IPTV Deck vs Putopia
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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 SPORTS • Today's games from the teams and leagues you follow, with live scores • The channel showing the match, found in your own playlist and guide • Kick-off reminders, goal alerts and a hide-scores mode against spoilers 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.
Putopia
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Putopia turns your put.io cloud storage into a beautiful, poster-rich media library — and adds your own IPTV in the same place. It’s a player for content you already own or subscribe to; Putopia ships no channels or media of its own. YOUR PUT.IO LIBRARY, TRANSFORMED • Connect your put.io account and browse your files as movies and shows • Rich Discover view with posters, genres, cast, and ratings from IMDb, Rotten Tomatoes, Metacritic, and TMDB • Search and filter by title, genre, year, and rating • Plays virtually anything — 4K, HDR, MKV, and multichannel audio — with automatic fallback so formats just work • Add downloads to put.io straight from a magnet or link • Save titles for offline viewing BRING YOUR OWN IPTV (OPTIONAL) • Connect your own Xtream Codes or M3U provider • Live TV, movies, and series in one organized catalog • Full TV guide (EPG) with what’s on now and next • Search across channels, programs, and folders MADE FOR EVERY SCREEN • Universal app for iPhone, iPad, Mac, and Apple TV • Personal profiles — everyone gets their own favorites, recents, and continue-watching • Pick up where you left off across your devices • Copy your whole setup to a new device over Wi-Fi or with a short code PRIVATE BY DESIGN • No accounts, no ads, no tracking, no analytics • Your credentials stay in the device Keychain and, if you choose, your own iCloud • Nothing about you is sent to us Putopia is an independent player. put.io and any IPTV service you connect are provided by third parties under their own terms; you’ll need your own access to each.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Putopia at none against IPTV Deck's 4. IPTV Deck's advantage is update cadence (every 2 days vs every 5 days) and iOS requirement (16.4 vs 26.0). On price, ads 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. IPTV Deck sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Putopia asks for nothing beyond the download.
IPTV Deck ships an update every 2 days, Putopia every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on November 5, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | IPTV Deck | Putopia |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (5 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 5 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 2 days — better | Every 5 days |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple TV | iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple TV |
| Requires iOS | 16.4 — better | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 150 MB | 111 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Zbigniew Szepczyski | Go Biz Help |
In-app purchases
IPTV Deck
- Monthly$2.991 Month
- Yearly$12.991 Year
- Family Devices$14.99
- Lifetime$32.99
Putopia
No in-app purchases









