ChanPla vs Vyx Player
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
ChanPla
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Efficiently manage your favorite YouTube channels and videos. ■ Key Features ・Channel subscription and organization ・Save and manage favorite videos ・Video sharing and comment features ・User-to-user chat functionality ・Offline playback support ■ Recommended for ・Users with many YouTube subscriptions ・Those who want to organize favorite videos ・Sharing videos with friends ・Efficient video management ■ What's New in v3.0 ・Complete redesign with SwiftUI ・Significant performance improvements ・Modern and user-friendly UI design ・New chat features added ■ Privacy ・Your data is securely encrypted ・We never share data with third parties ・See our Privacy Policy for details
Vyx Player
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Vyx is a fast, focused media player and playlist manager for your own IPTV and M3U content. Vyx does not include any channels or content – you bring your own playlist or provider account. FEATURES - Import and edit M3U playlists, organized into custom groups - Powerful VLC playback engine – plays the wide range of stream formats IPTV uses - Adjust video aspect ratio on the fly – Fit, Fill, 16:9, or 4:3 - Pick subtitle and audio tracks right in the player, or set your preferred languages once - Built-in program guide – see what's on now and next, with live progress in the player - Search live programs by name to find what's actually on, not just channel names - Tap any channel for its full schedule for the day - Full TV Guide grid – channels down the side, a scrollable timeline of what's on - Catch up TV – replay programs that have already aired, whether your provider records them or your playlist says so itself - Change channel without leaving the player, or browse channels over the video - Send live TV to your television with AirPlay, picture and all - Set a custom program-guide (EPG) URL for any playlist - Browse a movie catalog and TV series organized into seasons and episodes - Resume movies and episodes right where you left off, and play the next episode automatically - Library tab – your favorites and recently watched, across every playlist - Find your movies, series and channels from your home screen with Spotlight search - Connect an Xtream Codes account to load live channels and movies - Playlists can refresh themselves on a schedule - Sync your playlists, favorites, watch history and settings across your devices with iCloud - Parental lock: PIN-protect groups so their contents disappear from the app - Light and dark – follows your device, or set it yourself - Available in Arabic, English, French, German, Russian, Spanish and Turkish - Tune buffering separately for live TV and movies, and change it mid-stream - Handles very large playlists with tens of thousands of entries - Universal: iPhone and iPad Your playlists and viewing history are yours. Nothing is sent to us. If you turn on iCloud sync, they travel through your own iCloud account to your other devices and nowhere else. To show richer movie and series details, Vyx can look up titles on TMDB – only the title is sent, never who you are, and you can turn it off in Settings.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Vyx Player at every 6 days against ChanPla's every 3 months. On price, 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
ChanPla ships an update every 3 months, Vyx Player every 6 days. The most recent releases landed on October 4, 2026 and October 2, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | ChanPla | Vyx Player |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 6 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.6 | 17.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 16 MB | 42 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Makoto Kishina | Smidige USA, Inc. |
In-app purchases
ChanPla
No in-app purchases
Vyx Player
No in-app purchases









