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Screenstead
by Screenstead
What Screenstead is
Screenstead is a digital signage service for building playlists, scheduling content, and managing screens across rooms, campuses, branches, and venues. It supports photos, videos, live HLS streams, layouts, websites, and dashboards. Users can combine media into reusable playlists and layouts, pair screens with a six-digit code, publish immediately, or schedule by day, time, and location. Players are available for Apple TV, Android TV, and browsers, with Android and iOS access and a mobile app. Offline playback is supported. Website and dashboard items require internet and work on Android TV and browser players, but not Apple TV. Plans include unlimited users, team members, playlists, scheduling, multiple locations, and a media library subject to fair use. Monthly billing is $10 a month per active screen; Annual is $99 a year per active screen; Founding Member is $79 a year per active screen for subscriptions started by December 31, 2026. A 14-day trial supports up to 10 screens without a card.
Who it suits
It suits churches, teams, businesses, campuses, and venues coordinating scheduled signage across multiple screens. It is available in the United States, Canada, Mexico, Brazil, and South Korea.
What it does well
- Supports varied media and live HLS
- Scheduling by time and location
- Apple TV, Android TV, and browser players
- Offline playback
- Unlimited users and locations
What to know first
- No free plan
- Website and dashboard items need internet
- Not offered in EEA or UK
- Pricing is per active screen
Plans
| Plan | Billed and limits | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Monthly | per screen, per month · active screens billed · cancel anytime · all features included | $10 a month |
| Annual | per screen, per year · active screens billed · all features included · saves 17% compared to monthly | $99 a year |
| Founding Member | per screen, per year · subscriptions must start on or before December 31, 2026 · price guaranteed through December 31, 2028 | $79 a year |
As screenstead.com lists them, read 12 Oct 2026. The maker's own page has the final word.
Verdict
Screenstead combines playlist management, scheduling, multiple player types, and offline playback for distributed signage. The per-screen subscriptions, regional availability, and Apple TV limitation for websites and dashboards should guide selection.
Facts from Screenstead's own pages
- Availability
- The privacy policy says Screenstead is offered in the United States, Canada, Mexico, Brazil, and South Korea, and is not currently offered to residents of the European Economic Area or United Kingdom. · screenstead.com, 12 Oct 2026
- Content and scheduling
- Users can add photos and videos, combine them into reusable playlists and layouts, pair screens with a six digit code, and publish immediately or schedule content by day, time, and location. · screenstead.com, 12 Oct 2026
- Content types
- photos,videos,live HLS streams,layouts,websites,dashboards · screenstead.com, 21 Sept 2026
- Data handling
- The privacy policy says Stripe handles card and payment details, which are not stored on Screenstead servers; it also identifies Supabase for the application database, authentication, and media storage in the United States. · screenstead.com, 12 Oct 2026
- Free plan
- No · screenstead.com, 21 Sept 2026
- Headquarters
- United States · screenstead.com, 28 Sept 2026
- Integrations
- The privacy policy lists optional connections to Dropbox, Google Drive, OneDrive, Box, or another supported cloud storage provider for browsing and importing selected files. · screenstead.com, 12 Oct 2026
- Intended users
- The site describes use cases for churches coordinating welcome screens, kids rooms, auditoriums, campuses, and volunteer service plans, as well as teams and businesses running welcome screens, menus, internal updates, and compatible live dashboards. · screenstead.com, 12 Oct 2026
- Mobile app
- Yes · screenstead.com, 21 Sept 2026
- Offline playback
- Apple TV and Android TV players use durable offline caching, while browser caching is described as best effort; native players keep the last complete show playing if an update cannot finish. · screenstead.com, 12 Oct 2026
- Pricing limits
- Plans include unlimited users and team members, playlists and scheduling, and multiple locations; the media library is unlimited subject to fair use, and volume pricing is handled directly for organizations with 20 or more active screens. · screenstead.com, 12 Oct 2026
- Privacy
- The policy says Screenstead does not sell personal information, run ads, or use advertising or cross-app tracking, and that Google Analytics runs on the public marketing site only after a visitor allows it. · screenstead.com, 12 Oct 2026
- Product
- Screenstead is a digital signage service for building playlists, scheduling content, and managing screens across rooms, campuses, branches, and venues. · screenstead.com, 12 Oct 2026
- Security
- Screenstead says data is encrypted in transit using HTTPS/TLS, content access is scoped to organizations by row-level security, and screen credentials are stored as one-way hashes. · screenstead.com, 12 Oct 2026
- Paid from
- 10 · screenstead.com, 21 Sept 2026
- Support
- Every plan includes email support, and the pricing page says a person will reply to questions sent to [email protected]. · screenstead.com, 12 Oct 2026
- Supported players
- Screenstead provides Apple TV, Android TV, and browser players; its site says website and dashboard items require internet and are supported on Android TV and browser players, but not Apple TV. · screenstead.com, 12 Oct 2026
- Trial and post-trial
- The 14 day trial requires no credit card and allows up to 10 screens; after it ends, the account becomes read only and screens keep playing the last published content, while accounts unsubscribed for 90 days are archived. · screenstead.com, 12 Oct 2026
Where Screenstead stands on Freedom251
- Digital Signage Software#89 of 207