Comparison

Lume vs Binglyst

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • Native Apple device design
  • Multiple playback engines
  • 4K HDR support
  • Full program guide
  • Season/episode tracking
  • Multiple user profiles
  • Parental controls
Features
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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.

About

Binglyst

Easily track your favorite shows and movies, manage your watchlists, and discover new content. Its intelligent search understands plot descriptions and actor names, while a private, on-device recommendation engine learns your taste.

Highlights
  • Track watching progress per episode/season
  • Intelligent search by plot or actor
  • On-device personalized recommendations
  • Countdown to next episode air dates
  • View cast and crew filmographies
  • Optional friend following and shared watchlists
  • Private, no ads or tracking
Features
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Binglyst is a fast, personal tracker for everything you watch — with a search that understands what you mean, not just what you type. TRACK WITHOUT THE BUSYWORK • Watching / Watchlist / Watched with per-episode checkmarks and season progress ("7 of 62") • Mark a whole season watched in one tap • Home shows what to continue, what's coming up, and exact countdowns to your shows' next episodes SEARCH THAT GETS IT Type a plot, not a title. "Chemistry teacher becomes drug kingpin" finds Breaking Bad; "bus cannot go below 50" finds Speed. Binglyst fuses meaning-based matching with keyword and popularity signals — and it also searches people, so "Leonardo DiCaprio" opens a full filmography with each credit's role. RECOMMENDATIONS THAT LEARN A private, on-device recommendation engine builds a taste profile from your library — favorite genres, actors, directors, writers — and keeps two rails fresh: one for series, one for movies. Pick three favorites at the start and it's already useful. NEVER MISS A DROP Coming Up lists your shows' next episodes with countdowns, and optional local reminders fire on air day. No account or server required. WHERE HAVE I SEEN THEM? Tap any cast member on a title page to see which of your watched shows and movies they also appear in — with the role they played in each. FRIENDS, OPTIONALLY Follow friends' watchlists and run a two-person shared watchlist. Friend features are entirely optional and need an iCloud account. PRIVATE BY DESIGN Your watch history lives on your device. No ads, no analytics, no tracking. An account is optional — Sign in with Apple, Google, or email — and can be deleted in-app at any time. Binglyst's catalog covers hundreds of thousands of titles with episode air dates, ratings, plots, and full cast & crew, refreshed daily.

Screenshots

Lume4 screens
Binglyst4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Binglyst at none against Lume's 2. Binglyst also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.6) and update cadence (every 3 days vs weekly). Lume's advantage is ratings volume (9 vs 2) and device support (4 vs 1). On price, review sentiment, ads and monetization model 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. Lume sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. Binglyst asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Binglyst holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.6. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 9 and 2 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Lume ships an update weekly, Binglyst every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on September 13, 2026 and September 26, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Lume versus Binglyst: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLumeBinglyst
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (9 ratings)5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings9 — better2
Update frequencyWeeklyEvery 3 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple TV — betteriPhone
Requires iOS18.017.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size110 MB63 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperPhilipp BischoffMohammad Hossein Pourmatin

Customer experience

Lume

All ratings9 ratings
Positive88.9%
Neutral0.0%
Negative11.1%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Binglyst

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Lume

One-time2
  • Lume Pro (Monthly)$0.99
  • Lume Pro (Lifetime)$9.99
None

Binglyst

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Lume free?
Lume is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Binglyst free?
Binglyst is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Lume or Binglyst?
Binglyst is rated higher. Lume averages 4.6 out of 5 from 9 ratings, while Binglyst averages 5.0 from 2 ratings.
Do Lume or Binglyst have ads?
Neither Lume nor Binglyst shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Lume or Binglyst?
Lume ships an update weekly, and Binglyst every 3 days. Most recently, Lume was updated on September 13, 2026 and Binglyst on September 26, 2026.

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