Greenlight TV vs telev8
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Greenlight TV
Stream live television directly to your favorite devices without a traditional set-top box. Enjoy features like Replay TV, Cloud DVR, and Restart TV for a modern viewing experience.
- Live TV streaming
- No set-top box required
- Replay TV functionality
- Cloud DVR
- Restart TV feature
- Supports popular streaming devices
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Greenlight internet customers can experiance live TV without the need of a big, ancient set top box. Greenlight TV is a radical new app that runs on all of todays most popular video streaming media devices. Enjoy features such as Replay TV*, Cloud DVR**, and Restart TV* *Replay and Restart TV may not be available for all networks or shows as part of our content agreements. ** Cloud DVR recordings can be viewed outside the home only if our content agreements allow.
telev8
Access your favorite national and local TV channels with an interactive guide, personal PVR, and up to 72 hours of catch-up TV. Watch on your preferred mobile device or TV without a set-top box.
- Interactive TV Guide
- Personal PVR
- 72-hour Catch-up TV
- Watch on mobile devices or TV
- No set-top box required
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The telev8 app gives you access to all your favorite national and local channels with a fully featured interactive TV Guide, personal PVR, and up to 72 hours catch-up TV. Watch TV how you want, anytime you want using your favorite mobile device or TV without the need for a set top box!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Greenlight TV at 100% against telev8's 0%. telev8's advantage is rating (4.5 vs 4.3). On price, ratings volume, update cadence 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
telev8 holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 4.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4 and 4 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 100% of Greenlight TV's written reviews are positive against 0% of telev8's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Greenlight TV ships an update every 3 months, telev8 every 6 months. Both last shipped on November 3, 2026.
| Parameter | Greenlight TV | telev8 |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.3 (4 ratings) | 4.5 (4 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 4 | 4 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months — better | Every 6 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple TV | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple TV |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 | 15.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 39 MB | 38 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 12+ |
| Developer | TiVo Platform Technologies LLC | TELEV8, LLC |
Customer experience
Greenlight TV
telev8
In-app purchases
Greenlight TV
No in-app purchases
telev8
No in-app purchases
