IPTV Go vs Spectati
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
IPTV Go
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IPTV GO organizes and plays your own movies, TV shows, and channels in a simple and elegant interface designed for iPhone and Apple TV. IPTV GO is a technical media player: it does not provide and will never host any streams, media content, or subscriptions. You must import your own sources (M3U or Xtream Codes) legally obtained from a trusted provider. FEATURES: Import M3U playlists and Xtream Codes; Automatic organization by category (movies, TV shows, channels); Create your own custom categories; Instant search, including by genre; Rich detail pages: synopsis, cast, trailers, and complete metadata; Detection of available versions (original version, subtitled, French-subtitled, 4K, HD, SD); Favorites and “Watched” history; Automatic playback resume, exactly where you left off; Offline downloads (iOS); Live channels with fast and smooth channel switching; Complete TV program guide (EPG); Replay / Catch-up to watch previously aired programs; Automatic failover to a backup server in case of interruption; “Recently Added” badge and a summary of new additions after each source update; Weekly trends filtered according to your actual catalog; Multiple profiles: each user keeps their own favorites, playback progress, and history; Secure child profile filtered by age; Demo profile to explore the app without configuring a source; iCloud synchronization (CloudKit) across all your Apple devices; Interface designed for touch on iPhone and the Siri Remote on Apple TV. And more! PRIVACY: IPTV GO does not collect or host anything. Your profiles, favorites, and preferences are privately synchronized between your devices through your iCloud account, encrypted using Apple’s CloudKit infrastructure. Your source credentials remain stored locally in Apple’s secure Keychain and never pass through our servers, because we do not operate any. ATTRIBUTIONS: IPTV GO uses the TMDb API to enrich your content with posters, synopses, and cast information. IPTV GO is neither endorsed nor certified by TMDb; Local playback is powered by LumeEngine (MIT); VLCKit (LGPL) is retained solely for streaming to an external receiver (Cast); Image loading and caching use Kingfisher (MIT). The screenshots shown on this page are provided for illustrative purposes only and do not represent any actual video content. Neither IPTV GO nor its publisher provides digital content or is responsible for the content you choose to view. To use this application, you must provide your own digital content and have a valid iCloud account. Premium subscription : monthly, yearly individual or yearly family. The subscription removes the 30-minute daily playback limit. It renews automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period, from your Apple Account settings. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://iptvgo.app/en/confidentialite App Terms: https://iptvgo.app/en/cgu
Spectati
Consolidate your media from Plex, Jellyfin, and IPTV playlists into a single, organized library. Enjoy live TV with a comprehensive guide, seamless playback without re-encoding, and personalized recommendations across all your Apple devices.
- Unified media library (Plex, Jellyfin, IPTV, SMB)
- Live TV with EPG and channel management
- High-quality playback (4K, HDR, Atmos)
- Cross-device watch history sync
- Personalized recommendations and ratings
- Multiview for live TV
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Plex, Jellyfin and your IPTV playlist in one app. Spectati puts your media servers and your live channels in one library on Apple TV, iPhone, iPad and Mac. Your XMLTV data becomes a full guide, and files reach your display and your receiver without re-encoding. ONE LIBRARY Connect Plex, Jellyfin, IPTV playlists, SMB shares and Emby (beta) at the same time. A film that sits on two servers shows up once, and Spectati plays the better copy, judged by resolution, codec, HDR and audio. Search covers titles, episodes and live channels from every source. Spectati writes your progress back to the server, so you can stop on one device and pick up on another. LIVE TV WITH A REAL GUIDE Paste an M3U, M3U8 or JSON playlist, or connect an Xtream provider. You get now and next, categories and a timeline you can scroll. SD, HD and 4K feeds of the same channel group under one entry. Hide, rename, sort and pin channels, and your changes survive a playlist refresh. On Apple TV you can zap up and down without leaving the player. On iPad, Mac and Apple TV, Multiview plays up to four channels at once. SPORTS (BETA) Follow leagues and teams in football, basketball, ice hockey, tennis, motorsport and more, and Spectati finds their matches in your IPTV source's XMLTV guide. Subscribers get kickoff reminders, Watch from Kickoff on catch-up channels and Matchday Multiview. PLAYBACK High-bitrate 4K remuxes direct-play, with no server transcoding. Dolby Vision, HDR10+, HDR10 and HLG go to the display. Dolby Atmos, TrueHD, E-AC-3 and DTS go to the receiver. Adjust audio delay and subtitle timing. Subtitles come from OpenSubtitles, live channels carry DVB teletext, and IntroDB skips the intro. NATIVE ON EVERY APPLE DEVICE Written in Swift for tvOS, iOS, iPadOS and macOS 26 or later. Spectati follows the current Apple TV user, so everyone in the house keeps their own watch history. Families get a PIN lock and age-rating caps. FREE TO USE No ads and no card. Connect up to two sources and you get live TV with the full guide, 4K remuxes in SDR and channel curation. Four Blender open movies on Home let you try the player before you connect anything. FEATURES • Continue Watching, watch history, watchlist and favorites • Like or Not For Me on anything, and Home rows that follow your ratings • Chapters, playback speed and audio modes • AirPlay and Picture in Picture BRING YOUR OWN CONTENT Spectati is a player and organizer. It does not provide media, channels, IPTV subscriptions, playlists, accounts, metadata, subtitles, storage or internet access. Connect your own supported providers and only stream content you're authorized to access. SUBSCRIPTION Browsing, live TV and playback need no account and no subscription, with up to two sources connected. The subscription is optional. It lifts the two-source limit and adds full quality playback with HDR and surround sound, offline downloads, IPTV catch-up and on-demand, bulk channel tools, program reminders, iCloud sync of your sources, lists and watch state, Multiview, Sports, automatic subtitles and SIMKL and Trakt watch-history sync. It renews automatically and is billed through the App Store, with a free trial when available. You can also choose a one-time lifetime purchase. One purchase covers iPhone, iPad, Apple TV and Mac, and Family Sharing is supported. Manage or cancel anytime in your Apple ID settings.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is iOS requirement: IPTV Go at 18.1 against Spectati's 26.0. 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
Both are free to download. IPTV Go sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month and Spectati sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
| Parameter | IPTV Go | Spectati |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Number of ratings | — | 2 — better |
| Update frequency | — | Every 4 days |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | — | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Apple TV | iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple TV — better |
| Requires iOS | 18.1 — better | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 109 MB | 97 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Quentin Varlet | Jacob Søndergaard |
In-app purchases
IPTV Go
- Premium Monthly$1.991 Month
- Premium Yearly$8.991 Year
- Premium Family$17.991 Year
Spectati
- Monthly7 Days trial$2.991 Month
- Annual7 Days trial$22.991 Year
- Lifetime$99.99









