Comparison

M3Player vs TVdex

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

M3Player

Listen to YouTube playlists and videos in audio-only mode, saving your device's screen and battery. Record streams for offline playback, ensuring uninterrupted listening without data or signal concerns.

Highlights
  • Background audio playback
  • Audio-only mode
  • Screen and battery saving
  • Record video streams
  • Offline playback
  • No data/signal required for offline
Features
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M3Player lets you import IPTV playlists from M3U and M3U8 URLs and enjoy live TV, video, and audio streams in a fast, easy-to-use player. Organize playlists with folders, manage your favorite channels, and switch between video playback and audio-only mode to save battery and continue listening in the background. Features: • Import M3U and M3U8 playlist URLs • IPTV playlist and channel management • Organize streams with folders • Smooth video and audio playback • Audio-only background listening • Buffer supported streams for later playback • Clean and modern interface M3Player does not provide any content, channels, or IPTV subscriptions. Users must supply their own playlists.

About

TVdex

Features
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TVdex is a personal tracker for everything you watch (and everything you're about to). Add the TV series and films you love, tick episodes off as you go, and always know what to watch next and what's coming up. Built local-first and private: no account, no ads, no tracking, no social feed. Your library lives on your device and syncs only to your own iCloud (we run no servers and never see your data). TRACK WHAT YOU WATCH - Per-episode progress for series; watched / unwatched for films - "Up Next" surfaces the next episode to continue, for each series - "Upcoming" is a calendar of episodes about to air - Season/Series-finale badges, so you never miss a big one RATE & ORGANIZE - Your own ratings for episodes, series and films next to the community score - Favorites, plus your own custom lists - Record where you watched each viewing RE-WATCH & CATCH UP - Re-watch a finished series from the start, it flows back into Up Next - Statistics: time watched, episodes, weekly charts, biggest binges, top genres and networks, your backlog and a "when you'll be caught up" projection STAY IN THE LOOP - Local notifications for upcoming episodes of the shows you follow. Nothing is sent anywhere MOVING YOUR HISTORY OVER - Import a data export so you don't lose years of tracking: series, episodes, films, ratings and viewings, with a step to match anything that needs review SYNC ACROSS YOUR DEVICES - iPhone ↔ iPad through your own private iCloud. Turn it off anytime to keep everything on one device. Available in English and Italian. Film and TV information is provided by The Movie Database (TMDB). This product uses the TMDB API but is not endorsed or certified by TMDB. Watch-provider availability is provided by JustWatch.

Screenshots

M3Player3 screens
TVdex4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: TVdex at Free against M3Player's $0.99. M3Player's advantage is iOS requirement (15.0 vs 18.0). On update cadence, ads, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

TVdex is free to download; M3Player costs $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 11 days. The most recent releases landed on November 11, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
M3Player versus TVdex: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterM3PlayerTVdex
Price$0.99Free — better
Rating4.7 (589 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews84.2% of reviews—
Number of ratings589 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 11 daysEvery 11 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size27 MB6 MB
Age rating17+12+
DeveloperJianfeng WuSergio Ferraresi

Bugs and requests

M3Player

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • Playlist import not working
  • Time display issues when using for audiobooks

Requested features

6 requests
  • Add support for Apple Watch
  • Add option to change playback speed
  • Add in-app download and save for offline listening
  • Add sleep timer
  • Add shuffle feature for playlists
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  • Add option to organize downloaded content into subfolders

TVdex

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

M3Player

No in-app purchases

None

TVdex

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is M3Player free?
M3Player costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is TVdex free?
TVdex is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do M3Player or TVdex have ads?
Neither M3Player nor TVdex shows ads.
Which is updated more often, M3Player or TVdex?
M3Player ships an update every 11 days, and TVdex every 11 days. Most recently, M3Player was updated on November 11, 2026 and TVdex on October 31, 2026.

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