PureCinema vs Aura
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
PureCinema
Discover and organize movies and TV shows with a vast database. Scan actor faces to find their work, build a personal library with ratings, and get tailored recommendations. Your data stays private and stored locally.
- Extensive movie and TV show database
- Actor face scanning for search
- Personal library with rating system
- Watchlist creation
- Personalized recommendations
- On-device data storage
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-= PureCinema V1.1 =- Search an extensive database containing millions of movies and TV shows. Scan actor faces to automatically search for their name. Add them to your library containing a rating system and a watchlist. Get recommendations for your next watch based off of your library. Purely your data. Stored on-device and never sent off.
Aura
This media player allows you to stream live TV, movies, and series from your own IPTV provider. It supports various playlist formats and offers a seamless viewing experience across multiple devices, remembering your playback progress.
- Plays live IPTV channels
- Supports Xtream Codes, Stalker, M3U
- 7-day Electronic Program Guide
- Browses Video-on-Demand libraries
- Cross-device playback continuity
- Saves favorite channels
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Aura is a free, cross-platform IPTV media player. Bring your own provider — Xtream Codes, Stalker middleware, or a plain M3U playlist — and play your live channels, movies, and series on every device you own. WHAT IT DOES - Plays live IPTV channels via Xtream Codes, Stalker Middleware, or M3U. - Shows a 7-day Electronic Program Guide where your provider supplies one. - Browses Video-on-Demand libraries from your provider. - Continues watching where you left off, across iPhone, iPad, and Mac. - Saves favorite channels for one-tap access. ABOUT THE APP - No content included. Aura is a player — you bring your own IPTV subscription. Think of it like a browser for IPTV streams. - No ads. No paid tiers. Free and free of upsells. - No tracking of what you watch. Anonymous telemetry covers playback reliability only (how long until the first frame, how often a stream rebuffered) — never which channel or which program. - Provider credentials are stored locally in Keychain. They never leave the device. WHO IT'S FOR - Subscribers of IPTV resellers and middleware providers who want a consistent, fast, modern player across their phone, tablet, and Mac. - Resellers who want a clean, white-label-ready player to ship to their customers without writing their own. DISCLAIMER - Aura does not provide, host, broadcast, or include any TV channels, movies, series, or other media content. It is a media player only — comparable to a web browser or VLC. - You must add your own IPTV subscription, portal, or playlist. You are solely responsible for the content you access and stream through the app. - Aura has no affiliation with any IPTV provider, broadcaster, or content owner whatsoever. - We do not endorse or encourage the streaming of copyright-protected material without permission of the rights holder. PRIVACY - See https://auravision.live/privacy for the full policy. - See https://auravision.live/terms for terms of service. NEED HELP? - Email support@auravision.live — tap "Email support" in Device & Subscription to auto-attach a redacted diagnostics snapshot. Aura is built by XLNC AI GLOBAL PRIVATE LIMITED. Re-sellers can ship the app under their own brand — contact resellers@auravision.live.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ratings volume: PureCinema at 6 against Aura's 1. Aura's advantage is iOS requirement (15.0 vs 18.6). On price, rating, update cadence and ads 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for PureCinema against 5.0 for Aura. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: PureCinema has 6 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
PureCinema ships an update fortnightly, Aura every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 9, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | PureCinema | Aura |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (6 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 6 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 18.6 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 34 MB | 83 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Kyle Wettlin | XLNC AI GLOBAL PRIVATE LIMITED |
Customer experience
PureCinema
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In-app purchases
PureCinema
No in-app purchases
Aura
No in-app purchases









