Vireko IPTV Player vs NaboTV
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Vireko IPTV Player
Stream live TV, movies, and series with your own IPTV subscription. Features a comprehensive electronic program guide, fast search, and adaptive playback. Supports multiple providers and offers parental controls.
- Xtream Codes login or M3U/M3U8 playlist support
- Electronic program guide (EPG)
- Live TV, movies, and series playback
- Fast search functionality
- Adaptive HLS playback
- Picture-in-Picture and background audio
- Parental controls
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Vireko is a fast, good-looking player for the TV channels, movies and series you already have access to. Connect your own IPTV playlist, portal or media server and watch everything in one app, with a real program guide. Vireko is a media player only. Apart from a few demo samples, it does not provide, sell or host any channels or other content. You need your own source: an Xtream Codes login, an M3U or M3U8 playlist with an XMLTV guide, a Stalker portal, a DVB-I service list, or your own Plex, Jellyfin, Emby, WebDAV or DLNA server. LIVE TV • Your channels with their logos and what's on now and next • A full program guide you can scroll through the day • Catch-up for programs your provider archives • Multi-View: up to four channels on one screen • Favorites, folders and fast search MOVIES AND SERIES • Your library with big posters, details and trailers where available • Continue watching where you left off • Offline downloads (Premium) THE PLAYER • AirPlay to your TV, and Picture in Picture • Subtitles and audio tracks, with OpenSubtitles search • A second playback engine for MKV, TS, AVI and other files SPORTS HUB (PREMIUM) • Live scores and fixtures for soccer, hockey, basketball, baseball and more • See which channel in your own playlist shows a match • Hide scores until you want to see them MEDIA SERVERS (PREMIUM) • Plex, Jellyfin and Emby libraries, plus WebDAV and local network (DLNA) files IPHONE DUO • Open it for larger layouts with a sidebar and wider grids. Half open, the player splits at the fold: video on one side, controls on the other MAKE IT YOURS • Themes and accent colors • Trakt and Simkl sync, and optional iCloud sync • Parental controls protected by a PIN • Available in 12 languages ALSO ON APPLE TV AND MAC • Premium bought on iPhone or iPad also unlocks Vireko on Apple TV and Mac with the same Apple Account. • On Apple TV, Vireko requires Premium (Try Demo works without it) and adds Kids profiles. FREE AND PREMIUM • Free: one provider and five favorite channels, with Live TV, the guide, the library, search and the player. • Vireko Premium (a monthly or annual subscription, or a one-time lifetime purchase) adds more providers and favorites, movie and series favorites, Watch Later, Sports Hub, offline downloads and media servers. • Subscriptions renew automatically unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel them in your Apple Account settings. You are responsible for having the right to play the sources you add. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://kiltala.com/vireko-privacy.html CREDITS Screenshots show open movies and public-domain films. • Elephants Dream — (c) copyright 2006, Blender Foundation / Netherlands Media Art Institute / www.elephantsdream.org — CC BY 2.5 • Big Buck Bunny — (c) copyright 2008, Blender Foundation / www.bigbuckbunny.org — CC BY 3.0 • Sintel — © copyright Blender Foundation | durian.blender.org — CC BY 3.0 • Caminandes 1–3, The Daily Dweebs, Sprite Fright, Charge, Wing It! — (CC) Blender Foundation | studio.blender.org — CC BY 4.0 • Glass Half — (CC) Blender Foundation | studio.blender.org — CC BY 3.0 • Cosmos Laundromat: First Cycle — (CC) Blender Foundation | gooseberry.blender.org — CC BY 4.0 • Spring — © Blender Foundation | cloud.blender.org/spring — CC BY 4.0 Licences: creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.5, …/by/3.0 and …/by/4.0. Poster art adapted from film stills by Kiltala. Public domain: Gertie the Dinosaur (1914) and A Trip to the Moon (1902). Earth imagery: NASA. All other titles, channels, teams and servers are fictional. No endorsement by Blender Foundation or NASA is implied.
NaboTV
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NaboTV brings everything you can watch into one place, no matter where it lives. Instead of opening app after app to work out what to watch and where it is playing, you get a single library built around you and the services you already pay for. WHERE TO WATCH, INSTANTLY Search any movie or show and see exactly where it is available. NaboTV tracks streaming availability across services, so you know at a glance whether something is included with a subscription you already have, available to rent or buy, or already sitting on your own server. One tap opens the right app at the right title. YOUR OWN MEDIA, BUILT IN Connect a Plex, Emby, or Jellyfin server and your personal library sits right alongside everything else. Your movies, shows, and episodes become searchable, resumable, and ready to play, with subtitles and audio handled for you. PICK UP WHERE YOU LEFT OFF Continue Watching follows you from room to room. Start an episode on the television, finish it on your phone, and your progress, your on-deck episodes, and your season tracking stay in sync. DISCOVER SOMETHING WORTH YOUR TIME Browse a deep catalog with real detail: cast and crew, ratings, reviews, and collections. Filter by genre, decade, rating, or what you can actually watch tonight, then save any search you like as a row on your home screen. Build watchlists and keep the good stuff organized. MADE FOR THE BIG SCREEN NaboTV is designed for television first and is at home on iPhone and iPad. Cast to the big screen, or use your phone as a remote for the room. WATCH TOGETHER Add friends, send recommendations, and talk about what to watch next. You stay in control, with the ability to block or report anyone at any time. BUILT FOR A WHOLE HOUSEHOLD Every profile can have its own maximum rating, blocked genres, daily time limit, and viewing window. The service enforces these settings, not the app on the television, so a bedtime cannot be lifted by changing the clock on the TV. Blocked titles become a request an adult can approve from their own device, and any profile can be locked with a PIN. New kids profiles start restricted rather than open. WHEN NOBODY IS WATCHING Let the screen go idle, and NaboTV drifts into an ambient mode with artwork, local weather, and trivia, so the television is worth looking at between shows. YOUR VIEWING IS YOURS NaboTV collects only what it needs to make the experience work, and location is entirely optional. GETTING IN NaboTV is in early access and requires an account. If you do not have one yet, join the waitlist at nabo.tv, and we will send you an invitation.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: NaboTV at none against Vireko IPTV Player's 7. NaboTV also leads on update cadence (every 2 days vs every 2 weeks) and device support (4 vs 2). On price and ads 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. Vireko IPTV Player sells 7 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. NaboTV asks for nothing beyond the download.
Vireko IPTV Player ships an update every 2 weeks, NaboTV every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 31, 2026 and October 14, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Vireko IPTV Player | NaboTV |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.9 (44 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 44 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks | Every 2 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Freemium | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple TV — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 145 MB | 76 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Aleksi Kiltala | WatchBetter, Inc. |
In-app purchases
Vireko IPTV Player
- Vireko Premium Monthly$4.991 Month
- Vireko Premium Annual7 Days trial$34.991 Year
- Small coffee$0.99
- Large coffee$2.99
- Coffee & bun$4.99
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- Brunch$9.99
- Vireko Premium Lifetime$89.99
NaboTV
No in-app purchases
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