Helmarr Is the iOS Answer to NZB360 That Android Has Had for Years
For years, Android users running a self-hosted media stack had a simple answer: use NZB360. It became the familiar all-in-one remote for people who wanted Sonarr, Radarr, download clients, indexers, requests, and monitoring from one phone app.
The iOS side never had the same obvious answer. You could use web UIs, a VPN, a reverse proxy, or a narrower app, but there was not a native Apple app with the same whole-stack ambition. Helmarr is the app we built to close that gap.
What made NZB360 useful on Android
NZB360 is not just a Sonarr or Radarr remote. Its strength is that it understands the surrounding workflow: Usenet clients, torrent clients, media managers, indexers, request tools, and status views. That matters because the stack itself is connected. A request becomes a Sonarr or Radarr item, a search becomes a download, a download becomes a file import, and playback stats tell you whether the library is actually being used.
That is the mental model iOS users were missing. Not a copy of an Android app, but a native Apple app that treats the whole stack as one system.
Why iOS felt fragmented
LunaSea covered a lot of ground for a long time, but its development has stopped. Ruddarr is a polished native app, but it focuses on Sonarr and Radarr by design. Browser bookmarks work, but they turn every quick check into a small admin session.
That leaves a familiar iPhone problem: the stack works, but managing it feels scattered. You approve a request in one place, check a queue in another, look at Plex activity somewhere else, then open your server dashboard when something feels wrong.
How Helmarr fills the gap
Helmarr is a native iPhone, iPad, and Mac app for the stack around your media server. It supports Sonarr, Radarr, Lidarr, Bazarr, Prowlarr, NZBHydra2, Jackett, qBittorrent, Transmission, Deluge, SABnzbd, NZBGet, Seerr, Overseerr, Jellyseerr, Plex, Emby, Tautulli, Jellystat, Tracearr, Tdarr monitoring, Unraid, SSH, SFTP, and Wizarr.
The goal is straightforward: keep the pieces close enough that a normal check makes sense. Is Sonarr searching? Did SABnzbd pick it up? Is qBittorrent stuck? Is someone streaming? Is Tdarr processing files? Is Unraid healthy? Helmarr gives those answers from an Apple-native interface instead of a pile of tabs.
Helmarr also connects directly to your own services. You bring the URLs and API keys you already use. For remote access, it works with reverse proxies and custom headers, including Cloudflare Access and Pangolin access-token setups.
If you are switching from Android
If NZB360 was part of your Android routine, the concept carries over well:
- Add each service by URL and API key.
- Keep local and remote network addresses separate when needed.
- Use custom headers for access gateways.
- Monitor the stack from one place instead of opening each service UI.
- Keep your existing Sonarr, Radarr, Plex, Jellyfin, Emby, download-client, and server setup unchanged.
The difference is that Helmarr is built for Apple platforms from the ground up. It uses native iOS, iPadOS, and macOS patterns, supports modern Apple design, and feels like an app you can leave on your home screen instead of a web dashboard you tolerate.
The fair way to frame it
If you are happy on Android, NZB360 is still the known name. If you run only Sonarr and Radarr on iOS, a focused client may be enough. But if you use an iPhone, iPad, or Mac and want the broader all-in-one control that Android users have had for years, Helmarr is the missing Apple-native answer.
Helmarr is a free download on the App Store, with optional premium features. It has a 4.8 rating with more than 500 ratings.