vuplusTV vs PocketV
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
vuplusTV
Stream live TV and recordings from your Enigma2 set-top box directly to your Apple devices. Control audio, subtitles, and zap through channels with an intuitive interface. Access your favorite stations and recorded content seamlessly.
- Stream live TV and recordings
- Supports multiple bouquets
- Audio channel selection
- Subtitle activation
- Channel zapping
- Recording playback controls
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This App is a simplistic playback client for TV and Radio streams served by Enigma2 based set-top-boxes (STB) using the OpenWebIF web service running on the STB. Just enter the IP-Address and the port number of your Enigma2-based TV receiver and start watching Live-TV-Streams or Recordings stored on the STB. This App supports use of multiple Bouquets with TV and Radio services and multiple locations with recordings on the STB. With the upper HUD (Swipe Down during playback) you can select the audio channel and activate subtitles. The bottom HUD (Swipe Up during playback) enables zapping through LiveTV streams. During playback of recordings you can pause or use fast forward playback, which is limited because of using an HTTP connection for streaming. Enigma2 is a Linux based Open Source operating system widely used in receivers for satellite or cable TV. The App does not require file sharing (like SMB, FTP, NFS) enabled on the box. It only uses OpenWebIF via HTTP to read the Bouquets with your favorite TV stations and their current EPG information. Same applies for showing all the recordings you made on the STB. HTTPS for accessing OpenWebIF is not yet supported. FTP is used to backup some App data. This App is using VLCKit, licensed with its LGPLv2 license. VLC and VLCKit is a trademark of videolan.org. Vu+ is a registered trademark of Vu+ and Ceru Company Ltd., Korea. This App is not affiliated or endorsed by Vu+ or Ceru Company Ltd. The Vu+ Logo and vuplus as part of the product name are used with kind permission of Vu+ and Ceru Company Ltd. Special thanks to the www.vuplus-support.org forum and their members for the support and the testing efforts.
PocketV
Access entertainment programs, news, magazines, and leisure sections. Engage with a community wall for updates, comments, photos, and videos. Enjoy live events with interactive moderation and categorized content.
- Community wall for posts and comments
- Live events with interactive moderation
- Categorized video and document content
- Video and event ratings
- Real-time and pre-recorded video playback
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¡Para una generación digital conectada! Disfruta de programas de entretenimiento, noticieros, revistas y secciones de esparcimiento, capacitaciones en tiempo real o pregrabado, todo de manera sencilla y práctica. Accede a muros donde podrás estar informado de las últimas noticias, aportes de la comunidad, conoce los comentarios más relevantes sobre las últimas novedades. Disfruta de videos o imágenes en cualquier lugar que estés. Funcionalidades: • Muro institucional con capacidad de comentar, colgar fotografías o videos. • Eventos en vivo con interacción entre moderador y participantes. • Contenido por categorías para videos y documentos. Sólo descarga la aplicación, registra el código de la Institución, digita el usuario y contraseña y disfruta. Características: • Diseño amigable e intuitivo • Valoración de videos y eventos • Posteo de fotografías y comentarios en el muro • Reproducción de videos en tiempo real y pregrabado
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: vuplusTV at 85% against PocketV's 0%. vuplusTV also leads on rating (4.6 vs 1.0) and ratings volume (11 vs 1). PocketV's advantage is update cadence (fortnightly vs every 3 months) and iOS requirement (8.0 vs 12.0). 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.
vuplusTV holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 1.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: vuplusTV has 11 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 85% of vuplusTV's written reviews are positive against 0% of PocketV's.
vuplusTV ships an update every 3 months, PocketV fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on September 30, 2026 and September 28, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | vuplusTV | PocketV |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (11 ratings) — better | 1.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 84.7% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 11 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Fortnightly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple TV — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 | 8.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 42 MB | 15 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Stefan Schmidt-Bilkenroth | Innovacion De Software Innovasoft Sociedad Anonima |
Customer experience
vuplusTV
PocketV
In-app purchases
vuplusTV
No in-app purchases
PocketV
No in-app purchases
