Plex iOS app is just $1.99, for a limited time only

Plex 3.2.4 for iOS (iPhone screenshot 002)Plex 3.2.4 for iOS (iPhone screenshot 001)

My home theater setup depends on the Plex Mac/iOS apps for hassle-free access to both local media stored on my Mac and networked drives and to a variety of online media sources.

While the Mac client is provided free of charge, the universal iPhone and iPad app costs five bucks a pop so many users instead opt for some of the plentiful free alternative solutions offered on the App Store.

That’s too bad because Plex comes with a bunch of premium features and is capable of rendering literally any obscure media file type I throw at it. If you’ve been sitting on the fence, Plex has just sweetened the deal by dropping the iOS app to $1.99…

The promotion is part of Plex’s two-day Back to School sale.

The iOS app lets you stream your music, videos and photos from your home computers running Plex Media Server and access content from a wide range of online and offline channels such as Aperture, iTunes, iPhoto, YouTube, Vimeo and Revision3.

The app also doubles as a remote control for the Plex Media Center.

Plex 3.2.4 for iOS (iPhone screenshot 003)Plex 3.2.4 for iOS (iPhone screenshot 004)

Alternative iOS media players you may want to consider include NXP Software’s $4 CineXPlayer HD and FireCore‘s excellent Infuse, which is about to get support for streaming subtitles via AirPlay.

You should also take a look at Good.iWare’s $5 GoodReader for iPad which can open most common audio and video file types you throw at it.

If you want to run Plex on your Apple TV, there’s a hack for that – no jailbreak required.

If you ask me, at $1.99 Plex is a steal.

Download Plex from the App Store now.