TikiLIVE vs Rheo
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
TikiLIVE
Access your IPTV account to stream live TV channels, videos, and internet radio stations on your mobile device. Discover personalized content recommendations and receive notifications for scheduled events and live broadcasts.
- Live TV channels and broadcasts
- Internet radio stations
- Personalized recommendations
- Channel Guide
- Notifications for live events
- Chromecast support
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Bring your content with you and watch it on mobile device. You can access your TikiLIVE IPTV account and watch the coolest videos and latest channels right from your phone or tablet. You can select your favorite program from the Channel Guide and watch it on the go or on the comfort of your couch. Feel like listening to music? Our internet radio stations wait for your click! Music, news, sports, talk shows, and much more await so you can choose to listen to what makes you happy! Want even more? TikiLIVE iOS TV gives you videos and channels suggestions. Your own custom feed is created based on your search and interests. Find the channels that suits you and simply start following them. Get notifications whenever an event is scheduled or a live broadcast starts. Main Features: * New, interesting videos * Live TV channels and broadcasts from all over the world * Internet radio stations with music, news, sports, and talk shows * Complete Channel Guide with all scheduled programs * Personalized recommendations * Follow your favorite channels to get real time notifications * Chromecast support The application works on iPhone and iPad.
Rheo
Discover personalized short videos curated for your mood, from comedy to news. This app acts as your video DJ, offering trending and culturally relevant content from a wide range of sources not found on major streaming platforms.
- Mood-based video curation
- Personalized video playlists
- Discovery of trending content
- Wide range of video sources
- Bite-sized video viewing
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Rheo is your curated and personalized video DJ, playing you the best short videos available anywhere. From comedy, to music, to news, Rheo organizes videos by your mood: Laugh, Learn, Chill, Taste, Move, Inform, Spark, etc. Just hit play, and let Rheo take you on a journey. You’ll be the first to discover what’s hot, trending, or culturally relevant. Rheo is the video track to your life. Available on your Apple TV, iPhone and Web, Rheo helps you discover unlimited content from a line-up of sources never before tapped in one place, and not available on Netflix or Hulu -- curated and personalized to you. Here are just a few: R29 Brit & Co. Super Deluxe Vimeo Hearst Great Big Story Clique Vox Jimmy Kimmel Bill Maher Jimmy Fallon Graham Norton Vice News BBC ABC News Reuters PBS TED Talks The Economist Kaytranada Soulection GoPro Red Bull Media Sit back and enjoy what you love. Bite-sized video viewing like never before. Rheo is an alternative to YouTube, Sling TV, and Pluto TV among others.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Rheo at 4.5 against TikiLIVE's 3.8. Rheo also leads on review sentiment (69% vs 33%) and ads (none vs shown). TikiLIVE's advantage is iOS requirement (12.0 vs 14.3). On price, in-app purchases and device support 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.
Rheo holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 3.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Rheo has 530 ratings behind it against 18, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 33% of TikiLIVE's written reviews are positive against 69% of Rheo's.
TikiLIVE ships an update every 6 months, Rheo every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 8, 2026 and October 15, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | TikiLIVE | Rheo |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.8 (18 ratings) | 4.5 (530 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 33.3% of reviews | 69.2% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 18 | 530 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 6 months | Every 5 weeks — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple TV | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple TV |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 14.3 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 12 MB | 52 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | TikiLIVE | Copper Studios |
Customer experience
TikiLIVE
Rheo
Bugs and requests
TikiLIVE
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Rheo
Reported bugs
4 issues- Videos not playing to the end
- App getting stuck on certain screens
- Incompatibility issues on older devices
- Difficulty exiting the app on some platforms
Requested features
5 requests- Add speed control and subtitles
- Implement Chromecast/casting support
- Improve video playback and navigation
- Provide more content variety and curation options
- Fix account/login problems
In-app purchases
TikiLIVE
No in-app purchases
Rheo
No in-app purchases
