iDuo Chinese Live TV vs CMSPlayer
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
iDuo Chinese Live TV
Stream live television channels from China with this application. Offers unlimited access to Chinese content with subscription packages, including 24/7 playback. View on multiple Apple devices.
- Live TV channels from China
- Unlimited access to Chinese content
- 24/7 content playback
- VIP Subscription Packages
- Supported on Apple devices
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Watch Live TV Channels from China with iDuoTV! With our Live TV VIP Subscription Packages, you can get unlimited accesses to Chinese Live TV Channels and 24x7 content playback. Privacy Policy: https://iduo.tv/privacy-policy/ EULA: https://iduo.tv/eula/
CMSPlayer
This app provides a seamless playback experience for VOD sources, offering features like playback speed adjustment, AirPlay, and Picture in Picture. It allows users to manage multiple sources, search for content, and track watch history. Optimized for Apple devices, it integrates with iCloud for cross-platform syncing.
- Seamless playback experience
- Playback speed adjustment
- AirPlay and Picture in Picture support
- Manage multiple VOD sources
- Aggregate search with history
- iCloud sync across platforms
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Cross-platform player for VOD sources. # Show and Episodes - Seamless play experience - Native app UI/UX, optimized for iPhone, iPhone Duo, iPad, Apple TV and Vision Pro - Display shows in grid or list - Browse show details including actors and descriptions - Quickly navigate to an episode with segment or season selection - Sort episodes alphabetically or in reverse order # Play experience - Playback speed adjustment - AirPlay, Picture in Picture, SharePlay - Auto-play next episode - Pan horizontally to adjust playback progress - Pan vertically to adjust brightness and volume - Skip intro and outro with manual configuration - Auto-playback from last seen timestamp - tvOS/visionOS: Next episode button in info view # Search - Aggregate search - Search history - Option to enable exact match # Manage my stuff - Favorite - Watch history - Navigate to show from history # Source management - Manage multiple sources - Edit, delete or sort sources - Hide certain sources - Import sources from JSON - Export sources to JSON - Manually add source # Apple feature integration - iCloud sync across all platforms (can be disabled) - tvOS TopShelf Icon Attribution: Television icons created by Freepik - Flaticon https://www.flaticon.com/free-icons/television Disclaimer: This app doesn't provide, contain or distribute any VOD or video sources. All sources are provided and entered by the users. Users must provide copyright-free contents or ensure they have acquired the copyrights to play videos in CMSPlayer.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: iDuo Chinese Live TV at Free against CMSPlayer's $2.99. iDuo Chinese Live TV also leads on iOS requirement (13.0 vs 17.0). CMSPlayer's advantage is rating (4.7 vs 3.8) and in-app purchases (none vs 3). On ads 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
iDuo Chinese Live TV is free to download; CMSPlayer costs $2.99 up front. iDuo Chinese Live TV sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $21.99 per 3 months. CMSPlayer asks for nothing beyond the download.
CMSPlayer holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 3.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: CMSPlayer has 160 ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 50% of iDuo Chinese Live TV's written reviews are positive against 80% of CMSPlayer's.
| Parameter | iDuo Chinese Live TV | CMSPlayer |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $2.99 |
| Rating | 3.8 (5 ratings) | 4.7 (160 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 50.0% of reviews | 80.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 5 | 160 — better |
| Update frequency | — | Every 9 days |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases — better | Paid |
| Best chart rank | — | #182 — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple TV | iPhone, iPad, Apple TV, Vision Pro |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 15 MB | 4 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 17+ |
| Developer | iduotv, llc | Yuzhou Zhuang |
Customer experience
iDuo Chinese Live TV
CMSPlayer
Bugs and requests
iDuo Chinese Live TV
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
CMSPlayer
Reported bugs
5 issues- iOS 18.1 system crashes
- Apple TV version keeps crashing
- App keeps prompting for rating
- Playback interface cannot switch episodes
- Playback interface cannot adjust brightness
Requested features
8 requests- Add more high-quality, ad-free sources
- Improve built-in player for smoother scrubbing
- Support Android TV Box protocol
- Add more protocols and fix UI
- Add iOS 12 system version
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- Add more high-quality web sources
- Add new features
- Add more high-quality web sources
In-app purchases
iDuo Chinese Live TV
- Live TV 3 month Subscription$21.993 Months
- Live TV 6 month Subscription$37.996 Months
- Live TV 1 year Subscription$69.991 Year
CMSPlayer
No in-app purchases
