Spectati vs IPTV StreamBoxPlayer
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Spectati
Consolidate your media from Plex, Jellyfin, and IPTV into a single, organized library. Enjoy live TV with a comprehensive guide, seamless playback of high-bitrate content, and personalized recommendations across all your Apple devices.
- Unified media library
- Live TV with EPG
- Direct playback of 4K HDR content
- Cross-device watch history
- Personalized recommendations
- Sports league and team following
- Offline downloads (subscription)
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Plex, Jellyfin and your IPTV playlist in one app. Spectati puts your media servers and your live channels in one library on Apple TV, iPhone, iPad and Mac. Your XMLTV data becomes a full guide, and files reach your display and your receiver without re-encoding. ONE LIBRARY Connect Plex, Jellyfin, IPTV playlists, SMB shares and Emby at the same time. A film that sits on two servers shows up once, and Spectati plays the better copy, judged by resolution, codec, HDR and audio. Search covers titles, episodes and live channels from every source. Spectati writes your progress back to the server, so you can stop on one device and pick up on another. LIVE TV WITH A REAL GUIDE Paste an M3U, M3U8 or JSON playlist, or connect an Xtream provider. You get now and next, categories and a timeline you can scroll. SD, HD and 4K feeds of the same channel group under one entry. Hide, rename, sort and pin channels, and your changes survive a playlist refresh. On Apple TV you can zap up and down without leaving the player. On iPad, Mac and Apple TV, Multiview plays up to four channels at once. SPORTS Follow leagues and teams in football, basketball, ice hockey, tennis, motorsport and more, and Spectati finds their matches in your IPTV source's XMLTV guide. Subscribers get kickoff reminders, Watch from Kickoff on catch-up channels and Matchday Multiview. PLAYBACK High-bitrate 4K remuxes direct-play, with no server transcoding. Dolby Vision, HDR10+, HDR10 and HLG go to the display. Dolby Atmos, TrueHD, E-AC-3 and DTS go to the receiver. Adjust audio delay and subtitle timing. Subtitles come from OpenSubtitles, live channels carry DVB teletext, and IntroDB skips the intro. NATIVE ON EVERY APPLE DEVICE Written in Swift for tvOS, iOS, iPadOS and macOS 26 or later. Spectati follows the current Apple TV user, so everyone in the house keeps their own watch history. Families get a PIN lock and age-rating caps. FREE TO USE No ads and no card. Connect up to two sources and you get live TV with the full guide, 4K remuxes in SDR and channel curation. Four Blender open movies on Home let you try the player before you connect anything. FEATURES • Continue Watching, watch history, watchlist and favorites • Like or Not For Me on anything, and Home rows that follow your ratings • Chapters, playback speed and audio modes • AirPlay and Picture in Picture BRING YOUR OWN CONTENT Spectati is a player and organizer. It does not provide media, channels, IPTV subscriptions, playlists, accounts, metadata, subtitles, storage or internet access. Connect your own supported providers and only stream content you're authorized to access. SUBSCRIPTION Browsing, live TV and playback need no account and no subscription, with up to two sources connected. The subscription is optional. It lifts the two-source limit and adds full quality playback with HDR and surround sound, offline downloads, IPTV catch-up and on-demand, bulk channel tools, program reminders, iCloud sync of your sources, lists and watch state, Multiview, Sports, automatic subtitles and SIMKL and Trakt watch-history sync. It renews automatically and is billed through the App Store, with a free trial when available. You can also choose a one-time lifetime purchase. One purchase covers iPhone, iPad, Apple TV and Mac, and Family Sharing is supported. Manage or cancel anytime in your Apple ID settings.
IPTV StreamBoxPlayer
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StreamBoxPlayer è un player M3U/M3U8 progettato per organizzare e riprodurre contenuti multimediali personali o autorizzati dall’utente, in modo semplice, fluido e intuitivo. L’app consente di aggiungere URL playlist, gestire canali Live, Film e Serie TV, organizzare i contenuti in preferiti, continuare la visione da dove era stata interrotta e visualizzare informazioni disponibili nei dati della playlist, come EPG, dettagli dei contenuti e immagini, quando presenti. Tra le principali funzioni sono inclusi supporto Picture in Picture, ricerca rapida, gestione preferiti, sezione Da vedere, Protezione genitori con PIN e filtro dei contenuti sensibili, oltre a un’interfaccia ottimizzata per un’esperienza moderna e immediata. StreamBox non fornisce, ospita, vende o distribuisce contenuti, playlist, accessi IPTV, abbonamenti, canali televisivi, film, serie TV o altri contenuti di terze parti. L’utente è responsabile dei contenuti caricati e deve disporre dei relativi diritti o autorizzazioni per l’utilizzo. Privacy Policy: https://www.guzzettiapp.it/privacy.html Terms of Use / EULA: https://www.guzzettiapp.it/privacy.html StreamBoxPlayer is an M3U/M3U8 player designed to organize and play personal or user-authorized multimedia content in a simple, smooth, and intuitive way. The app allows users to add playlist URLs, manage Live channels, Movies, and TV Series, organize content into favorites, continue watching from where they left off, and view information available in playlist data, such as EPG, content details, and images, when provided. Key features include Picture in Picture support, fast search, favorites management, a Watch Later section, Parental Controls with PIN protection and sensitive-content filtering, as well as an interface optimized for a modern and immediate viewing experience. StreamBox does not provide, host, sell, or distribute content, playlists, IPTV access, subscriptions, television channels, movies, TV series, or any other third-party content. Users are responsible for the content they add and must have the appropriate rights or authorization to use it. Privacy Policy: https://www.guzzettiapp.it/privacy.html Terms of Use / EULA: https://www.guzzettiapp.it/privacy.html
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Verdict
The clearest difference is iOS requirement: IPTV StreamBoxPlayer at 17.0 against Spectati's 26.0. On price, update cadence, ads 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
Both are free to download. Spectati sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month and IPTV StreamBoxPlayer sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Spectati ships an update every 5 days, IPTV StreamBoxPlayer every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on November 5, 2026 and November 10, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Spectati | IPTV StreamBoxPlayer |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 2 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 5 days | Every 4 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Freemium | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple TV — better | iPhone, iPad, Apple TV |
| Requires iOS | 26.0 | 17.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 99 MB | 57 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Jacob Søndergaard | Guzzetti |
In-app purchases
Spectati
- Monthly7 Days trial$2.991 Month
- Annual7 Days trial$22.991 Year
- Lifetime$99.99
IPTV StreamBoxPlayer
- StreamBox Premium Monthly$1.991 Month
- StreamBox Premium 6 Months$4.996 Months
- StreamBox Premium Yearly7 Days trial$8.991 Year









