IPTVX vs Runtime TV
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
IPTVX
Stream your digital content, including live TV, movies, and TV shows, with a stylish and user-friendly interface. Organize and manage your media library across all your devices, supporting various formats and services.
- Stream live TV, movies, and TV shows
- Supports Xtream API, M3U, M3U8, PLEX, SMB
- Organize and manage digital content
- Favorites and continue watching sections
- TV Series with dedicated pages
- EPG Grid and TV Archive/Catchup
- Multi-screen support and Airplay 2
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The first app to revolutionize the OTT/IPTV user experience, attractive and easy to use to stream your digital content to all your devices. We are the original, the firstborn of many imitations, which have influenced this market to move in our direction. Choose the original. Organize and watch your digital content, TV Live, Movies, and TV Shows IN STYLE (WE DO NOT PROVIDE CONTENT)! IPTVX supports the major formats and services including Xtream API, M3U, M3U8, PLEX and SMB (for NAS/Servers and computers). - Dolby vision, HDR10 and HLG supported! - All your data is synchronized on your Apple iCloud to make it available on all your devices and only accessible to you; - Multi-screens; - Added recently section; - “Favorites” and “Continue watching” section; - TV Series with amazing dedicated page; “Next episode” button when the episode approach to the end and much more; - TV Live; - TV Guide tab (EPG Grid); - TV Archive/Catchup; - Picture in Picture; - Airplay 2 casts; - Search EPGs, Movie, TV Series and Live channels; - Auto EPG: if your server contains an EPG file, IPTVX will automatically find it for you; - Possibility to insert an arbitrary EPG URL (supports GZIP); - Parental control; - Hide, sort, and full management of channels and categories; - Multiple playlists; - Subtitles and external subtitles; - Audio tracks selection; - On player EPGs; - TV Live zapping; - Special contents; - Recommended contents; - Popular contents; - Family sharing; - Offline mode (iOS); - STUNNING UI/UX! and much more! ATTRIBUTIONS: - IPTVX uses the TMDb API to provide info about your digital content. IPTVX is however not endorsed or certified by TMDb; - IPTVX uses the various players, including VLCKit player. The player is maintained by the VLC's developer; - IPTVX uses OpenSubtitles.org to provide extra subtitles where possible; - People's playlist avatars are designed by Freepik and distributed by Flaticon; - Full list of attributions can be found at https://iptvx.app/attributions. PLEASE READ CAREFULLY: The screenshots shown on this page are provided just as an example and do not point to any real video content. Neither IPTVX nor its founder provides digital content and they are not responsible for your content. To use this app, you are requested to provide your digital content and to have a valid iCloud account. Stay connected and updated: https://twitter.com/matteo_gobbi
Runtime TV
Stream award-winning movies and series for free, anytime and anywhere. Create personalized playlists of your favorite titles and enjoy live broadcasts or on-demand content from an extensive catalog.
- Free movie and series streaming
- Live and on-demand content
- Award-winning entertainment
- Cross-device compatibility
- Customizable playlists
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Runtime is your new favorite destination for the best in entertainment. Binge your favorite movies and series anytime, anywhere, and absolutely free! On Runtime you can: - Stream award-winning content from any device you want. - Watch titles live and see what is coming up next, or choose from our extensive catalog and stream it on demand. - Create your own fav playlist with the movies and series you love the most.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Runtime TV at none against IPTVX's 16. Runtime TV also leads on rating (4.7 vs 4.4) and review sentiment (66% vs 45%). IPTVX's advantage is update cadence (every 2 days vs every 3 months). On price, ratings volume and ads 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. IPTVX sells 15 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. Runtime TV asks for nothing beyond the download.
Runtime TV holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.4. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3.1K and 1.2K respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 45% of IPTVX's written reviews are positive against 66% of Runtime TV's.
IPTVX ships an update every 2 days, Runtime TV every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 11, 2026 and October 12, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | IPTVX | Runtime TV |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.4 (3.1K ratings) | 4.7 (1.2K ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 45.1% of reviews | 66.2% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 3.1K — better | 1.2K |
| Update frequency | Every 2 days — better | Every 3 months |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Ad-supported — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Apple TV | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple TV, Vision Pro — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 10.2 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 360 MB | 70 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Bending X - FZE | Runtime Media |
Customer experience
IPTVX
Runtime TV
User reviews
IPTVX
From 3.1K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Amazing app
- 🚀 Best IPTV app
- 👍 Great interface
- 👍 User-friendly
- 👍 Fantastic features
Room to improve
- 🐛 Crashes frequently
- 🐛 Buggy updates
- 🐛 Playlist issues
- 🐛 Playback problems
- 🔒 Poor customer support
Runtime TV
From 1.2K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Great app
- 🚀 Smooth and easy to use
- 💎 Excellent content quality
- 🎥 Wide variety of movies and shows
Room to improve
- 🐛 App crashes or freezes
- 🔍 Limited search and filtering options
- 💰 Too many ads interrupting content
- 🌐 Unavailable in certain regions
Bugs and requests
IPTVX
Reported bugs
7 issues- Crashes on Apple TV
- Playlist not loading
- Parental controls not working
- Chromecast not functioning
- Sync issues between devices
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- Freezing during playback
- Buffering problems
Requested features
8 requests- Add TV guide notifications
- Allow volume control via app
- Improve Chromecast support
- Implement background audio playback
- Add multi-view/PIP mode
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- Improve EPG time shifting
- Allow more playlist customization
- Provide lifetime purchase option
Runtime TV
Reported bugs
4 issues- Unable to log in or create account
- Playback issues like audio/video desync
- Orientation lock not working properly
- Certain movies/shows not loading
Requested features
4 requests- Add Chromecast/TV casting support
- Provide original audio and subtitle options
- Improve content library with more recent titles
- Implement language translation and localization
In-app purchases
IPTVX
- FULL - 1 Month$3.991 Month
- FULL - 3 Months$10.493 Months
- FULL - 6 Months$18.996 Months
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- FULL for PRO$28.991 Year
- FULL - Yearly$28.991 Year
- FULL - Yearly - Family Sharing$56.001 Year
- Pro Free - TVFree
- Cobalt Skin$4.99
- Ocean Skin$4.99
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- Arctic Night Skin + Icon$6.99
- Midnight Skin + Icon$6.99
- Throne of Dragons Theme$12.99
- Throne of Ice Theme$12.99
- West Coast Streets Theme$12.99
- PRO - TV2 variants$44.99
Runtime TV
No in-app purchases








