Comparison

Cinefly vs IPTV Player

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

Head to head
About

Cinefly

This platform allows users to create and share immersive stories using user-generated video content. It enables individuals and organizations to collect video contributions from anyone, anywhere, anytime, transforming experiences into shareable narratives.

Highlights
  • Create immersive stories
  • Source user-generated video
  • Mobile video contribution
  • Curate and review videos
  • Share videos online
Features
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We believe meaningful experiences that enhance our lives are the most valuable stories worth sharing. STORYTELLING PLATFORM You use our platform to create immersive stories for customers, visitors, fans or staff. These stories can also be used to simply source user generated video from anyone, anywhere, anytime. MOBILE APPLICATION Anyone with a smartphone can access your story and produce beautiful user generated videos of their experience. Users can also contribute videos as part of a project. FRICTIONLESS VIDEO CONTENT With Cinefly you can curate and review user generated videos for your own project or offer users the ability to share their videos online with friends and family.

About

IPTV Player

This app allows users to play M3U and M3U8 playlists for live TV, movies, and series. It supports EPG, channel management, and casting to smart TVs. Users can add playlists from online sources or local folders.

Highlights
  • Play M3U and M3U8 playlists
  • EPG support (XMLTV, JTV)
  • Favorite channels and history
  • Add playlists from online/local
  • Cast to smart TVs (Chromecast, AirPlay)
  • Create show reminders
Features
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IPTV player is a convenient media player which enables users to play M3U & M3U8 files. And it can work perfectly on all devices. You can add your interested video source M3U & M3U8 files from online or your local folders and play with its built-in player to enjoy your ultimate IPTV stream player experience! IPTV player allow users to play there own IPTV playlist and play Live TV Channel, Movies, Series, and TV Catchup. Main Features: - Support adding unlimited M3U streaming playlists. - EPG support in XMLTV and JTV formats - Favorite collection, channel history & lock channel with passcode. - Easily add M3U files from online websites & the local folders of your device. - Create reminders and notification for your favorite shows. - With built-in powerful IPTV Player. - Cast to smart TVs enabled with Chromcast & AirPlay and get rid of small screens' limitations. - Adjust playback ratio, volume and brightness per your habits and preferences. - Screen locks to avoid its rotation when moving the phone. - Fast search for channel and add it to Favorites with one tap. - Quickly find the watched program from Recently Viewed. - Automatically update your playlist. IPTV Smart Player can play extensions such as mqv, pls, aifc, m4r, wav, 3gp, 3g2, flac, avi, m2a, aac, mpa, xhe, m3u, mov, aiff, ttml, vtt, m4v, amr, caf, m4a, m4b, mp4, mp1, m1a, mp4, aax, mp2, w64, aa, mp3, itt, au, eac3, webvtt, vtt, ac3, m4p, loas and Live stream IPTV support. Disclaimer: IPTV Smarter Player does not host, provide, or contain any media or data. We solely serve as a player tool to facilitate the playback of data provided by users. It is the responsibility of users to provide their own data. Additionally, Smarter Player has no affiliation with any third-party data providers. We do not condone or support the streaming of copyrighted data without proper authorization from the copyright owner. We do not endorse or offer IPTV subscriptions or access to copyrighted streams. Users are advised to add services from their respective service providers for streaming URLs or any other type of URLs they wish to stream, including user IDs, passwords, all identifying information, URLs, or m3u playlists. We strongly discourage the use of any illegal IPTV services. This app simply displays the data added by the user and plays the user's data within the confines of the app. Privacy Policy: https://tvgsoft.com/privacy-policy Terms of Service: https://tvgsoft.com/terms-of-service

Screenshots

Cinefly4 screens
IPTV Player4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Cinefly at 100% against IPTV Player's 21%. Cinefly also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 6) and ads (none vs shown). On price, update cadence, device support and iOS requirement 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. IPTV Player sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per 7 days. Cinefly asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Cinefly ships an update every 3 weeks, IPTV Player fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and November 8, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Cinefly versus IPTV Player: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCineflyIPTV Player
PriceFreeFree
Rating—4.3 (3.5K ratings) — better
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews — better20.6% of reviews
Number of ratings—3.5K — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksFortnightly — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.0 — better16.0
Further details — not scored
Size75 MB189 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMobflicTVGSOFT LIMITED

Customer experience

Cinefly

Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

IPTV Player

All ratings3,431 ratings
Positive82.8%
Neutral3.5%
Negative13.7%
Written reviews63 reviews
Positive20.6%
Neutral4.8%
Negative74.6%

Bugs and requests

Cinefly

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

IPTV Player

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • No funciona
  • Cannot use the app
  • Cannot cancel subscription

Requested features

2 requests
  • Improve performance
  • Better customer support

In-app purchases

None

Cinefly

No in-app purchases

5 purchases

IPTV Player

Subscriptions4
  • IPTV Smart Player - Weekly$3.997 Days
  • IPTV Smart Player - Monthly3 Days trial$12.991 Month
  • IPTV Smart Player - Yearly1 Year trial2 variants$38.491 Year
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  • IPTV Smart Player - Yearly$38.491 Year
One-time1
  • IPTV Smart Player - Lifetime$44.99

Questions

Is Cinefly free?
Cinefly is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is IPTV Player free?
IPTV Player is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Cinefly or IPTV Player have ads?
IPTV Player shows ads; Cinefly does not.
Which is updated more often, Cinefly or IPTV Player?
Cinefly ships an update every 3 weeks, and IPTV Player fortnightly. Most recently, Cinefly was updated on November 2, 2026 and IPTV Player on November 8, 2026.

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