Comparison

IceTV vs Queer Screen

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

IceTV

Access a 7-day TV guide for Australian free-to-air channels, search for shows, and create personalized viewing schedules. Paid subscribers can remotely control PVRs to schedule recordings and manage their library.

Highlights
  • 7-day Australian TV guide
  • Show search by keyword
  • Personalized 'My Week' guide
  • New series alerts
  • Remote PVR recording
  • Cloud-based recording management
Features
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Join thousands of Australians who downloaded IceTV’s SmartGuide app as their preferred on-the-go TV guide and PVR set-to-record for iOS. With the IceTV app you can see what’s on TV for the week ahead, search for shows; set keywords and favourites; create your own personalised TV guide called ‘My Week’ for easy reading of all your TV preferences, and much more. With an IceTV subscription combined with an ‘IceTV Enabled’ PVR you can take all the pain out of discovering new shows, programming and managing your recordings. Plus you can do it using the app from anywhere in the world! See: www.icetv.com.au Australia. Alternatively, just use the free features in our app. Free Features: A full 7 days EPG for Australian free-to-air TV (excepting advertorial channels). Comprehensive coverage of metro and regional areas in Australia. Keyword Search – search for favourite shows, actors, directors and genres and, if you like, turn them into displayed keyword favourites within the TV guide. Favourites – display your favourite TV shows in the TV guide when they are on. My Week - create your own personalised, easy-to-view TV guide. New Series - We list new seasons of shows so you find them ahead of time. Most Popular - see what shows are popular with other users. Recommended - an IceTV weekly 'IcePick' of our recommended shows. For those with paid IceTV subscriptions and a compatible Personal Video Recorder (PVR), or PC/Mac recording device, it gets even better. In addition to the above features you can schedule Single or Series Recordings and Keyword Recordings on your recorder at home or while you are on the move, straight from the app. You'll never need to tediously scroll through a TV screen EPG again to find the shows you want to record. Then our cloud-based recording management will ensure the shows are recorded whenever they are aired, even if they change networks, time slots or even reword their title. We do our best to ensure ‘You’ll never miss that show again’. ** Please note ** IceTV requires a quick & easy registration - even if you’re just using the free features of our app. This is so you can use our website with your own account “Guide Settings” to select and deselect channels displayed on the app so that we can provide the correct TV guide data to your region. And to ensure our proprietary EPG data is used securely on your mobile device.

About

Queer Screen

Explore and manage your festival experience with this app. Browse the program, buy tickets, and schedule your attendance. Go paperless with digital tickets scanned directly from your device.

Highlights
  • Browse festival program by name, date, venue
  • View 'What's On Next'
  • Buy tickets securely
  • Go paperless with digital tickets
  • Add tickets to Passbook
  • Schedule attendance and share with friends
  • Create event wishlists
Features
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The official app for Queer Screen allows you to explore, connect and streamline your Festival experience. The FESTIVAL app lets you: Explore the Festival program: - Browse the program by name, date, venue - Browse ‘What's On Next' at the Festival - View both free and ticketed events Buy and download tickets: - Go paperless: your tickets can be scanned directly from the screen - Buy tickets securely with your credit card anywhere, anytime - Buy passes and redeem sessions immediately - Add your tickets to Passbook - Add your sessions to iCal Schedule your attendance and share with friends: - Create a shortlist of events through your Wishlist and connect it to your calendar - Share events with friends through email, Twitter and Facebook Left your printed tickets at home? The app stores all your ticket barcodes on your device regardless of how you purchased (web, phone or in-person). Door staff can scan your ticket right from your device's screen. About Queer Screen: Queer Screen’s Mardi Gras Film Festival was established in 1993 as a celebration of the diversity of sexualities and gender identities through queer storytelling on screen. It is now one of Australia’s largest film festivals of any kind. Since 2015 Queer Screen has awarded $42,000 in funding to Australian filmmakers. In 2018 Queer Screen launched Pitch Off, which awards $10,000 to produce a short film dealing with LGBTIQ experiences. The annual My Queer Career competition pioneered queer short film competitions exclusively for locally produced work, and screens during the Mardi Gras Film Festival in Feb/Mar. Since 2013 the Queer Screen Film Fest has delivered the latest LGBTIQ movies to Sydney’s screens in September. About the developers: Ferve Tickets are proud to support this year's Queer Screen’s program. Whether you're buying tickets online or at the box office, knowing where to be for the next show, or having your tickets and passes when you need them, we're with you the whole way.

Screenshots

IceTV4 screens
Queer Screen4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is monetization model: Queer Screen at free against IceTV's freemium. IceTV's advantage is update cadence (every 5 weeks vs every 5 months) and review sentiment (55% vs 46%). On price, rating, ratings volume and ads there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for IceTV against 5.0 for Queer Screen. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 2 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 55% of IceTV's written reviews are positive against 46% of Queer Screen's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

IceTV ships an update every 5 weeks, Queer Screen every 5 months. The most recent releases landed on October 15, 2026 and October 13, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
IceTV versus Queer Screen: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterIceTVQueer Screen
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings)5.0 (2 ratings)
Positive reviews54.7% of reviews — better46.2% of reviews
Number of ratings12 — better
Update frequencyEvery 5 weeks — betterEvery 5 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreemiumFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS13.012.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size13 MB5 MB
Age rating17+12+
DeveloperTV TV Australia Pty LimitedeFirst Group

Customer experience

IceTV

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews53 reviews
Positive54.7%
Neutral11.3%
Negative34.0%

Queer Screen

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews13 reviews
Positive46.2%
Neutral0.0%
Negative53.8%

Bugs and requests

IceTV

Reported bugs

10 issues
  • App dies with 'No Guide Data'
  • App quits on opening
  • App quits after entering login details
  • App won't load on iPad (needs iOS update)
  • Login button greyed out
Show 5 more
  • App bombs out after iOS update
  • EPG doesn't load sometimes
  • TV apps don't work
  • Remote recording not consistent
  • Scheduling errors

Requested features

8 requests
  • Include TV channel in guide
  • Update for Apple Mac Computer
  • Support iPad in landscape mode
  • Add reminders
  • Improve remote recording consistency
Show 3 more
  • Allow deletion of keyword filters
  • Display 'Now' instead of 'Tonight' by default
  • Filter out repeats more accurately

Queer Screen

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

IceTV

No in-app purchases

None

Queer Screen

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is IceTV free?
IceTV is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Queer Screen free?
Queer Screen is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, IceTV or Queer Screen?
IceTV and Queer Screen are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 1 and 2 ratings respectively.
Do IceTV or Queer Screen have ads?
Neither IceTV nor Queer Screen shows ads.
Which is updated more often, IceTV or Queer Screen?
IceTV ships an update every 5 weeks, and Queer Screen every 5 months. Most recently, IceTV was updated on October 15, 2026 and Queer Screen on October 13, 2026.

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