IPTV Guard vs Pause TeeVee
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
IPTV Guard
Organize and enhance your IPTV experience with a user-friendly interface, detailed program information, and smart recommendations. Monitor stream health, manage connections, and enjoy personalized profiles for the whole family. This app requires your own IPTV subscription.
- Built-in player with EPG and quality switching
- Browse library with posters and descriptions
- AI mood picker for content discovery
- AI calendar for upcoming events
- Stream health monitoring and channel scanner
- Account protection with connection management
- Multiple profiles for family members
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Your IPTV playlist has thousands of channels, movies, and series buried in a messy text file. IPTV Guard turns that chaos into something that actually feels like Netflix. WATCH Built-in player with live TV channel zapping, EPG program info, quality switching (4K/FHD/HD), and X-Ray cast overlay while you watch. Pick up where you left off on any device. EXPLORE Browse your library with posters, ratings, and real descriptions instead of cryptic filenames. Curated collections, actor filmographies, and an AI mood picker — tell it what you're in the mood for and it finds it in your catalog. STAY AHEAD AI calendar with upcoming matches (exact channel included), predicted movie release dates on your provider, and push alerts before kickoff. Never miss what matters. KNOW YOUR PLAYLIST Health score, uptime, ping, channel scanner. See which streams are dead, which are slow, and whether it's your connection or your provider's fault. PROTECT YOUR ACCOUNT Stream Guard prevents you from getting banned by managing simultaneous connections. See every device connected. Automatic user agent rotation so your provider sees normal traffic. FAMILY READY Multiple profiles with separate favorites, watch history, and recommendations for each person. Free. No ads. No tracking. IPTV Guard does not provide or host any IPTV content. You need your own IPTV subscription to use this app.
Pause TeeVee
This media player allows you to organize and watch content from your own M3U playlists and Xtream Codes sources. It offers features like EPG support, search, favorites, and Picture in Picture, all while prioritizing user privacy.
- M3U playlist and Xtream Codes support
- Live TV, Movies, and Series organization
- Electronic Program Guide (EPG)
- Search functionality
- Favorites and Continue Watching
- Picture in Picture (PiP)
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TeeVee is a media player for the M3U playlist or Xtream Codes source you already use — comparable to VLC or Infuse. It does not include, sell, or provide any channels, movies, or series of its own. You connect your own legally obtained M3U playlist or Xtream Codes source, and TeeVee plays that content. WHAT TEEVEE ADDS • Full program guide (EPG) — browse by category, see what's on now and next • Movies & series library with artwork, search, and season/episode browsing • Resume playback — pick up where you left off, synced across your devices • Favorites, parental PIN lock, and per-category organization • Fast search across all content • Multi-view — watch multiple channels at once • Offline downloads for on-the-go viewing • Optional cloud sync so your connected sources follow you across devices There is no bundled content, no channel lineup, and no affiliation with any broadcaster or content provider. TeeVee simply plays the stream your source's URL points to, the same way a web browser opens a page you type in. OPTIONAL SUBSCRIPTIONS The free tier includes core features with parental controls on one device. Optional auto-renewing subscriptions unlock additional app features: • Sync — $1.99/month: cloud sync across 2 devices, priority support • Plus — $4.99/month: custom EPG sources and 2-way multi-view across 3 devices • Pro — $9.99/month: 4-way multi-view, reminders, and offline downloads across 5 devices • Lifetime — $49.99 one-time: all features, forever Subscriptions auto-renew unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period, and can be managed in your device's Settings after purchase. Payment is charged to your Apple ID account. See our Terms of Use and Privacy Policy for full subscription terms. Terms of Use: https://rad-medovik-d72bb2.netlify.app/terms.html Privacy Policy: https://rad-medovik-d72bb2.netlify.app/privacy.html
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: IPTV Guard at every 5 days against Pause TeeVee's every 3 weeks. IPTV Guard also leads on device support (5 vs 3). On price, rating, ratings volume 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 IPTV Guard against 5.0 for Pause TeeVee. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 1 respectively.
IPTV Guard ships an update every 5 days, Pause TeeVee every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 5, 2026 and October 15, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | IPTV Guard | Pause TeeVee |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 days — better | Every 3 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac, Apple TV — better | iPhone, iPad, Apple TV |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 16.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 82 MB | 131 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Mouhamadou Soumare | Istafa Marshall |
Customer experience
IPTV Guard
Pause TeeVee
In-app purchases
IPTV Guard
No in-app purchases
Pause TeeVee
No in-app purchases









