Comparison

IPTV Streamly vs Playra

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

Head to head
About

IPTV Streamly

This media player allows you to stream live TV, movies, and series from your own M3U or Xtream Codes playlists. It offers fast local search, favorites, and a sleek dark mode interface for a seamless viewing experience.

Highlights
  • M3U & Xtream Codes support
  • Ultra-fast local search
  • Favorites & Recents
  • High-performance player
  • Sleek dark mode design
  • Content filtering
Features
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Streamly is a powerful, modern, and lightning-fast media player designed to give you complete control over your personal playlists. Whether you want to watch live streams, movies, or series from your own M3U or Xtream Codes subscription, Streamly provides a premium, seamless viewing experience across all your media. KEY FEATURES: • M3U & Xtream Support: Easily connect your playlists via M3U URL or Xtream Codes credentials. • Ultra-Fast Local Search: Find any channel, movie, or series episode instantly with zero latency. • Favorites & Recents: Save your top channels and pick up right where you left off. • High-Performance Player: Smooth playback powered by advanced video rendering engines. • Sleek Modern Design: Gorgeous dark mode interface designed specifically for video entertainment. • Content Filtering: Built-in mature content controls for safe family viewing. IMPORTANT DISCLAIMER: - IPTV Streamly includes a 3-Day Free Trial. An optional Lifetime Premium in-app purchase ($4.99) is available to unlock unlimited streaming access and ad-free features. - Streamly does NOT provide, host, bundle, or include any channels, media, or playlists. - Streamly is purely a media player application. Users must provide their own content from their legitimate service providers. - Streamly is not affiliated with any third-party content providers.

About

Playra

This app transforms your existing M3U playlists or Xtream Codes accounts into a personalized TV experience. Enjoy live TV, movies, shows, and follow your favorite teams with live scores and reminders. It offers multi-view capabilities and integrates with Trakt for enhanced recommendations.

Highlights
  • Personalized TV guide
  • Team schedules and live scores
  • Multi-view for multiple games/channels
  • Movie and show recommendations
  • Trakt integration
  • Picture-in-picture and AirPlay support
  • Parental controls
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Playra turns the playlist you already have into a real TV app, and it knows when your team plays. Add an M3U playlist or sign in to an Xtream Codes account from your provider: games, the TV guide, movies and shows, all in one place. Playra does not include any channels, movies or shows. You need your own playlist or account from a provider you choose. GAME DAY ON YOUR OWN CHANNELS (PREMIUM) • Follow your teams: schedules and live scores on Home, or hide scores to avoid spoilers • Tap a game to see which of your own channels has it, and jump straight to it • Reminders before the game starts • Watch up to four games at once with multi-view TRY PREMIUM FOR 7 DAYS The annual plan starts with a 7-day trial for new subscribers. Nothing to pay until it ends, and you can cancel anytime in your App Store account settings. LIVE TV THAT FEELS LIKE CABLE • A TV guide with what's on now and next (Premium shows every channel) • Channel numbers, a number pad and channel up/down • Duplicate copies of a channel merged into one, with automatic switching if a stream fails • Catch-up and rewind on channels your provider supports • Watch 2 or 4 channels at once with multi-view • Reminders before a show starts MOVIES AND SHOWS • Trending movies and series today, from the titles your playlist has • A Home screen of posters led by new and top-rated titles, each shown once • Continue watching, "Because you watched", "More like this" and new-episode badges • Next episode at the credits, with a countdown • Search with filters for genre, year and rating • Hold a poster for quick actions, and like titles to shape your picks • Connect Trakt: your Trakt recommendations, watchlist and trending titles lead Home, and what you watch is marked on Trakt A PLAYER BUILT FOR COMFORT • Picture in picture, AirPlay, and lock screen controls • A backup player for MKV films and streams that won't show a picture, or choose which player live TV, movies and shows use • Screen fit and zoom, speed control, sleep timer, its own volume and a lock • Subtitles and audio tracks with your preferred languages, plus your own subtitle files • Playlists and TV guides that update by themselves PLAYRA PREMIUM Included for everyone: live TV, movies and shows from one playlist, the TV guide for 10 channels, picture in picture and catch-up. Premium adds Sports, the TV guide for every channel, multi-view, unlimited playlists and profiles, reminders, backup and app icons. $4.99/month, $19.99/year (starting with a 7-day trial for new subscribers) or $39.99 once. Subscriptions renew automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the trial or period. FOR THE WHOLE FAMILY • Several profiles, each with its own favorites and history • Kids profiles, a parental PIN and a switch to hide adult categories • Backup and restore to move everything to a new phone Playra uses Trakt but is not endorsed or certified by Trakt. Terms of Use: https://playra.us/terms Privacy Policy: https://playra.us/privacy

Screenshots

IPTV Streamly4 screens
Playra4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Playra at 16.4 against IPTV Streamly's 18.5. On price, rating, ratings volume 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. IPTV Streamly sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Playra sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for IPTV Streamly against 5.0 for Playra. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 2 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 8 level
IPTV Streamly versus Playra: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterIPTV StreamlyPlayra
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings)5.0 (2 ratings)
Number of ratings12 — better
Update frequency—Every 3 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS18.516.4 — better
Further details — not scored
Size45 MB104 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperImtiaz AhmedHaris Saleem

Customer experience

IPTV Streamly

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Playra

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

IPTV Streamly

One-time1
  • IPTV Streamly$4.99
3 purchases

Playra

Subscriptions2
  • Premium Monthly$4.991 Month
  • Premium Annual7 Days trial$19.991 Year
One-time1
  • Premium Lifetime$39.99

Questions

Is IPTV Streamly free?
IPTV Streamly is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Playra free?
Playra is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, IPTV Streamly or Playra?
IPTV Streamly and Playra are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 1 and 2 ratings respectively.
Do IPTV Streamly or Playra have ads?
Neither IPTV Streamly nor Playra shows ads.

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