Barq Box vs CleanCut
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Barq Box
This media player supports M3U, M3U8, and Xtream Codes playlists for iPhone and iPad. Enjoy features like picture-in-picture, background audio, subtitle customization, and offline downloads. It prioritizes user privacy by storing all data locally and does not use ads or tracking.
- Xtream Codes playlist support
- Picture in Picture and background audio
- Subtitle customization
- Offline downloads
- Continue Watching, Favorites, Watch History
- Fast playback controls
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BARQ TV is a modern media player for M3U, M3U8, and Xtream Codes playlists, built for iPhone and iPad. WHAT YOU GET • Xtream Codes playlist support • Picture in Picture and background audio • Subtitle customization with fonts, colors, outlines, and timing • Offline downloads with a Wi-Fi only option • Continue Watching, Favorites, and Watch History • Fast playback controls • Multiple interface languages • Universal iPhone and iPad support POWERED BY MPV BARQ TV uses the mpv playback engine for smooth video playback and broad codec support. PRIVACY FIRST Your playlists, credentials, favorites, watch history, and downloads are stored on your device. BARQ TV does not use ads or tracking. IMPORTANT DISCLAIMER BARQ TV does not include, host, sell, or distribute any media content, channels, movies, series, or playlists. Users must provide their own legally obtained M3U, M3U8, or Xtream Codes playlist credentials. The developer is not responsible for content accessed through user-provided playlists or external providers.
CleanCut
Mutes profanity in real-time on your Apple TV without re-encoding or special movie copies. It works with popular streaming apps and offers customizable word filters and advanced syncing options.
- Real-time profanity muting
- Works with major streaming apps
- Customizable word filters
- Automatic subtitle matching
- Mic Sync for precise filtering
- No account or hardware needed
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Mutes the swearing. Keeps the movie. CleanCut filters what's playing on your Apple TV, live, inside the apps you already use, on the hardware you already own. No more lunging for the remote. Pair CleanCut with your Apple TV, press play, and it tracks exactly where the TV is in the show: profanity is muted the instant it lands, unwanted segments are skipped past. You keep watching in Disney+, Hulu, Prime Video, Plex, or YouTube with the remote already in your hand. Nothing is cast from a browser or re-encoded, and nothing is installed on the TV. It works on the streams you already pay for. HOW IT WORKS • Pair in seconds: enter the 4-digit PIN your Apple TV shows. No account and no extra hardware. • Play something in a supported app. Your Apple TV reports what's playing and where; CleanCut matches a subtitle track to it automatically. • Swearing is muted in real time while the scene plays on. • On YouTube, sponsor reads skip themselves (free). Intros, outros, self-promos, recaps, and more are one toggle each. FREE ON YOUTUBE AND PLEX YouTube and Plex are filtered in full at no charge, with every word-list control. On Plex, CleanCut mutes the swearing in your own library as it plays in the Plex app on the TV, with nothing re-encoded and no browser extension. On YouTube you get SponsorBlock skipping on an Apple TV without a server or an always-on computer. WORKS WITH THE APPS YOU ALREADY WATCH Prime Video, Hulu, Disney+, Apple TV+, Paramount+, Peacock, Crunchyroll, Tubi, AMC+, and any other app that uses the Apple TV's built-in player. YOU'RE IN CONTROL • Switch any word in the filter on or off. Changes apply mid-movie. • Mute landing early or late? Widen the cushion around each mute, or slide the whole filter earlier or later. • Put the phone down (Pro): turn on Auto-Sync and filtering keeps running with the screen off and the phone on the table. • Mic Sync (Pro): your iPhone listens to the TV and lines the filter up with the exact cut you're streaming, ad breaks and extended cuts included. Audio is processed on your device and never saved or uploaded. • Know before the first swear: if your Apple TV can't control your TV's volume yet, CleanCut says so and walks you through turning on HDMI-CEC. • Something wrong? Report a Problem sends CleanCut's own notes to us in one tap, so we can fix it without you writing a bug report. • No account. Usage data and diagnostic reports each have their own switch, in setup and in Settings. WHAT YOU'LL NEED An Apple TV on the same Wi-Fi network as your iPhone or iPad, set to control your TV's volume (HDMI-CEC, which most TVs already have on). Filtering needs subtitles to exist for what you're watching; YouTube uses the video's own captions. Netflix and Max can't be filtered. Both use their own video player on the Apple TV and report nothing about what's playing. If they're most of your watching, CleanCut isn't the right buy. We'd rather say so here. Download CleanCut and pair your Apple TV. SUBSCRIPTIONS CleanCut is free to download. Filtering YouTube and Plex is free (ad-supported). CleanCut Pro is an optional auto-renewing subscription ($7.99/month or $59.99/year, purchased separately): subtitle-based filtering for supported streaming apps with a monthly lookup allowance, no ads, Mic Sync, and filtering that keeps running with the phone locked. Payment is charged to your Apple Account at confirmation of purchase. Subscriptions renew automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel in your Apple Account settings. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://reclinedlogic.com/cleancut/privacy/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: CleanCut at 5.0 against Barq Box's 4.4. CleanCut also leads on update cadence (every 9 days vs monthly). Barq Box's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 4) and ads (none vs shown). On price, review sentiment 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. CleanCut sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Barq Box asks for nothing beyond the download.
CleanCut holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.4. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 8 and 2 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.
Barq Box ships an update monthly, CleanCut every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on November 5, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Barq Box | CleanCut |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.4 (8 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 8 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Every 9 days — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 26.5 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 34 MB | 25 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | mohammed ahmed | Reclined Logic |
Customer experience
Barq Box
CleanCut
In-app purchases
Barq Box
No in-app purchases
CleanCut
- CleanCut Plus (Monthly)$2.991 Month
- CleanCut Pro (Monthly)$5.991 Month
- CleanCut Plus (Yearly)$29.991 Year
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- CleanCut Pro (Yearly)$59.991 Year









