BestTV vs HIKBOX
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
BestTV
Stream live TV channels, shows, and sports using various IPTV subscription types like M3U playlists, Xtream Codes, and Stalker Portals. Organize your favorite channels, search for programs, and enjoy multi-screen support.
- Supports M3U and TXT IPTV playlists
- Xtream Codes and Stalker Portal support
- Multi Screen viewing
- Add channels to Favorites
- Search channel and EPG program
- iCloud backup
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Watching live TV channels, shows and sports. IPTV Subscription Types - M3U Playlists - Xtream Codes - Stalker Portal FEATURES - Supports most of the IPTV playlists with m3u/txt format - Supports Multi Screen - Add Channels to Favorites - Search Channel and EPG Programme - Supports EPG URLs with gzip/xz content - Supports change channel by top/down arrow key - Supports pin channel in playlists - Supports iCloud backup DISCLAIMER BestTV app does not provide any sources of TV channels! You need to add the playlist from your IPTV provider. FEEDBACK email: 708911473@qq.com telegram: t.me/tvabcde
HIKBOX
Securely back up and manage photos, videos, and other files from your smart storage device to your phone. Features auto-backup, intelligent picture recognition, and remote access from any device. Enjoy seamless file viewing, projection, and even video surveillance capabilities.
- Auto Backup and Classification
- Deep Learning Picture Recognition
- Remote Access Anytime, Anywhere
- Offline File Caching
- One-Touch Multimedia Projection
- Video Surveillance and Recording
- Baidu Netdisk Integration
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Hikbox is an app to manage smart storage device. With this app, you can share the information from the smart device to the mobile phone more conveniently, and realize the safe storage for photo, video, contacts, etc. what’s more, you can upload pictures in the camera or USB flash disk to this app automatically, and it is easy to be shared. 1. Auto Backup, Auto Classification It can enable auto backup of phone album quickly to release phone memory. The backup files can be classified automatically. You don’t need to worry about insufficient free space or phone loss. 2. Deep Learning, Picture Recognition Supports smart classification for pictures to People, Thing, Location with deep learning technology. 3. Accessible to You Anytime and Anywhere View or get files via mobile phone or computer anytime and anywhere. The intelligent compression on pictures requires less bandwidth, to provide a better experience. Support online playing with any mainstream multi-media format. 4. Download Offline Resource Control the home device remotely with the app to download blockbusters- no matter where you are. 5. One-Touch Multimedia Projection Support one-touch projection via multiple ways like DLAN/AirPlay, from which you can enjoy a high definition video at home. 6. Video Surveillance, Real-Time Recording Support connecting to the network camera to realize high definition and reliable video surveillance, and recording at home. 7. Connect Baidu Netdisk Support Baidu Netdisk, to which you can transmit local file, such as video, picture to Baidu Netdisk. 8. View Files Online and Offline View files in multiple formats (word, excel, ppt, pdf, text, etc.) online anytime and anywhere. Also you can cache files into your mobile phone and view them offline. 9. Decompress File Online Supports decompressing zip. or tar. format package within 4 GB online. Operating system: iOS 8.0 or above version. Compatible with iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch. Note: When Auto Background Backup is enabled, the GPS keeps connected even when the app is switched to background. The app will detect and backup latest album automatically if the location is changed. And more battery is consumed.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: HIKBOX at Free against BestTV's $4.99. HIKBOX also leads on iOS requirement (13 vs 17.0). BestTV's advantage is review sentiment (57% vs 17%) and update cadence (every 5 days vs every 6 weeks). On rating, ratings volume, 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
HIKBOX is free to download; BestTV costs $4.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
HIKBOX holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 4.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 18 and 28 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 57% of BestTV's written reviews are positive against 17% of HIKBOX's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
BestTV ships an update every 5 days, HIKBOX every 6 weeks. Both last shipped on October 27, 2026.
| Parameter | BestTV | HIKBOX |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $4.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 4.3 (18 ratings) | 4.5 (28 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 57.1% of reviews — better | 16.7% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 18 | 28 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 5 days — better | Every 6 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple TV — better | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 13 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 100 MB | 272 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | 文亮 马 | 武汉海康存储技术有限公司 |
Customer experience
BestTV
HIKBOX
In-app purchases
BestTV
No in-app purchases
HIKBOX
No in-app purchases
