Comparison

VenuNite vs NowSeen

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

Head to head
About

VenuNite

Find live music, comedy, theater, and community events happening near you. Easily search, filter, and save events, and get reminders so you never miss a show. Discover what's happening tonight, this weekend, and beyond.

Highlights
  • Discover live music, comedy, and theater
  • Search by event, venue, artist, or city
  • Filter by date, distance, and genre
  • Save events to personal library
  • Follow favorite venues and artists
  • Add events to calendar
  • Get directions and share events
Features
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Discover live music, comedy, theater, and community events at local venues nationwide. VenuNite shows you what's happening tonight, this weekend, and beyond — all in one place, organized by what you actually care about. WHAT YOU CAN DO • Search by event, venue, artist, or city • Filter by date, distance, and genre • Save events to your personal library • Follow your favorite venues and artists for upcoming shows • One-tap "Add to Calendar" so you don't forget • Get directions, share with friends, or grab tickets directly • Optional daily digest of shows in your area PRIVACY & ACCOUNTS VenuNite supports email/password, Sign in with Apple, and Sign in with Google. VenuNite uses Firebase Analytics to understand app usage and improve the experience. See our Privacy Policy for details about data collection. You can permanently delete your account in-app at any time. POWERED BY VENUNITE The same independently-aggregated venue and event database behind venunite.com, kept fresh by our team. We don't sell promotional placements masquerading as recommendations, and venues don't pay for visibility. Questions or feedback? Tap "Send feedback" inside the app, or email hello@venunite.com. Terms of Use: https://venunite.com/terms EULA: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://venunite.com/privacy

About

NowSeen

This app organizes and plays your personal IPTV playlists, M3U files, and Emby/Jellyfin libraries. It offers a program guide, multiscreen viewing, and subtitle customization. Syncs watch history and settings across devices.

Highlights
  • Plays M3U, Emby, Jellyfin
  • Program guide with artwork
  • Continue Watching row
  • Multiscreen live TV
  • AirPlay and Chromecast support
  • Customizable interface
  • Subtitle management
Features
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Your IPTV, Plex, Jellyfin and Emby in one beautiful app NowSeen is a player for your own IPTV playlists, M3U files, Xtream accounts and Plex, Jellyfin or Emby libraries, on iPhone, iPad and Apple TV. Add your sources and you get proper artwork, seasons and episodes, ratings, and a Continue Watching row that remembers where you stopped. Everything in one place Movies, series and live channels live side by side. Browse by genre, see what's trending, pin your favourite categories to the Start screen, or search and find something in seconds. A guide that just works A full programme guide with artwork and descriptions, fast to scroll and easy to read on a big screen. Live TV comes with list and grid views, catch-up support and reminders that let you know when a programme starts. Missed a moment? Rewind live TV and jump back to live whenever you want. Sportshub Follow your favourite sports, competitions and teams, see upcoming matches and find out right away which of your channels is showing them. Multiscreen Watch up to four live channels at the same time in a 2x2 grid, switch audio between them and open any of them full screen with one press. A better way to watch Skip intros and credits with one press, pick up the next episode automatically, and keep watching in picture in picture while you use other apps on iPhone and iPad. From your Plex, Jellyfin or Emby server you can even download movies and episodes to watch offline. AirPlay and Chromecast Send live TV, movies and series to your TV with AirPlay or Chromecast, subtitles included. Choose which device plays and keep browsing on your phone. Profiles for everyone Give everyone in the house their own profile with their own favourites, history and Continue Watching, and protect a profile with a PIN if you like. Make it yours Rename and reorder channels and categories, hide the rows you don't use, set which sections appear on Start, pick your own EPG sources, choose your metadata language, adjust the text size and set up parental locks. Nearly everything in NowSeen can be changed to how you like it. Subtitles the way you want them Choose your language, pick your exact text size, and switch tracks without leaving the picture. Closed captions are supported, and if a movie or episode has no subtitles you can fetch them from OpenSubtitles right from the player. Keeps everything in sync Your playlists, favourites and settings follow you across your devices with iCloud. Optional Trakt, Simkl and WeTrakr integration keeps your watch history and progress up to date, automatically and in the background. Made for every screen On Apple TV, NowSeen has a native interface with Top Shelf support. One Premium unlocks the full experience on iPhone, iPad and Apple TV. Premium Live TV is free to watch. Premium unlocks the full experience: 1 month for EUR 1.99 12 months for EUR 19.99 Lifetime for EUR 49.99, a single payment with no subscription Prices may vary by region. Your sources, your control NowSeen is a player. It does not provide any content, channels or subscriptions. You bring your own sources. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://nowseen.app/Privacy.html

Screenshots

VenuNite4 screens
NowSeen4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is monetization model: VenuNite at free against NowSeen's free with in-app purchases. VenuNite also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.7). NowSeen's advantage is ratings volume (21 vs 1) and update cadence (every 2 days vs every 5 days). 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. VenuNite sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month and NowSeen sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

VenuNite holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: NowSeen has 21 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

VenuNite ships an update every 5 days, NowSeen every 2 days. Both last shipped on October 20, 2026.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
VenuNite versus NowSeen: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterVenuNiteNowSeen
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better4.7 (21 ratings)
Positive reviews—88.2% of reviews
Number of ratings121 — better
Update frequencyEvery 5 daysEvery 2 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad, Apple TV — better
Requires iOS17.0 — better18.6
Further details — not scored
Size16 MB116 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperIsaac AskewRicardo Dimmendaal

Customer experience

VenuNite

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

NowSeen

All ratings21 ratings
Positive90.5%
Neutral0.0%
Negative9.5%
Written reviews17 reviews
Positive88.2%
Neutral0.0%
Negative11.8%

In-app purchases

2 purchases

VenuNite

Subscriptions2
  • VenuNite Plus$3.991 Month
  • VenuNite Plus$24.991 Year
5 purchases

NowSeen

Subscriptions4
  • NowSeen Premium$1.991 Month
  • NowSeen Premium Family$3.991 Month
  • NowSeen Premium$17.991 Year
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  • NowSeen Premium Family$34.991 Year
One-time1
  • NowSeen Premium Lifetime$44.99

Questions

Is VenuNite free?
VenuNite is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is NowSeen free?
NowSeen is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, VenuNite or NowSeen?
VenuNite is rated higher. VenuNite averages 5.0 out of 5 from 1 ratings, while NowSeen averages 4.7 from 21 ratings.
Do VenuNite or NowSeen have ads?
Neither VenuNite nor NowSeen shows ads.
Which is updated more often, VenuNite or NowSeen?
VenuNite ships an update every 5 days, and NowSeen every 2 days. Most recently, VenuNite was updated on October 20, 2026 and NowSeen on October 20, 2026.

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