IPTV Shqip vs ARC Player
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
IPTV Shqip
This application allows users to watch IPTV content. It serves as a player for IPTV streams, offering a straightforward way to access television channels through the IPTV protocol.
- IPTV streaming
- Video player
- Channel access
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IPTV Shqip is a media player for your own playlists. • Add M3U links or Xtream (server, username, password) — on the phone or from the web portal. • Live TV with categories, favorites, search and program guide (EPG). • Movies and series with "Resume Watching". • Radio with background playback, and your own radio lists. • YouTube lists and videos. • Picture in Picture, landscape mode, gestures for volume and brightness, cast to a smart TV on your Wi-Fi. • 20+ languages. IPTV Shqip does not provide or sell TV subscriptions. You need your own playlist from a provider you are licensed to use.
ARC Player
A fast and smart media player that organizes live streams, VOD, and series from your m3u/m3u8 playlists. Enjoy high-quality playback with features like EPG, subtitles, and parental lock.
- Supports multiple m3u and m3u8 playlists
- Organizes content into live, VOD, series, and replay
- Fast channel switching
- Electronic Programming Guides (EPG)
- Video subtitle and language switching
- Parental lock
- TV archive (timeshift)
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ARC Player is a fast, smart media player that supports multiple playlists in m3u and m3u8 formats. ARC Player organizes the playlist into live streaming channels, VOD (Video On Demand), series, and replay. You can watch your favorite videos, streaming channels, and TV programs in high-quality formats. Main features of the ARC Player App: support for multiple playlists, fast channel switching, favorite lists, EPG (Electronic Programming Guides), video subtitles, video language switching, a user-friendly interface, TV archive (timeshift), parental lock, and multiple languages (English, French, Arabic, Spanish, Portuguese, Turkish, German, Russian, Italian, Chinese). ARC Player is just a media player and is provided without any playlist or content. Disclaimer: ARC Player is a media player application and does NOT provide or include any playlist or channel content. We do not sell or provide any OTT playlists, IPTV subscriptions, or streams. The player is provided empty, without any playlist. For more information, visit www.arcplayer.com
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: ARC Player at none against IPTV Shqip's shown. ARC Player also leads on rating (4.0 vs 3.8) and iOS requirement (13.4 vs 15.0). IPTV Shqip's advantage is ratings volume (71 vs 5). On price, review sentiment, 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.
ARC Player holds the better App Store score, 4.0 against 3.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: IPTV Shqip has 71 ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 53% of IPTV Shqip's written reviews are positive against 60% of ARC Player's.
| Parameter | IPTV Shqip | ARC Player |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.8 (71 ratings) | 4.0 (5 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 53.1% of reviews | 60.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 71 — better | 5 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | — |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 13.4 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 108 MB | 93 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Agon Gashi | WEBHI TECHNOLOGY |
Customer experience
IPTV Shqip
ARC Player
In-app purchases
IPTV Shqip
No in-app purchases
ARC Player
No in-app purchases
