Comparison

IPTV Deck vs North IPTV Player

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • 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
Features
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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.

About

North IPTV Player

This app transforms your existing playlists into a beautiful TV experience on iOS and Apple TV. Enjoy live TV with instant previews, a full guide, and movie playback. Advanced features like recording and offline downloads are available with a premium subscription.

Highlights
  • Live TV with instant channel preview
  • Full TV guide (EPG)
  • Movie and TV show playback with resume
  • Fast search across content
  • Parental control for channels/categories
  • Subtitle and audio track selection
  • Self-healing playback
Features
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North IPTV turns the playlist you already have into a beautiful TV experience on iPhone, iPad, Apple TV and Mac. Free to watch, really: all your channels and the full guide — no ads, no watermarks, no trial timers. Only advanced extras (recording, downloads for offline viewing, movie night mode) are paid. Add your M3U link or Xtream Codes login once — iCloud brings it to every device. No account to create, no tracking, no ads. BUILT FOR REAL IPTV • Live TV with instant channel preview — browse while you watch • Full TV guide (EPG) that follows the category or bouquet you're in • Movies and TV shows with posters, seasons, episodes and resume • Fast search across everything • Country filter for providers with |FR| |UK| |US| style categories • Bouquets: build and order your own channel collections • Parental control: lock channels or whole categories behind a 4-digit code — locked content disappears everywhere until unlocked • Subtitles and audio tracks straight from your streams • Self-healing playback: dropped streams reconnect automatically PLAYS (ALMOST) ANYTHING Two playback engines under the hood: hardware-accelerated native playback for HLS and 4K HEVC, plus a compatibility engine for raw MPEG-TS, MKV and other formats Apple devices don't normally play. NORTH IPTV PREMIUM The core player is free, forever! Premium (7-day free trial, then auto-renewing subscription) unlocks: • Unlimited playlists • Live TV recording and offline downloads of your movies and episodes • Movie Night Mode - with the possibility to add your own TMDB Api Key Subscriptions renew automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the period. Manage or cancel anytime in your App Store account settings. IMPORTANT North IPTV is a player only. It does not include, provide, sell or promote any channels, movies or shows, and no playlist comes with the app. You must supply your own playlist from your TV provider, and you are responsible for having the right to use it. Streams and guide data come from your provider. Artwork may come from your provider, TMDB or bundled channel-logo resources. Privacy policy: https://northiptv.philip.pe/privacy.html Terms of use: https://northiptv.philip.pe/terms.html

Screenshots

IPTV Deck4 screens
North IPTV Player4 screens

Verdict

The call

IPTV Deck and North IPTV Player are too close to call on the numbers: across 10 compared parameters — price, rating, review sentiment and ratings volume among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

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 Deck sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month and North IPTV Player sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 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 Deck against 5.0 for North IPTV Player. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 4 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

IPTV Deck ships an update every 2 days, North IPTV Player every 3 days. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
IPTV Deck versus North IPTV Player: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterIPTV DeckNorth IPTV Player
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (2 ratings)5.0 (4 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings24 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 days — betterEvery 3 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple TViPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple TV
Requires iOS16.4 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size147 MB227 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperZbigniew SzepczyskiPhilippe Bouffaut

Customer experience

IPTV Deck

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

North IPTV Player

All ratings4 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

4 purchases

IPTV Deck

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly$2.991 Month
  • Yearly$12.991 Year
One-time2
  • Family Devices$14.99
  • Lifetime$32.99
3 purchases

North IPTV Player

Subscriptions2
  • Premium7 Days trial$1.991 Month
  • Premium7 Days trial$19.991 Year
One-time1
  • Premium Lifetime$49.99

Questions

Is IPTV Deck free?
IPTV Deck is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is North IPTV Player free?
North IPTV Player is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, IPTV Deck or North IPTV Player?
IPTV Deck and North IPTV Player are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 2 and 4 ratings respectively.
Do IPTV Deck or North IPTV Player have ads?
Neither IPTV Deck nor North IPTV Player shows ads.
Which is updated more often, IPTV Deck or North IPTV Player?
IPTV Deck ships an update every 2 days, and North IPTV Player every 3 days. Most recently, IPTV Deck was updated on October 24, 2026 and North IPTV Player on October 24, 2026.

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