IPTV Time vs Play IPTV Player
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
IPTV Time
Watch live TV, movies, and shows by loading custom playlists. Organize your content and easily search for specific channels. Access detailed information for movies, including descriptions and covers.
- Load .m3u and .m3u8 playlists
- Organize playlists
- Search channels
- Movie details (descriptions, covers)
- Watch live TV
- Watch movies and shows
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This application offers you a way to load .m3u ou .m3u8 playlists and offers a way to organize your playlists with the ability to search the channel that you want. We also offer support for movies with descriptions, covers, and other additional information.
Play IPTV Player
This app provides a smooth and navigable interface for managing and viewing IPTV content from your own accounts or links. It supports various formats and offers quick search functionality for live events, movies, and series.
- Supports M3U, M3U8, Xtream API formats
- Quick search for channels and content
- Add content to favorites
- Smooth and easy-to-navigate interface
- AirPlay support
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The best IPTV user experience available on the App Store. Add your IPTV accounts or links (WE DO NOT PROVIDE CONTENT) and enjoy your content. Whether it's live events or on-demand content (movies and series), everything will be sorted in a readable and easy-to-navigate manner. - Supports all standard formats (M3U, M3U8, Xtream API, etc.) - Quick search among your channels, categories, episodes, seasons, … - Add to favorites! - Smooth interface - AirPlay (audio) Please note that Play IPTV Player does not provide any content; it is up to you to add your IPTV accounts. Neither Play IPTV Player nor its founder are responsible for your content. Terms of use: https://rthlabs.com/files/apps/play-iptv-player/terms_of_use.pdf Privacy policy: https://rthlabs.com/files/apps/play-iptv-player/privacy.pdf
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Play IPTV Player at none against IPTV Time's shown. Play IPTV Player also leads on review sentiment (20% vs 0%) and ratings volume (64 vs 5). On price, rating, 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. IPTV Time sells 2 one-off in-app purchases and Play IPTV Player sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.6 for IPTV Time against 4.5 for Play IPTV Player. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Play IPTV Player has 64 ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 0% of IPTV Time's written reviews are positive against 20% of Play IPTV Player's.
IPTV Time ships an update every 2 months, Play IPTV Player every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on August 14, 2026 and September 9, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | IPTV Time | Play IPTV Player |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (5 ratings) — better | 4.5 (64 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | 20.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 5 | 64 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Mac | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 4 MB | 66 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | goo-mobile | Quentin Rathonie |
Customer experience
IPTV Time
Play IPTV Player
In-app purchases
IPTV Time
- Ads-Free$0.99
- Unlimited$2.99
Play IPTV Player
- Monthly Susbcription3 Days trial$0.991 Month
- Monthly$2.991 Month
- Annual$17.991 Year
- Lifetime access$24.99
Questions
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