Fjord IPTV Player vs Media Stack
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Fjord IPTV Player
This app allows you to stream live TV, movies, and series from your own IPTV service on Apple devices. It organizes your content with a clean interface, supports M3U and Xtream Codes, and offers features like offline viewing and AirPlay.
- Import M3U and M3U8 playlists
- Connect using Xtream Codes
- Browse live TV with guide data
- View detailed media information
- Download compatible content for offline viewing
- AirPlay and Picture in Picture support
- Profiles, favorites, and search
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Bring your own IPTV service to iPhone and iPad and enjoy it through a clean, fast and cinematic interface. Fjord organizes your live channels, movies and series into one library, with the same design as Fjord on Apple TV. FEATURES • Import M3U and M3U8 playlists • Connect using Xtream Codes • Browse live TV with what is on now and next, when your provider supplies a guide • View artwork, descriptions, ratings, cast and episode details • Download compatible movies and episodes from sources that permit offline viewing • AirPlay films, series and live TV to your TV, and Picture in Picture • Plays the formats providers use, including MKV and HEVC • Continue watching from where you left off • Profiles, favourites and search across your library • Choose which languages and countries appear in your library • Select available audio tracks and subtitles PRIVATE BY DESIGN Fjord requires no separate Fjord account and contains no advertising or tracking. Your playlists, provider credentials, favourites and viewing progress are stored on your device and, while iCloud sync is on, in your own iCloud account so your other Apple devices can use them. Sync can be turned off in Settings. IMPORTANT Fjord is a media player only. It does not provide, host, sell or distribute television channels, playlists, subscriptions or other media. You must provide your own M3U/M3U8 playlist or Xtream Codes credentials from a legally authorized provider. Users are responsible for having the necessary rights to access and stream their content, and the source's express permission before downloading it for offline viewing. This product uses the TMDB API but is not endorsed or certified by TMDB.
Media Stack
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Run your whole media stack from your iPhone or iPad. Managerr connects to your own Sonarr, Radarr, Lidarr, Prowlarr, Jackett, Bazarr, Seerr, Tautulli, Jellyfin and Emby servers and brings them together in one native app. YOUR STACK AT A GLANCE • Arrange a Dashboard of health, upcoming releases, downloads, requests and what’s playing • See upcoming episodes, films and albums in a month or list calendar • Follow every download from every server in one queue • Search all your libraries at once, with filters, in a grid or a list SONARR, RADARR AND LIDARR • Add series, films and artists with the profile, folder and tags you want • Choose what to monitor, down to a single season, episode or album • Search automatically, or compare releases and pick one yourself • Find what’s missing or below your quality cutoff, and search for all of it at once • Remove a stuck download, blocklist it or mark it failed • Check history, health and disk space, and run scheduled tasks, RSS syncs and backups PROWLARR AND JACKETT • Search every indexer at once, and send a release to a download client or to Sonarr, Radarr or Lidarr • Add, edit, test and remove indexers, and see which ones report errors • Turn Prowlarr indexers on or off, edit them, and manage apps and download clients BAZARR • Find the episodes and films that lack subtitles, and search for them • See each title’s subtitles, search manually, download or delete one • Manage providers and language profiles, and check history and tasks SEERR • Discover trending, popular and upcoming films and series, with filters • Get recommendations from what’s been watched, through Tautulli • Request a film, a series, chosen seasons or a whole collection, in standard or 4K • Approve, decline, edit or retry requests from one inbox • Report, discuss and resolve issues • Sync your Plex, Jellyfin or Emby library and run jobs TAUTULLI AND PLEX • See who’s watching on Plex, on which device, and whether the stream transcodes • Stop a stream (requires Plex Pass) • Search playback history • Explore statistics and graphs, and browse your Plex libraries JELLYFIN AND EMBY • See what’s playing and why a stream transcodes • Pause, stop or seek a stream, change its audio or subtitles, or message the viewer • Browse, search and scan your libraries, and see what’s new • Fix a title’s metadata and artwork, see who watched it, and mark it watched or unwatched • Add users, and choose each user’s libraries and streaming limits • Sign out devices, run tasks, read logs, make Jellyfin backups and restart the server EVERY TITLE, EVERY SERVER • Title pages bring together cast, trailers, ratings, release dates, files and subtitles • A title on more than one server, such as an HD and a 4K Radarr, links to each one ON YOUR HOME SCREEN • Widgets for upcoming releases, the download queue, what’s playing and your services (Pro) • Optional alerts for grabs, finished downloads, upgrades, new titles, streams, requests and service problems, and reminders before a release • Shortcuts that open the Dashboard, Queue, Calendar, Requests or a library search • Light and dark appearances, colour themes (Pro), Dynamic Type and an adaptive iPad sidebar PRIVATE BY DESIGN • No ads, subscriptions or Managerr account • Your servers are saved only on your device, and API keys stay in the device-only Keychain • Back up your setup, with API keys sealed by a passphrase only you know FREE TO START, PRO TO GROW • Up to three services free, with every screen and action for each • Managerr Pro is one purchase, not a subscription: every service you run, widgets and colour themes • Downloaded Managerr before Pro? It’s already yours Try every feature, Pro included, in the offline demo. No server needed. Managerr requires your own supported services and does not supply, host or play media. Some actions depend on each service’s version, capabilities and permissions. Widgets and alerts use what the app last fetched; there is no push service.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Fjord IPTV Player at none against Media Stack's 1. Fjord IPTV Player also leads on device support (4 vs 2) and iOS requirement (17.0 vs 26.0). Media Stack's advantage is update cadence (every 2 days vs weekly). On price 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. Media Stack sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Fjord IPTV Player asks for nothing beyond the download.
Fjord IPTV Player ships an update weekly, Media Stack every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on November 5, 2026 and November 6, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Fjord IPTV Player | Media Stack |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | — |
| Number of ratings | 1 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Weekly | Every 2 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple TV — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 — better | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 39 MB | 25 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Even Larsen | Mann Badal |
In-app purchases
Fjord IPTV Player
No in-app purchases
Media Stack
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