TDS TV+ vs Poly Oracle
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
TDS TV+
Search live TV, On Demand, TV Everywhere, and streaming apps simultaneously. Access your TDS TV+ channels, recordings, and DVR management across all devices. Browse programs or find content from your downloaded streaming apps.
- Unified search for live TV, On Demand, and streaming apps
- Access TDS TV+ channels and recordings
- Manage DVR recordings
- Browse programs across services
- Watch on any device
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You found it! Finding what you want is at the heart of the TDS TV+ app. Search live TV, On Demand, TV Everywhere, and your streaming apps all at once. Find and watch your favorite TDS TV+ channels from your package subscription, and access recordings on any device in your home. You can even manage your TDS TV+ DVR and see what’s on tonight! Are you Netflix nuts? Conveniently browse all programs or seek out what you crave from downloaded streaming apps using the TDS TV+ app. Easily access your subscription-based streaming services to start watching.
Poly Oracle
This app acts as a mystical oracle, providing yes-or-no answers to your questions with immersive visuals, voice, and sound. It's designed for moments of curiosity, reflection, and entertainment, even including a mini-game.
- Mystical yes-or-no oracle
- Spoken answers with magical visuals
- Cosmic animation effects
- Immersive sound design
- Arcade asteroid mini-game
- Accessibility friendly options
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Poly Oracle combines a mystical fortune-telling experience with a fast-paced arcade game in one immersive app. Ask the Oracle a yes-or-no question about your life, relationships, career, or future, then reveal your answer through cinematic visuals, voice acting, atmospheric sound, and interactive effects that bring the Oracle to life. When you’re ready for action, enter the Polyverse and battle waves of Stroids in a polished arcade experience featuring unique weapons, voice-acted characters, and an online leaderboard. Oracle Experience • Ask meaningful yes-or-no questions • Fully voiced Oracle responses • Interactive orb with tactile haptic feedback • Magical visual effects and immersive audio • Designed for moments of curiosity, reflection, and fun Arcade Mode Fight through increasingly difficult waves using a growing arsenal of weapons. Features include: • Pulse Cannon • Homing Missiles • Quad-Shot • Freeze • Plasma Net • Throwable bombs • Stroid tossing mechanics Learn Before You Battle A fully voiced training mode teaches every weapon and mechanic step by step before you enter Practice Mode and the main campaign. Live Leaderboards Compete against players around the world by posting your best runs to the online leaderboard and climbing the rankings. More to Discover • Five additional campaign levels, including The Gauntlet • Fully voiced Commander and Specialist characters • Enhanced visuals and performance • Accessibility options including Reduced Motion support • Continuous updates and gameplay improvements Whether you’re looking for a mysterious answer or chasing the top score, Poly Oracle offers two completely different experiences in one app.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: TDS TV+ at Free against Poly Oracle's $1.99. TDS TV+ also leads on ratings volume (80 vs 1). Poly Oracle's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 2.3) and ads (none vs shown). On in-app purchases 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
TDS TV+ is free to download; Poly Oracle costs $1.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Poly Oracle holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 2.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: TDS TV+ has 80 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
TDS TV+ ships an update every 12 months, Poly Oracle every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on October 15, 2026 and September 17, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | TDS TV+ | Poly Oracle |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $1.99 |
| Rating | 2.3 (80 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 7.5% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 80 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 12 months | Every 4 months — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported — better | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple TV — better | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 365 MB | 104 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | TDS Telecommunications Corporation | Paul Fisher |
Customer experience
TDS TV+
Poly Oracle
Bugs and requests
TDS TV+
Reported bugs
56 issues- App never works
- App constantly replays or buffers
- Does not always stream
- New Guide format is unusable
- Frequent stream freezes
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- Frequent errors: channel cannot be streamed
- Picture in Picture on iPad is very unstable
- Spotty availability on CBS and NBC
- Frequent 'channel not available' errors
- Apple TV app stopped working correctly after update
- App says not a customer
- Never been able to stream a show
- Constantly lagging
- Bad streaming on vacation
- Remote puts a banner when paused
- Pausing and staring is difficult
- Show jumps around
- Records wrong show
- Miss show ending
- Logs out of Fire Stick or Roku
- Horrible process to log back in
- Apple TV app can't recognize media controlled from alternate paired remotes
- App won't launch anymore
- Streaming not permitted outside of TDS coverage area
- App says streaming not allowed outside of TDS coverage area
- Cannot access any programming via the app
- Streaming not permitted outside your regional viewing area
- App doesn't work on MacOS
- App doesn't work on Apple TV
- Claims Apple TV is jailbroken
- App stopped working on iOS 14
- App stopped working on iOS 14.3
- No receiver found
- App requires receiver pairing
- App is not supported on iOS 14 or TVOS 14
- Spinning circles (waiting)
- Can't stream show V405
- Temporary account error C632
- Information about TV channels not available
- Box not connected to internet error
- Internet service bandwidth decreased
- TV outages
- Only 720p on many channels, not full HD 1080p
- App only works on home network
- Cannot watch 'anywhere' only in your own home
- Doesn't work on iOS 14
- Doesn't work as of iOS 14
- App almost as bad STB
- App does not consistently stream without errors
- Apple TV app doesn't work at all
- App wants to pair with receiver and says no receiver is found
- App requires TDS subscription
- No function to quickly switch channels on phone
- Crashes constantly
- Does not have Picture in Picture functionality
- No ability to multitask on iPad
Requested features
9 requests- Return to former guide format
- Show OnePass recordings
- Support for macOS
- Support for remote media controls on Apple TV
- Ability to stream away from home
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- Improve Picture-in-Picture on iPad
- Update for new iOS/tvOS versions
- Add channel numbers to guide
- Allow creation of favorite channel lists
Poly Oracle
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
TDS TV+
No in-app purchases
Poly Oracle
No in-app purchases
