IPTV Streamer Max vs ARC Player
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
IPTV Streamer Max
Manage and stream your IPTV playlists with an intuitive interface. Supports HD and 4K content across multiple platforms, offering EPG, parental controls, and detailed movie information.
- Intuitive playlist and channel management
- HD and 4K streaming support
- EPG (TV Guide) integration
- Multiple streaming protocol support
- Drag & drop channel sorting
- Parental control with PIN
- Movie and TV series details
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IPTV the way you like it! An excellent user interface that allows you to manage your playlists and channels in a very intuitive way. Support for high resolution (HD, 4k) available for all platforms (Mac, Iphone, iPad and Apple-TV) Features: - Video streaming from multiple protocols (http, RTMP, RTSP, TS, MMS ...) - EPG (TV Guide) support - M3U playlist support - Add, modify, delete, sort playlists - Channels can be added, modified, deleted, sorted, copied or moved manually to other playlists. - Drag & drop to sort channels and playlists - Parental control via pin code - View details of movies and TV series: Actors, categories, votes, trailers. Directed by "themoviedb". Performance improvement Detailed information on our Terms of Use is available here - http://iptvstreamer.com/terms.php Privacy Policy - http://iptvstreamer.com/privacy.php Disclaimer: - IPTV Streamer does not provide or include any media or streaming content. - Users must enter their own content - We do not approve of streaming copyrighted material without the permission of the copyright holder.
ARC Player
A fast and smart media player that organizes live streams, VOD, and series from your m3u/m3u8 playlists. Enjoy high-quality playback with features like EPG, subtitles, and parental lock.
- Supports multiple m3u and m3u8 playlists
- Organizes content into live, VOD, series, and replay
- Fast channel switching
- Electronic Programming Guides (EPG)
- Video subtitle and language switching
- Parental lock
- TV archive (timeshift)
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ARC Player is a fast, smart media player that supports multiple playlists in m3u and m3u8 formats. ARC Player organizes the playlist into live streaming channels, VOD (Video On Demand), series, and replay. You can watch your favorite videos, streaming channels, and TV programs in high-quality formats. Main features of the ARC Player App: support for multiple playlists, fast channel switching, favorite lists, EPG (Electronic Programming Guides), video subtitles, video language switching, a user-friendly interface, TV archive (timeshift), parental lock, and multiple languages (English, French, Arabic, Spanish, Portuguese, Turkish, German, Russian, Italian, Chinese). ARC Player is just a media player and is provided without any playlist or content. Disclaimer: ARC Player is a media player application and does NOT provide or include any playlist or channel content. We do not sell or provide any OTT playlists, IPTV subscriptions, or streams. The player is provided empty, without any playlist. For more information, visit www.arcplayer.com
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: ARC Player at none against IPTV Streamer Max's 1. ARC Player also leads on ads (none vs shown) and review sentiment (60% vs 31%). IPTV Streamer Max's advantage is ratings volume (418 vs 3). On price 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
Both are free to download. IPTV Streamer Max sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $8.49 per year. ARC Player asks for nothing beyond the download.
ARC Player holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: IPTV Streamer Max has 418 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 31% of IPTV Streamer Max's written reviews are positive against 60% of ARC Player's.
| Parameter | IPTV Streamer Max | ARC Player |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.3 (418 ratings) | 4.7 (3 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 31.5% of reviews | 60.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 418 — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | — |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple TV — better | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 13.4 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 213 MB | 93 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 17+ |
| Developer | HOLD-APPS - FZCO | WEBHI TECHNOLOGY |
Customer experience
IPTV Streamer Max
ARC Player
Bugs and requests
IPTV Streamer Max
Reported bugs
6 issues- Crashes when changing channels
- Inability to delete channels
- Saved playlists not syncing across devices
- Streaming errors and buffering issues
- Disappearing channel lists and settings
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- Resizing and screen proportion problems
Requested features
6 requests- Add picture-in-picture mode
- Improve channel organization and management
- Implement automatic EPG updates
- Add replay/catch-up functionality
- Improve search and filtering options
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- Enhance audio and subtitle controls
ARC Player
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
IPTV Streamer Max
- Unlock the video player1 Month trial$8.491 Year
ARC Player
No in-app purchases
Questions
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