Crivid IPTV Player vs IPTV Deck
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Crivid IPTV Player
This app transforms your personal playlists into a seamless TV viewing experience on your iPhone and iPad. It acts as a player only, requiring you to provide your own content sources like M3U playlists or Xtream Codes logins.
- Personal playlist integration
- Fast, full-screen TV guide
- Live channel preview
- Catch-up and replay functionality
- VOD catalogue with search
- Series tracking
- Multi-view for multiple streams
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Crivid IPTV Player turns your own playlists into a fast, beautiful TV experience on iPhone and iPad. BRING YOUR OWN CONTENT Crivid IPTV Player is a player only — it does not include, sell or provide any channels, streams or subscriptions. You sign in with your own M3U playlist or Xtream Codes login from your TV provider, and optionally connect your own media servers and tuners. FAST FULL-SCREEN TV GUIDE • A lightning-fast programme guide built for big channel lists • Live channel preview while you browse — tap again for full screen • Catch-up & replay: rewind the timeline and watch earlier programmes (Pro) MOVIES & SERIES • Full VOD catalogue with posters, details and search (Pro) • Series with seasons, episode lists and watched-tracking (Pro) • Auto-play next episode MULTI-VIEW • Watch up to four live streams at once, with instant audio switching (Pro) YOUR WHOLE MEDIA HUB • Connect Plex, Jellyfin and Emby alongside your IPTV (Pro) • HDHomeRun network tuners and local files • Multiple playlists and profiles — combine them into one guide (Pro) MADE FOR iPHONE AND iPAD • Picture-in-Picture: keep watching while you do other things (Pro) • AirPlay audio to Apple TV, HomePod and speakers • Favorites for the channels, movies and shows you love (Pro) • Sleep timer, subtitle and audio track selection FREE AND PRO The free tier gives you live TV from one source plus the full TV guide — forever. A 7-day trial unlocks everything so you can try the whole app; after that, a single lifetime purchase unlocks Pro. No subscription. Crivid IPTV Player plays only the content you provide. It does not endorse or promote any third-party content service. An active playlist or server of your own is required.
IPTV Deck
Transform your playlists into a comprehensive TV experience with a full program guide, catch-up functionality, and offline downloads. Enjoy smooth playback on extensive channel lists, personalized profiles, and seamless cross-device syncing. Securely manage your provider passwords and enhance viewing with features like multiview and AirPlay support.
- Full program guide with catch-up
- Offline downloads for movies and series
- Personalized profiles with kids mode
- Cross-device syncing of playlists and watchlists
- Multiview up to nine channels
- End-to-end encryption for passwords
- Support for M3U, Xtream Codes, and MAC portals
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IPTV Deck is an IPTV player that turns your own playlist into a proper TV experience. Bring an Xtream Codes account, an M3U link or a file from your device — everything else is handled: a full programme guide, catch-up, favourites, offline downloads, and playback that stays smooth on playlists with over 100,000 channels. It also connects to your own Jellyfin, Emby or Plex media server. HIGHLIGHTS • Profiles — everyone in the house gets their own favourites, history and watchlist, with a kids profile and a PIN • Live sync — start on your phone, finish somewhere else; playlists, favourites, watchlist and your exact position follow you • End-to-end encryption — your provider passwords never sit readable in the cloud • Multiview — up to nine channels at once, side by side or stacked • Send to TV — pick something on your phone and it starts playing on a television running IPTV Deck • Picture in Picture and lock screen controls • MAC portals — add a Stalker or Ministra portal next to Xtream Codes and M3U • Jellyfin, Emby and Plex — add your own media server next to your playlists: its films and series with posters and episodes, watched status and resume position kept in sync, and the Live TV of Jellyfin and Emby • Remembered tracks — subtitles and audio stay as you chose them for every film and episode, on all your devices • Genres — browse your films and series by genre (with a TMDB account) • Recording — record live programmes and watch them later • AirPlay — send a film or a channel to an Apple TV or an AirPlay 2 television PLAYLISTS • Xtream Codes, M3U link, or a local file • Several playlists with a quick switcher • 100,000+ channels without lag — the catalogue lives in a local database • Automatic refresh every 6, 12 or 24 hours, Wi-Fi-only option, refresh on demand • Per-playlist User-Agent and alternative provider hosts LIVE TV • Now and next on every channel, with a progress bar • Categories, your own groups, hidden channels, PIN-locked categories • Favourites in the order you choose • 4K and HD filters, jump to a letter, instant search • Channel versions (HD / FHD / 4K) detected and grouped automatically TV GUIDE • Full grid with logos, reaching back as far as your provider's catch-up allows • Tap a programme that already aired to watch it from catch-up; tap a future one to set a reminder • Several XMLTV sources, automatic channel matching, time offset • Reminders arrive even when the app is closed MOVIES & SERIES • Posters, metadata, resume bars, watched episodes • Sort by date added, name, year or rating • Watchlist and Continue watching • Offline downloads — whole films or single episodes PLAYER • Plays what other apps choke on, HEVC and AC-3 included • Subtitles from OpenSubtitles, matched to the title, with adjustable size • Edge gestures for brightness and volume, double-tap to skip, pinch to zoom • Sleep timer, background audio, autoplay next episode • Catch-up playback with "go live" and "from the start" CHROMECAST • Cast anything and pick audio and subtitle tracks from your phone PRIVACY & PARENTAL CONTROL • App lock with a PIN and PIN-locked categories • Selective sync — you decide which data ever leaves the device • Backup and restore to a file IPTV Deck does not include, provide or sell any channels, films or subscriptions, and contains no content of its own. You need your own playlist from your provider.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: IPTV Deck at 100% against Crivid IPTV Player's 0%. IPTV Deck also leads on rating (5.0 vs 3.0). On price, ratings volume, update cadence 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
Both are free to download. Crivid IPTV Player sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and IPTV Deck sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
IPTV Deck holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 2 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 0% of Crivid IPTV Player's written reviews are positive against 100% of IPTV Deck's.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 2 days. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.
| Parameter | Crivid IPTV Player | IPTV Deck |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.0 (2 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 2 | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 days | Every 2 days |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac, Apple TV — better | iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple TV |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 16.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 107 MB | 147 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Crivid AS | Zbigniew Szepczyski |
Customer experience
Crivid IPTV Player
IPTV Deck
In-app purchases
Crivid IPTV Player
- Crivid Pro — Lifetime$17.99
IPTV Deck
- Monthly$2.991 Month
- Yearly$12.991 Year
- Family Devices$14.99
- Lifetime$32.99









