Comparison

IPTV Player vs Kidube

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

Head to head
About

IPTV Player

Stream live TV, movies, and series using your own M3U or Xtream Codes playlists. This modern and fast player offers broad compatibility, easy playlist management, and privacy protection.

Highlights
  • Supports M3U, M3U8, and Xtream Codes playlists
  • Modern and clean user interface
  • Playlist management and auto-update
  • App Lock for privacy protection
  • Multilingual support
  • Resume playback instantly
Features
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M3U Player Pro is a media player for your own playlists. Play content from your personal M3U, M3U8, or Xtream Codes playlists in one app. You can add playlists, organize them, manage favorites, and continue playback from where you stopped. Playlist Support - Add and play your own M3U and M3U8 playlists - Connect using your own Xtream Codes account details - Upload, edit, and update playlists - Access live channels, movies, and series available through your playlists - Add items to your favorites - Resume playback when supported by the media source - Protect access to your saved playlists with App Lock M3U Player Pro supports multiple languages, including English, Turkish, French, German, Spanish, and Arabic. Important Information M3U Player Pro is a media player only. It does not provide, include, sell, or distribute IPTV channels, movies, series, playlists, or other media content. You must add your own M3U, M3U8, or Xtream Codes playlists. The availability, quality, and legality of the content depend on the playlist or service you use. You are responsible for ensuring that your playlists and the content accessed through them comply with applicable laws and copyright requirements. Advertising and Data The app contains advertising. Limited information, such as device identifiers, advertising identifiers, and analytics data, may be shared with trusted third-party partners to support advertising, performance monitoring, and issue detection. Personal data is processed only when necessary for these purposes. M3U Player Pro provides the player. Your playlists, sources, and content remain your responsibility. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Kidube

This is a controlled video platform for families where parents curate all content their children watch. It offers an ad-free experience and robust parental controls for safe screen time.

Highlights
  • Parent-curated video content
  • Ad-free viewing experience
  • No open browsing or search
  • Individual child profiles
  • Screen time limits
  • Remote play/pause controls
Features
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Kidube — the family video app you actually control. Kidube is an ad-free, parent-curated video platform where your children only ever see the videos you've chosen. No open browsing, no search, and no surprises — just the content you approve, delivered through a beautiful app that makes screen time calm instead of stressful. Parents choose Kidube because it removes everything that makes screen time hard. Videos in Kidube's own library never show ads — not before, during, or after — so your kids get screen time without the marketing. You pick every video, curating exactly what each child watches; nothing appears in your kid's feed unless you put it there. And because there's no search and no open browsing, kids can't wander their way into content you didn't choose. The autoplay-into-anything problem is simply gone. The app is built around your family rather than around accounts. Kids aren't accounts — each child simply taps their own profile on your unlocked device, with a name, avatar, and age band that you set. Built-in parental controls let you manage screen-time limits and per-kid settings, keep grown-up mode protected behind a parent PIN or pattern, and use live controls to play, pause, or turn off the screen right from your phone. Above all, Kidube puts safety first. No content ever reaches a child without review, and there are no third-party ad or tracking SDKs anywhere in the kids' experience. Kidube is for member households: open the app, sign in, and everything syncs to every device — each child's profile and feed, your curation, your limits and controls. Fill each feed from Kidube's ad-free library, or paste a link to add a video from around the web (linked videos play through their source's official player and can include that platform's ads). Hand the device to your child, and they'll only ever see what you approved. Kidube Family — auto-renewing membership • €4.99 per month, per household, after a 7-day free trial • Length: 1 month; renews automatically unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period • Payment is charged to your Apple Account at confirmation of purchase; manage or cancel any time in Settings → your name → Subscriptions • Any unused portion of a free trial is forfeited when you buy the subscription Privacy Policy: https://kidube.com/privacy Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

IPTV Player3 screens
Kidube4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Kidube at none against IPTV Player's shown. Kidube also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.6) and update cadence (every 2 days vs every 5 days). On price, ratings volume, in-app purchases and device support 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

Both are free to download. IPTV Player sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month and Kidube sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $3.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Kidube holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.6. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 14 and 7 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 88% of IPTV Player's written reviews are positive against 100% of Kidube's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

IPTV Player ships an update every 5 days, Kidube every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on November 4, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
IPTV Player versus Kidube: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterIPTV PlayerKidube
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (14 ratings)5.0 (7 ratings) — better
Positive reviews87.5% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings14 — better7
Update frequencyEvery 5 daysEvery 2 days — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationAd-supportedFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.1 — better16.0
Further details — not scored
Size96 MB55 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperTUGCE BASTUGGhoncha Online Services Company

Customer experience

IPTV Player

All ratings10 ratings
Positive90.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative10.0%
Written reviews24 reviews
Positive87.5%
Neutral0.0%
Negative12.5%

Kidube

All ratings6 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews5 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

2 purchases

IPTV Player

Subscriptions2
  • Ad-Free Monthly$1.991 Month
  • Ad-Free Annual$9.991 Year
1 purchases

Kidube

Subscriptions1
  • Kidube Family7 Days trial$3.991 Month

Questions

Is IPTV Player free?
IPTV Player is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Kidube free?
Kidube is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, IPTV Player or Kidube?
Kidube is rated higher. IPTV Player averages 4.6 out of 5 from 14 ratings, while Kidube averages 5.0 from 7 ratings.
Do IPTV Player or Kidube have ads?
IPTV Player shows ads; Kidube does not.
Which is updated more often, IPTV Player or Kidube?
IPTV Player ships an update every 5 days, and Kidube every 2 days. Most recently, IPTV Player was updated on November 4, 2026 and Kidube on October 31, 2026.

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