# Zapio – IPTV Player & M3U — Live TV, reimagined. Ad-free.

> Live TV, reimagined. Ad-free. (iPhone/iPad app by Andreas Klundt.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/zapio-iptv-player-and-m3u/id6822676177 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [Andreas Klundt](https://appshunter.io/developer/6822676179)
- Category: Entertainment, Photo & Video
- Price: Free with in-app purchases
- Age rating: 17+
- Requires: iOS 17.0 · 121 MB
- Languages: American English, Arabic, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, French (France), German (Germany), Greek, Hungarian and 11 more
- Released: 2026-10-27
- Data updated: 2026-11-06

## What is Zapio?

Tired of IPTV apps that stutter, freeze and look like they’re from ten years ago?

Zapio is an IPTV app that feels like a streaming service: elegant, uncluttered, with big artwork instead of endless lists. The home screen shows Continue Watching, your channels, “Tonight at 8:15 PM” and new movies as large posters. One app for iPhone, iPad and Apple TV – Favorites and Continue Watching sync via iCloud. No ads, no account, no tracking.

Important: Zapio does not include any channels, movies or series. You use your own playlist (M3U), your Xtream account, or cable and satellite TV via Fritz!Box or SAT>IP. A demo with free test streams is built in.

WHAT MAKES ZAPIO DIFFERENT
• Multiview: up to four channels at once on iPad and Apple TV, two on iPhone. Tap a tile to hear it. Only if your account allows several streams – so you never risk a block.
• Live events: event and PPV channels show clearly when things kick off – “starts 8:30 PM”.
• Kids mode with PIN, with daily screen time if you like. Adult categories are hidden by default.
• “On TV – here without ads”: movies coming up on TV that your provider already has on demand – watch now, without commercial breaks.
• Honest messages: no picture, black picture, server unreachable? Zapio tells you when it’s your provider, not the app – and what you can do. All streams in use? Zapio can wait until one is free.
• Smart playback: if one version of a channel fails (HD, FHD, HEVC), Zapio picks another or the second built-in player on its own. If a channel keeps starting slowly, Zapio remembers.

MOVIES AND SERIES
• Continue Watching, automatic next episode and a notification when your series get new episodes (Xtream).
• Favorites tab: your channels with what’s on now, plus movies and series at a glance.
• One search for channels, movies, series and shows. Language filter: only the languages you actually watch.

TV GUIDE AND CATCH-UP – IF YOUR PROVIDER OFFERS THEM
• The TV guide covers several days, with your provider’s data or an address of your own.
• “Tonight at 8:15 PM” shows the evening ahead, “Last Night at 8:15 PM” brings back last night’s prime time from the archive.
• Missed it? Watch from the archive, or start a running show “From the Beginning”.

IPHONE, IPAD AND APPLE TV
• Apple TV: control with the Siri Remote, grid TV guide, Top Shelf. Bring over sources from your iPhone with a code.
• iPhone and iPad: Picture in Picture and AirPlay (with the Apple player, not via VLC), live audio in the background if you like.

TECHNICAL DETAILS
• M3U playlists, Xtream accounts and guide data in XMLTV format.
• Two built-in players: the Apple player and VLC.
• TV at home: Zapio finds Fritz!Box Cable and SAT>IP servers on your home network and sets up the channel list with one tap. Quick guides for Jellyfin, Plex, Emby and TVHeadend.

PRIVACY
• Login details stay in your Keychain and only go to your provider. iCloud sync never includes them.

TRY 7 DAYS, THEN MONTHLY OR FOR GOOD
• The demo and four open movies are always free.
• Try 7 days free with your own provider: starts only when you tap it and ends by itself – nothing is charged.
• After that you unlock your own sources – no subscription required: with the monthly subscription, or once with the Full Version, for good and with Family Sharing.
• The monthly subscription renews automatically every month until you cancel it. You can cancel at any time in your Apple Account’s subscription settings, at least 24 hours before the end of the current month.

Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
Privacy Policy: https://zapio-app.github.io/en/privacy.html

Demo: test streams from Apple and Mux, movies © Blender Foundation | blender.org (CC BY)

## Pricing and in-app purchases

Base price: Free.

**Subscriptions**

| Subscription | Price | Period |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Zapio Monthly | $3.99 | per month |

**One-time purchases**

| Purchase | Price | Type |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 7-Day Trial | Free | one-time |
| Full Version | $29.99 | one-time |


## Is Zapio safe?

Not enough ratings yet to assess Zapio.

## Is Zapio legit?

Zapio – IPTV Player & M3U has limited verification signals. The AppsHunter Legitimacy Score for Zapio is 58 out of 100 points across 7 verification signals from App Store and developer data.


## Version history (last 2 releases)

### 1.1 — 2026-11-04

New
• Short tips right when they help – instead of a tutorial to click through.
• Aspect ratio for channels, movies and series: Original, Fill, Stretch, 16:9, 4:3 or 21:9 – with a default in Settings.
• If a movie always stops at the same point, Zapio tells you and offers to continue just after it.
• “Test This Channel” checks exactly the channel that won’t play – and you can share the result.
• Guide data straight from your provider for channels without a guide, wrong time offsets are detected, and “Channels Without Guide” lets you assign them by hand.
• If a channel keeps stalling, Zapio suggests the same programme on another channel.
• Free-to-air German channels (ARD, ZDF, regional …): load them to try Zapio without a provider, or add them once with a provider – matching channels become another version that Zapio switches to when your provider’s one fails, without using up a stream of your subscription. Own category “Free-to-air” and the setting “Prefer free public channels”.
• “Match Guide” suggests the matching guide channels for the channel name at the top.
• Zapio tells you when a new version is in the App Store and briefly shows what’s new after an update.

Faster and more stable
• Zapio remembers which version of a channel (HD, FHD, HEVC) played last and picks the right one straight away.
• Faster channel switching and less waiting with providers whose channels only play well with VLC.
• Fewer false messages such as “No internet connection”.
• Faster version search: if a version doesn’t play, Zapio quickly pre-checks the others and only starts one that delivers. While it searches you can tap “Choose version” – Zapio remembers your choice.

Parental controls
• Categories are now allowed instead of blocked, with “Allow All” and “Lock All”. New categories start out blocked.

Also
• More reliable iCloud sync, “Match days only” for channels that only air during live games, and many small improvements.

### 1.0 — 2026-10-27

No release notes.

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