Comparison

Aura TV vs Orion

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

Head to head
About

Aura TV

This app allows you to play your own IPTV playlists and credentials. Organize live streams, movies, and series with guide data, favorites, and playback history across your Apple devices. It does not provide any content itself.

Highlights
  • Import M3U playlists and Xtream credentials
  • Supports EPG guide data
  • Organize live streams, movies, and series
  • Search, favorites, and watch history
  • iCloud sync across Apple devices
  • QR-based device transfer
Features
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Aura TV is a player for playlists and source credentials that you add yourself. Import Xtream-compatible credentials, an M3U playlist URL, or an M3U file and keep live streams, movies, series, favorites, and guide data organized in one library across your Apple devices. Key features: - Import your own Xtream-compatible credentials, M3U playlist URLs, or M3U files - Read XMLTV or EPG guide data when your source provides it - Browse live streams, movies, and series from the sources you add - Search, favorites, continue watching, and recent playback history - Request support and open privacy and terms information from Settings - Review-safe demo available on first launch without requiring an app account Important: - Aura TV does not provide channels, playlists, or content access - Aura TV is not affiliated with broadcasters, studios, sports leagues, or TV networks - You are responsible for the legality and authorization of every source, guide feed, artwork, and media item you add - Terms of Use (EULA): https://auratv.mesikalabs.com/terms/ - Privacy Policy: https://auratv.mesikalabs.com/privacy/ Premium playback: The app includes seven days of local trial access. After the app trial, playback requires an active weekly or annual subscription. You can still browse and add your own sources. An eligible Apple Account may receive a separate seven-day introductory offer on the weekly subscription. Annual has no introductory offer. Prices and eligibility are shown by the App Store. Subscriptions renew automatically until cancelled in Apple Account Settings. Terms: https://auratv.mesikalabs.com/terms/ Privacy: https://auratv.mesikalabs.com/privacy/

About

Orion

Features
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Your sources change. Your setup shouldn't have to. Orion is an IPTV player built around the sources you already use. When a source changes, Orion helps retain your favorites, mappings, and personal organization—so you don't have to start over. BRING YOUR OWN SOURCES Orion does not provide channels, playlists, provider accounts, media, or content subscriptions. You connect only sources you are authorized to use. DISCOVER, LIBRARY & WATCHLIST Discover helps you explore movies and series available through your own connected sources, using genres and your preferences. Discover is included with Orion Premium; results depend on your source catalog. Browse movies and series together in Library. Save titles to your Watchlist for later, including titles not currently available in your connected sources. Saving a title does not provide playback access. KEEP YOUR SETUP WHEN SOURCES CHANGE Setup Rescue can reconcile changed source entries so supported favorites, mappings, and personal organization can survive a source update. Autopilot can handle high-confidence routine changes automatically and bring uncertain replacements to you for review. PLAYBACK THAT REMEMBERS WHAT WORKED Network Sense uses stored playback reliability history to help choose between available playback options that have performed well under similar connection conditions. Instead of relying only on a fixed backup order, Orion can use what has worked before as part of future playback decisions. A GUIDE BUILT AROUND YOU Smart Guide makes your own EPG easier to follow, based on the programs and topics you care about. Follow programs, teams, and topics you care about and surface relevant live or upcoming entries from your own guide data. Event Ready can connect what you follow with matching broadcasts already available in your configured sources. Orion does not provide or add those broadcasts. MORE WAYS TO WATCH Bring multiple live streams together with Multiview. Continue where you left off, use Picture in Picture where supported, and access catch-up or replay when your source provides it. BUILT FOR APPLE DEVICES Orion is designed for iPhone and iPad with supported native playback and system integrations. SOURCE COMPATIBILITY Connect supported M3U and Xtream sources and add XMLTV/EPG data. Use multiple sources and organize your own viewing setup in one place. ORION PRO & PREMIUM Orion Pro is a one-time purchase for the local power-player feature set. Orion Premium is a monthly or annual subscription for ongoing reliability automation, source-continuity handling, and sync across your devices. Premium is not a subscription to TV channels or media content. Some features depend on the data, playback options, and capabilities provided by your configured source. LEGAL Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://orionapp.site/privacy/

Screenshots

Aura TV4 screens
Orion4 screens

Verdict

The call

Aura TV and Orion are too close to call on the numbers: across 6 compared parameters — price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

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. Aura TV sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per 7 days and Orion sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Aura TV ships an update every 9 days, Orion weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 31, 2026 and November 6, 2026 respectively.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
Aura TV versus Orion: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAura TVOrion
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (2 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings2 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 9 daysWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemium—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS17.017.0
Further details — not scored
Size103 MB92 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperEliran MesikaStefan Borkent

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Aura TV

Subscriptions2
  • Aura TV Premium Weekly7 Days trial$2.997 Days
  • Aura TV Premium Annual$5.991 Year
3 purchases

Orion

Subscriptions2
  • Orion Premium Monthly$3.991 Month
  • Orion Premium Annual$24.991 Year
One-time1
  • Orion Pro$8.99

Questions

Is Aura TV free?
Aura TV is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Orion free?
Orion is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Aura TV or Orion have ads?
Neither Aura TV nor Orion shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Aura TV or Orion?
Aura TV ships an update every 9 days, and Orion weekly. Most recently, Aura TV was updated on October 31, 2026 and Orion on November 6, 2026.

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