m3u playlist player vs UTM Remote Virtual Machines
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
m3u playlist player
Play your personal audio/video media or stream from various network sources. Supports internet service providers, local networks, and home media servers.
- Play personal audio/video media
- Stream from internet service providers
- Stream from HTTP servers
- Stream from local network
- Stream from home media servers
- Stream from NAS
- Stream from network tuners
- Stream from security cameras
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M3U Playlist Player is a basic media player that gives you the ability to play your personal audio/video media or stream from internet service provider, HTTP server, local network, home media server, NAS, network tuner, security/monitor camera.
UTM Remote Virtual Machines
Access and control your virtual machines from your iOS device. Stream Windows, Ubuntu, and other operating systems running on your Mac remotely. This app requires UTM for Mac to function.
- Stream virtual machines remotely
- Supports Windows, Ubuntu, and more
- Control VMs from iOS device
- Requires UTM for Mac
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Run Windows®, Ubuntu®, and other operating systems remotely from your Mac running UTM UTM Remote allows you to stream your virtual machines from your Mac to your iOS device. Requires UTM for Mac to use.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: UTM Remote Virtual Machines at 3.7 against m3u playlist player's 2.0. UTM Remote Virtual Machines also leads on review sentiment (38% vs 0%) and ratings volume (52 vs 4). m3u playlist player's advantage is update cadence (every 10 days vs every 4 months) and iOS requirement (11.0 vs 15.0). 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
UTM Remote Virtual Machines holds the better App Store score, 3.7 against 2.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: UTM Remote Virtual Machines has 52 ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 0% of m3u playlist player's written reviews are positive against 38% of UTM Remote Virtual Machines's.
m3u playlist player ships an update every 10 days, UTM Remote Virtual Machines every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on October 14, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | m3u playlist player | UTM Remote Virtual Machines |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.0 (4 ratings) | 3.7 (52 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | 37.9% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 4 | 52 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 10 days — better | Every 4 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple TV | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Vision Pro |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 34 MB | 370 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Darshan Vithani | Turing Software, LLC |
Customer experience
m3u playlist player
UTM Remote Virtual Machines
Bugs and requests
m3u playlist player
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
UTM Remote Virtual Machines
Reported bugs
5 issues- App didn't work on opening
- Connection error on startup
- Crashes often
- Network error
- Unable to create VMs on iPadOS 17.5
Requested features
6 requests- Add a Linux port as a flatpak
- Support for ARM-based VMs
- Trackpad/Mouse support
- Make UTM SE available on App Store
- iOS support for UTM
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- Better documentation
In-app purchases
m3u playlist player
No in-app purchases
UTM Remote Virtual Machines
No in-app purchases
Questions
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