OttPlayertv vs Fastime
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
OttPlayertv
Stream IPTV content from your ISP or other sources on various devices. Manage your playlists and channel icons centrally through a website. Enjoy ad-free viewing of your favorite TV channels.
- Supports HLS, RTSP, TS by UDP, RTMP protocols
- M3U8 playlist support
- Easy playlist icon management
- Ad-free viewing
- Centralized control via website
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Watch IPTV from your ISP or from other sources on phones, tablets, set-top box or TV! And all this is with centralized control via the website! App features: . Supports protocols: HLS, RTSP, TS by UDP, RTMP . Playlist support M3U8 . Easy management of playlist icons for channels . No ads CAUTION THIS SOFTWARE DOES NOT CONTAIN TV CHANNELS AND IS AN INSTRUMENT FOR EASY VIEWING OF IPTV. To use, first of all you will need a list of channels (m3u8 playlist). You can get it from any your convenient source (your ISP, Internet Service Provider IPTV). 1. You need to create an account on the site https://ottplayer.tv; 2. Insert registration information in the application - login and password; 3. Download the playlist to the https://ottplayer.tv (previously downloaded from your source); 4. Snap the device to a playlist. 5. Enjoy watching!
Fastime
Engage with a Kurdish social gaming and trivia platform. Compete in real-time multiplayer battles, climb global leaderboards, and connect with a community through interactive feeds and native chat.
- Real-time multiplayer battles
- Global leaderboards
- Interactive community feed
- Native chat with VoIP
- Localized knowledge base
- System-level notifications
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Fastime: Kurdish Social Gaming & Trivia Fastime is a revolutionary native social platform and competitive gaming hub built specifically for the Kurdish community. Moving far beyond simple media discovery, Fastime creates a deeply interactive ecosystem where cinema fans can compete, communicate, and climb the ranks in a fully native iOS environment. What makes Fastime a unique Native Experience? Real-Time Multiplayer Battles: Challenge friends or random players to synchronized 1v1 cinema and general knowledge battles. Experience millisecond-precision native state management that you won't find on any web platform. Native Scoring & Global Leaderboard: Earn points through accuracy and speed. Our native scoring engine tracks your performance in real-time, placing you on a global leaderboard among the "Fastime Champions." Interactive Community Feed: Stay engaged with a live, native activity feed. See real-time reviews, ratings, and social interactions from users across the region. Tapping any profile natively routes you to direct messaging and social connectivity. System-Level Native Notifications: Never miss a challenge invite. Fastime utilizes the native iOS push notification service to keep you connected with your social circle in real-time, even when the app is closed. Localized Knowledge Base: Access a curated library of Kurdish cultural and cinema metadata, localized in Kurdish (Badini), Arabic, and English, designed with high-performance native UI components. Native Social Layer: Manage your personal profile, build your friends list, and engage in real-time native chat with built-in VoIP capabilities for an immersive social experience. Join Fastime today—the ultimate destination for Kurdish social gaming and interactive entertainment
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Verdict
OttPlayertv and Fastime both sit at 4.5 stars, but that hides the real split: 100% of Fastime's written reviews are positive against 48% of OttPlayertv's. OttPlayertv's advantage is update cadence (fortnightly vs every 4 months) and ratings volume (9.3K vs 27). On price, rating, 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.5 for OttPlayertv against 4.4 for Fastime. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: OttPlayertv has 9.3K ratings behind it against 27, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 48% of OttPlayertv's written reviews are positive against 100% of Fastime's.
OttPlayertv ships an update fortnightly, Fastime every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on October 16, 2026 and September 30, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | OttPlayertv | Fastime |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (9.3K ratings) — better | 4.4 (27 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 47.8% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 9.3K — better | 27 |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly — better | Every 4 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple TV — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 14.1 | 14.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 94 MB | 129 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 12+ |
| Developer | OttPlayer | Aram Xhalil |
Customer experience
OttPlayertv
Fastime
Bugs and requests
OttPlayertv
Reported bugs
5 issues- Crashes when trying to favorite a channel
- Doesn't load M3U playlists
- Glitches when leaving a channel
- Crashes after update
- Doesn't work on some devices
Requested features
5 requests- Add ability to modify, arrange, and rename lists
- Add transfer between lists
- Add select or delete groups at once
- Add Chromecast support
- Add pop-up video view
Fastime
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
OttPlayertv
No in-app purchases
Fastime
No in-app purchases
Questions
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