Play IPTV Player vs Anthropod Player
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Play IPTV Player
This app provides a smooth and navigable interface for managing and viewing IPTV content from your own accounts or links. It supports various formats and offers quick search functionality for live events, movies, and series.
- Supports M3U, M3U8, Xtream API formats
- Quick search for channels and content
- Add content to favorites
- Smooth and easy-to-navigate interface
- AirPlay support
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The best IPTV user experience available on the App Store. Add your IPTV accounts or links (WE DO NOT PROVIDE CONTENT) and enjoy your content. Whether it's live events or on-demand content (movies and series), everything will be sorted in a readable and easy-to-navigate manner. - Supports all standard formats (M3U, M3U8, Xtream API, etc.) - Quick search among your channels, categories, episodes, seasons, … - Add to favorites! - Smooth interface - AirPlay (audio) Please note that Play IPTV Player does not provide any content; it is up to you to add your IPTV accounts. Neither Play IPTV Player nor its founder are responsible for your content. Terms of use: https://rthlabs.com/files/apps/play-iptv-player/terms_of_use.pdf Privacy policy: https://rthlabs.com/files/apps/play-iptv-player/privacy.pdf
Anthropod Player
Discover and stream music, videos, and art from independent artists. Create personalized playlists and explore new content on this mobile extension of a multimedia platform. It's designed to help artists connect with a wider audience.
- Music streaming
- Video streaming
- Art streaming
- Playlist creation
- Content discovery
- Artist promotion
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Anthropod Player is a multimedia streaming platform and the mobile extension of Anthropod.io. It enables artists to reach a broader audience by offering music, video, and art streaming. Users can create playlists, search for new content, and more.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Play IPTV Player at none against Anthropod Player's shown. Play IPTV Player also leads on ratings volume (64 vs 3). Anthropod Player's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.5). On price, update cadence, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. Play IPTV Player sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month and Anthropod Player sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $4.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Anthropod Player holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Play IPTV Player has 64 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Play IPTV Player ships an update every 3 weeks, Anthropod Player monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 22, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Play IPTV Player | Anthropod Player |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (64 ratings) | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 58.3% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 64 — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks — better | Monthly |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 13.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 66 MB | 39 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Quentin Rathonie | Termnl Tech Corp |
Customer experience
Play IPTV Player
Anthropod Player
In-app purchases
Play IPTV Player
- Monthly Susbcription3 Days trial$0.991 Month
- Monthly$2.991 Month
- Annual$17.991 Year
- Lifetime access$24.99
Anthropod Player
- Anthropod+$4.991 Month
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