Comparison

Awesome IPTV vs SNPlayer

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

Head to head
About

Awesome IPTV

This IPTV player allows you to watch live TV, movies, and series on your Apple devices. It supports Xtream Codes and M3U playlists, offering features like EPG, favorites, and background audio. A single subscription provides access across all your Apple devices.

Highlights
  • Live TV, Movies, and Series playback
  • Xtream Codes and M3U playlist support
  • Electronic Program Guide (EPG)
  • Favorites and folder organization
  • Background audio playback
  • Cross-platform subscription
Features
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Awesome IPTV is a player for iPhone, iPad, and Apple TV. It does not provide channels, playlists, or media. Add your own Xtream Codes account or import an M3U playlist to watch content you are authorized to access. WATCH YOUR OWN IPTV • Live TV, movies, and series • Xtream Codes and M3U playlist support • Electronic program guide (EPG) • Search, favorites, folders, and watch history • AirPlay and Chromecast on supported devices • Picture in Picture on supported iPhone and iPad playback routes • Background audio and Now Playing controls where supported CAPTIONS AND TRANSLATION Use subtitle tracks supplied by the stream whenever available. For supported live streams, you may optionally request generated captions or translation. Awesome IPTV first uses suitable stream or on-device capabilities and only sends short audio segments or subtitle text to Meridian and enabled AI providers when cloud processing is required and you have consented. Cloud-generated captions and translation use AI Hours. Purchased AI Hours do not expire and there are no automatic overages. Native stream subtitles and supported on-device processing do not use AI Hours. ONE PLAYBACK SUBSCRIPTION A base subscription unlocks playback on iPhone, iPad, and Apple TV and supports Apple Family Sharing. AI Hours are separate consumables and are not shared through Family Sharing. PRIVACY AND CONTROL Your IPTV credentials and playlists are stored locally on your device. Cloud AI remains optional and off until you choose it and consent. Review processing details and current providers at https://merid.live/privacy and https://merid.live/subprocessors. Awesome IPTV does not provide, host, or endorse media sources. You are responsible for using playlists and services you have the right to access.

About

SNPlayer

Stream your M3U playlists with this intuitive player for live TV, movies, and series. Enjoy buffer-free HD playback, organized content, and a user-friendly interface with gesture controls. Supports AirPlay and Picture-in-Picture for seamless viewing across devices.

Highlights
  • M3U/M3U8 playlist support
  • Xtream Codes login
  • Live TV and VOD streaming
  • EPG TV Guide
  • AirPlay and Picture-in-Picture
  • Gesture controls
  • Parental controls
Features
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SNPlayer plays your own M3U and Xtream Codes playlists on iPhone and iPad. You bring the playlist, SNPlayer turns it into an app: live TV with categories and favourites, a TV guide, and your movies and series on a poster wall that remembers where you stopped. YOUR PLAYLISTS Add M3U and M3U8 playlists by URL, or sign in with Xtream Codes. SNPlayer keeps the categories your playlist already has, so channels, movies and series land where they belong. Channel logos come from the playlist when it carries them, and from a clean numbered tile when it does not. LIVE TV Browse by category, star the channels you actually watch, and switch channel from inside the player. Now and next appear on the channel rows as soon as an EPG is loaded. TV GUIDE A full timeline with a now line, a day picker, and a reminder you can set for a programme that has not started yet. The guide is only as good as the EPG your provider supplies, and SNPlayer tells you when there is none instead of showing empty rows. MOVIES AND SERIES Posters, genres and search. Series are grouped by season and episode. Continue watching picks up where you left off, and My List keeps the things you meant to get back to. SEARCH One search across channels, movies and series, with the live results kept apart from the on demand ones. PICTURE IN PICTURE AND AIRPLAY HLS and MP4 streams play in Picture in Picture and send picture and sound to Apple TV over AirPlay. Streams that need the fallback engine, which is MPEG TS, MKV, RTMP and the other formats AVFoundation cannot open at all, play inside the app, and there AirPlay carries the sound only. PROFILES Profiles live on the device, each with its own My List, continue watching and recents. Nothing is uploaded and there is no account to make. FOR LATE EVENINGS A sleep timer that stops playback after 15 to 120 minutes. A PIN lock on the app. Dark and light with four accent colours, and a layout built for both iPhone and iPad. FREE • one playlist • live TV with categories and favourites • search • one profile SNPLAYER PRO • unlimited playlists • the full TV guide • movies and series, with My List and continue watching • profiles • Picture in Picture • AirPlay • sleep timer • PIN lock Pro is a monthly or yearly subscription, or a one time lifetime purchase. Prices are set by the App Store for your country and are shown in the app before you buy anything, so see in-app for the current price in your currency. Payment is charged to your Apple Account at confirmation of purchase. A subscription renews automatically unless it is cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period, and it can be managed or cancelled in Settings, Apple Account, Subscriptions. The lifetime purchase is paid once and does not renew. Anyone who already bought Pro in an earlier version keeps it. SNPlayer is a media player. We do not provide, host or distribute any TV channels, streams or media content, and there is nothing to watch in the app until you add a playlist you obtained legally yourself. Privacy policy: https://snplayer.app/privacy.html Terms of use: https://snplayer.app/terms.html

Screenshots

Awesome IPTV3 screens
SNPlayer4 screens

Verdict

The call

Awesome IPTV and SNPlayer both sit at 5.0 stars, but that hides the real split: 100% of SNPlayer's written reviews are positive against 75% of Awesome IPTV's. Awesome IPTV's advantage is device support (4 vs 2) and iOS requirement (17.6 vs 26.0). On price, rating, ratings volume and update cadence 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. Awesome IPTV sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month and SNPlayer sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Awesome IPTV against 5.0 for SNPlayer. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 6 and 6 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 75% of Awesome IPTV's written reviews are positive against 100% of SNPlayer's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 19, 2026 and October 9, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Awesome IPTV versus SNPlayer: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAwesome IPTVSNPlayer
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (6 ratings)5.0 (6 ratings)
Positive reviews75.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings66
Update frequencyWeeklyWeekly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple TV — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS17.6 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size70 MB57 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMars Voyage LLCSN Web

Customer experience

Awesome IPTV

All ratings6 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive75.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative25.0%

SNPlayer

All ratings6 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Awesome IPTV

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly Playback Access7 Days trial$3.991 Month
  • Annual Playback Access7 Days trial$19.991 Year
One-time1
  • 5 AI Hours$19.99
3 purchases

SNPlayer

Subscriptions2
  • SNPlayer Pro Monthly$2.991 Month
  • SNPlayer Pro Yearly$14.991 Year
One-time1
  • SNPlayer Pro - Lifetime$29.99

Questions

Is Awesome IPTV free?
Awesome IPTV is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is SNPlayer free?
SNPlayer is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Awesome IPTV or SNPlayer?
Awesome IPTV and SNPlayer are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 6 and 6 ratings respectively.
Do Awesome IPTV or SNPlayer have ads?
Neither Awesome IPTV nor SNPlayer shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Awesome IPTV or SNPlayer?
Awesome IPTV ships an update weekly, and SNPlayer weekly. Most recently, Awesome IPTV was updated on October 19, 2026 and SNPlayer on October 9, 2026.

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