Comparison

Streama vs IronTV

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

Head to head
About

Streama

Features
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Your content. Your sources. One powerful player. Streama is a fast and elegant IPTV and media player built for iPhone, iPad, and Apple TV. Add your own sources and enjoy Live TV, VOD, series, catch-up, and TV Guide in one beautifully designed app. Its modern playback engine has been carefully optimized for fast channel startup, smooth zapping, stable playback, and compatibility with both standard and less conventional IPTV streams. Key Features • Multiple Source Types Add and manage M3U playlists, Xtream Codes accounts, and supported Stalker Portal sources in one place. • Live TV, VOD & Series Browse live channels, movies, and series from your own provider using a consistent interface across all supported Apple devices. • Fast, Reliable Playback Enjoy quick channel switching, intelligent buffering, automatic stream recovery, and improved audio/video synchronization. • Smart TV Guide Use integrated XMLTV and provider EPG data to see what is currently playing and what is coming next. • Catch-up & Archive Watch previously aired programs when catch-up is available from your provider. • Powerful Playback Controls Resume watching, seek through supported content, select audio tracks and subtitles, and adjust the picture to your screen. • Stream Doctor Get clearer information when a stream is unavailable, unsupported, or temporarily unable to connect. • Search & Personalization Quickly find channels, programs, movies, and series. Organize favorites, pinned content, recent channels, and Continue Watching. • iCloud Sync Keep supported sources, favorites, settings, viewing history, and playback progress synchronized across your Apple devices. • Designed for Apple Devices A tailored experience for iPhone, iPad, and Apple TV, including background audio and an optimized large-screen interface. Some features require Streama Pro or Pro Plus. Content availability, formats, TV Guide data, catch-up, subtitles, and audio tracks depend on your provider. IMPORTANT DISCLAIMER Streama is a media player and does not provide, sell, recommend, or include any channels, playlists, subscriptions, accounts, or media content. Users must provide their own legally obtained content sources, such as an M3U playlist or compatible provider credentials. Streama is not affiliated with any third-party content provider and does not support or promote unauthorized access to copyrighted content. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

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IronTV

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IronTV is a clean, native player for the Xtream Codes IPTV service you already subscribe to. It ships with no channels and no content — you provide the playlist URL from your own provider, and IronTV does the rest. FEATURES • One-step setup — paste the M3U playlist URL your provider gives you; IronTV reads the server and your credentials from it and validates them. The playlist file itself is never downloaded. • Browse by category, see every channel at once, or jump to your Favorites. • Instant search across your whole channel list. • Reliable live playback with automatic reconnection: if a stream stalls or freezes, IronTV recovers on its own. • Broad format support — channels that need it fall back to a built-in VLC engine, so more of your streams just play. • Full-screen viewing, remembers your last channel, and resumes where you left off. • Your account syncs privately across your devices through iCloud. Credentials are stored only in your Keychain — never on any server of ours. • Tune buffering and reconnection to match your connection. IronTV is a media player only. It does not provide, host, or sell any channels, subscriptions, or content. You are responsible for the service you connect it to and for holding the rights to what you watch. Requires a subscription from a compatible Xtream Codes provider.

Screenshots

Streama4 screens
IronTV4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: IronTV at none against Streama's 2. On price, update cadence, ads 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. Streama sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. IronTV asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Streama ships an update every 5 days, IronTV every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 16, 2026 and October 2, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 5 level
Streama versus IronTV: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterStreamaIronTV
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 5 daysEvery 4 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple TViPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple TV
Requires iOS16.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size21 MB40 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperEMTOUCH MARCIN MYNARCZYKJoaquin Bejar Garcia

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Streama

Subscriptions1
  • Streama Pro+$0.991 Month
One-time1
  • Streama Pro$9.99
None

IronTV

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Streama free?
Streama is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is IronTV free?
IronTV is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Streama or IronTV have ads?
Neither Streama nor IronTV shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Streama or IronTV?
Streama ships an update every 5 days, and IronTV every 4 days. Most recently, Streama was updated on October 16, 2026 and IronTV on October 2, 2026.

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