Davvy 1.0.8 adds Jellyfin, advertising and Davvy Pro

Version 1.0.8 is a sizeable change to a small app. Native Jellyfin support joins the existing WebDAV connection, while the iPhone and iPad version moves to an advertising-supported model. Davvy Pro is the escape hatch for people who would rather pay once and not see ads.

Jellyfin is now a first-class server option

Davvy was built around WebDAV. That remains available, but 1.0.8 also lets you add a Jellyfin server directly on iPhone, iPad, Mac and Apple TV.

After signing in, Davvy can browse the server's films and programmes with its artwork and descriptions. Playback uses the original file where the available player can handle it, or asks Jellyfin for a transcode where necessary. Playback progress and watched state can move between Davvy and other Jellyfin clients.

Downloads remain available on iPhone, iPad and Mac when the Jellyfin server permits them. Apple TV remains streaming-only. Davvy still provides no films or programmes of its own: it is a client for a server and media that you control.

Why the replacement build took longer

Our delayed release review found three correctness problems after the first 1.0.8 builds had been uploaded. Those builds were held back rather than promoted.

• Davvy could reuse the wrong Jellyfin playback decision when moving from Apple's player to VLC, causing avoidable transcoding or a failed play.
• Signing out could reconfigure the app before the old session had been removed, leaving stale credentials in active connection or download state.
• Newer progress from another Jellyfin client could lose to an older local resume point.

The replacement changes request playback information for the engine actually being considered, remove local credentials before reconfiguration, and allow newer server progress to replace older local progress without weakening the usual ordering rules. The work and test record are public in the tracked issue and the corrective pull request.

Holding a release is mildly inconvenient. Shipping a media app that signs out badly or resumes from the wrong place is worse.

Advertising is limited to iPhone and iPad

The free iPhone and iPad app now uses Google AdMob. Mac and Apple TV remain ad-free and do not contain the advertising SDK.

Ads can appear in the library, on a detail page, before some plays and when opening the app. The rules are deliberately conservative: there is no full-screen ad on the first play of a launch, pre-playback ads are capped to one every 30 minutes, and full-screen ads are kept away from an open player, Picture in Picture and casting.

In the UK, EEA and Switzerland, Davvy presents Google's consent form before requesting an ad. Davvy does not ask for Apple's App Tracking Transparency permission and requests non-personalised ads. The Davvy privacy policy explains what the advertising SDK processes and what never goes to advertisers.

Davvy Pro removes ads, and only ads

Davvy Pro is a £4.99 lifetime purchase in the UK. It removes advertising on iPhone and iPad. It is not a subscription.

It does not unlock Jellyfin, downloads, casting, Channels, playback formats or any other feature. Those remain part of the free app. The purchase exists for one job: removing advertising.

StoreKit is the source of truth for the purchase. Davvy checks the current entitlement before starting its advertising system, so a paying user is not treated as a free user while that answer is still loading. The purchase can be restored through Settings and is recognised on devices using the same Apple Account. Mac and Apple TV are already ad-free.

What stays the same

WebDAV is still supported. Existing server profiles, watched state, Continue Watching and custom Channels remain part of Davvy. There is still no Davvy account or media catalogue, and the app does not move your library onto a Polyphasic Developers server.

Davvy remains free to download. On iPhone and iPad, you can use it with advertising or make the one-time Davvy Pro purchase to remove the ads. The App Store listing is the source of truth for the version on offer and the local price of Davvy Pro.

Where can I get Davvy 1.0.8?

Davvy 1.0.8 is available from the App Store. Apple's public listing confirms that version 1.0.8 was released on 1 November 2026.