Nex vs The Force Guide
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Nex
Stream live local channels, news, sports, and movies on your favorite devices without a set-top box. Enjoy cloud DVR, replay, and startover features for a personalized TV experience. Available exclusively to Nex-Tech Internet subscribers.
- Live local channels, news, sports, movies
- No set-top box required
- Replay TV (7 days cloud storage)
- Startover TV
- Free Cloud DVR (50 hours)
- Free HD channels
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Nex-Tech TV Now is an awesome streaming TV service available exclusively to Nex-Tech Internet subscribers. Watch TV how you want, anytime you want. No set-top boxes required! Enjoy all your favorite local channels, news, sports, movies, music, weather and more instantly. Just use your favorite streaming device and connect to any TV in your house. Move a TV to your patio and watch the baseball game outside. Host a Sunday Funday football party and let all of your friends watch their game on a different TV. With 3 streams included, the options are endless; it’s up to you! Amazing features include: • Replay TV - Never miss your favorite show again! With Replay TV, Nex-Tech stores up to 7 of the last days in the cloud so you can access your shows instantly! • Startover TV – Never again miss the beginning of a movie you wanted to watch. With Startover TV, just start it over to watch from the very beginning. • Free Cloud DVR – Store up to 50 hours of DVR recordings for FREE! • Free HD – Nex-Tech TV Now delivers nearly 100 channels in HD for absolutely FREE! • Plus, you can add all of your favorite movie channels too. Finally, TV your way with Nex-Tech TV Now.
The Force Guide
Connect with fellow enthusiasts of a galaxy far, far away. Share your passion for movies, series, and collectibles. Discover events and earn achievements within a dedicated fan community.
- Connect with Star Wars fans
- Discuss movies, series, and collectibles
- Share photos and videos of collections
- Blog about Star Wars
- Find Star Wars events
- Earn badges and achievements
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The Force Guide is a social network for Star Wars fans. Join our community to connect with other Star Wars fans. Keep up-to-date with fellow friends. Discuss the movies, TV series, toys, comics, trading cards, or anything else Star Wars related in our Groups! Share photos and videos of your Star Wars collection. Blog about Star Wars. Find Star Wars events in your area or across the world. Earn badges, ranks, and achievements through Gamification. Your Source for The Force!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Nex at none against The Force Guide's shown. Nex also leads on rating (3.4 vs 3.0) and monetization model (free vs ad-supported). The Force Guide's advantage is iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.6). On price, update cadence, in-app purchases and device support 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.
Nex holds the better App Store score, 3.4 against 3.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Nex has 11 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Nex ships an update every 4 months, The Force Guide every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Nex | The Force Guide |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.4 (11 ratings) — better | 3.0 (2 ratings) |
| Number of ratings | 11 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | Every 2 months — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Ad-supported |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple TV — better | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 38 MB | 50 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 12+ |
| Developer | TiVo Platform Technologies LLC | CollectionStation LLC |
Customer experience
Nex
The Force Guide
In-app purchases
Nex
No in-app purchases
The Force Guide
No in-app purchases
