Comparison

Spectati vs Chunky

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

Head to head
About

Spectati

Features
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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 (beta) 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 (BETA) 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.

About

Chunky

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Chunky è un lettore di fumetti veloce e curato nei dettagli, per CBZ, CBR e PDF — pensato per chi legge tanto e vuole una libreria sempre in ordine, su iPhone, iPad e Mac. LETTURA SU MISURA • Doppia pagina automatica o manuale, con copertina da sola • Lettura sinistra→destra o stile manga (destra→sinistra), per fumetto o come default • Stili di cambio pagina separati per tap e per swipe: scorrimento, immediato o dissolvenza • Modalità una mano, con zone di tap dedicate • Ritaglio automatico dei bordi bianchi • Correzione automatica di tinta e contrasto per pagine ingiallite o sbiadite • Upscaling delle pagine a bassa risoluzione • Zoom "adatta pagina" o "adatta larghezza", separato per pagine singole e doppie • Selezione di un singolo riquadro per condividerlo senza il resto della pagina • Luminosità regolabile con gesto a due dita, senza uscire dalla lettura LIBRERIA SEMPRE IN ORDINE • Vista a griglia o a lista, con raggruppamento automatico per serie • Stato di lettura (non letto, in lettura, terminato) e preferiti • Sezioni "Nuovi" e "Ora in lettura" sempre a portata di mano • Importa anche cartelle di immagini sciolte, convertite automaticamente in fumetto SINCRONIZZAZIONE ICLOUD • Libreria sincronizzata automaticamente su tutti i tuoi dispositivi • Sync Folder: trascina i fumetti nella cartella iCloud Drive e li ritrovi in Chunky, senza reimportarli a mano • Download intelligente con percentuale di avanzamento reale ACCESSO ALLE TUE FONTI • Account WebDAV per NAS, Nextcloud, ownCloud e cartelle condivise • Account OPDS per server come Calibre o Ubooquity • Server di caricamento via Wi-Fi: trascina i fumetti da un browser sullo stesso Wi-Fi, senza cavi né account cloud PRIVATO PER DESIGN • Blocco genitori con codice protetto (mai salvato in chiaro) e sblocco Face ID/Touch ID • Nessun tracciamento, nessun account obbligatorio • Segnalazioni di crash anonime e disattivabili, solo in locale Chunky è pensato per chi vuole leggere, non configurare: apri un fumetto e lui si adatta a come leggi tu.

Screenshots

Spectati4 screens
Chunky3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Chunky at none against Spectati's 3. Chunky also leads on iOS requirement (17.0 vs 26.0). On price, update cadence, ads 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Spectati sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Chunky asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 25, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 4 level
Spectati versus Chunky: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSpectatiChunky
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 4 daysEvery 4 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple TV — betteriPhone, iPad, Mac
Requires iOS26.017.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size97 MB7 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperJacob SøndergaardScunio

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Spectati

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly7 Days trial$2.991 Month
  • Annual7 Days trial$22.991 Year
One-time1
  • Lifetime$99.99
None

Chunky

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Spectati free?
Spectati is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Chunky free?
Chunky is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Spectati or Chunky have ads?
Neither Spectati nor Chunky shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Spectati or Chunky?
Spectati ships an update every 4 days, and Chunky every 4 days. Most recently, Spectati was updated on October 25, 2026 and Chunky on October 24, 2026.

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