Pixama vs Lume
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Pixama
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Pixama is a short-form streaming app for movie lovers. Browse a curated catalog of feature films distilled into focused short cuts, watch the story in a sitting, save the titles you want to revisit, and jump to partner services when you want the full film. Pixama helps you: - Discover films through featured rows and genre collections - Search by title, tone, or genre - Watch trailers and available short cuts - Save films to your watchlist - Continue on supported screens with Cast and AirPlay where available - Find partner links for the full film Pixama: enough story to feel complete, enough context to decide what deserves the full-length watch. Terms: https://pixama.io/terms/
Lume
This app is a native IPTV player for Apple devices that transforms your existing playlists into a cinematic library. It supports live TV, movies, and series with detailed program guides, artwork, and ratings. Customize your viewing experience with profiles, favorites, and parental controls.
- Native Apple device design
- Multiple playback engines
- 4K HDR support
- Full program guide
- Season/episode tracking
- Multiple user profiles
- Parental controls
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Lume is a beautiful, native IPTV player for iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple TV, and Apple Vision Pro. Connect your Xtream Codes provider, add a Stalker portal, or import any M3U / M3U8 playlist, and Lume turns it into a fast, cinematic library of Live TV, Movies, and Series — with artwork, ratings, and a full program guide. Lume ships with no channels or content of its own. You bring your own subscription or playlist; Lume just makes it look and feel incredible. WHY LUME • Native on every Apple device — one app, designed for each screen • Four playback engines — KSPlayer, VLC, AVPlayer, and Lume Engine (beta) — with automatic fallback for maximum codec support • 4K HDR, hardware-accelerated, with Picture in Picture and AirPlay LIVE TV • Browse channels by category with logos and now / next EPG • Full program guide with a scrollable timeline • Multi-View — watch up to four channels at once, with a spotlight layout and switchable tiles • Custom XMLTV EPG sources on their own refresh schedule • Catch-up / time-shift and recently-watched zapping MOVIES & SERIES • Poster grids and cinematic detail pages • Ratings from IMDb, Rotten Tomatoes & Metacritic • Season / episode tracking with per-episode progress • Artwork, trailers, and cast from TMDB DOWNLOAD & WATCH OFFLINE • Save movies and episodes to your device for flights, trains, and dead zones • Downloads keep running while you use other apps • One Downloads screen to manage everything SUBTITLES & AUDIO • Search and load subtitles from OpenSubtitles without leaving the player • Switch audio and subtitle tracks per stream • Deinterlacing options for older SD channels (Lume Engine) MADE PERSONAL • Continue Watching, Favorites, Trending, and a For You rail tuned to your taste • Choose which rows appear on Home, and in what order • Hide and reorder categories and channels — in bulk, with search • Multiple profiles, each with its own history — synced across devices via iCloud • Parental controls with child profiles and PIN protection • Global search across everything, plus Skip Intro / Recap and Next Up auto-play WATCH YOUR WAY • Resume across devices; auto mark-as-watched • Optional Trakt scrobbling and history import • Hand off to Infuse, VLC, or VidHub — for movies, live TV, or both LUME PRO Lume is free to download. Lume Pro — a monthly subscription or a one-time lifetime unlock — adds unlimited playlists, offline downloads, Multi-View, multiple profiles, Trakt scrobbling, Next Up / Skip Intro, and the For You row. Bring your own legal IPTV subscription or playlist — Lume does not provide, sell, host, or recommend any content or providers.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Lume at none against Pixama's shown. Pixama's advantage is iOS requirement (15.0 vs 18.0). On price, update cadence, in-app purchases 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
Both are free to download. Pixama sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month and Lume sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Pixama ships an update every 6 days, Lume every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 8, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Pixama | Lume |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 4.9 (45 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | — | 85.7% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | — | 45 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 6 days | Every 5 days — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | — | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple TV — better |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 25 MB | 134 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Doquima Corp | Philipp Bischoff |
In-app purchases
Pixama
- Pixama Basic$4.991 Month
- Pixama Premium$9.991 Month
- Pixama Basic$49.991 Year
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- Pixama Premium$99.991 Year
Lume
- Lume Pro (Monthly)$0.99
- Lume Pro (Lifetime)$9.99









