Comparison

Nimo IPTV Player vs PixelPlay

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

Head to head
About

Nimo IPTV Player

This app acts as a player for your existing IPTV subscriptions, allowing you to watch live TV, movies, and series on demand. It supports various playlist formats and offers features like offline viewing, parental controls, and cross-device synchronization.

Highlights
  • Live TV with EPG
  • Offline viewing for movies and series
  • Subtitle and audio track selection
  • On-demand content library
  • Fast search with voice input
  • Parental controls
  • Cloud sync across devices
Features
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Nimo is a free IPTV player with cloud sync across all your devices. Built for phones and tablets, Nimo gives your existing playlist or provider login one polished home for live TV and on demand content. Nimo does not include or provide any TV channels, movies or shows. You bring your own M3U playlist URL or login from your provider, and Nimo plays it. KEY FEATURES • Live TV with full program guide: now playing info under every channel, complete EPG grid, replay past programs where your provider offers an archive • Save movies and series episodes for offline viewing - watch on flights, commutes, or anywhere without internet • Pick your subtitle language and audio track - embedded tracks plus your provider's sidecar files, with cross-device sync • On demand library from your provider: poster grids, continue watching progress on movies AND individual episodes, season and episode navigation, auto play next episode • Fast search across your full lineup, with voice input on every device • Parental controls: 4 digit PIN, recovery code, lock individual channels or whole groups, enforced at every play entry point • Cloud sync across devices: pair via QR code or 6 digit code, sync favorites, history, parental locks and playlists • Free with optional Premium upgrade: ad-free, offline downloads, up to 5 devices and 10 playlists • Available in 11 languages, auto-detected from your device • Quality playback: hardware accelerated, auto stall recovery for live streams • Mini player on the home screen and fullscreen player with intuitive gestures • System Picture in Picture: keep watching in a floating window while you use other apps • Dark theme with gold accent highlights SUPPORTED PLAYLIST FORMATS • M3U and M3U8 playlist URLs • Xtream format playlist credentials (server URL with username and password) Privacy Policy: https://brighttools.app/privacy Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

PixelPlay

This app is a native media player for IPTV streams on iPhone and iPad. It supports M3U and Xtream playlists, offering playback of various formats and casting to external devices. An optional Pro version unlocks advanced features like multi-view and picture-in-picture.

Highlights
  • IPTV stream playback
  • M3U and Xtream playlist support
  • Chromecast and AirPlay casting
  • Picture-in-Picture mode (Pro)
  • Multi-View up to 4 streams (Pro)
  • Face ID/Touch ID channel locks (Pro)
  • Advanced TV Guide (Pro)
Features
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PixelPlay is a native iPhone and iPad player for IPTV streams. Bring your own M3U or Xtream playlist, or start from a free catalog of legal public channels. No ads. No tracking. PixelPlay runs two playback engines. AVPlayer handles HLS, MPEG-TS and MP4, and when it refuses a stream, VLCKit takes over, so a source that stalls in one still plays in the other. Cast to a Chromecast device or AirPlay to an Apple TV. Plug into a TV or monitor and the video moves to the big screen while the controls stay on your phone. Background audio works the way iOS users expect. WHAT YOU GET FREE - Core playback for HLS, MPEG-TS and MP4 streams - Pause and rewind live TV, or start the current program over - Catch-up: scroll back through a channel's guide and play what already aired, where your provider offers it - One content source of any type: M3U URL, M3U file, Xtream Codes API, or the free Public Catalog - Favorites, in an order you choose, plus a Recently Watched shelf on Home - Channels known to be offline sink to the bottom and carry a badge, so you stop tapping them. PixelPlay hides nothing by itself. Hide a channel yourself and it leaves every row at once - Ask Siri to play a channel, and get suggestions for the ones you watch most - Spotlight search: channels you have played are indexed into iOS system search - Chromecast (Google Cast) and AirPlay - Optional Sign in with Apple or Google to sync favorites across devices - Pinch to switch between fit and fill WHAT PIXELPLAY PRO ADDS PixelPlay Pro unlocks everything below. Buy it once and keep it for good, or subscribe yearly if you would rather try it first. - Multi-View: watch up to 4 streams at once on iPhone or iPad - Picture-in-Picture: keep watching while you use another app - Channel Lock and Category Lock, secured by Face ID, Touch ID or a PIN - Advanced TV Guide: a full EPG grid across time and channels - Unlimited content sources: separate playlists for sports, news and kids PRIVACY PixelPlay shows no ads and does not track you across apps or websites. The privacy manifest declares NSPrivacyTracking as false. Anonymous analytics are never linked to your identity. Signing in is optional. It stores the email address you provide and syncs your favorites and locks, so they follow you between devices. Your playlists and stream URLs stay on your device. DESIGNED FOR iOS PixelPlay is built with SwiftUI, StoreKit 2, SwiftData and AVKit. It is not a port of a cross-platform shell. That is why Spotlight search, Face ID locks, AirPlay, Picture-in-Picture and native iOS gestures behave the way they do in Apple's own apps. PURCHASES, RESTORES AND REFUNDS Buy Pro once and it stays yours, with nothing to cancel. The yearly plan starts with a one-week free trial, then renews each year until you cancel it in Settings. Restore Purchase, on the paywall or in Settings, brings Pro back on any device signed in to the same Apple Account. Refunds go through Apple at reportaproblem.apple.com. IMPORTANT: WHAT PIXELPLAY IS AND IS NOT PixelPlay is a media player. It does not provide, host, sell, resell or rebroadcast any TV channels, films or other media. Content is loaded from playlists and stream URLs that you supply, or from the optional free Public Catalog of openly published legal streams. You are responsible for ensuring that the content you load is lawful in your region and that you have the right to view it. PixelPlay has no affiliation with the providers of any third-party playlist or stream. Support: https://www.srstech.in/pixelplay/support/ Privacy Policy: https://www.srstech.in/pixelplay/privacy/

Screenshots

Nimo IPTV Player4 screens
PixelPlay4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: PixelPlay at none against Nimo IPTV Player's shown. Nimo IPTV Player's advantage is ratings volume (6 vs 1) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). On price, rating, update cadence and in-app purchases 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. Nimo IPTV Player sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and PixelPlay sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per year. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Nimo IPTV Player against 5.0 for PixelPlay. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Nimo IPTV Player has 6 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Nimo IPTV Player ships an update weekly, PixelPlay every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 28, 2026 and October 21, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Nimo IPTV Player versus PixelPlay: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterNimo IPTV PlayerPixelPlay
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (6 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings6 — better1
Update frequencyWeeklyEvery 5 days — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size97 MB135 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMeron HayleRahul Kumar Gupta

Customer experience

Nimo IPTV Player

All ratings6 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

PixelPlay

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

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Nimo IPTV Player

One-time1
  • Nimo Premium Lifetime$19.99
3 purchases

PixelPlay

Subscriptions1
  • PixelPlay Pro Yearly7 Days trial$9.991 Year
One-time2
  • PixelPlay Pro$9.99
  • PixelPlay Pro$24.99

Questions

Is Nimo IPTV Player free?
Nimo IPTV Player is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is PixelPlay free?
PixelPlay is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Nimo IPTV Player or PixelPlay?
Nimo IPTV Player and PixelPlay are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 6 and 1 ratings respectively.
Do Nimo IPTV Player or PixelPlay have ads?
Nimo IPTV Player shows ads; PixelPlay does not.
Which is updated more often, Nimo IPTV Player or PixelPlay?
Nimo IPTV Player ships an update weekly, and PixelPlay every 5 days. Most recently, Nimo IPTV Player was updated on October 28, 2026 and PixelPlay on October 21, 2026.

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