IPTV Buddy vs Vela Xtream
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- 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
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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/
Vela Xtream
This app is a private media player for your IPTV subscription. It allows you to organize and watch live TV channels from your provider using an M3U playlist or Xtream login. Enjoy features like a TV guide, subtitle selection, and casting to your TV.
- M3U playlist and Xtream login support
- Live TV guide grid
- Searchable categories
- Wide format playback support
- Subtitle and audio track selection
- Picture in Picture and AirPlay
- Casting to TV
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Vela is a fast, private player for your own IPTV subscription, on iPhone, iPad and Apple TV, signed in with an Xtream login or an M3U playlist. Bring the login or playlist your provider gave you and Vela turns it into a library you can actually navigate: categories you can filter and favourite, a TV guide for your channels, and playback that handles the formats other players choke on. • Signs in with an Xtream login, or an M3U or M3U8 playlist by link or from Files, with its XMLTV guide • A TV guide grid: your channels against the clock, wherever your provider publishes listings • Search that finds it as you type: partial words, actors, genres (Vela Pro) • A match score on the titles that fit you, with the parts of your taste it rests on, and picks that learn what you like, all worked out on your device and never uploaded (Vela Pro) • Pick three genres when you first open Vela, if you like, and match scores show from day one (Vela Pro) • On Apple TV too: Home opens on your top pick and the Siri Remote changes channel. One Vela Pro covers iPhone, iPad, Mac and Apple TV • Categories you can search and star, not just scroll • Plays what iOS normally cannot: Matroska, AVI, HEVC, AC3 and DTS audio • Subtitle and audio track selection • Picture in Picture, AirPlay and background audio • Cast to your TV: AirPlay, Google Cast and DLNA TVs, with your phone as the remote • Continue Watching, recently watched channels, favourites, and next-episode playback • Takes far less space, and on iPhone and iPad your favourites, Continue Watching, taste and starred categories are in your device backup. Account > Storage shows Library cache and Your data, with Clear cache • In 12 languages: English, Spanish, Russian, Arabic, Portuguese, French, German, Italian, Turkish, Japanese, Korean and Chinese • Credentials kept in the Keychain, on your device, and Account > Privacy > What Vela sends lists each server the app talks to, what goes to it and what never leaves your device Vela includes no content, no channels and no provider. You need an existing subscription with a provider: an Xtream-compatible login or an M3U playlist. Vela Pro unlocks search, recommendations with match scores on the titles that fit you, and playback without breaks. A 14-day free trial starts when you add your login or playlist. Vela Pro Yearly can also start with 14 days free through the App Store, then USD 14.99 per year, cancel anytime. Vela Pro Monthly is USD 2.99 per month, and Vela Pro Lifetime is USD 29.99 once. Without Pro, browsing and playback stay free, and playback pauses for a moment every 10 minutes. Vela Pro is an auto-renewing subscription, billed monthly or yearly. Payment is charged to your Apple Account at confirmation of purchase. It renews automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period, and your account is charged for renewal within 24 hours prior to the end of the current period. You can manage or cancel your subscription in your Apple Account settings after purchase. If Vela Pro Yearly starts with the introductory free trial, the first payment is charged when the 14 days end, unless you cancel at least 24 hours before they end. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://vela-xtream.pages.dev/privacy Playback is powered by VLCKit, from the VideoLAN project, used under the LGPL.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is iOS requirement: IPTV Buddy at 15.0 against Vela Xtream's 17.0. On price, rating, review sentiment and ratings volume 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 Buddy sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month and Vela Xtream sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for IPTV Buddy against 5.0 for Vela Xtream. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 1 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 31, 2026 and November 7, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | IPTV Buddy | Vela Xtream |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 days | Every 3 days |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, Apple TV |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 84 MB | 105 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Pascal Bossert | Arpit Kumar |
Customer experience
IPTV Buddy
Vela Xtream
In-app purchases
IPTV Buddy
- 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
Vela Xtream
- Vela Pro Monthly$2.991 Month
- Vela Pro$14.991 Year
- Vela Pro Lifetime$29.99









