Everyone on the same frame
Playback is shared, so a pause is a pause for all of you. Late joiners drop into the current moment, not the opening titles.
Now showing / your living room
Upload a movie you have rights to, paste a YouTube link, or stream from your device. Play, pause, seek - the whole room follows, so nobody has to text "wait, are you at the part where-"
Your uploads, YouTube links, or a device stream. Nothing to install.
No setup call, no browser extension, no shared screen that turns everyone into a 240p smudge. Just choose the source that matches what you are allowed to share.
Upload a movie you can share, paste a YouTube link, or stream a local file from your device without storing it on Vynema.
A room takes seconds and comes with a private link. Revoke it the moment someone proves untrustworthy with spoilers.
Anyone can play, pause, or seek, and the room follows — so a snack break pauses the film for everyone, not one person.
You know the one. Bathroom, snacks, a question about the actor's other film. Now they can't ruin the evening.
Playback is shared, so a pause is a pause for all of you. Late joiners drop into the current moment, not the opening titles.
Live chat, floating reactions, and in-room voice and video. React to the twist as it lands, not eleven seconds later in a group chat.
Invite-only, through a link you control and can revoke. “Who added six strangers” stays a question you never have to ask.
Upload content you own, use YouTube's official player, or stream from your device when you do not want to store a file.
Phones, tablets, laptops, and the TV nobody has updated since 2019. Quality adapts to what the connection can actually hold.
This is the part that's hard to build and easy to feel. Playback is shared state, not a countdown you both agree to start on three.
Same timestamp, same scene, same gasp. If one of you seeks back to catch a line, the other goes too.
Free covers small chat-first rooms. Plus adds calls and larger uploads. Pro is for bigger watch parties with more rooms running at once.
$0
for now
For trying Vynema with one other person.
$9
per month
For small movie nights with friends.
$19
per month
For bigger watch parties and larger uploads.
Every upload must be content you own, created, or have permission to privately share.
The honest answers, including the one about money.
Actually in sync. Play, pause, and seek are shared, and every screen corrects toward the room's position instead of drifting off alone. We won't quote a millisecond figure we don't measure — but you'll be on the same scene, not the same film ten seconds apart.
You have three choices. Open a room from an uploaded library movie, paste a YouTube link, or stream a local file from your device without uploading it. Playback is shared for all three.
Only people you invite. Rooms are private by default and reached through a link you control, which you can revoke at any point.
Only content you own or have permission to upload and privately share. Vynema is a player and a room, not somebody else's film library. If you do not have upload rights, use a permitted YouTube link or stream from your own device instead.
A close circle, not a stadium: partners, housemates, friends across time zones. Planning something bigger? Tell us before you send the invites.
No. It runs in a modern browser. Sign in, open the room, press play.
Free gives you 2-person rooms, chat, and 100 MB uploads. Plus is $9 per month for 6-person rooms, calls, 2 GB uploads, and 3 active rooms. Pro is $19 per month for 20-person rooms, calls, 10 GB uploads, and 10 active rooms. Billing runs through Stripe, and you can manage or cancel it from Settings.
Last call
Make a room, choose the source you are allowed to share, and send one private invite.
Every upload must be content you own, created, or have permission to privately share.