Comparison

XPTV vs True Retail Therapy

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

XPTV

This application allows users to subscribe to m3u links for access to a wide variety of TV channels. It supports numerous streaming formats and advanced display technologies like 4K and HDR.

Highlights
  • IPTV client
  • M3U link subscription
  • Supports m3u8, hls, mp4, mov
  • IPV6 support
  • 4K, HDR, HDR10, HDR10+, Dolby Vision support
Features
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XPTV is an easy-to-use IPTV client. • Subscribe to m3u links to access more TV channels • Support almost all streaming formats, including m3u8, hls, mp4, and mov • Support IPV6 • Support 4k, HDR, HDR10, HDR10+, Dolby Vision Terms of use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Email: bbc6bae9@gmail.com

About

True Retail Therapy

Experience the thrill of online shopping without any real-world consequences. Browse, fill your cart, and complete checkout with a simulated persona and a fake credit card. Enjoy the ritual of shopping with no guilt, no bills, and no real money spent.

Highlights
  • Simulated online shopping
  • Fake persona and credit card
  • No real money or consequences
  • Curated product catalog
  • Simulated store credit card
  • No accounts or tracking
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Retail Therapy is a shopping app that lets you do everything you love about online shopping; Browse, compare, read reviews, fill your cart, hit checkout, with absolutely nothing you hate; No real money. No bills. No real consequences. Just the satisfying ritual. Open the app and you're handed a synthetic persona: A believable name, address, and demo card, so the checkout forms have something to fill them. Everything you'd be asked to enter on a real shopping site is already there, made up. The credit card is fake. The order is fake. The "delivery" is a sequence of polite local notifications about a parcel that doesn't exist. Return to the app to add reviews to products that have been delivered and watch your rating affect the overall product rating. A QUIETLY CURATED CATALOG Hundreds of products across apothecary, audio & hi-fi, kitchen, fashion, objects, furniture, tabletop, makeup, games, and toys. Every product has a name, a brand, a price, photos, specs, and customer reviews. All generated, all clearly fictional but with the feel of genuine products. Filter by price, sort by rating, save favorites to a wishlist, browse editorial collections like "Cozy at home," "Hi-fi starter kit," "First apartment," and "The slow kitchen." THE RETAIL THERAPY CARD Apply for a simulated store credit card. Fill out a 30-second application, watch the brief approval workflow live, and get approved at a credit limit picked from your fictional income. Charge orders against it, pay it down whenever, close it and apply again at a different tier if you want a different look. No interest, no late fees, no minimums, no real money. Just the ritual of a credit card without any of the consequences, just another thing to feel good about. NO ACCOUNTS, NO TRACKING, NO REAL DATA Retail Therapy never asks for your real name, email, or payment information. There's nothing to enter. Your wishlist, cart, persona, and order history live on your device only. There's no account to create, no login to remember, no data syncing to a server. No advertisements, no third-party trackers, no analytics SDKs. Delete the app and the only trace will be a happier afternoon. DESIGNED FOR THE PACING, NOT THE PURCHASE Every detail is built to extend the experience, not to monetize it. Orders move through real shipping stages over an hour. Sale items rotate daily. Reviews read like real reviews. Brand pages, collections, badges... the small affordances that make a shopping site feel real are all here, working exactly the way they would on a site where the bag actually arrives at your door. Therapy through shopping. No bills. No guilt.

Screenshots

XPTV3 screens
True Retail Therapy4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: XPTV at Free against True Retail Therapy's $0.99. XPTV also leads on update cadence (every 4 days vs every 2 months) and device support (4 vs 2). True Retail Therapy's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 3) and chart position (#200 vs unranked). On rating, ratings volume, ads 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

XPTV is free to download; True Retail Therapy costs $0.99 up front. XPTV sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. True Retail Therapy asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for XPTV against 5.0 for True Retail Therapy. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 2 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

XPTV ships an update every 4 days, True Retail Therapy every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 3, 2026 and October 21, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 5 level
XPTV versus True Retail Therapy: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterXPTVTrue Retail Therapy
PriceFree — better$0.99
Rating5.0 (1 ratings)5.0 (2 ratings)
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings12 — better
Update frequencyEvery 4 days — betterEvery 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases — betterPaid
Best chart rank—#200 — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Vision Pro — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS1615.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size48 MB40 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developer红玲 张Jay Vlavianos

Customer experience

XPTV

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

True Retail Therapy

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

3 purchases

XPTV

Subscriptions3
  • Monthly1 Month trial$0.991 Month
  • Quarterly1 Month trial$1.993 Months
  • Yearly1 Month trial$3.991 Year
None

True Retail Therapy

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is XPTV free?
XPTV is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is True Retail Therapy free?
True Retail Therapy costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, XPTV or True Retail Therapy?
XPTV and True Retail Therapy are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 1 and 2 ratings respectively.
Do XPTV or True Retail Therapy have ads?
Neither XPTV nor True Retail Therapy shows ads.
Which is updated more often, XPTV or True Retail Therapy?
XPTV ships an update every 4 days, and True Retail Therapy every 2 months. Most recently, XPTV was updated on October 3, 2026 and True Retail Therapy on October 21, 2026.

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