CMSPlayer vs Velora
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
CMSPlayer
This app provides a seamless playback experience for VOD sources, offering features like playback speed adjustment, AirPlay, and Picture in Picture. It allows users to manage multiple sources, search for content, and track watch history. Optimized for Apple devices, it integrates with iCloud for cross-platform syncing.
- Seamless playback experience
- Playback speed adjustment
- AirPlay and Picture in Picture support
- Manage multiple VOD sources
- Aggregate search with history
- iCloud sync across platforms
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Cross-platform player for VOD sources. # Show and Episodes - Seamless play experience - Native app UI/UX, optimized for iPhone and iPad - Display shows in grid or list - Browse show details including actors and descriptions - Quickly navigate to an episode with segment or season selection - Sort episodes alphabetically or in reverse order # Play experience - Playback speed adjustment - AirPlay, Picture in Picture, SharePlay - Auto-play next episode - Pan horizontally to adjust playback progress - Pan vertically to adjust brightness and volume - Skip intro and outro with manual configuration - Auto-playback from last seen timestamp - tvOS/visionOS: Next episode button in info view # Search - Aggregate search - Search history - Option to enable exact match # Manage my stuff - Favorite - Watch history - Navigate to show from history # Source management - Manage multiple sources - Edit, delete or sort sources - Hide certain sources - Import sources from JSON - Export sources to JSON - Manually add source # Apple feature integration - iCloud sync across all platforms (can be disabled) - tvOS TopShelf Icon Attribution: Television icons created by Freepik - Flaticon https://www.flaticon.com/free-icons/television Disclaimer: This app doesn't provide, contain or distribute any VOD or video sources. All sources are provided and entered by the users. Users must provide copyright-free contents or ensure they have acquired the copyrights to play videos in CMSPlayer.
Velora
This IPTV player offers a fast, stable, and intuitive way to enjoy your favorite content on iOS devices. It allows for easy setup, personalized organization of channels and media, and smart content management for a seamless viewing experience.
- Xtream Codes compatibility for quick setup
- High-quality playback with VLCMobile engine
- Content organization and personalization
- Channel and media hiding options
- Smart channel name optimization
- Favorite show notifications
- Progress tracking for movies and series
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If you use IPTV on your iPhone or iPad, you know how important it is to have a fast, stable, and easy-to-use player. With Velora, enjoying your favorite content is easier than ever. Set up your account in seconds with Xtream Codes compatibility. Enjoy smooth and high-quality playback with the VLCMobile engine. Organize your content your way: sort categories, change channel logos, and personalize the interface with various themes. Hide what you don’t need: ignore channels, movies, or series so they don’t even update. Keep your channel list clean with our smart algorithm that automatically optimizes names. Never miss a thing: receive notifications when your favorite show starts. Track your progress in movies and series to pick up right where you left off. With Velora, your IPTV adapts to you. Forget limitations and enjoy an easy, intuitive, and fully personalized experience. Download it now and give it a try. We’re sure you’ll love it!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Velora at Free against CMSPlayer's $2.99. Velora also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 80%) and update cadence (every 3 days vs every 9 days). CMSPlayer's advantage is ratings volume (156 vs 4) and device support (4 vs 2). On ads, in-app purchases 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
Velora is free to download; CMSPlayer costs $2.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Velora holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: CMSPlayer has 156 ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 80% of CMSPlayer's written reviews are positive against 100% of Velora's.
CMSPlayer ships an update every 9 days, Velora every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on September 22, 2026 and August 18, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | CMSPlayer | Velora |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $2.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 4.8 (156 ratings) | 5.0 (4 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 80.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 156 — better | 4 |
| Update frequency | Every 9 days | Every 3 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Apple TV, Vision Pro — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 — better | 17.2 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 5 MB | 40 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Yuzhou Zhuang | Alvaro Fernandez Cascajosa |
Customer experience
CMSPlayer
Velora
In-app purchases
CMSPlayer
No in-app purchases
Velora
No in-app purchases
