Comparison

Royal IPTV Player vs SafeIPTV

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

Head to head
About

Royal IPTV Player

Features
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Royal IPTV – Your playlists, one app Royal IPTV puts your M3U playlists—live TV, movies, and series—in one clear, easy-to-use app on iPhone and iPad. Add your playlist URL and start watching. Features • Multiple playlists – Create several profiles (e.g. Home, Work) and switch with one tap. • Live, movies, series – Content is organised by type: live channels, movies, and series in a simple. • Custom groups – Build your own groups from channels, movies, or series and get to your favourites faster. • Recently watched – Quick access to your last-opened channels and content. • Search – Search live channels, movies, and series by name. • Show or hide categories – In Settings you can hide categories you don’t use. • Multiple languages – The app is available in English, German, French, Turkish, Italian, and Arabic. You choose your language on first launch. Technical • M3U/M3U8 playlist URLs • Clear, dark interface • Efficient loading Access to the custom playlist feature requires a paid subscription Note: You need a valid M3U playlist Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

SafeIPTV

This media player prioritizes user privacy and an ad-free experience. It connects directly to your IPTV provider, keeping all your data, history, and settings local to your device. Enjoy uninterrupted streaming with no tracking or hidden costs.

Highlights
  • Privacy-focused design
  • No data collection or tracking
  • Ad-free viewing experience
  • One-time in-app purchase
  • Multi-device support (iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple TV)
  • Quick setup with M3U playlist support
  • Program guide (EPG) with live preview
Features
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Your streams. Your privacy. No ads. Want to enjoy your channels, movies, and series without ad banners, without tracking, and without an app quietly logging everything in the background? Then SafeIPTV is the player for you: built natively for iPhone, iPad, Mac, and Apple TV, connected directly to your own IPTV provider, and designed so your data stays with you. PRIVACY WITHOUT COMPROMISE • No data collection: no tracking, no analytics, no user profiles. We don't run any server that stores your catalog, history, or usage data. What's never collected can never fall into the wrong hands. • No account needed: no sign-up, no email address, no tracking ID. • Everything stays local: SafeIPTV keeps your favorites, history, playback progress, and settings on your device only, never with us. • Passwords locked down: encrypted in the iOS, macOS, and tvOS Keychain, tied to your device, and never stored in plain text. A pasted playlist, including its stream addresses, stays on your device only. • No middleman: SafeIPTV connects directly to your provider. No proxy, no detour through our servers, and no storing of your device's MAC address. • You're in control: clear your history anytime. When you remove an account, SafeIPTV also deletes its password, pasted playlist, catalog, favorites, and history from your device. That's why our App Privacy label reads: Data Not Collected. Developed in Germany, under EU data protection law. AD-FREE, UNDISTURBED VIEWING • Truly ad-free: no banners, no pop-ups, no commercials before your stream. SafeIPTV never inserts ads anywhere, not in the interface and not in the player. • No hidden costs: no subscription, no premium tier. After a 7-day free trial, a single in-app purchase unlocks every feature for good. • No distractions: no push notifications, no ad SDKs running in the background. Just you and your shows. TRY FIRST. BUY ONCE. FOUR DEVICES. Try SafeIPTV with your own provider for 7 days. The trial simply ends; you're never charged automatically. Like it? Unlock the full version once and use it on iPhone, iPad, Mac, and Apple TV. On the big screen, you control everything from the couch with the Siri Remote, and on the Mac with a keyboard and mouse. And with Apple's Family Sharing, your family can use the full version too, without buying it again. MORE FEATURES • Quick setup: enter your server URL, username, and password, or simply paste your provider's M3U link. On iPhone, iPad, and Mac you can also create your own playlist by pasting M3U entries directly. The app checks them right away and points out lines with errors. • Live TV, movies, and series in a clean catalog. You search the current category or the whole catalog, sort by name, date, or rating, and save favorites for titles and entire categories. Everything stays on your device. • Pick up right where you left off, plus “Recently Watched” and “Recently Added” • Program guide (EPG) with live preview and a time offset for each account • Choose the audio track, subtitles, and aspect ratio right in the player • Manage multiple IPTV accounts and switch between them quickly • Playback built on VLC, with advanced settings for power users: buffering, hardware decoding, and automatic reconnection when a live stream stalls GOOD TO KNOW SafeIPTV is a player only and does not include any playlists, channels, movies, series, or other content. The purchase price covers the software only, not IPTV content or a provider subscription. You need your own lawful access from a provider that supports Xtream Codes or M3U playlists. We are not a broadcaster and do not provide any sources. Support: support@safe-iptv.de Website: https://safe-iptv.de/en/ Legal: https://safe-iptv.de/legal/?lang=en

Screenshots

Royal IPTV Player4 screens
SafeIPTV4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: SafeIPTV at weekly against Royal IPTV Player's every 2 months. SafeIPTV also leads on device support (4 vs 2). On price, ads, in-app purchases and iOS requirement 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. Royal IPTV Player sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per 7 days and SafeIPTV sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Royal IPTV Player ships an update every 2 months, SafeIPTV weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 25, 2026 and October 26, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 7 level
Royal IPTV Player versus SafeIPTV: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterRoyal IPTV PlayerSafeIPTV
PriceFreeFree
Rating—4.0 (1 ratings) — better
Number of ratings—1 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
Monetization—Free with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple TV — better
Requires iOS26.226.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size38 MB58 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperCan Isiklithe agile squad GmbH

In-app purchases

5 purchases

Royal IPTV Player

Subscriptions4
  • 1 Week3 Days trial$2.997 Days
  • 1 Month$3.991 Month
  • 3 Months$8.993 Months
Show 1 more
  • 1 Year$22.991 Year
One-time1
  • 1 Week$6.99
2 purchases

SafeIPTV

One-time2
  • 7-Day TrialFree
  • SafeIPTV Full Version$8.99

Questions

Is Royal IPTV Player free?
Royal IPTV Player is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is SafeIPTV free?
SafeIPTV is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Royal IPTV Player or SafeIPTV have ads?
Neither Royal IPTV Player nor SafeIPTV shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Royal IPTV Player or SafeIPTV?
Royal IPTV Player ships an update every 2 months, and SafeIPTV weekly. Most recently, Royal IPTV Player was updated on October 25, 2026 and SafeIPTV on October 26, 2026.

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