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For Mac, iPhone and iPad
A beautiful home for your videos.
Sprocket organizes the video files on your Mac into a library you can browse, search and play, and streams it to your iPhone and iPad. Your files stay where they are.
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Free for a library of up to 500 videos. No account. See pricing
Sprocket for Mac
Made for the Mac, and for big libraries.
Choose the folder your videos are in and Sprocket builds the library from it: a home page with something to watch, three ways to browse, and a player that remembers where you left off.
Library
Grid, mosaic or list.
Switch views to see more of your library at once, or more detail about each video.
Search
Find any video in seconds.
Search by title, person, tag or folder, then narrow the results with filters.
At a glance
See what you started and what you liked.
Progress bars, favorites and ratings show on every thumbnail, so you can tell at a glance what to watch next.
Resume points and a play queue
Pick up where you left off, and line up what plays next.
Folders, tags and playlists
Browse by folder, and organize further with tags and playlists.
Favorites and ratings
Mark favorites, and rate what you have watched.
Light and dark themes
Both themes come with a choice of accent colors.
Touch ID app lock
Keep the app locked, and open it with Touch ID.
A menu bar panel
Reach Sprocket from the menu bar without switching apps.
The app for iPhone and iPad
Your library on iPhone and iPad.
The iPhone and iPad app streams your library from your Mac, so your videos stay on one machine.
- Pair once. Scan the QR code your Mac shows. There is nothing else to set up.
- No account. At home, your devices stream over your own network.
- Offline downloads. Save videos to watch without a connection.
- Face ID app lock. Only you can open the library.
Swipe to the next one
Swipe up or down in the player for the next or previous video.
A mini player
Keep watching while you browse the rest of your library.
A filmstrip scrubber
See frames from the video as you drag through it.
A details page
Information about the video you are watching, and more like it, without leaving the player.
Sprocket for iPad
Its own layout on the big screen.
On iPad, Sprocket is not a larger iPhone app. Your library sits in a sidebar, the player keeps a panel beside the picture, and you can change many videos at once.
Player
The details beside the picture.
A panel next to the video holds its details, what plays next, its moments and its frames.
Organize
Change many videos at once.
Select a few videos, then tag them or add people to all of them together.
New Sprocket Pro
Your library, anywhere.
Watch your library away from home, over cellular or any Wi-Fi. There is no port forwarding or VPN to set up.
- Direct whenever possible. Your phone connects straight to your Mac, at original quality.
- An encrypted relay when it is not. On networks that block direct connections, video passes through a relay that cannot read it.
- End to end encrypted. Only your own devices hold the keys.
- An unlimited library. No 500 video limit.
Free for 7 days, then $4.99 a month or $39.99 a year, through the App Store. One subscription covers your Mac, iPhone and iPad on the same Apple Account.
Sprocket works best with a Mac that stays on. A Mac mini makes a great always-on home for your library.
How your video travels
Direct
Device to device
Used whenever the two networks allow it. Original quality, and no relay allowance used.
Your iPhone
Encrypted, original quality
Your Mac
Relayed
Through an encrypted relay
Used only when a direct connection is impossible. The relay cannot read what it carries.*
Your iPhone
Encrypted
Relay, cannot read it
Encrypted
Your Mac
Which one will I get?
You never choose, and there is nothing to set up. Each time you connect, Sprocket tries a direct connection first and uses the relay only if it has to.
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At home
Your phone and your Mac are on the same network, so they talk to each other without the internet. Free, with no subscription.
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Away, on most networks
Your phone and your Mac find each other over the internet and connect one to one. That is direct: the original file, with no limits.
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Away, on a network that keeps devices apart
Some cellular networks, and many office, hotel and school networks, let you reach websites but stop two devices from reaching each other. Your phone and your Mac then meet at the relay, which passes the encrypted video between them and cannot open it.
Which one you get depends on the two networks you happen to be on, not on your devices or your subscription. Sprocket keeps checking while you watch and moves to a direct connection when one becomes possible. The relay has a speed and a monthly allowance because every byte of your video passes through it. A direct connection passes through no server, so it has neither.
What the service can see
- Connection details, such as IP addresses and a random identifier for your Mac
- Encrypted setup messages it cannot read
- Encrypted bytes it relays, and how many, to count the allowance
- The App Store's signed purchase record, to check your subscription
What it can never see
- Your video
- Titles and thumbnails
- Your library
- Your encryption keys
* Relayed video plays at about 5 Mbit/s, for up to 75 GB a month. Direct connections have no limit.
Sprocket Pro runs a small meeting-point service that helps your phone and your Mac find each other, and a relay for the cases where they cannot connect directly. Nothing about your library is stored on either.
Also in Pro
Insights
Your viewing in numbers: videos, hours, library size, plays, and what you watch most.
Also in Pro
Calendar
Your watching, day by day. See what you watched and when.
Also in Pro
Markers and Moments
Mark the scenes you love and play them back to back, and Moments gathers them from across your library so your favorite parts are always in one place.
Privacy
Your files stay on your Mac.
Sprocket works with the files you already have. It never moves them or copies them to a server, and it does not track what you watch.
Nothing is uploaded
Your videos are never uploaded to Sprocket, and never stored anywhere but your own devices.
No account
There is no Sprocket account. Nothing to sign up for, nothing to sign in to.
No analytics, no tracking
Sprocket does not measure you, profile you, or report what you watch.
Encrypted between your devices
When video leaves your home with Sprocket Pro, it is end to end encrypted between your own devices.
At home, video stays on your own network. Away from home, it is encrypted end to end between your own devices, and nothing is uploaded or stored.
Pricing
Free to start.
Pro when you need more.
Sprocket is free for a library of up to 500 videos. Sprocket Pro removes the limit and lets you watch away from home.
Sprocket
Free
For Mac, iPhone and iPad
Your library on your Mac, and on your devices at home.
- The Mac app and the iPhone and iPad app
- A library of up to 500 videos
- Streaming to your devices at home
- Offline downloads
- App lock
- Themes
macOS 26 or later on Apple silicon. iOS 26 or later.
Sprocket Pro
$4.99a month
or $39.99 a year. Free for 7 days.
No library limit, and streaming anywhere.
- An unlimited library
- Stream over cellular or Wi-Fi*
- Insights
- Calendar
- Markers and Moments
- One subscription covers your Mac, iPhone and iPad on the same Apple Account
Billed through the App Store after the free trial. Renews until you cancel.
Prices are in US dollars and vary by country. The free trial becomes a paid subscription unless you cancel at least 24 hours before it ends. Sprocket Pro then renews automatically until you cancel in Settings. See the terms.
* Original quality on a direct connection. When a direct connection isn't possible, video is relayed at about 5 Mbit/s, for up to 75 GB a month.
Questions
Common questions
Do my files get uploaded?
No. Your files stay on your Mac. Sprocket streams them to your own paired devices and nowhere else. Nothing is uploaded to Sprocket and nothing is stored on a server. With Sprocket Pro, video that leaves your home is end to end encrypted between your own devices.
Do I need an account?
No. There is no Sprocket account. You pair your iPhone or iPad with your Mac by scanning a QR code. If you subscribe to Sprocket Pro, the purchase goes through the App Store with the Apple Account you already use, and it covers your Mac, iPhone and iPad on that same Apple Account.
What do I get for free?
The Mac app and the iPhone and iPad app, a library of up to 500 videos, streaming to your devices at home, offline downloads, app lock and themes. At home, streaming needs no subscription, no account and no internet service.
What happens if my library is bigger than the free limit?
On the free tier, the first 500 videos by date added play. The rest of a larger library stays visible but locked until you subscribe to Sprocket Pro. Either way, the files on your disk are never touched and never uploaded.
What is the relay?
Away from home, your phone normally connects straight to your Mac over the internet, at original quality. Some networks do not allow that: they let you reach websites but stop two devices from reaching each other. Some cellular networks work this way, and so do many office, hotel and school networks. When that happens, your phone and your Mac both connect to a relay, and it passes the video between them at about 5 Mbit/s.
The relay only forwards encrypted data. It cannot see your video, titles, thumbnails or keys, and it does not store what passes through it.
Can I choose between direct and relayed?
No, and you do not need to. Sprocket tries a direct connection first every time, and keeps checking while you watch, so it moves to direct as soon as the networks allow it. Which one you get depends on the networks at both ends, not on your devices or your subscription.
If you are relayed in a particular place, another Wi-Fi network there, or switching between Wi-Fi and cellular, can give you a direct connection.
What happens if I go over 75 GB?
The 75 GB a month allowance only counts video that goes through the relay. Direct connections do not use it. If you use the whole allowance, relayed streaming pauses until it resets the next month. Direct connections, streaming at home, and videos you have downloaded all keep working.
Does it work when my Mac is asleep?
Your Mac is the library, so it needs to be awake. While Sprocket is open and your Mac is plugged in, Sprocket keeps it awake for your iPhone and iPad, and the display still sleeps and locks as usual. On battery, your Mac sleeps as it normally does. A laptop with its lid closed sleeps too, unless it is plugged in with a display attached.
It also helps to turn on Wake for network access in System Settings. Videos you have downloaded to your iPhone or iPad play without the Mac.
What do I need to run it?
A Mac with Apple silicon running macOS 26 or later. The companion needs an iPhone or iPad running iOS 26 or later.
What does it cost?
Sprocket is free for a library of up to 500 videos, with streaming to your devices at home. Sprocket Pro is free for 7 days, then $4.99 a month or $39.99 a year, billed through the App Store. It adds an unlimited library, streaming over cellular or Wi-Fi, Insights, Calendar, and Markers and Moments, and one subscription covers your Mac, iPhone and iPad on the same Apple Account.
Does Sprocket collect any data?
No analytics and no tracking. Sprocket Pro's service sees only what it needs to connect your devices, and the privacy policy lists all of it.
