TvhClient vs TeeVee
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
TvhClient
Watch, manage, and record live TV from your TVHeadend server. Features include timeshifting, channel browsing, recording management, and server administration. Integrates with Siri and Shortcuts for seamless control.
- Live TV with timeshift
- Browse EPG and channel guides
- Record and manage recordings
- Server administration and status
- Siri and Shortcuts integration
- Picture-in-Picture and background audio
- Cross-device sync
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TvhClient is a full client for your TVHeadend server: watch live TV, rewind it, browse the guide, and manage your recordings from your iPhone or iPad. WATCH • Live TV with a built-in player: pause and rewind live TV with timeshift, see the programme under the playhead, and switch channels without leaving the player • Choose your playback engine, VLCKit 4 or mpv, separately for live TV and recordings. Both deinterlace. • Picture in Picture, background audio, a draggable mini player, and a statistics overlay • Pick audio and subtitle tracks. TvhClient remembers them per channel, and remembers where you stopped in a recording. • Transcoding profiles, and an audio-only mode that picks a suitable profile for you • Connects over HTSP (timeshift, instant updates) or the HTTP API. TvhClient works out which one your network supports. BROWSE • Channel groups, channels with now/next and progress, and each channel's programmes by day • "Now" shows what is on across all channels, with search and filters by group and channel • EPG now standard in iPhone, and you can rotate to landscape RECORD • Record with one tap, or create and edit recordings and AutoRec rules in editors built from your server's own settings • Upcoming, Completed, Failed, Removed and AutoRec lists, with folders • Play recordings with seeking, straight from the list ADMINISTER • Status: subscriptions, tuner inputs, networks, muxes and services • The live server log, and the app's own diagnostics EVERYWHERE • Siri and Shortcuts: "Play BBC One in TvhClient", "What's on now?", "Record this" • Spotlight search for channels, recordings and programmes • Widgets and a Live Activity for recordings • CarPlay audio, for listening to your channels in the car • Optional iCloud storage for your servers, and sync of track choices and resume positions with the Apple TV app • Several servers, with Bonjour discovery. A server can name a public address to fall back on when you're away from home. • A redesigned interface for iOS 26, with a Help section in Settings. It also runs on Apple Silicon Macs as an iPad app. Works with tvheadend 3.2 and up. Transcoding needs tvheadend 4.x profiles. HTSP timeshift needs timeshift enabled on the server. Also available for Apple TV. Your audio and subtitle choices and recording resume positions sync between them. Support: tvhclient@gmail.com or http://chat.tvhclient.com
TeeVee
Stream live TV, manage recordings, and browse program guides from your TVHeadend server. Offers full HD and 4K passthrough with advanced DVR management and multi-server support. Enjoy a native experience across all Apple devices.
- Live TV streaming (HD/4K)
- Program guide (EPG) timeline
- DVR management and series rules
- Multi-server support
- Channel organization and favorites
- Server monitoring
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This app is a native client for TVHeadend servers. Stream live TV, manage recordings, browse the program guide, and control your DVR Built with SwiftUI and designed to feel at home on every platform, this is the most complete TVHeadend client available for Apple devices. LIVE TV STREAMING Stream any channel in real time with full HD and 4K passthrough. Select between audio tracks and subtitles, continue listening in the background, or dial in quality with per-profile transcoding and bandwidth control. A built-in HTTPS proxy keeps remote streaming secure. PROGRAM GUIDE A visual EPG timeline grid shows what is on across every channel at a glance. Dive into detailed program info, search by title, browse per-channel schedules, and schedule recordings directly from any listing. DVR MANAGEMENT Browse upcoming, finished, and failed recordings. Schedule one-time recordings, create series rules (autorec) and timer-based rules (timerec), play back finished recordings with resume support, and cancel or clean up recordings in a tap. MULTI-SERVER SUPPORT Connect to multiple TVHeadend servers and switch between them quickly. Configure stream profiles per server, with support for HTTP, HTTPS, and both Basic and Digest authentication. CHANNEL ORGANIZATION Favorite channels for quick access, sort by name or number, filter by server-defined tags, search by name, and let the app pull logos automatically from public icon databases. SERVER MONITORING View server info and software version, monitor active connections and subscriptions, and check tuner status including signal strength, SNR, and error rates -- all updated in real time. MULTIPLATFORM Buy once, use everywhere. Every platform gets a fully native experience. BUILT RIGHT Native Swift and SwiftUI throughout. iCloud sync for server configurations. No accounts, no subscriptions, no ads, no data collected. WHAT IS TVHEADEND? TVHeadend is free, open-source server software that turns a TV tuner or IPTV source into a streaming and recording server on your home network. You run TVHeadend on your own hardware, connect your own TV source, and this app gives you a polished interface to watch and manage everything. This app requires a running TVHeadend server. It does not include or provide any TV content. This app is not affiliated with or endorsed by the TVHeadend open-source project
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: TvhClient at Free against TeeVee's $2.99. TvhClient also leads on review sentiment (85% vs 50%) and iOS requirement (16.0 vs 26.0). TeeVee's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 4) and device support (5 vs 3). On update cadence and ads 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
TvhClient is free to download; TeeVee costs $2.99 up front. TvhClient sells 4 one-off in-app purchases. TeeVee asks for nothing beyond the download.
TvhClient ships an update every 5 weeks, TeeVee every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | TvhClient | TeeVee |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $2.99 |
| Rating | 4.3 (26 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 84.9% of reviews — better | 50.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 26 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free — better | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Apple TV | iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple TV, Vision Pro — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 — better | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 102 MB | 118 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Luis Fernandes | RanduSoft SRL |
Customer experience
TvhClient
TeeVee
Bugs and requests
TvhClient
Reported bugs
14 issues- Garbled code in English
- Sound plays in background when switching out of app
- Blank screen appears upon returning to app
- DVB subtitles don’t work on Internal VLC
- Internal VLC player bug: video goes black on system UI interaction
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- Sound keeps playing when switching between apps, picture blank on return
- Picture blank when certain system dialogs appear
- EPG from tvheadend v4.2 shows 'null' for program titles
- Guide scrolls too fast and lags on Apple TV
- Cannot watch recording while recording without reloading
- V/A not in sync with HomePod AirPlay
- Software crashes when watching recording on iPad 2
- Scalability issues with 400+ channels (scrolling, guide loading)
- Status bar in the way on full screen (iPad Pro 9.7)
Requested features
18 requests- Grid guide option
- Option to change icon backgrounds
- iOS Picture in Picture support
- Chromecast support
- Ability to navigate whole EPG
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- Overlay guide like in Kodi
- Time shift functionality
- Different transcoding options
- Better EPG UI (table view)
- Search from EPG screen
- Filtering UI for channels
- Full screen without status bar
- Casting channel to Chromecast
- Option to change icon backgrounds
- Picture in Picture native iOS support
- Chromecast support return
- Full EPG matrix view
- Dark mode option
TeeVee
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
TvhClient
- Llama Thanks$0.99
- Thanks a Sloth$1.99
- Whale of Thanks$2.99
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- Apple TV Full App$4.99
TeeVee
No in-app purchases








