# Wholphin Hacker Approved page: https://hackerapproved.com/p/wholphin/ 9 people recommended Wholphin in Hacker News comments and none criticized it, November 2025 to October 2026. It was recommended in 4 of 12 months, in 7 threads. It does not meet the Hacker Approved badge rule. **Verdict:** Free Android TV app for Jellyfin libraries, praised as faster than the official Jellyfin client and familiar to Plex users. Summary written by Claude from 9 comments. ## Why people recommend it - Preferred over official Jellyfin client (2 comments in the sample): "Wholphin is a great Android TV app, way better than the "original" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49611751)) "It's much faster than the official(?) jellyfin android client." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49610724)) - Familiar Plex and Netflix-like experience (2 comments in the sample): "That app is phenomenal. It gives the whole family the "Netflix-like" experience." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50161241)) "it's really nice, it's meant to be familiar to users of Plex" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48207614)) ## Other music players people recommend - [VLC media player](https://hackerapproved.com/p/vlc-media-player/): 139 recommend, 31 mixed, 79 criticize - [mpv media player](https://hackerapproved.com/p/mpv/): 68 recommend, 11 mixed, 11 criticize - [Infuse video player](https://hackerapproved.com/p/infuse/): 61 recommend, 14 mixed, 9 criticize - [Winamp](https://hackerapproved.com/p/winamp/): 53 recommend, 6 mixed, 6 criticize ## The badge A product earns the Hacker Approved badge when at least 10 people recommend it, recommenders outnumber critics at least 2 to 1 (mixed feelings count toward neither side), it was recommended in at least 4 of the 12 months and in at least 5 different threads, and no single thread supplies more than half of the people who recommend it. Health and money products are never badged. ## Cite as Hacker Approved, "Wholphin", https://hackerapproved.com/p/wholphin/ (9 recommend, 0 mixed, 0 criticize; Hacker News comments, November 2025 to October 2026). Counts updated 3 Nov 2026, with data through October 31, 2026.