Comparison

Pulsar IPTV vs IPTV ChezMoi

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

Head to head
About

Pulsar IPTV

Features
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Pulsar is a fast, beautiful IPTV player for iPhone, iPad and Apple TV — and much more: with the Media Center you can also play your own library of movies, shows, music and photos from your computer or NAS, without it ever leaving your network. YOUR CHANNELS, YOUR WAY • Add your M3U or Xtream Codes playlists • Program guide (EPG), search and favorites • User profiles with avatar, PIN and Home mode MEDIA CENTER Ā· YOUR LIBRARY AT HOME (Pro) • Connect your computer or NAS over SMB or DLNA • Play movies, shows, music and photos with artwork • Everything stays on your network — nothing is uploaded BUILT FOR APPLE • Multiview on Apple TV (several streams at once) • Picture in Picture on iPad and AirPlay (audio) • iCloud sync across your devices • Icons, themes and backgrounds to make it yours • Available in English, Spanish, German, French, Italian, Japanese, Portuguese, Polish, Romanian, Turkish and Arabic ENCRYPTED PLAYLISTS (Pro) • Share playlists with friends and choose how long they can use them • Add shared playlists without showing their address in the app IMPORTANT Pulsar is only a player: it does NOT provide or include any channels or content. You add your own playlists and play your own content. The app includes no channels or copyrighted material. ——— Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

IPTV ChezMoi

Features
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IPTV ChezMoi plays the live TV of the IPTV provider you already have, like an old-school TV box: the picture is the app. It opens straight on the last channel you watched, before anything else loads. BRING YOUR OWN PROVIDER IPTV ChezMoi does not sell, include or provide any channel or content. You sign in with the Xtream Codes account given by your provider, or with the address of an M3U / M3U8 playlist. You are responsible for the content you watch and for having the rights to it. FAST, LIKE A TV • Opens on your last channel at once • Left or right: back to the previous channel • Up or down: a compact guide at the bottom of the screen, with a four-hour timeline of the programmes • A colored bar tells which channels showed a picture, only black, or no signal FIND YOUR CHANNELS • Favorites and pinned categories, synced through iCloud between your devices • Search every channel by name, accents and case ignored • Categories ordered for Canada and the United States, with 4K first WATCH MORE AT ONCE • Multi-view: up to four channels on screen, the one you hear outlined • A live preview of the channel highlighted in the guide • Picture in Picture on iPhone and iPad, and on Apple TV with a long press MADE FOR EVERY SCREEN • Apple TV, iPhone, iPad and Mac, with the Siri Remote, touch or the keyboard • iPhone Duo: open and upright, the channel on top and the guide below • Subtitles, closed captions and audio tracks; zoom to fill the screen • Matches your TV's frame rate on Apple TV • English, French and Spanish YOUR SETTINGS FOLLOW YOU Your account and settings are backed up to your own iCloud, so a new device is ready in seconds. FREE, FOR GOOD • Free forever, no subscription, no in-app purchase • No ads, no tracking, nothing collected about what you watch • Live TV only: for movies and series, see our other free app, VOD ChezMoi

Screenshots

Pulsar IPTV4 screens
IPTV ChezMoi4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: IPTV ChezMoi at none against Pulsar IPTV's 3. IPTV ChezMoi also leads on device support (4 vs 2). Pulsar IPTV's advantage is update cadence (every 3 days vs every 5 days). On price, ads and iOS requirement there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price Ā· Rating Ā· Positive reviews Ā· Number of ratings Ā· Update frequency Ā· Ads Ā· In-app purchases Ā· Monetization Ā· Best chart rank Ā· Devices Ā· Requires iOS

CostPrice Ā· In-app purchases Ā· Ads Ā· Monetization

Both are free to download. Pulsar IPTV sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per 7 days. IPTV ChezMoi asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Pulsar IPTV ships an update every 3 days, IPTV ChezMoi every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 28, 2026 and October 26, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences Ā· 3 level
Pulsar IPTV versus IPTV ChezMoi: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPulsar IPTVIPTV ChezMoi
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 3 days — betterEvery 5 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple TV — better
Requires iOS17.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size167 MB49 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDavid Cozar LagunaALEXANDRE LEMAY

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Pulsar IPTV

Subscriptions2
  • Pulsar Pro Weekly$2.997 Days
  • Pulsar Pro7 Days trial$9.991 Year
One-time1
  • Pulsar Pro Lifetime$8.99
None

IPTV ChezMoi

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Pulsar IPTV free?
Pulsar IPTV is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is IPTV ChezMoi free?
IPTV ChezMoi is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Pulsar IPTV or IPTV ChezMoi have ads?
Neither Pulsar IPTV nor IPTV ChezMoi shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Pulsar IPTV or IPTV ChezMoi?
Pulsar IPTV ships an update every 3 days, and IPTV ChezMoi every 5 days. Most recently, Pulsar IPTV was updated on October 28, 2026 and IPTV ChezMoi on October 26, 2026.

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