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I tested four free streaming apps for a month and one crushed the rest
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I tested four free streaming apps for a month and one crushed the rest Credit: Jonathon Jachura / MUO By Jonathon Jachura Published Jun 21, 2026, 7:00 PM EDT Jonathon Jachura is a mechanical engineer with over 12 years of HVAC industry experience who specializes in translating complex home systems into practical advice for everyday homeowners. His background spans technical sales and product management for major manufacturers, combined with hands-on experience as a two-time homeowner who has tackled everything from system installations to troubleshooting repairs. Jon focuses on helping readers make confident decisions about their homes through clear, actionable guidance that saves both time and money. Sign in to your MakeUseOf account Add Us On Summary Generate a summary of this story follow Follow followed Followed Like Like Thread Log in Here is a fact-based summary of the story contents: Try something different: Show me the facts Explain it like I’m 5 Give me a lighthearted recap Most of my TV happens on free, ad-supported apps. They run on my Samsung Frame sets in the main rooms, the TCL Roku TV in my basement, and my Hisense Canvas, and once I'd sorted out a setting buried in the TV that mattered more than any HDMI cable, the picture held up across all of them. What I still hadn't settled was which free app actually had the stuff I wanted to watch. So four got a month of real use: Tubi, Pluto TV, The Roku Channel, and Plex's free tier. Anytime I wanted to watch something, I jotted it down and checked which app had it. One service ended up covering about 80% of that list. Tubi won , and it wasn't close. Tubi The deepest free library I kept landing on Tubi is where I kept landing, and it came down to catalog size. Nothing else came close in size. The on-demand catalog tops 50,000 movies and shows, and Fox keeps feeding it. Of the titles on my list that month, roughly four out of five were already there, ready to play. The library leans into the stuff I