EShare for SmartTV vs OttPlayertv
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
EShare for SmartTV
Interact with your smart TV using your mobile device. Stream files, control your TV with touch gestures, and mirror screens from your phone, tablet, or PC.
- Stream audio, video, photos, and documents
- Use mobile as touch mouse, keyboard, and remote
- Stream camera and microphone to TV
- Mirror TV screen to mobile device
- Mirror PC screen to TV
- Real-time picture scaling and rotation
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EShare is a multi-screen interaction software for smart phone or tablet to interact with TV. Key Features ● Stream any file (audio, video, photos, ms-office documents, txt, pdf, apk…etc ) from smart phone or tablet to TV. ● Use your mobile device as touch mouse, air mouse, keyboard, touch pad and remote controller of TV. ● Stream camera and mic-phone of phone or tablet to TV. ● Mirror TV screen to smart phone or tablet and touch the phone screen directly to control TV. ● Mirror screen of windows notebook or PC to TV. ● Real-time scale, rotate or slide picture on mobile device and show it on TV.
OttPlayertv
Stream IPTV content from your ISP or other sources on various devices. Manage your playlists and channel icons centrally through a website. This app is a tool for easy IPTV viewing, requiring a separate playlist.
- Supports HLS, RTSP, TS by UDP, RTMP protocols
- M3U8 playlist support
- Easy playlist icon management
- Centralized control via website
- No ads
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Watch IPTV from your ISP or from other sources on phones, tablets, set-top box or TV! And all this is with centralized control via the website! App features: . Supports protocols: HLS, RTSP, TS by UDP, RTMP . Playlist support M3U8 . Easy management of playlist icons for channels . No ads CAUTION THIS SOFTWARE DOES NOT CONTAIN TV CHANNELS AND IS AN INSTRUMENT FOR EASY VIEWING OF IPTV. To use, first of all you will need a list of channels (m3u8 playlist). You can get it from any your convenient source (your ISP, Internet Service Provider IPTV). 1. You need to create an account on the site https://ottplayer.tv; 2. Insert registration information in the application - login and password; 3. Download the playlist to the https://ottplayer.tv (previously downloaded from your source); 4. Snap the device to a playlist. 5. Enjoy watching!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: OttPlayertv at 4.5 against EShare for SmartTV's 3.6. OttPlayertv also leads on update cadence (fortnightly vs every 4 months) and review sentiment (48% vs 22%). EShare for SmartTV's advantage is iOS requirement (8.0 vs 15.6). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
OttPlayertv holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 3.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: OttPlayertv has 9.3K ratings behind it against 250, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 22% of EShare for SmartTV's written reviews are positive against 48% of OttPlayertv's.
EShare for SmartTV ships an update every 4 months, OttPlayertv fortnightly. Both last shipped on November 6, 2026.
| Parameter | EShare for SmartTV | OttPlayertv |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.6 (250 ratings) | 4.5 (9.3K ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 21.7% of reviews | 47.8% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 250 | 9.3K — better |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | Fortnightly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple TV — better |
| Requires iOS | 8.0 — better | 15.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 19 MB | 94 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Guangzhou Shiyuan Electronics Co., Ltd. | OttPlayer |
Customer experience
EShare for SmartTV
OttPlayertv
Bugs and requests
EShare for SmartTV
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
OttPlayertv
Reported bugs
5 issues- Crashes when trying to favorite a channel
- Doesn't load M3U playlists
- Glitches when leaving a channel
- Crashes after update
- Doesn't work on some devices
Requested features
5 requests- Add ability to modify, arrange, and rename lists
- Add transfer between lists
- Add select or delete groups at once
- Add Chromecast support
- Add pop-up video view
In-app purchases
EShare for SmartTV
No in-app purchases
OttPlayertv
No in-app purchases
Questions
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