Comparison

iTVShows vs SimpleIPTV

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • 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.

About

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.

Highlights
  • 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
Features
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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

Screenshots

iTVShows4 screens
SimpleIPTV4 screens

Verdict

The call

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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. SimpleIPTV sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $4.99 per year. iTVShows asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

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.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

iTVShows ships an update every 2 months, SimpleIPTV fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and November 8, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
iTVShows versus SimpleIPTV: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameteriTVShowsSimpleIPTV
PriceFreeFree
Rating1.0 (2 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews83.3% of reviews—
Number of ratings2 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsFortnightly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPod, MaciPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple TV — better
Requires iOS15.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size17 MB60 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperAndres OcampoThales Pereira

Customer experience

iTVShows

All ratings2 ratings
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%
Written reviews6 reviews
Positive83.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative16.7%

SimpleIPTV

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

iTVShows

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

SimpleIPTV

Subscriptions1
  • Yearly Subscription$4.991 Year

Questions

Is iTVShows free?
iTVShows is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is SimpleIPTV free?
SimpleIPTV is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, iTVShows or SimpleIPTV?
SimpleIPTV is rated higher. iTVShows averages 1.0 out of 5 from 2 ratings, while SimpleIPTV averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do iTVShows or SimpleIPTV have ads?
Neither iTVShows nor SimpleIPTV shows ads.
Which is updated more often, iTVShows or SimpleIPTV?
iTVShows ships an update every 2 months, and SimpleIPTV fortnightly. Most recently, iTVShows was updated on November 2, 2026 and SimpleIPTV on November 8, 2026.

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