Comparison

CineDock vs OtusTV

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

Head to head
About

CineDock

Organize your movies and TV shows with this app. Save favorites, create watchlists, and discover new content in a clean, efficient interface. It helps manage your viewing plans and keeps everything you want to watch in one place.

Highlights
  • Organize viewing content
  • Save favorite movies and TV shows
  • Create personal watchlists
  • Manage viewing plans
  • Clean and focused experience
  • Content discovery
Features
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CineDock is an app focused on organizing your viewing experience and discovering content, helping you manage movies, TV shows, and personal watchlists with ease. Whether you are looking for your next favorite title or want to save and categorize the content you love, CineDock makes your viewing experience clearer, more efficient, and more organized. Key features: · Quickly browse and organize your viewing content · Save your favorite movies and TV shows · Create personal watchlists for easy access anytime · Manage your viewing plans in a more intuitive way · Enjoy a clean, smooth, and focused experience CineDock is perfect for anyone who loves movies, TV shows, and streaming content. Keep everything you want to watch in one place. Note: This app itself does not provide, bundle, or distribute any music resources or copyrighted content. Users must connect to their own personal storage and provide their own legal audio files. We respect intellectual property rights and advise users to only use content for which they have obtained legal authorization. Privacy Policy: https://doc.ixiaoxiang.cn/cine-dock/privacy-policy Terms of Use: https://doc.ixiaoxiang.cn/cine-dock/user-agreement

About

OtusTV

Features
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OtusTV brings all your media together in a cosy living room, on Apple TV, iPhone and iPad. OtusTV is a player: it provides no content. Add your own sources — an M3U playlist, an IPTV subscription, your Jellyfin, Emby or Plex server, or your internet box's channel list — and OtusTV takes care of the rest. A CATALOGUE THAT'S FINALLY TIDY • Live TV, Movies and Series, sorted by category, in your languages. • A Top 10 of the moment: the films and series everyone's talking about this week, found in your catalogue. • Posters, synopses and ratings in your language, with your free TMDb key. • Several sources at once: duplicates are merged into a single tile, even across providers, and the version in your language comes first. • Search all your sources in one go. • Favourites, and "Continue" right where you left off. LIVE TV, JUST LIKE TV • Animated previews: the channel you stop on comes alive, and playback starts instantly. • Your subscription's or playlist's own guide loads by itself, no address to hunt for. • Programme guide grid, plus catch-up when your source supports it. • On Apple TV, national channel numbering and a number pad: type 2, you're on channel two. • Zapping strip during playback; on iPhone, the picture on top and your channels below. • Reminders before your shows and matches. ROCK-SOLID PLAYBACK • 4K, HDR, Dolby Vision and Dolby Atmos with Apple's player. • Built-in fallback player for formats Apple TV and iPhone can't play on their own (MKV, AVI…). • Automatic reconnection, and a switch to another stream if the first one doesn't respond. • Audio tracks and subtitles remembered from one title to the next. • On Apple TV, a "Signal" panel tells you whether your connection keeps up with the stream. • On iPhone and iPad, download movies and episodes from your Jellyfin, Emby or Plex server to watch offline — on Wi-Fi only, by default. EASY TO SET UP • On Apple TV, add a source by scanning a QR code with your phone: nothing to type with the remote. • Your subscriptions' status at a glance: expiry date, active connections. • Your sources follow you from one device to another and stay backed up in your iCloud, if you wish. • Sleep timer. YOUR PRIVACY, RESPECTED No account, no ads, no trackers. Your passwords stay in your device's Keychain, and only go through your iCloud if you turn source sharing on. Parental control with a PIN for adult categories. FREE, OR OTUSTV+ OtusTV is free with one source, with no ads: playback, search, favourites, parental control and what's on now included. OtusTV+ adds multiple sources, the full programme grid, catch-up and reminders, iCloud sync of your favourites and resume points, and seasonal themes: Otus changes outfits with the seasons and holidays. Monthly, yearly or lifetime — one purchase covers iPhone, iPad and Apple TV. Subscriptions renew automatically at the end of each period, at the displayed price, unless cancelled at least 24 hours before it ends, from your App Store account settings. Payment is charged to your Apple Account at confirmation of purchase. The lifetime option is a one-time payment with no renewal. Terms of use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy policy: https://otustv.com/confidentialite.html OtusTV includes VLCKit, licensed under the LGPL v2.1.

Screenshots

CineDock3 screens
OtusTV4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: OtusTV at daily against CineDock's weekly. CineDock's advantage is iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). On price, 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

Both are free to download. CineDock sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month and OtusTV sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

CineDock ships an update weekly, OtusTV daily. The most recent releases landed on November 11, 2026 and November 6, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
CineDock versus OtusTV: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCineDockOtusTV
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyWeeklyDaily — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemium—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, Apple TV
Requires iOS15.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size119 MB121 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developer榆麟 邓Thomas czaplejewicz

In-app purchases

3 purchases

CineDock

Subscriptions2
  • CineDock Pro Monthly$0.991 Month
  • CineDock Pro Yearly$9.991 Year
One-time1
  • LifetimeFree
3 purchases

OtusTV

Subscriptions2
  • OtusTV+ Monthly$1.991 Month
  • OtusTV+ Yearly$11.991 Year
One-time1
  • OtusTV+ Lifetime$24.99

Questions

Is CineDock free?
CineDock is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is OtusTV free?
OtusTV is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do CineDock or OtusTV have ads?
Neither CineDock nor OtusTV shows ads.
Which is updated more often, CineDock or OtusTV?
CineDock ships an update weekly, and OtusTV daily. Most recently, CineDock was updated on November 11, 2026 and OtusTV on November 6, 2026.

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