Hope Channel vs mySDAtv
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Hope Channel
Stream Christian television programs focused on faith, health, relationships, and community. Access live broadcasts and on-demand episodes from a global network, with options for offline viewing and resuming playback.
- Watch live broadcasts
- On-demand episodes
- Resume playback
- Offline playback
- Search programs by keyword
- Featured content screen
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Hope Channel offers programs on wholistic Christian living and focuses on faith, health, relationships, and community. We are a global television network with more than 50 channels, each creating original content in their own local languages. Watch the live broadcast of many of our global Hope Channels. Watch your favorite shows, whenever you'd like. Pick up where you left off. If you have to finish an episode later, when you come back to it, the app will start playing from where you were. Offline playback lets you download episodes right to your device so that you can watch them later, even when you don't have internet. Find programs on any topic. Just enter a keyword, and we'll show you everything we've got. The Featured screen shows all of our latest and most popular episodes, so you can quickly find what you're looking for. Help the ministry of Hope Channel by rating this app 5 stars and leaving a positive review. If you have any questions, please contact us: https://www.hopetv.org/contact/
mySDAtv
Access a wide range of Seventh-day Adventist media, including sermons, music, Bible studies, and programs for children. Explore content on health, parenting, and recovery in multiple languages, with live TV and radio channels available.
- Inspiring testimonies and sermons
- Music and Bible studies
- Children's programs
- Health and parenting content
- Addiction recovery resources
- Multilingual content
- Live TV and radio channels
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Discover all the Seventh-day Adventist media content in one app—free for a limited time! You’ll find the heart of Jesus in our inspiring testimonies, sermons, music, and Bible studies. You’ll enjoy programs for children, as well as valuable information on health, parenting, addiction recovery, and much more, in multiple languages! English TV Channels 3ABN 3ABN Proclaim! 3ABN Dare to Dream 3ABN Kids Network 3ABN International LLBN His Word LLBN His Light Smart Lifestyle TV Amazing Facts TV Amazing Discoveries Mission TV English Radio Channels 3ABN (talk) 3ABN Radio Music Channel 3ABN Radio Australia Radio 74 Spanish TV Channels 3ABN Latino Esperanza TV Nuevo Tiempo LLBN Latino Spanish Radio Channels: 3ABN Latino Nuevo Tiempo Portuguese TV/Radio Channels Novo Tempo TV Radio Novo Tempo French TV Channel 3ABN Français Russian TV/Radio Channels 3ABN Russia 3ABN Russia Radio Arabic TV Channel LLBN Arabic Korean TV Channel LLBN Korean Southeast Asian TV Channel LLBN South Asia
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Verdict
Hope Channel and mySDAtv both sit at 4.3 stars, but that hides the real split: 59% of Hope Channel's written reviews are positive against 33% of mySDAtv's. Hope Channel also leads on ratings volume (202 vs 3) and update cadence (every 5 weeks vs every 4 months). 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 — 4.3 for Hope Channel against 4.3 for mySDAtv. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Hope Channel has 202 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 59% of Hope Channel's written reviews are positive against 33% of mySDAtv's.
Hope Channel ships an update every 5 weeks, mySDAtv every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on September 20, 2026 and June 23, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Hope Channel | mySDAtv |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.3 (202 ratings) | 4.3 (3 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 59.3% of reviews — better | 33.3% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 202 — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks — better | Every 4 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple TV | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple TV |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 27 MB | 96 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Hope Channel International, Inc. | Tulix Systems, Inc. |
Customer experience
Hope Channel
mySDAtv
Bugs and requests
Hope Channel
Reported bugs
14 issues- Buffering and streaming interruptions
- App crashes on launch or during playback
- Live TV freezes mid-broadcast
- Cannot cast to external TV devices
- No audio on live streams
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- App won't connect to internet despite available connection
- Schedule times displaying incorrectly (19 minute offset)
- Video display issues and distorted images
- App stuck in Audio/Subtitles menu with no exit option
- App redirects to App Store when opened
- Incompatibility with older iOS versions and devices
- Media Library archived shows won't load
- Video plays without audio or vice versa
- App only shows live content, cannot access on-demand library
Requested features
10 requests- YouTube-style casting capabilities to TV
- Apple TV support
- Roku TV app compatibility
- Spanish language channel options (Esperanza TV, Nuevo Tiempo)
- Hope Channel Europe addition
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- Video streaming via Apple component/composite cables
- Offline download functionality
- Better schedule navigation
- Dark mode option
- 64-bit app update for newer iOS versions
mySDAtv
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Hope Channel
No in-app purchases
mySDAtv
No in-app purchases
