iTVShows vs SimpleIPTV
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
iTVShows
Discover popular movies and series with detailed information on characters, biographies, and cast. Save your favorites, search for titles, and watch trailers. Get critical reviews and ratings for a comprehensive viewing experience.
- Movie and series catalog
- Character biographies
- Cast information
- Favorites section
- Search functionality
- Critical ratings
- Trailer playback
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iTVShows cuenta con un catálogo de las mejores películas y series, personajes, su biografía, sus castings, además de tener una sección de favoritos y búsqueda de películas y podrás ver si valoración de la crítica y muy importante, los trailers.
SimpleIPTV
This app plays your M3U playlists, allowing you to watch live TV, movies, and series on your devices. It supports offline viewing, automatic playlist updates, and casting to your TV. The app prioritizes user privacy with no account required and optional iCloud sync.
- Plays M3U playlists
- Offline movie and episode downloads
- Automatic playlist updates
- Casting to TV (Chromecast, AirPlay)
- TMDB integration for movie/show details
- Picture-in-Picture support
- Optional iCloud Sync
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SimpleIPTV plays your own M3U playlists on iPhone and iPad. No account, no ads. You bring the playlist: the app does not sell or host any channels or content. Highlights • Add an Xtream Codes login next to your M3U playlists. • Open playlists update by themselves, with progress, Cancel and Retry on screen. • Download movies and episodes to watch offline. • Casting starts from where you stopped. • Pin your favorite groups to the top of the list. • Redesigned movie and show screens, with the seasons in a rail. Movies, shows and channels • Posters, ratings, plot, cast and trailer links for movies and shows, from TMDB. • Browse Channels, Movies and TV Shows separately. • Filter movies and shows by genre, year and rating. Sort by name, recently added or rating. • Shows open into seasons and episodes. • Resume where you stopped. Episodes show progress and a watched mark, and the show button plays or resumes the next episode. • Channels that come in several qualities (FHD, HD, SD) show as one row. Tap the row to pick a quality. Playback that gets out of the way • H.265/HEVC and other modern codecs play directly when the stream supports it, with automatic format conversion when it does not. • Auto-retry recovers stalled streams without restarting the app. • Picture in Picture. • AirPlay to your TV and other AirPlay 2 receivers. • Cast to Chromecast and Google TV from your iPhone or iPad. Casting keeps running through screen lock. Playlists, organized • Import from a URL or a file, or paste a link with one tap. • Browse by group. Favorites and Recents have their own tabs, and search shows suggestions. • Optional iCloud Sync keeps favorites, recents and watch progress in step across your devices. It stays off until you turn it on. Accessibility • Dynamic Type, Reduce Motion and VoiceOver labels. Privacy There is no account and no login. Your playlists are stored on your device. iCloud Sync is optional and uses your own iCloud account. The app does not track what you watch. To show posters and details, SimpleIPTV sends movie and show titles from your playlist to its metadata service. Stream addresses are not sent. Turn off Enrich Movies and Shows in Settings to stop sending titles to the metadata service. Movie and show information comes from TMDB. This product uses the TMDB API but is not endorsed or certified by TMDB. Made for • Personal M3U setups and home media servers • Self-hosted streams from NAS or local network sources • Educational, corporate, and broadcaster-supplied playlists • Developers testing M3U/M3U8 streams Note: SimpleIPTV is a player. You bring your own M3U playlist URL or file. We do not sell or host any channels or content. SimpleIPTV Premium • 90 days free from first install. • After the trial, a yearly subscription is needed to keep watching. It renews automatically at the App Store price unless canceled at least 24 hours before the period ends. • Restore Purchases is available on the paywall and in Settings. Family Sharing is supported. Screenshots show open movies by the Blender Foundation (CC BY). Privacy policy: https://simpleiptv.app/privacy Terms of use: https://simpleiptv.app/terms.html
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: SimpleIPTV at 5.0 against iTVShows's 1.0. SimpleIPTV also leads on update cadence (fortnightly vs every 2 months). iTVShows's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 18.0). On price, ratings volume, ads 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. SimpleIPTV sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $4.99 per year. iTVShows asks for nothing beyond the download.
SimpleIPTV holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 1.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 1 respectively.
iTVShows ships an update every 2 months, SimpleIPTV fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and November 8, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | iTVShows | SimpleIPTV |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 1.0 (2 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 83.3% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 2 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Fortnightly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod, Mac | iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple TV — better |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 17 MB | 60 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Andres Ocampo | Thales Pereira |
Customer experience
iTVShows
SimpleIPTV
In-app purchases
iTVShows
No in-app purchases
SimpleIPTV
- Yearly Subscription$4.991 Year









