49
BU Score
Emerging
Alexandria - The Media Library
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Alexandria - The Media Library is an iOS app from CHRISTOPHER ROBERT STOUT in the Food & Drink category, currently rated 4.4★ across 7 ratings. Initial signal reads as largely positive sentiment, users highlighting consistency and feature depth.
Our BU Score puts it at 49: Emerging (early traction worth watching). For a Food & Drink app, that means early traction worth watching.
Track changes month-over-month in the Performance section below: live snapshot history and revenue forecast included.
📊 Performance Tracking LIVE
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💰 Forecast Revenue / mo
MODELRevenue forecast computed from BU's 234 trigger model on each snapshot. Calibrated against ground-truth from 58 verified-revenue apps.
🔬Forecast Breakdown — Why This Estimate?Top 6 of 6 triggers
Our ML model uses 200+ signals from public data. These are the most influential for this app:
| Paid app ($0.00)METRIC | +$2,800 | |
| slowREVIEW | −$1,200 | |
| Good rating (4.4★)METRIC | +$800 | |
| New app (4 months old)METRIC | −$700 | |
| Single-language (English only)METRIC | −$400 | |
| Pre-traction phase (7 ratings)METRIC | −$300 |
METRIC = structural app data · REVIEW = mined from user reviews · ✓ VERIFIED = Stripe-verified anchor (TrustMRR)
📈 Reviews Growth
LIVECumulative review count from first BU snapshot. Each point = a tracked update.
⭐ Rating Trend
LIVEAverage rating evolution. Updates with each new review batch.
🗓️ Snapshot Timeline
HISTORYEach bar shows a tracked update and the metric delta from the previous snapshot.
App Specs
🔐 Own this app? Claim & verify MRR →💾 104 MB🔞 4+📱 iOS 15.0+🔖 v2.0.0🔄 updated 2w ago🌐 EN📂 Food & Drink💰 Free🚀 Launched 2025 (0y old)
📝 About this app
Alexandria brings all your self-hosted media libraries together in one beautiful app. Stream or download to play music, video, audiobooks, ebooks, comics, and manga from your personal servers. Do you have multiple server instances and want to connect to all of them in a single app (yours and a friends)?
Alexandria (Standard & Premium) now supports up to 3 connections for any service, across ALL supported services.
SUPPORTED SERVICES:
- Audiobookshelf – Audiobooks & podcasts
- Kavita – Comics, manga & ebooks
- Plex – Movies, Music & Audiobook libraries
- Jellyfin – Movies, Music & Audiobook libraries
- Storyteller – Synced audiobook/ebook reading
- BookLore – Ebook library management, Audiobook support now included!
- Calibre Content Server & Calibre-Web – Multi-format ebook access
- Komga – comic & manga support
SERVICE UNIQUE FEATURES:
- Download for offline listening/reading
- Background audio playback with lock screen controls
- CarPlay & AirPlay support
- Apple Watch support (download, stream, bookmark, all from the watch! Supports Plex & Audiobookshelf so far)
- Sync progress across devices (server progression sync back)
- Sleep timer & playback speed controls (Settings > Playback)
- Dark, light, & sepia mode support for readers
- Several fonts to choose from within the readers
- Chapter navigation for audiobooks & ebooks
- Much, much more within the app!
APP UNIQUE FEATURES:
- View Upcoming Releases for series you own
- Create smart reading plans with reading reminders to help you stay on track with reading goals
- Global Search – search all media for all connected services at once.
- Unified Library – view all media in a single, unified view (optional/customizable from Settings).
- Cross-Service Queuing – have music in your Plex/Jellyfin server & a friends and want to mix it into a single listening queue? Go for it!
FLEXIBLE ACCESS:
Alexandria Standard includes 2 server integrations of your choice, which you can change once every 30 days (can be changed once after initial setup). Can also be used with a single service, but was designed with an ecosystem of services in mind.
Need access to all eight? Upgrade to Alexandria Premium for $1.99/month and connect your entire self-hosted ecosystem.
Lifetime license for $59.99 unlocks the entire app forever!
INDIE DEVELOPED:
- Alexandria is built and maintained by a solo developer. Your subscription directly supports ongoing development, new features, and continued improvements. Thank you for supporting independent software!
YOUR MEDIA, YOUR SERVERS:
- Alexandria connects directly to your servers—your media stays yours. Built by an independent developer with ongoing updates and improvements.
Note: Requires at least one compatible self-hosted media server. Alexandria is a client app and does not provide content.
ROADMAP & COMMUNITY:
- https://stoutc24.github.io/AlexandriaUpdatesRoadmap/
- https://www.reddit.com/r/AlexandriaMediaLib/
Terms of Service: https://stoutc24.github.io/alexandria-terms/
Privacy Policy: https://stoutc24.github.io/alexandria-privacy/
Alexandria (Standard & Premium) now supports up to 3 connections for any service, across ALL supported services.
SUPPORTED SERVICES:
- Audiobookshelf – Audiobooks & podcasts
- Kavita – Comics, manga & ebooks
- Plex – Movies, Music & Audiobook libraries
- Jellyfin – Movies, Music & Audiobook libraries
- Storyteller – Synced audiobook/ebook reading
- BookLore – Ebook library management, Audiobook support now included!
- Calibre Content Server & Calibre-Web – Multi-format ebook access
- Komga – comic & manga support
SERVICE UNIQUE FEATURES:
- Download for offline listening/reading
- Background audio playback with lock screen controls
- CarPlay & AirPlay support
- Apple Watch support (download, stream, bookmark, all from the watch! Supports Plex & Audiobookshelf so far)
- Sync progress across devices (server progression sync back)
- Sleep timer & playback speed controls (Settings > Playback)
- Dark, light, & sepia mode support for readers
- Several fonts to choose from within the readers
- Chapter navigation for audiobooks & ebooks
- Much, much more within the app!
APP UNIQUE FEATURES:
- View Upcoming Releases for series you own
- Create smart reading plans with reading reminders to help you stay on track with reading goals
- Global Search – search all media for all connected services at once.
- Unified Library – view all media in a single, unified view (optional/customizable from Settings).
- Cross-Service Queuing – have music in your Plex/Jellyfin server & a friends and want to mix it into a single listening queue? Go for it!
FLEXIBLE ACCESS:
Alexandria Standard includes 2 server integrations of your choice, which you can change once every 30 days (can be changed once after initial setup). Can also be used with a single service, but was designed with an ecosystem of services in mind.
Need access to all eight? Upgrade to Alexandria Premium for $1.99/month and connect your entire self-hosted ecosystem.
Lifetime license for $59.99 unlocks the entire app forever!
INDIE DEVELOPED:
- Alexandria is built and maintained by a solo developer. Your subscription directly supports ongoing development, new features, and continued improvements. Thank you for supporting independent software!
YOUR MEDIA, YOUR SERVERS:
- Alexandria connects directly to your servers—your media stays yours. Built by an independent developer with ongoing updates and improvements.
Note: Requires at least one compatible self-hosted media server. Alexandria is a client app and does not provide content.
ROADMAP & COMMUNITY:
- https://stoutc24.github.io/AlexandriaUpdatesRoadmap/
- https://www.reddit.com/r/AlexandriaMediaLib/
Terms of Service: https://stoutc24.github.io/alexandria-terms/
Privacy Policy: https://stoutc24.github.io/alexandria-privacy/
🆕 What's New · v2.0.0
Apple Watch
• Artwork cache w/ WebP→JPEG so covers render
• Real-time Now Playing sync from the phone
• Source-aware routing (ABS vs Plex)
• Stale session detection
• Plex mini-player + track names on downloads
• ABS / Plex diagnostics view
• Download queue resilient to failed tracks
Reading Plans (new)
• Create, edit, drag-to-reorder, with target dates
• Per-book duration + "finish by" dates
• Aggregate pacing: hours/day to finish on time
• Tap a book → source-specific detail (ABS, Plex, Jellyfin, Storyteller, BookLore, Calibre)
• Multiple reminders per plan
Reading Reminders (new)
• Alarm or notification, recurring or one-time
• Plan-linked reminders show the plan name
• Tap to open the linked plan (any app state)
Upcoming Releases (new)
• Real pre-order dates via the Audible catalog
• Personalized by your top authors + genres
• Releasing Soon / Discover / Recently Released
• English-only filter with language selector
• Hides books you already own
Navigation
• Swipe: Plans ← Home → Releases, drawer edge-swipe preserved
Performance & Security
• Self-signed HTTPS scoped to your configured servers only
• Bearer tokens no longer log in release
• Byte-capped 40 MB LRU for BookLore pages
• Cover art cached across rebuilds
• Live Activities authorization check
• Method channels created once instead of per-call
• flutter_html bumped off a long-stale beta
Polish
• Bookmark deletion no longer races library refresh
• Plex source detection in mini-bars
• Cover art on Now Playing
• Reading Plan covers use BoxFit.contain so the whole book shows
• Artwork cache w/ WebP→JPEG so covers render
• Real-time Now Playing sync from the phone
• Source-aware routing (ABS vs Plex)
• Stale session detection
• Plex mini-player + track names on downloads
• ABS / Plex diagnostics view
• Download queue resilient to failed tracks
Reading Plans (new)
• Create, edit, drag-to-reorder, with target dates
• Per-book duration + "finish by" dates
• Aggregate pacing: hours/day to finish on time
• Tap a book → source-specific detail (ABS, Plex, Jellyfin, Storyteller, BookLore, Calibre)
• Multiple reminders per plan
Reading Reminders (new)
• Alarm or notification, recurring or one-time
• Plan-linked reminders show the plan name
• Tap to open the linked plan (any app state)
Upcoming Releases (new)
• Real pre-order dates via the Audible catalog
• Personalized by your top authors + genres
• Releasing Soon / Discover / Recently Released
• English-only filter with language selector
• Hides books you already own
Navigation
• Swipe: Plans ← Home → Releases, drawer edge-swipe preserved
Performance & Security
• Self-signed HTTPS scoped to your configured servers only
• Bearer tokens no longer log in release
• Byte-capped 40 MB LRU for BookLore pages
• Cover art cached across rebuilds
• Live Activities authorization check
• Method channels created once instead of per-call
• flutter_html bumped off a long-stale beta
Polish
• Bookmark deletion no longer races library refresh
• Plex source detection in mini-bars
• Cover art on Now Playing
• Reading Plan covers use BoxFit.contain so the whole book shows
Profile & Insights
Everything we know — and don't — about this app and its company.
Identification
- App name
- Alexandria - The Media Library
- Developer
- CHRISTOPHER ROBERT STOUT
- Bundle ID
- com.stoutsolutions.alexandria
- App Store URL
- Open in App Store
- Category
- Food & Drink
- Content rating
- 4+
- Languages
- EN
Company
- Website
- Not found
- Tagline
- Today
- Description
- Find apps and games for iPhone, iPad, Mac, and more on the App Store.
- Founded
- Not found
- HQ / Address
- Not found
- Employees
- Not found
- Logo
- OG image
Revenue
- Verified revenue / mo
- Not found
- AI revenue estimate / mo
- Not found
- AI annual estimate
- Not found
- ML model estimate / mo
- $1.3K/mo
- Top-grossing rank
- Outside top 100 in US Food & Drink
- All-time revenue
- Not found
- Pricing
- Not found
Founder
- Name
- Not found
- X / Twitter
- Not found
- Not found
- GitHub
- Not found
- X followers
- Not found
- Public statements
- Not found
Funding
- Total raised
- Not found
- Last round
- Not found
- Investors
- Not found
- Crunchbase
- Not found
- AngelList
- Not found
Press & Links
- Articles found
- Not found
- Listed on
- Not found
- Blog
- https://apps.apple.com/us/app/letterloop-group-newsletters/id6468623700
- Press / News
- Not found
Contacts & Socials
- Socials
- Not found
- Not found
- Phone
- Not found
- Contact page
- Not found
- About page
- https://apps.apple.com/us/iphone/story/id1868888984
📈Ratings growth7 ratings+600% lifetimeShow 3-year history estimate ▾
Tracked (5 weeks) Pre-tracking estimate (6 weeks) · model-based, ±5% noise · anchored to release date and current value
🌍Geographic ReachNot ranked
This app is currently outside the top 100 grossing in all 9 countries we monitor (US, UK, DE, FR, JP, CA, AU, BR, IN). Niche or new apps often launch this way — popularity rankings appear once daily revenue clears the regional threshold.
Profile is built from iTunes Lookup + developer site scrape + ML revenue model. Empty fields show "Not found" — additional sources (Crunchbase, X, IndieHackers, Acquire.com) coming.
Full revenue analysis
Read the article-style breakdown for Alexandria - The Media Library: category rank, percentile, growth signal, comparable apps, and how the forecast is calibrated against verified-MRR anchors in this niche.
