MaxPlayer vs Youcine 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
Youcine Player Pro
This media player allows you to bring your own content sources, such as M3U playlists or server credentials. Browse live channels, movies, and series from your authorized sources with features like favorites and parental controls. It does not host or distribute any third-party content.
- Bring Your Own (BYO) media sources
- Add M3U playlist URLs
- Add server credentials
- Browse live channels, movies, series
- Native playback
- Parental controls
- Favorites and continue watching
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Youcine is a private BYO (Bring Your Own) media player utility. The app does not host, distribute, recommend, or sell third-party content. Users provide their own authorized source, such as an M3U playlist URL or direct server credentials. Key capabilities: - Open app without account or purchase - Add your own M3U playlist URL - Add your own server URL, username, and password - Browse live channels, movies, and series from user-provided source - Native playback on Apple devices - Local favorites, continue watching, and parental controls - No credential persistence after app closes in review-safe mode Important: - No built-in hosted catalog - No provider marketplace - No default third-party branded content - No subscription required to reach source entry flow - User is responsible for source rights and authorization
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Youcine Player Pro at 100% against MaxPlayer's 38%. Youcine Player Pro also leads on rating (5.0 vs 3.4) and in-app purchases (none vs 1). MaxPlayer's advantage is ratings volume (20 vs 1) and device support (4 vs 2). On price, ads, monetization model and iOS requirement 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. Youcine Player Pro asks for nothing beyond the download.
Youcine Player Pro holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: MaxPlayer has 20 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 38% of MaxPlayer's written reviews are positive against 100% of Youcine Player Pro's.
MaxPlayer ships an update every 6 weeks, Youcine Player Pro every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 25, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | MaxPlayer | Youcine Player Pro |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.4 (20 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 37.8% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 20 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks | Every 3 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple TV — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 86 MB | 43 MB |
| Age rating | +4 | 4+ |
| Developer | E Galactic | John Santos |
Customer experience
MaxPlayer
Youcine Player Pro
In-app purchases
MaxPlayer
- Ads Free$9.99
Youcine Player Pro
No in-app purchases
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