Pillow vs IPTV Smart Player
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Pillow
Create a personalized atmosphere by choosing ambient colors and sounds to match your mood. This app allows you to set the perfect mood with intuitive touch controls for a unique sensory experience.
- Color ambience selection
- Soundscape introduction
- Intuitive touch controls
- Mood matching
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Set the mood by selecting a colour ambience with your finger then introduce sounds from the corners to fit your mood.
IPTV Smart Player
This media player allows you to watch live TV, movies, and series from your own provider. It offers a modern interface, smart discovery, and seamless syncing across Apple devices. Enjoy high-quality playback with advanced features.
- iCloud Sync across Apple devices
- Wide Provider Support (Stalker, Xtream Codes, M3U)
- 4K, Dolby, HDR Playback
- Favorites and Continue Watching
- Optimized layouts for iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple TV
- Picture in Picture and multi-screen support
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Strimix is a media player only. It does not provide, host, sell, or supply any channels, movies, series, playlists, or subscriptions. A valid provider account and legally authorized content are required. ABOUT STRIMIX Strimix is a premium IPTV player for iPhone, iPad, Mac, and Apple TV. Bring your own provider and get live TV, movies, and shows in one beautifully designed app, with a real TV guide, catch-up, Multiview, and the Nova player for stunning 4K HDR playback. KEY FEATURES • Works with your provider: Stalker portals, XTREAM Codes, and M3U playlists • Nova Player: 4K, HDR, and Dolby Vision playback on supported streams • iCloud Sync: portals, settings, favorites, and watch history on all your Apple devices LIVE TV • Now, Next, and Later for every channel at a glance • A full TV guide that stays up to date in the background • Catch-up: watch past programmes from your provider's archive, then jump back to live • Multiview: watch up to four channels at once and switch layouts in a tap • Favorites, channel search, and category management MOVIES & SHOWS • Continue Watching and watchlists • Rich details with artwork, trailers, cast, ratings, and every season and episode • Discover: curated picks from your own library SPORTS • Upcoming and live fixtures matched to your own channels • Live scores on the Lock Screen and in the Dynamic Island on iPhone PLAYER • Subtitles in any language, with built-in OpenSubtitles search • Adjustable subtitle size and audio track selection • Picture in Picture and AirPlay where supported • Record live TV on Mac and iPhone DESIGNED FOR EVERY SCREEN • Layouts made for iPhone, iPad, Mac, and Apple TV • An Apple TV experience built around the Siri Remote • Quick setup on Apple TV using your iPhone Strimix focuses on speed, simplicity, and premium design. Whether you are watching live channels, exploring a movie library, or continuing a series, everything is organized to feel smooth, intuitive, and immersive. Privacy Policy: https://luminoxe.com/privacy Terms of Use: https://luminoxe.com/terms
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Pillow at none against IPTV Smart Player's 6. Pillow also leads on ads (none vs shown) and review sentiment (100% vs 66%). IPTV Smart Player's advantage is update cadence (every 8 days vs every 13 months) and ratings volume (41 vs 4). On price and rating 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. IPTV Smart Player sells 6 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Pillow asks for nothing beyond the download.
IPTV Smart Player holds the better App Store score, 4.4 against 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: IPTV Smart Player has 41 ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 100% of Pillow's written reviews are positive against 66% of IPTV Smart Player's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Pillow ships an update every 13 months, IPTV Smart Player every 8 days. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Pillow | IPTV Smart Player |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.3 (4 ratings) | 4.4 (41 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 65.9% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 4 | 41 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 13 months | Every 8 days — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple TV — better |
| Requires iOS | 9.2 — better | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 29 MB | 172 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Jonathan Renton | Luminoxe |
Customer experience
Pillow
IPTV Smart Player
In-app purchases
Pillow
No in-app purchases
IPTV Smart Player
- PRO - Monthly$1.991 Month
- PRO Monthly - Family$2.991 Month
- PRO Annual$9.991 Year
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- PRO Yearly - Family$14.991 Year
- PRO Lifetime$19.99
- PRO Lifetime$29.99
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