Lume vs RocketGlobe
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Lume
This app is a native IPTV player for Apple devices that transforms your existing playlists into a cinematic library. It supports live TV, movies, and series with detailed program guides, artwork, and ratings. Customize your viewing experience with profiles, favorites, and parental controls.
- Native Apple device design
- Multiple playback engines
- 4K HDR support
- Full program guide
- Season/episode tracking
- Multiple user profiles
- Parental controls
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Lume is a beautiful, native IPTV player for iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple TV, and Apple Vision Pro. Connect your Xtream Codes provider, add a Stalker portal, or import any M3U / M3U8 playlist, and Lume turns it into a fast, cinematic library of Live TV, Movies, and Series — with artwork, ratings, and a full program guide. Lume ships with no channels or content of its own. You bring your own subscription or playlist; Lume just makes it look and feel incredible. WHY LUME • Native on every Apple device — one app, designed for each screen • Four playback engines — KSPlayer, VLC, AVPlayer, and Lume Engine (beta) — with automatic fallback for maximum codec support • 4K HDR, hardware-accelerated, with Picture in Picture and AirPlay LIVE TV • Browse channels by category with logos and now / next EPG • Full program guide with a scrollable timeline • Multi-View — watch up to four channels at once, with a spotlight layout and switchable tiles • Custom XMLTV EPG sources on their own refresh schedule • Catch-up / time-shift and recently-watched zapping MOVIES & SERIES • Poster grids and cinematic detail pages • Ratings from IMDb, Rotten Tomatoes & Metacritic • Season / episode tracking with per-episode progress • Artwork, trailers, and cast from TMDB DOWNLOAD & WATCH OFFLINE • Save movies and episodes to your device for flights, trains, and dead zones • Downloads keep running while you use other apps • One Downloads screen to manage everything SUBTITLES & AUDIO • Search and load subtitles from OpenSubtitles without leaving the player • Switch audio and subtitle tracks per stream • Deinterlacing options for older SD channels (Lume Engine) MADE PERSONAL • Continue Watching, Favorites, Trending, and a For You rail tuned to your taste • Choose which rows appear on Home, and in what order • Hide and reorder categories and channels — in bulk, with search • Multiple profiles, each with its own history — synced across devices via iCloud • Parental controls with child profiles and PIN protection • Global search across everything, plus Skip Intro / Recap and Next Up auto-play WATCH YOUR WAY • Resume across devices; auto mark-as-watched • Optional Trakt scrobbling and history import • Hand off to Infuse, VLC, or VidHub — for movies, live TV, or both LUME PRO Lume is free to download. Lume Pro — a monthly subscription or a one-time lifetime unlock — adds unlimited playlists, offline downloads, Multi-View, multiple profiles, Trakt scrobbling, Next Up / Skip Intro, and the For You row. Bring your own legal IPTV subscription or playlist — Lume does not provide, sell, host, or recommend any content or providers.
RocketGlobe
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Rocket Globe brings rocket launches from around the world onto a single 3D globe. Launch pads across the planet appear on a rotating Earth. Upcoming launches show up with a live countdown as the rocket stands on the pad — and at T‑0 it ignites and climbs into the sky. ■ Features • Rocket launch pads worldwide on a 3D globe • Real‑time launch data & precise countdowns from TheSpaceDevs • Rocket launch → ascent animation synced to the countdown • Outcome effects for successful and failed launches • Launch reminders — tap the bell for any launch you care about • Natural gestures: drag to rotate, pinch to zoom, tilt to look around Earth imagery uses NASA's Blue Marble (public domain). Launch data is provided by TheSpaceDevs Launch Library 2. Don't like ads? Remove them permanently with a one‑time purchase. Enjoying the app? Buy the developer a coffee to show your support.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Lume at none against RocketGlobe's shown. Lume also leads on update cadence (every 5 days vs every 11 days) and device support (4 vs 1). On price, in-app purchases and iOS requirement 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. Lume sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and RocketGlobe sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Lume ships an update every 5 days, RocketGlobe every 11 days. The most recent releases landed on November 5, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Lume | RocketGlobe |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (48 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 85.7% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 48 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 5 days — better | Every 11 days |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple TV — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 17.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 135 MB | 29 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Philipp Bischoff | Jiwon Son |
In-app purchases
Lume
- Lume Pro (Lifetime)$9.99
RocketGlobe
- 광고제거$0.99
- 개발자 후원$2.99
Questions
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