-star store rating by doing the streaming basics reliably across a wider content range than most competitors, though its value hinges entirely on...
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The Roku app is a legitimate, free upgrade over the physical remote for existing Roku owners, with private listening and mobile keyboard input standing out as the most genuinely useful daily tools.
Read the full The Roku App (Official) review
HBO Max delivers one of the deepest prestige content libraries in streaming, and the app mostly keeps pace with that catalog weight, though a layered subscription structure and a heavier-than-average install size add...
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Pluto TV remains the clearest benchmark for free, ad-supported streaming in 2026, delivering hundreds of live channels and a broad on-demand catalog without asking for a credit card or even an email address.
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The PBS app is one of the strongest free streaming options for documentary, public affairs, and British drama fans, and its live local station feed alone justifies the install.
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Angel is a well-built, actively maintained streaming app that serves fans of Angel Studios originals and Dry Bar Comedy with genuine reliability, though its deliberately niche catalog will leave general audiences...
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iWebTV earns its strong reputation by casting the actual video stream to your TV rather than mirroring your screen, delivering noticeably better picture quality across five major TV platforms while wrapping that core...
Read the full Cast Web Videos to TV - iWebTV review