IPTVX vs GSE Smart IPTV Player Live TV
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
IPTVX
Organize and stream your digital content, including live TV, movies, and series, with a stylish and intuitive interface. Supports various formats and services, with features like multi-screens, favorites, and parental controls.
- Stream live TV, movies, and TV shows
- Supports Xtream API, M3U, M3U8, PLEX, SMB
- Dolby Vision, HDR10, HLG support
- iCloud sync across devices
- Favorites and Continue Watching sections
- TV Series with dedicated pages
- Parental controls
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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
GSE Smart IPTV Player Live TV
This app is an advanced media player for streaming IPTV content, including live TV, VOD, and series. It allows users to add their own playlists and EPGs from various sources. The player supports multiple stream types and offers a user-friendly interface.
- Supports m3u & Xtream Codes API
- Built-in powerful 4K IPTV player
- Supports network streams (HLS, MMS, RTSP)
- Powerful search and sorting
- Multiple channel playlist support
- User-friendly layout
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GSE IPTV Player is a free advanced Media player for watching online IPTV / TV, EPG, VOD, Video Series and Movies, Catch-up TV directly on your iOS devices. Watch IPTV from your Internet Service Provider or free live TV channels from any other source on the web, the application is only a player and does not contain any preset channels or streams. You need to add a playlists and EPGs of your IPTV/OTT provider. Features: - Supports m3u & Xtream Codes API - Powerful search & sorting - Built-in powerful 4K IPTV player - Support for network streams, including HTTP Live streaming (HLS) , MMS or RTSP & Smooth Streaming - Simple, fast, powerful & user-friendly layout - Multiple channel playlist supported Disclaimer: - GSE IPTV Player is a video player without any content. - GSE IPTV Player does not offer any kind of content or media, users must provide their own content. - GSE IPTV Player has no affiliation with any third-party provider what so ever. - We simply handle the user information in an intuitive way as long as the user have the access. - We do not endorse the streaming of copyright-protected material without permission from the copyright holder. To unlock all content, the following auto-renewing subscription options are available: • 1 month: US$ 4.99 / month; • 3 months: US$ 9.99 / 3 months; • 12 months: US$ 14.99 / year. Payment will be charged to your Apple ID account at confirmation of purchase. Subscription automatically renews unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Account will be charged for renewal within 24-hours prior to the end of the current period. Subscriptions can be managed and canceled after purchase by going to your account settings in the App Store. Privacy Policy: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1PJzruBBzw2mYoq79Q3vQcnjrkJsRvnaOIXosk8xVxP0 Terms Of Use: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1kQpDWPTOU7dWt6-JxvXL-bDToYhKcAdms85uNdFLuJY
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: IPTVX at every 3 days against GSE Smart IPTV Player Live TV's monthly. GSE Smart IPTV Player Live TV's advantage is review sentiment (55% vs 45%). On price, rating, 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 18 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month and GSE Smart IPTV Player Live TV sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 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 — 4.4 for IPTVX against 4.5 for GSE Smart IPTV Player Live TV. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3.2K and 3.3K respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 45% of IPTVX's written reviews are positive against 55% of GSE Smart IPTV Player Live TV's.
IPTVX ships an update every 3 days, GSE Smart IPTV Player Live TV monthly. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | IPTVX | GSE Smart IPTV Player Live TV |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.4 (3.2K ratings) | 4.5 (3.3K ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 45.0% of reviews | 55.4% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 3.2K | 3.3K — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 days — better | Monthly |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Apple TV — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 506 MB | 127 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Bending X - FZE | Animesh Sharma |
Customer experience
IPTVX
GSE Smart IPTV Player Live TV
User reviews
IPTVX
From 3.2K 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
GSE Smart IPTV Player Live TV
From 3.3K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Smooth streaming
- 👍 Aesthetically pleasing UI
- 🔒 Reliable service
- 💡 Useful recording feature
- 👍 Great selection of content
Room to improve
- 🐛 Occasional freezing and buffering issues
- 🔍 Difficult navigation and channel selection
- 💰 Expensive subscription costs
- 📢 Aggressive advertising in free version
- 🔌 Chromecast and casting issues
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
GSE Smart IPTV Player Live TV
Reported bugs
3 issues- Subscription issues and lack of access after payment
- Inconsistent performance and connection problems
- Incorrect program information in EPG
Requested features
5 requests- Improved EPG and channel guide
- Ability to customize playlist and hide channels
- Subtitle options and language support
- Family sharing for subscriptions
- Apple TV app version
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
- Miami Crime Theme$12.99
- Halloween Theme$12.99
- Día de los Muertos Theme$12.99
- Throne of Dragons Theme$12.99
- Throne of Ice Theme$12.99
- West Coast Streets Theme$12.99
- PRO - TV2 variants$44.99
GSE Smart IPTV Player Live TV
- IPTV Premium 1 Month$4.991 Month
- IPTV Premium 3 Months$7.993 Months
- IPTV Premium 12 Months$14.991 Year
- Lifetime Premium$29.99
Questions
Is IPTVX free?
Is GSE Smart IPTV Player Live TV free?
Which has better reviews, IPTVX or GSE Smart IPTV Player Live TV?
Do IPTVX or GSE Smart IPTV Player Live TV have ads?
Which is updated more often, IPTVX or GSE Smart IPTV Player Live TV?
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