MaxPlayer vs SAB Player Pro
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
MaxPlayer
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 player for your own M3U playlist or Xtream Codes account — IPTV, EPG, VOD, series and Catch-up TV on iPhone, iPad and Apple TV. IMPORTANT: you need your own playlist. MaxPlayer does not sell or provide IPTV channels, IPTV streams or IPTV subscriptions. Requires a MaxPlayer account. Main features: • Clean user interface optimized for large screens • Plays IPTV, VOD, TV series and Catch-up from your playlist • Favorite channels and powerful search functionality • Scheduled EPG (TV Guide) updates • 1 MaxPlayer account for 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) Support: Join our official Discord community: https://discord.gg/maxplayer Legal Notice: MaxPlayer™ is a trademark of E Galactic e.U. All rights reserved. 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
SAB Player Pro
This media player allows you to watch your favorite TV shows, sports, and movies with a smooth, buffering-free streaming experience. It requires users to provide their own content playlists and does not offer any streaming services or illegal content.
- Smooth, buffering-free streaming
- Supports personal content playlists
- Plays TV shows, sports, and movies
- Best-in-class player solution
- Displays media info from playlists
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Watch your favorite TV shows, sports and movies. Enjoy buffering free and smooth streaming experience with our best in class player solution. *The user must have their own content, this is just a media player . *All media information is display based on your playlist. *SAB Player Pro is a media player, not a streaming service. *NO IPTV or illegal content is provided. *SAB Player Pro doesn’t promote any use of illegal content. *We are not offering any kind of IPTV services like IPTV subscriptions, streams. Terms of Use https://admin.sabplayer.com/TermsofUse.html Privacy Policy https://admin.sabplayer.com/sessions/terms
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Verdict
The clearest difference is monetization model: MaxPlayer at free against SAB Player Pro's free with in-app purchases. SAB Player Pro's advantage is update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 6 weeks) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.1). On price, review sentiment, ads and in-app purchases 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. MaxPlayer sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and SAB Player Pro sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
MaxPlayer ships an update every 6 weeks, SAB Player Pro every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | MaxPlayer | SAB Player Pro |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.4 (20 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 36.5% of reviews | 40.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 20 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple TV | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple TV |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 86 MB | 57 MB |
| Age rating | +4 | 17+ |
| Developer | E Galactic | Pooja khandelwal |
Customer experience
MaxPlayer
SAB Player Pro
In-app purchases
MaxPlayer
- Ads Free$9.99
SAB Player Pro
- full subscription$19.99
- lifetime subscription$19.99
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