Flex Samba Player vs PLAYER IPTV
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Flex Samba Player
Stream video content directly from your Samba (SMB) network shares. This app offers a powerful built-in player for various formats and allows easy management of files and folders on your network. It also includes parental controls for secure access.
- Play video from Samba (SMB) shares
- Supports all popular video formats
- Fast access to favorite network folders
- Discover SMB devices on network
- List, create, and delete directories/files
- Upload files to network folders
- Parental control with Touch ID/PIN
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Flex Samba Player allows you to play video from Samba (SMB) network shares Features: ► Powerful built-in player supports all popular formats ► Fast access to favourite network folders ► Discover SMB devices on your network ► List/create/delete directories and files ► Uploading files to network folders ► Parental control with Touch ID and pin
PLAYER IPTV
This media player allows users to stream their own content by uploading a personal playlist. It offers a 7-day free trial before requiring device activation with a small payment.
- Media playback
- User playlist upload
- 7-day free trial
- Device activation
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PlayerIPTV is a pure media player. We do not provide any contents. Customer need to upload his own playlist to use PlayerIPTV PlayerIPTV have 7 days of free trial days and after 7 days later, customer need to activate device by paying small amount.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: PLAYER IPTV at 3.0 against Flex Samba Player's 1.0. PLAYER IPTV also leads on ratings volume (5 vs 1). Flex Samba Player's advantage is review sentiment (40% vs 0%) and update cadence (fortnightly vs every 5 months). 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. Flex Samba Player sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and PLAYER IPTV sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
PLAYER IPTV holds the better App Store score, 3.0 against 1.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: PLAYER IPTV has 5 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 40% of Flex Samba Player's written reviews are positive against 0% of PLAYER IPTV's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Flex Samba Player ships an update fortnightly, PLAYER IPTV every 5 months. The most recent releases landed on September 8, 2026 and September 16, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Flex Samba Player | PLAYER IPTV |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 1.0 (1 ratings) | 3.0 (5 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 40.0% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 5 — better |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly — better | Every 5 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple TV — better |
| Requires iOS | 9.0 — better | 14.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 75 MB | 56 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | artur tagirov | Digit Solutions LTD |
Customer experience
Flex Samba Player
PLAYER IPTV
In-app purchases
Flex Samba Player
- Pro Version$0.99
PLAYER IPTV
- Activation$9.99
