Comparison

IPTV Buddy vs RunTV

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

Head to head
About

IPTV Buddy

Organize and manage your IPTV channels, movies, and series with a smart player. Create custom favorites, track viewing progress, and enjoy offline playback. Seamlessly sync across devices and integrate with your TV for an enhanced viewing experience.

Highlights
  • Organize live TV, VOD, and series
  • Create and manage multiple favorites lists
  • EPG with program reminders
  • Offline viewing for VOD and series
  • Web Editor for catalog management
  • Cross-device sync with profiles
  • TV connection with advanced features
Features
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Bring your live TV, movies and series together with IPTV Buddy. Connect your own M3U playlist or Xtream Codes account, organize your favorites and pick up where you left off on iPhone and iPad. LIVE TV AND YOUR TV GUIDE See what's on now and what's coming next in the EPG. Browse program details and set reminders for the shows you want to catch. MOVIES AND SERIES, EASY TO EXPLORE Browse posters, stories, cast and ratings. Discover matching titles with Popular and Now Playing, then explore seasons and episodes in one place. Available titles and details depend on your provider. CONTINUE WATCHING Resume movies and episodes from your saved progress. Keep a watchlist for later, and sync your favorites and viewing progress across supported devices. YOUR OWN COLLECTIONS Create separate favorites for movie nights, sports, news or family viewing. Choose the categories you want to see, and customize channel names and icons to make a large catalog feel like your own. PROFILES AND OFFLINE VIEWING Keep separate profiles for different providers or viewing preferences. Download movies and episodes to watch later without an active internet connection. ORGANIZE FROM YOUR DESKTOP Use the IPTV Buddy Web Editor to manage your setup from a desktop browser, including collections, stream sources and EPG channel mapping. BRING YOUR OWN CONTENT IPTV Buddy is a player and organizer for your own IPTV service. No channels, movies, series, playlists or IPTV subscriptions are included. You need your own M3U playlist or Xtream Codes access and permission to watch the content it provides. Content availability and EPG information depend on your source. IPTV Buddy is not affiliated with IPTV providers, broadcasters or content owners. Privacy Policy: https://iptvbuddy.app/en/privacy/ Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

RunTV

Stream IPTV channels seamlessly across your devices. Watch on your phone, cast to your TV, and enjoy up to four channels simultaneously with a user-friendly interface. Bring your own M3U or Xtream login for a personalized viewing experience.

Highlights
  • Cross-device streaming (phone, tablet, TV)
  • Multiview up to 4 channels
  • Remote control functionality
  • M3U & Xtream login support
  • Program guide with search
  • Sports scores and schedules
  • Continue Watching and Favorites
Features
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RunTV - IPTV player & Remote Start it on your phone. Throw it to your TV. RunTV is the IPTV player that follows you across every screen: watch a channel on your iPhone or iPad, send it to your TV with one tap, run up to 4 channels at once on the big screen, and it comes back to your hand when you get up. RunTV is built to feel effortless. It does not matter what is in reach, your phone, your tablet, or the remote in your hand, you are always a few taps from your full setup, live and ready. Bring your own M3U or Xtream login. No ads, no subscription. On your iPhone and iPad, RunTV is both the player and the remote. Watch right here, with two streams side by side on iPhone and up to four on iPad, or send any of them to a paired TV and run up to 4 there. Turn an iPad sideways for the wide control room view, with your sources, library, player, and live widgets on one screen, and drag any channel or favorite straight into a zone to start it. MULTIVIEW IN YOUR HAND Two streams at once on iPhone, up to four on iPad. Swipe across the grid to move the sound between them. Drag a tile to swap places, or tap one to take it full screen and swipe to move between your streams. Each stream gets its own provider login, so they do not compete for a connection. MULTIVIEW, THROWN FROM YOUR PHONE One tap sends any stream to your TV. Up to 4 streams on one TV with 8 layouts: full screen, split screen side by side, big and small, picture in picture (PiP), 3-up, and 2x2 grid. Drag a stream on your phone to instantly swap zones on the TV. Pick which stream has the audio with one tap. Get up and leave, and the stream follows you back to your phone. ALL YOUR SOURCES IN ONE PLACE Channels, movies, and series from every source you added, in one searchable list. The same title from more than one source appears once, and you choose which source to play it from. Posters, categories, and a full episode picker with seasons and automatic resume. Continue Watching and Favorites, one tap away. A REAL PROGRAM GUIDE Days back and forward, filtered by channel or category, with program search. Tap a past program to catch up where your provider supports it, up to 7 days back. BUILT FOR SPORTS FANS Live scores and schedules for the games you follow, right while you watch. One tap on a live game finds the matching channel in your playlist. WORKS WITH YOUR IPTV PROVIDER M3U and M3U8 playlists, and Xtream Codes logins. Add several logins to one playlist and RunTV spreads your streams across them, checks a connection is free before it starts playing, and moves to a spare login if one stops working. Multiple providers at once, no lock-in. HLS, DASH, MPEG-TS, and MP4 formats. VOD resume, audio and subtitle selection with size and timing adjustment, and 15 second live rewind. FREE AND PRIVATE No ads, no subscription. Your provider login stays on your device and loads your channels over an encrypted connection. RunTV does not provide any channels or content. You bring a valid IPTV subscription from a legal provider. We are a player, not a source.

Screenshots

IPTV Buddy4 screens
RunTV4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: RunTV at none against IPTV Buddy's 4. RunTV also leads on ratings volume (4 vs 1). IPTV Buddy's advantage is update cadence (every 3 days vs every 2 weeks) and rating (5.0 vs 4.8). On price, review sentiment, ads 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. IPTV Buddy sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. RunTV asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

IPTV Buddy holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 4 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

IPTV Buddy ships an update every 3 days, RunTV every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 31, 2026 and November 6, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
IPTV Buddy versus RunTV: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterIPTV BuddyRunTV
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better4.8 (4 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings14 — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 days — betterEvery 2 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.015.0
Further details — not scored
Size84 MB45 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperPascal Bossertdubi mesika

Customer experience

IPTV Buddy

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

RunTV

All ratings4 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

4 purchases

IPTV Buddy

Subscriptions4
  • IPTV Buddy (1M)1 Month trial$1.991 Month
  • IPTV Buddy (3M)1 Month trial$3.993 Months
  • IPTV Buddy (6M)1 Month trial$5.996 Months
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  • IPTV Buddy (1Y)1 Month trial$9.991 Year
None

RunTV

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is IPTV Buddy free?
IPTV Buddy is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is RunTV free?
RunTV is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, IPTV Buddy or RunTV?
IPTV Buddy is rated higher. IPTV Buddy averages 5.0 out of 5 from 1 ratings, while RunTV averages 4.8 from 4 ratings.
Do IPTV Buddy or RunTV have ads?
Neither IPTV Buddy nor RunTV shows ads.
Which is updated more often, IPTV Buddy or RunTV?
IPTV Buddy ships an update every 3 days, and RunTV every 2 weeks. Most recently, IPTV Buddy was updated on October 31, 2026 and RunTV on November 6, 2026.

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