Max Player vs ARC Player
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Max Player
This app serves as a comprehensive IPTV player for iOS devices, supporting live TV, video on demand, series, and catch-up content. It offers a clean interface, robust search, and parental controls, allowing users to manage their viewing experience across multiple devices with their own content sources.
- IPTV, VOD, TV series, and Catch-up support
- Clean user interface
- Favorite channels and search
- Scheduled EPG updates
- Multi-device support
- Parental control
- M3U and Xtream Codes API compatibility
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MaxPlayer™ is the perfect solution for IPTV, EPG, VOD, Video series, and Catch-up TV on your iOS devices. Main features: • Clean user interface optimized for large screens • Supports IPTV, VOD, TV series, and Catch-up • Favorite channels and powerful search functionality • Scheduled EPG (TV Guide) updates • 1 account supports up to 5 devices and 5 sub-users • Parental control and multi-language support • Works with M3U playlists, Xtream Codes API, and more Supported Platforms: • iPhone & iPad • Apple TV (tvOS) • and more Support: Join our official Discord community: https://discord.gg/maxplayer Legal Notice: MaxPlayer™ is a trademark of E Galactic e.U. All rights reserved. IMPORTANT: MaxPlayer™ does not provide IPTV streams, channels, or subscriptions. Users must add their own content (e.g., via M3U or Xtream Codes API). Screenshots are for illustration only and do not show actual video content. Privacy Policy: https://my.maxplayer.tv/privacy-policy Terms of Service: https://my.maxplayer.tv/tos
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 rating: ARC Player at 4.7 against Max Player's 3.2. ARC Player also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 1) and review sentiment (60% vs 40%). Max Player's advantage is ratings volume (17 vs 3). On price, ads, monetization model 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. Max Player sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. ARC Player asks for nothing beyond the download.
ARC Player holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 3.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Max Player has 17 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 40% of Max Player's written reviews are positive against 60% of ARC Player's.
| Parameter | Max Player | ARC Player |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.2 (17 ratings) | 4.7 (3 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 39.6% of reviews | 60.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 17 — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple TV — better | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 | 13.4 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 86 MB | 93 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | E Galactic | WEBHI TECHNOLOGY |
Customer experience
Max Player
ARC Player
In-app purchases
Max Player
- Ads Free$9.99
ARC Player
No in-app purchases
