Comparison

Triad vs Nova+ player

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

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About

Triad

Features
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Triad - Live TV, Movies & TV Shows. All in One Place. Triad is your personal streaming companion built for iPhone and iPad. Import your playlists and unlock a rich, cinematic experience with thousands of live channels, movies, and TV shows — all beautifully organized and ready to watch. Live TV with a Full Program Guide Browse thousands of live channels with a complete electronic program guide spanning up to 3 weeks ahead. Catch-up TV lets you rewatch programs you missed. Color-coded channel tiles and a smooth, fast grid make finding what to watch effortless. Movies & TV Shows Rich detail pages with ratings, synopses, trailers, cast & crew, and one-tap playback. Tap any actor to explore their filmography. Automatically picks up where you left off — even across different playlists. Multiple Player Engines Choose between KSPlayer, VLC, or Apple's native player. Hardware-accelerated decoding, adaptive bitrate streaming, and support for 4K, HDR10, HLG, and Dolby Vision ensure the best picture quality your content offers. Personalized for Everyone Create multiple profiles — each with their own favorites, watch history, and preferences. Kids profiles with parental controls keep young viewers safe. PIN protection adds an extra layer of privacy. Beautiful & Customizable Pick from 12 accent colors, light or dark themes, adjustable poster sizes, and flexible home screen layouts. Reorder sections, hide what you don't need, and make the app truly yours. Seamless Sync Across Devices Your watch progress, favorites, profiles, and settings sync automatically via iCloud. Start a movie on your iPhone, continue on iPad, finish on Apple TV. Recovery PINs let you restore your data on any device. Smart Search & Organization Universal search finds channels, movies, and shows across all your playlists instantly. Sort by name, date, or playlist order. Browse by genre, collection, or trending content powered by TMDB. Subtitles & Audio Full subtitle support with customizable font size, background style, and positioning. Select from multiple audio tracks with Dolby Digital, DTS, and surround sound detection. Network Shares Stream directly from your home media server via SMB or UPnP/DLNA with automatic network discovery. Downloads Save movies and episodes for offline viewing. Manage your download queue, set WiFi-only mode. Available in 24 Languages Italian, English, Spanish, French, German, Portuguese, Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Arabic, Russian, Hindi, Dutch, Turkish, Polish, Ukrainian, Thai, Vietnamese, Indonesian, Swedish, Danish, --- REQUIREMENTS • Valid iCloud account for profile sync and cloud features • Your own legal IPTV playlist or media files --- VERY IMPORTANT Triad is a media player application. It does not provide, host, or distribute any content, playlists, or streams. You must provide your own legal content: • This app requires your own legal IPTV playlists or media files • You are responsible for ensuring all content is legal and that you have rights to use it • Triad is not responsible for copyright infringement or unauthorised content • We take copyright protection seriously and do not support streaming of copyrighted material without permission In Short: • You are responsible for the legality of your content • We do not provide, endorse, or support unauthorised content --- DISCLAIMERS • This product uses the TMDb API but is not endorsed or certified by TMDb • VLCKit player is maintained by the VLC developers. AnyTV is not endorsed or certified by VLC • Screenshots are for illustrative purposes only and do not depict actual contentNorwegian, and more.

About

Nova+ player

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Nova+ player turns your iPhone and iPad into a complete media player for your own playlists. Also available on Mac and Apple TV. YOUR PLAYLISTS, YOUR CONTENT Nova+ player contains and provides no content whatsoever. You add your own M3U playlist or your Xtream Codes credentials, and the app organises everything for you: live channels, movies and series, sorted by category. LIVE A three-pane layout built for speed: categories, channel list, and instant preview. Switch channels in one gesture, mark your favourites, and find them again next time you open the app. TV GUIDE AND REPLAY Current and upcoming programmes are shown for each channel. Where your source supports it, go back to a programme that has already aired and play it straight from the guide. MOVIES AND SERIES Your catalogues are presented in smooth grids with artwork. Series pages show synopsis, genre, rating and cast. Nova+ player remembers where you stopped: resume a film exactly where you left off, or jump to the next episode of a series without hunting for it. PROFILES ON APPLE TV On Apple TV, everyone at home gets their own profile: favourites, history, resume points and categories, ideal for a kids' profile, with PIN-protected parental control. SUBTITLES YOUR WAY Adjust size, font, colour, background and position, with a live preview. The audio track and subtitle language you choose are remembered from one episode to the next. PLAYBACK Two playback engines cover a very wide range of formats and codecs. Selectable audio tracks and subtitles, adjustable playback speed, and Picture in Picture so you can keep watching while using another app. Playback resumes on its own after a network hiccup. COMFORT Automatic sleep timer, light and dark themes, category management and reordering, and an interface available in 49 languages. PRIVACY No advertising tracking, no tracking cookies, no data resale. Your playlists are used solely to run the app and to find them again on your other devices. Nova+ player is a player. The content you play comes from the source you provide and remains your responsibility.

Screenshots

Triad4 screens
Nova+ player4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Nova+ player at every 2 days against Triad's every 3 weeks. 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Triad ships an update every 3 weeks, Nova+ player every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 31, 2026 and November 6, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 5 level
Triad versus Nova+ player: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTriadNova+ player
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksEvery 2 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple TViPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple TV — better
Requires iOS1817.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size445 MB101 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperEugenia GrimaldiXeros LLC

In-app purchases

None

Triad

No in-app purchases

None

Nova+ player

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Triad free?
Triad is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Nova+ player free?
Nova+ player is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Triad or Nova+ player have ads?
Neither Triad nor Nova+ player shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Triad or Nova+ player?
Triad ships an update every 3 weeks, and Nova+ player every 2 days. Most recently, Triad was updated on October 31, 2026 and Nova+ player on November 6, 2026.

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