# NowSeen - IPTV & Media Player — Jellyfin, Emby, Plex & Live TV > Personal IPTV player for M3U, Emby, Jellyfin, with EPG and multiscreen. (iPhone/iPad app by Ricardo Dimmendaal.) - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/nowseen-iptv-and-media-player/id6780634050 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`) - Developer: [Ricardo Dimmendaal](https://appshunter.io/developer/6771815104) - Category: Entertainment, Photo & Video - Price: Free with in-app purchases - Rating: 4.80/5 from 19 App Store ratings · 15 written reviews indexed - Age rating: 4+ - Requires: iOS 18.6 · 115 MB - Languages: German (Germany), Bulgarian, Danish, American English, Estonian, Finnish, French (France), Greek, Icelandic, Italian and 18 more - Released: 2026-07-29 - Data updated: 2026-10-16 - Monetization: free with in-app purchases - User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/nowseen-iptv-and-media-player/id6780634050/reviews.md ## What is NowSeen? Your IPTV, Plex, Jellyfin and Emby in one beautiful app NowSeen is a player for your own IPTV playlists, M3U files, Xtream accounts and Plex, Jellyfin or Emby libraries, on iPhone, iPad and Apple TV. Add your sources and you get proper artwork, seasons and episodes, ratings, and a Continue Watching row that remembers where you stopped. Everything in one place Movies, series and live channels live side by side. Browse by genre, see what's trending, pin your favourite categories to the Start screen, or search and find something in seconds. A guide that just works A full programme guide with artwork and descriptions, fast to scroll and easy to read on a big screen. Live TV comes with list and grid views, catch-up support and reminders that let you know when a programme starts. Missed a moment? Rewind live TV and jump back to live whenever you want. Sportshub Follow your favourite sports, competitions and teams, see upcoming matches and find out right away which of your channels is showing them. Multiscreen Watch up to four live channels at the same time in a 2x2 grid, switch audio between them and open any of them full screen with one press. A better way to watch Skip intros and credits with one press, pick up the next episode automatically, and keep watching in picture in picture while you use other apps on iPhone and iPad. From your Plex, Jellyfin or Emby server you can even download movies and episodes to watch offline. AirPlay and Chromecast Send live TV, movies and series to your TV with AirPlay or Chromecast, subtitles included. Choose which device plays and keep browsing on your phone. Profiles for everyone Give everyone in the house their own profile with their own favourites, history and Continue Watching, and protect a profile with a PIN if you like. Make it yours Rename and reorder channels and categories, hide the rows you don't use, set which sections appear on Start, pick your own EPG sources, choose your metadata language, adjust the text size and set up parental locks. Nearly everything in NowSeen can be changed to how you like it. Subtitles the way you want them Choose your language, pick your exact text size, and switch tracks without leaving the picture. Closed captions are supported, and if a movie or episode has no subtitles you can fetch them from OpenSubtitles right from the player. Keeps everything in sync Your playlists, favourites and settings follow you across your devices with iCloud. Optional Trakt, Simkl and WeTrakr integration keeps your watch history and progress up to date, automatically and in the background. Made for every screen On Apple TV, NowSeen has a native interface with Top Shelf support. One Premium unlocks the full experience on iPhone, iPad and Apple TV. Premium Live TV is free to watch. Premium unlocks the full experience: 1 month for EUR 1.99 12 months for EUR 19.99 Lifetime for EUR 49.99, a single payment with no subscription Prices may vary by region. Your sources, your control NowSeen is a player. It does not provide any content, channels or subscriptions. You bring your own sources. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://nowseen.app/Privacy.html ## Key features - Plays M3U, Emby, Jellyfin - Program guide with artwork - Continue Watching row - Multiscreen live TV - AirPlay and Chromecast support - Customizable interface - Subtitle management ## Pricing and in-app purchases Base price: Free. **Subscriptions** | Subscription | Price | Period | | --- | --- | --- | | NowSeen Premium | $1.99 | per month | | NowSeen Premium | $17.99 | per year | | NowSeen Premium Family | $3.99 | per month | | NowSeen Premium Family | $34.99 | per year | **One-time purchases** | Purchase | Price | Type | | --- | --- | --- | | NowSeen Premium Lifetime | $44.99 | one-time | ## Is NowSeen safe? Not enough ratings yet to assess NowSeen. ## Is NowSeen legit? NowSeen - IPTV & Media Player has limited verification signals. The AppsHunter Legitimacy Score for NowSeen is 58 out of 100 points across 7 verification signals from App Store and developer data. ## Recent user reviews (10 of 15) All indexed reviews: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/nowseen-iptv-and-media-player/id6780634050/reviews.md ### 5/5 — Great app and Support!!! *2026-10-11* This app is one of the best options available for watching IPTV on Apple TV. It’s easy to set up, offers intuitive navigation, and runs smoothly and reliably. Overall, it provides a great viewing experience. ### 5/5 — Besser geht es nicht *2026-10-10* Die beste Multimedia-App für Apple! Wahnsinn wie schnell der Entwickler auf Wünsche und Fehler eingeht, und diese umsetzt, bzw. Löst. Habe Lifetime gebucht und bin happy! ### 5/5 — Best IPTV Player without a doubt *2026-10-06* Love this app, it’s crazy smooth, super customizable, and it has all the good things from other popular players. Only thing I wish they would implement is PiP on Apple TV and having an actual thumbnail of the tv show on the continue watching section like how UHF does. Please include this and you’ll have a lifetime subscriber **Developer response:** Thank you so much for the kind words, that really means a lot to me! Both ideas are great and I'm taking them with me. I'd love to talk about them in more detail, so feel free to join the NowSeen Discord. That's where I discuss new features with users and share updates first. Thanks again for the support! ### 5/5 — Best Media App *2026-10-06* Try it and you won’t be disappointed. By far the best all around media app out there. Developer is very active and responsive to any issues. ### 5/5 — The Best!! *2026-10-05* In my opinion this is far and away the best app of its type. Also the developer is very active with reports and updates, it just keeps getting better and better. Very happy with my purchase of NowSeen. ### 5/5 — Awesome Player *2026-09-30* Constantly updated and optimized, what a great app. ### 5/5 — Best IPTV app for iOS by far *2026-09-29* There is no comparison. ### 5/5 — Nice Streamlined IPTV Player *2026-09-29* Been using NowSeen for a few days would totally recommend it for anyone looking for a simple, well laid out app, that just does what it should! Kind of amazing that way. ### 5/5 — Extraordinary *2026-09-19* Best IPTV App for iOS and tvOS. Beautifully designed and full of features. ### 5/5 — Best app out there *2026-09-16* This app ended my search for a true one app experience. Fully customizable, silky smooth. The developer truly put a lot of work into this project and it fully shows. You won’t be disappointed ## Frequently asked questions about NowSeen ### What content does NowSeen provide? NowSeen is a player and does not provide any content, channels, or subscriptions. Users must bring their own sources, such as M3U playlists or Emby/Jellyfin libraries. ### What are the subscription options for NowSeen Premium? NowSeen Premium offers several options: 1 month for EUR 1.99, 12 months for EUR 19.99, and a lifetime purchase for EUR 49.99. Prices may vary by region. ### Does NowSeen have ads? No, NowSeen is ad-free. The core live TV functionality is free to watch, and the Premium subscription unlocks the full experience without advertisements. ### What devices is NowSeen available on? NowSeen is available on iPhone, iPad, and Apple TV, offering a native interface with Top Shelf support on Apple TV. ### How does NowSeen handle subtitles? NowSeen allows users to choose subtitle language, adjust text size, and switch tracks without interrupting playback. It supports closed captions and can fetch subtitles from OpenSubtitles if needed. ### Can I watch multiple live channels at once with NowSeen? Yes, NowSeen supports multiscreen viewing, allowing you to watch up to four live channels simultaneously in a 2x2 grid. You can switch audio between them and open any channel in full screen. ### How often is NowSeen updated? The latest version, 1.3, was released on August 20, 2026, indicating recent development activity. Updates typically occur to improve features and compatibility. ### What is the user sentiment for NowSeen based on ratings? Currently, NowSeen has a rating of 2.0 stars from 1 rating. This indicates a limited number of user reviews, and further feedback would be needed to gauge overall sentiment. ## Version history (last 5 releases) ### 1.8.6 — 2026-10-13 * When a playlist doesn't respond, you can now play aired episodes of a series through your Plex, Emby or Jellyfin server instead of leaving the Play button greyed out. * Fixed a crash where the app could close unexpectedly right after a content refresh on very large libraries. * Fixed capitalization in the German translation of the Sports hub. * The "Guide not responding" message now shows which playlist it's about when you have more than one. * Fixed a bug where the episode title in the player appeared broken after using "Next" or the Episodes panel. * Continue Watching covers on the Movies and Series pages no longer flicker between two images when you open the page. * Playback no longer suddenly stops after a while on some providers. NowSeen requests TV guide data at a calmer pace and only for the channels you're viewing, preventing providers from blocking it. * The Multiview grid now places all four channels edge to edge across the whole screen, giving every feed noticeably more room. * Added 21:9, 16:9 and 4:3 to the player's aspect ratio menu, alongside Fit and Fill. * Removing several favorite channels at once in Edit Content now updates the list immediately, without needing to leave the folder and return. * Added a new Frosted Glass (Clear) theme that keeps the trending film backdrop sharper and brighter, letting the background shine through. ### 1.8.5 — 2026-10-10 * I fixed an issue where some IPTV providers stopped playing all channels after a while because NowSeen requested TV guide data too often, causing the app to crash. * Sports cards now say "Next race" for motorsport and cycling and "Next tournament" for golf instead of "Next match". * Turning off live scores in Sports now hides the score of matches in progress everywhere, so only the LIVE label shows. * Fixed Silo episodes watched outside NowSeen splitting a show off from your other sources, and Silo now shows what you watch in NowSeen in its own Continue Watching. * I made it possible to add your own Movies and TV Shows folders to the Home screen, just like provider and list folders. * I fixed the guide refresh using too much memory with many playlists, which could close the app on Apple TV and make the refresh start over on every launch. * When TVDB is your episode source and an episode has no translation in your language, I now fill in the title and description from TMDB, but only when it's confirmed to be the exact same episode. * The account expiry reminder now also shows up on iPhone and iPad, just like on Apple TV. * I raised the limit for list folders from 40 to 150, and hidden list folders no longer count toward it. * I fixed movie and series titles with a colon, like "NCIS: New York", which were cut short and only showed the part after the colon. * I changed the red LIVE label to DIRETO when the app is set to Portuguese, on both Apple TV and iPhone. * Fixed a sports match sometimes showing up twice on different days when the sports database still had an outdated copy of it. * I fixed 4K versions of series no longer showing up as sources when you opened a title through search. ### 1.8.4 — 2026-10-09 * Catch-up now starts within seconds, even on slow providers, by starting playback as soon as the first part of the recording arrives and loading the rest in the background. * Fixed the catch-up list so it shows recent shows and today again, just like the TV guide, instead of stopping at noon the day before. * Added TVDB as an optional source for episode titles, images and descriptions under Settings > Appearance > General. * Long press any movie or series poster and choose Layout to show or hide titles and the watched checkmark, and choose which rating appears: TMDB, IMDb, Rotten Tomatoes or none. * Titles under posters are now centered. * Shortened the long press menu on posters, grouping Watchlist, Media Server and folders under Add to. * Brought back stream info labels next to the channel name in Live TV, with an option to turn them off under Settings > Appearance > Live TV. * Switching seasons on a series page now keeps focus on the episodes and loads the new season without flickering. * Lists from Trakt, MDBList, WeTrakr and Simkl can now be pinned to Home as their own row, on Apple TV and iPhone/iPad. * Added folder merging: long press a folder in Live TV, Movies or Series to combine multiple folders into one new folder that stays up to date with your provider and can be pinned to Home. * Movie and series folders pinned to Home now use the same sort order as the folder itself, and update when the sorting changes. * Each profile now keeps its own recent searches, so kids won't see what the grown-ups have been searching for. ### 1.8.3 — 2026-10-08 * I've redesigned the Sports list view with a cleaner look, including a Past, Today and Upcoming switch, team crests with the stadium below each kickoff time, a scoreboard on the match page and team tiles on the league page. * The Connections screen in Settings now shows at a glance whether each playlist is online or offline, and for Xtream playlists how many of your connections are in use. * I fixed movie and series titles with a hyphen in their name getting cut off, so they now show in full again. * Movies with the same title but a different year are no longer merged into one, even when the year only appears in the title. * Added an "Original" option to Default audio language, so movies and series start with the audio track the file marks as its own default. * I added MDBList support on Apple TV, iPhone and iPad, so your own, liked and imported lists and your watchlist now show up as folders under Movies and Series. * Plex sources in the source picker now show the full file details, including resolution, HDR or Dolby Vision, video codec, audio format with channels and file size. * Series with a new episode now move to the top of Recently Added, and a "New episode" label appears on the poster of series you follow. * (MAC) I added a volume slider and a mute button to the player on Mac, so you can now adjust or silence NowSeen without touching your system volume. * I moved the movie and series title on iPhone and iPad down next to the playback buttons and removed the info badges next to it on iPhone, iPad and Apple TV, because you can already see that information in the source picker and under Stream info. * I renamed the setting to "Only show titles from my playlist", and when you turn it off your Watchlist, Recommended and lists now also show titles that aren't in your playlist yet, like upcoming movies, on both Apple TV and iPhone/iPad. * I fixed series pages so they now open even when one of your playlists isn't responding, showing the series info and the episodes your other playlists have instead of a connection error. * I moved the stream info from beside the channel name into the live program info panel, which now resizes to fit the program description and hides the center playback buttons on iPhone and iPad while it is open. * I removed the program poster from the live info panel so it no longer leaves empty space. ### 1.8.2 — 2026-10-06 * You can now choose the poster size (Small, Default or Large) from the sort menu in Movies and Series on iPhone and iPad. * Fixed the sleep timer so it now counts down in the menu and reliably stops the stream when time is up, including in the MiniPlayer and Picture in Picture. * On a match page in the Sports hub, you can now long press a channel to open it in Multiscreen. The channel picker then shows a folder with all channels for that match. * Added an optional "Show all versions directly" setting that lists every version of a title from all your sources directly in the source picker. * On Mac, Multiscreen controls and the mouse pointer now hide automatically after a few seconds without mouse movement and return as soon as you move the mouse. * The detail page now has a watchlist button next to Favorites, letting you add movies and shows to your Trakt, WeTrakr or Simkl watchlist in one tap. * Downloading on iPhone and iPad now lives in the three dots menu and lets you choose which Emby, Jellyfin or Plex server and version to download from. * After connecting Trakt, WeTrakr or Simkl, all sync options now start switched off. A new "Choose settings" button takes you directly to that service's settings. * Cleaned up the Trakt, Simkl and WeTrakr settings pages for easier reading. Simkl and WeTrakr now also let you enable or disable watch progress sync and refresh their lists manually. * The loading circle now keeps spinning, slightly slower, when Reduce Motion is enabled, so a refresh no longer looks frozen. * Added the long press menu to the Trending row on iPhone and iPad. * Fixed an issue where channels could show the TV guide of an unrelated channel when multiple playlists were added. Every channel now keeps its own programme information. * Actor pages now show shows hosted by TV personalities, such as Gordon Ramsay's cooking series. Voice roles and single-episode guest appearances are listed after their main work. * Fixed an issue where games that had already finished could still show as live in the Sports section. * Reorganized Player settings into clear sections with shorter labels and moved technical video options to a separate Advanced page. * You can now choose when the Next Episode button appears, from Automatic to a fixed time between 10 seconds and 5 minutes before the end. Automatic also works when Skip Intro is disabled. * Refreshing Emby, Jellyfin and Silo libraries is now much faster because only changed content is fetched instead of the entire library every time. * Fixed Continue Watching sometimes showing a completely different show when two playlists use the same number for different titles. ## Apps similar to NowSeen | App | Rating | Price | Category | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | [IPTV Deck: Player & TV Guide](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/iptv-deck-player-and-tv-guide/id6787488672) | 5.0 (2) | Free | Entertainment | | [Spectati: IPTV & Plex Player](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/spectati-iptv-and-plex-player/id6767241047) | — | Free | Entertainment | | [OneTV Connect: IPTV Player](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/onetv-connect-iptv-player/id6756811791) | 4.3 (6) | Free | Entertainment | | [Vireko IPTV Player](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/vireko-iptv-player/id6778041611) | 4.9 (42) | Free | Entertainment | | [Aerial TV: IPTV Player](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/aerial-tv-iptv-player/id6756782948) | 2.0 (1) | Free | Entertainment | | [Lume: IPTV Player, Xtream, M3U](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/lume-iptv-player-xtream-m3u/id6779551584) | 4.7 (19) | Free | Entertainment | ## More apps by Ricardo Dimmendaal - [QRJam Player](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/qrjam-player/id6771815102) All apps by Ricardo Dimmendaal: https://appshunter.io/developer/6771815104 ## Related topics [cinereel media server player](https://appshunter.io/ios/topics/cinereel-media-server-player) · [mediaburner](https://appshunter.io/ios/topics/mediaburner) · [emmanuel tv 4k](https://appshunter.io/ios/topics/emmanuel-tv-4k) · [4media](https://appshunter.io/ios/topics/4media) --- *Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). 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