tv24.co.uk TV Guide & Listings vs BFBS Player
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
tv24.co.uk TV Guide & Listings
Access comprehensive 7-day TV listings for UK and Ireland channels. Discover detailed show information, set reminders, and create watchlists to never miss your favorite programs. Filter by genre to personalize your viewing experience.
- 7-day TV schedules
- Channel numbers
- Detailed program information
- Watchlist and reminders
- Genre filtering
- IMDb and Rotten Tomatoes links
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See what’s on TV tonight – fast and easy. tv24.co.uk gives you complete TV listings for major channels and providers in the UK and Ireland. Quickly see what’s on tonight, follow your favourite programmes and get reminders so you never miss a show again. Enter your postcode and the app will automatically find your local TV lineup, including channel numbers for your provider. Follow the programmes you love and build your own personal TV schedule. The app keeps track of when your favourite shows are on and reminds you before they start. Features • Complete 10 day TV listings for major UK and Ireland channels • Automatically find your local TV lineup using your postcode • Channel numbers for providers like Freeview, Sky, Virgin and Freesat • Follow programmes and build your personal TV schedule • Get reminders when shows are about to start • Search across all channels and programmes • Detailed programme information including images, cast and IMDb ratings • Filter listings to easily find movies, series or live sports • Clean and easy to use interface with light and dark mode Subscription tv24.co.uk offers an optional ad-free subscription. Payment will be charged to your Apple account at confirmation of purchase. The subscription automatically renews unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. You can manage or cancel your subscription at any time in your App Store account settings. Privacy Policy & Terms of use http://tv24.co.uk/privacy
BFBS Player
Access a variety of UK TV channels and exclusive Forces content while serving overseas. Requires authentication with a Defence Gateway account for serving British Forces members and entitled users. Not intended for unsupervised use by minors.
- UK TV channels
- Exclusive Forces channels
- Overseas access
- Defence Gateway authentication
- Forces TV channel access in UK
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Provides the range of BFBS TV services to members of the British Forces, including their dependents and other entitled users serving overseas. To use the app and the services you must be a serving member of the British Forces and use your Defence Gateway account to authenticate your log in. The App is not intended for unsupervised use by minors. The range of services includes the main UK TV channels with extra channels designed exclusively for the Forces. These are intended for viewers serving or posted outside of the UK and access is restricted within the UK, apart from the Forces TV channel.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: BFBS Player at 5.0 against tv24.co.uk TV Guide & Listings's 3.8. BFBS Player also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 2). tv24.co.uk TV Guide & Listings's advantage is update cadence (monthly vs every 6 months) and review sentiment (33% vs 19%). On price, ads, device support 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. tv24.co.uk TV Guide & Listings sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. BFBS Player asks for nothing beyond the download.
BFBS Player holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.8. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 13 and 3 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 33% of tv24.co.uk TV Guide & Listings's written reviews are positive against 19% of BFBS Player's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
tv24.co.uk TV Guide & Listings ships an update monthly, BFBS Player every 6 months. The most recent releases landed on September 19, 2026 and September 17, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | tv24.co.uk TV Guide & Listings | BFBS Player |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.8 (13 ratings) | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 32.6% of reviews — better | 19.4% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 13 — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Monthly — better | Every 6 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple TV — better |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 91 MB | 66 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | TV24 | BFBS Radio |
Customer experience
tv24.co.uk TV Guide & Listings
BFBS Player
User reviews
tv24.co.uk TV Guide & Listings
From 13 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Easy to use and good layout
- 👍 Reasonable yearly cost for ad-free
- 👍 Devs are responsive to issues
- 👍 Great app for F1 checking
- 👍 Good value for ad-free
Room to improve
- 🐛 Signing in pointless for sync
- 🐛 Inaccurate channel listings
- 🐛 Sort by IMDB Rating broken
- 🐛 Search and movie listings lost on iPad
- 🐛 No movie listings available
BFBS Player
From 3 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Good for overseas access
- 👍 Catch up service appreciated
- 👍 Improved login process (recent)
- 👍 Works well for some users
- 👍 Free service appreciated
Room to improve
- 🐛 Location detection issues
- 🐛 Constant buffering
- 🐛 Login problems
- 🐛 App crashes/freezes
- 🐛 Limited channels available
Bugs and requests
tv24.co.uk TV Guide & Listings
Reported bugs
111 issues- Channel listing preferences not synced across devices
- Slightest touch sends listings to the start
- Function “Sort by IMDB Rating” no longer works
- Search and movie listing functionalities lost on iPad
- Movie list not appearing
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- Layout constantly changing and becoming worse
- Photos are ridiculously large
- App went awry, then fixed
- Spinning wheel of death when listings reload
- App updated, now awful and plain
- Lost custom list after update
- Massive battery drain, background activity
- Results show programs not on telly
- Reminders function list missing
- App won't load since recent update
- App stopped working, showing spinning circle
- No programme information
- App ruined by update, boring dark list
- Redesign removed quick channel access
- App doesn't work since redesign
- Favourite lists disappeared
- Appalling new layout
- Temu ad blocks app, fake close button
- Favourite list doesn't load
- Promoting dodgy apps
- Search function inconsistent
- Search page not working on UK west mid Freeview
- App pointless as can't search
- No notifications received
- Search for films not working
- App used to be excellent, now annoying
- Latest version, instant crash on iPad Air 2025
- App doesn't work
- Watchlist keeps clearing on its own
- Turn on alerts again for all shows
- Channels missing and mixed up
- Difficult to read details
- No East Midlands listings, only London
- Inefficient searches
- Incorrect channel numbers
- Missing Freeview channels
- Calendar is incorrect
- BBC One HD “channel no longer available” reported
- Slow to update scheduling changes
- Massive data usage
- Ads pop up too often
- Demands for extra to remove ads after renewal
- Full page ads with no close button
- Ads impossible to close
- Subscription but still advertising
- Reminders are always 10 minutes late
- App corrupted, claims iPhone full
- Adverts impossible to close, app unusable
- Paid but still getting adverts
- Ads far too intrusive
- Hopeless app, out of date
- Ads make app useless
- Adverts make app worthless
- Ads get in the way
- Horizontal scrolling in grid view no longer works
- Horror/Legend channel disappeared
- Won't open since last update
- Sudden unexpected failure, crashes immediately
- Stopped working on iPad
- Unable to use, keeps crashing
- Crashes on opening
- Appalling screen usage for ads
- Delayed notifications
- Follow programme option no longer works
- Adverts wreck the app, can't close
- Levels and standards dropped markedly
- Missing Alibi channel
- Missing a few channels
- No info displayed at all
- ITV not working
- Watchlist broken since last update
- Reminders for programs are delayed
- Ads are more frequent and intrusive
- Landscape mode doesn’t work
- Watch list no longer working properly
- Crashes if you try to put a programme in your calendar
- Irritating full page ads
- Mini ‘time select’ cloud in ‘Movies’ view on the right
- Ads make it almost unusable
- Landscape mode shows only one third of the screen
- Subscription but still advertising
- Reminders are always 10 minutes late
- App corrupted, claims iPhone full
- Adverts impossible to close
- Paid but still getting adverts
- Ads far too intrusive
- Hopeless app, out of date
- Ads make this useless
- Advertisement does not provide a working option to decline
- Ads get in the way
- Horizontal scrolling in grid view no longer works
- Horror/Legend channel disappeared
- Won't open since last update
- Sudden unexpected failure, crashes immediately
- Stopped working on iPad
- Unable to use, keeps crashing
- Crashes on opening
- Appalling screen usage for ads
- Delayed notifications
- Follow programme option no longer works
- Adverts wreck the app, can't close
- Levels and standards dropped markedly
- Missing Alibi channel
- Missing a few channels
- No info displayed at all
- ITV not working
Requested features
15 requests- Ability to change text size
- EPG style timeline view
- Option to change channels on TV
- Choice of layout
- Dark mode
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- Advanced analytics dashboard
- Fix landscape mode usability
- Add whole series to calendar
- Improve search engine
- Fix calendar date/day mismatch
- Fix channel logo display
- Add missing channels (Alibi, Horror/Legend)
- Fix Pluto TV channel setup
- Fix German channel display
- Fix Inspector Gadget channel
BFBS Player
Reported bugs
17 issues- App thinks users are in the UK when abroad
- App buffers constantly
- Unable to play stream
- Cannot log in
- App returns to login screen after submitting info
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- Login button not working on iPad
- App crashes
- App freezes
- Catch up cuts off last 5 minutes
- TV guide difficult to use
- Links with Defence Gateway cause login loop
- App not working on iPad after update
- Screen shrinks when asking for full screen
- Only plays in small screen on iPad
- Registration 'No' button only works
- Black screen with sound only
- Cannot AirPlay all content
Requested features
8 requests- Show all channels
- Improve location detection for overseas users
- Add Apple TV app
- Enable screen mirroring/casting
- Make app backwards compatible for older iPads
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- Allow users to watch at local time
- Improve video quality
- Add more channels
In-app purchases
tv24.co.uk TV Guide & Listings
- Ad-free subscription$0.991 Month
- Ad-free subscription$7.991 Year
BFBS Player
No in-app purchases
Questions
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