Comparison

Fred TV vs Loft

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

Head to head
About

Fred TV

This application allows users to import and manage IPTV channels from various sources. It offers fast performance, low memory usage, and the ability to add favorite channels.

Highlights
  • Import IPTV channels from M3U File, M3U link, Xtream
  • Supports multiple IPTV sources
  • Low RAM usage and fast speeds
  • Instant channel search
  • Refresh IPTV sources
  • Add channels to favorites
Features
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Fred TV is the best open-source IPTV app. It's ultra fast and super simple to use. Our open-source commitment means this application is truly yours, forever. - Import your IPTV channels from any source (M3U File, M3U link, Xtream) - Multi IPTV sources - Super low RAM usage, crazy speeds, and instant search - Refresh your sources when you need it - Add channels to favorites

About

Loft

Features
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Loft is a native player for the media account you already own. Add it once and Loft turns it into a proper library: films, series and live channels, searchable in an instant, with artwork, descriptions and everything you are part way through in one place. Loft does not include, sell or recommend any content. It plays what your own account gives you access to. A REAL LIBRARY Favorites, a watchlist, lists of your own and a Continue Watching shelf that survives your provider reshuffling its catalogue. Loft remembers the title, not the link. PLAYS WHAT OTHERS REFUSE Matroska, AVI and transport streams play as they are. Loft rewrites the container on the device as it goes, so the picture starts while the rest is still being prepared. Audio tracks and subtitles appear in the system menus you already know. INSTANT, BECAUSE IT IS ALL HERE Your catalogue is stored on the device. Browsing, filtering and search never wait on a slow connection, and search answers as you type. THE PLAYER YOU ALREADY KNOW Picture in Picture, AirPlay and full screen, with the system controls and gestures Apple built. On Apple TV it is made for a remote rather than squeezed onto one. EVERY SCREEN, ONE LIBRARY Turn on sync and your watchlist, your lists and your place in everything arrive on your iPhone, iPad, Mac and Apple TV. It travels through your own iCloud, encrypted end to end. Nobody else can read it, including us. RESPECTS YOUR CONNECTION Most accounts allow one stream at a time. Loft gives the connection back the moment you stop, tells you which of your devices is using it, and lets you take over. PRIVATE BY DESIGN No account to create. No tracking. No analytics. Your details live in the Keychain and the only server Loft talks to is the one you typed in. Try it before you type anything: a few openly licensed short films ship inside the app. Works with Xtream compatible accounts.

Screenshots

Fred TV4 screens
Loft4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Loft at Free against Fred TV's $3.99. Fred TV's advantage is iOS requirement (13.0 vs 18.0). On ads, 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

Loft is free to download; Fred TV costs $3.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Fred TV versus Loft: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFred TVLoft
Price$3.99Free — better
Rating5.0 (7 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews46.2% of reviews—
Number of ratings7 — better—
Update frequencyMonthly—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaid—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, Apple TV
Requires iOS13.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size47 MB19 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperFrederic LachapelleEduards Abisevs

In-app purchases

None

Fred TV

No in-app purchases

None

Loft

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Fred TV free?
Fred TV costs $3.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Loft free?
Loft is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Fred TV or Loft have ads?
Neither Fred TV nor Loft shows ads.

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