Lume vs Caviar Media Client
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.
Caviar Media Client
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Caviar is a modern media client for browsing and enjoying your personal media collection across iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple TV, and Apple Vision Pro. Connect your compatible Jellyfin and Seerr servers to: - Browse movies, shows, seasons, and episodes - Search across your selected media libraries - Stream compatible content from your own server - Resume playback and track watched progress - Manage media requests - Download supported content for offline viewing - Customize playback, subtitles, quality, and library layouts Caviar does not provide media, subscriptions, or streaming services. A compatible user-configured server and authorized access to its content are required. Availability of features depends on your server configuration and media formats.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Caviar Media Client at none against Lume's 2. Lume's advantage is update cadence (every 5 days vs fortnightly) and iOS requirement (18.0 vs 26.0). On price, 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
Both are free to download. Lume sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. Caviar Media Client asks for nothing beyond the download.
Lume ships an update every 5 days, Caviar Media Client fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 25, 2026 and October 11, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Lume | Caviar Media Client |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.9 (43 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 85.7% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 43 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 5 days — better | Fortnightly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple TV | iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple TV, Vision Pro — better |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 — better | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 120 MB | 30 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Philipp Bischoff | Fionn Murphy |
In-app purchases
Lume
- Lume Pro (Monthly)$0.99
- Lume Pro (Lifetime)$9.99
Caviar Media Client
No in-app purchases









