Comparison

RunTV vs Antenna IPTV

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

Head to head
About

RunTV

This IPTV player allows you to watch live TV channels on your phone or tablet and cast them to your TV. It supports multiview, letting you watch up to four channels simultaneously on your iPad or TV, and seamlessly transfers playback between devices.

Highlights
  • Multiview up to 4 channels
  • Cast to TV
  • Cross-device playback continuity
  • M3U & Xtream login support
  • Program guide with search
  • Live sports scores and schedules
  • VOD resume and rewind
Features
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RunTV - IPTV player & Remote Start it on your phone. Throw it to your TV. RunTV is the IPTV player that follows you across every screen: watch a channel on your iPhone or iPad, send it to your TV with one tap, run up to 4 channels at once on the big screen, and it comes back to your hand when you get up. RunTV is built to feel effortless. It does not matter what is in reach, your phone, your tablet, or the remote in your hand, you are always a few taps from your full setup, live and ready. Bring your own M3U or Xtream login. No ads, no subscription. On your iPhone and iPad, RunTV is both the player and the remote. Watch right here, with two streams side by side on iPhone and up to four on iPad, or send any of them to a paired TV and run up to 4 there. Turn an iPad sideways for the wide control room view, with your sources, library, player, and live widgets on one screen, and drag any channel or favorite straight into a zone to start it. MULTIVIEW IN YOUR HAND Two streams at once on iPhone, up to four on iPad. Swipe across the grid to move the sound between them. Drag a tile to swap places, or tap one to take it full screen and swipe to move between your streams. Each stream gets its own provider login, so they do not compete for a connection. MULTIVIEW, THROWN FROM YOUR PHONE One tap sends any stream to your TV. Up to 4 streams on one TV with 8 layouts: full screen, split screen side by side, big and small, picture in picture (PiP), 3-up, and 2x2 grid. Drag a stream on your phone to instantly swap zones on the TV. Pick which stream has the audio with one tap. Get up and leave, and the stream follows you back to your phone. ALL YOUR SOURCES IN ONE PLACE Channels, movies, and series from every source you added, in one searchable list. The same title from more than one source appears once, and you choose which source to play it from. Posters, categories, and a full episode picker with seasons and automatic resume. Continue Watching and Favorites, one tap away. A REAL PROGRAM GUIDE Days back and forward, filtered by channel or category, with program search. Tap a past program to catch up where your provider supports it, up to 7 days back. BUILT FOR SPORTS FANS Live scores and schedules for the games you follow, right while you watch. One tap on a live game finds the matching channel in your playlist. WORKS WITH YOUR IPTV PROVIDER M3U and M3U8 playlists, and Xtream Codes logins. Add several logins to one playlist and RunTV spreads your streams across them, checks a connection is free before it starts playing, and moves to a spare login if one stops working. Multiple providers at once, no lock-in. HLS, DASH, MPEG-TS, and MP4 formats. VOD resume, audio and subtitle selection with size and timing adjustment, and 15 second live rewind. FREE AND PRIVATE No ads, no subscription. Your provider login stays on your device and loads your channels over an encrypted connection. RunTV does not provide any channels or content. You bring a valid IPTV subscription from a legal provider. We are a player, not a source.

About

Antenna IPTV

This app plays your M3U playlists and XMLTV guides with a clean interface. It supports multiple playback engines and offers features like channel zapping, audio/subtitle selection, and guide integration. Your data remains private as it operates without accounts, ads, or tracking.

Highlights
  • M3U playlist playback
  • XMLTV guide integration
  • Dual playback engines (AVPlayer, VLC)
  • Channel zapping and search
  • Audio track and subtitle selection
  • Automatic playlist refresh
  • Private by design (no tracking)
Features
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Antenna IPTV is a player for your own M3U playlists and XMLTV guides. You bring the content; Antenna IPTV plays it with a clean, fast interface designed for iPhone, iPad and Mac. IMPORTANT: Antenna IPTV ships with no channels, playlists or guides, and never suggests any. Only load content you are entitled to watch: free-to-air broadcasters, services you subscribe to, or your own server. PLAYBACK • Two engines: AVPlayer (HLS, Picture in Picture and AirPlay) and VLC (MPEG-TS, RTSP, UDP, DASH and more). • Pick the engine automatically or switch by hand; if one fails, Antenna IPTV tries the other. • Zap with a swipe, by number or with the keyboard; jump back to the last channel instantly. • Choose audio tracks and subtitles. GUIDE • XMLTV guide (.xml and .xml.gz) as an hourly grid with a live “now” line and programme details. • Now and next in the channel list, with a progress bar. • Time shift in case your provider’s guide is off. YOUR PLAYLISTS • Add M3U/M3U8 playlists by link or by importing a file. • Groups, favorites, recents and search. • Automatic refresh by age. • Supports tvg-id, tvg-logo, group-title, tvg-chno and a per-playlist User-Agent. PRIVATE BY DESIGN • No account, no ads, no tracking. • Your playlists, favorites and recents stay on your device. • Antenna IPTV only connects to the addresses you add. DESIGN • Liquid Glass on the latest iOS and macOS. • Keyboard shortcuts on Mac and iPad. Antenna IPTV is free with no limits. If you like it, you can leave an optional tip from Settings; it unlocks nothing.

Screenshots

RunTV4 screens
Antenna IPTV3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: RunTV at 100% against Antenna IPTV's 0%. RunTV also leads on rating (4.8 vs 4.0) and in-app purchases (none vs 4). Antenna IPTV's advantage is update cadence (every 2 days vs fortnightly). On price, ratings volume, ads and monetization model 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. Antenna IPTV sells 4 one-off in-app purchases. RunTV asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

RunTV holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4 and 3 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of RunTV's written reviews are positive against 0% of Antenna IPTV's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

RunTV ships an update fortnightly, Antenna IPTV every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 31, 2026 and October 26, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
RunTV versus Antenna IPTV: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterRunTVAntenna IPTV
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (4 ratings) — better4.0 (3 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews — better0.0% of reviews
Number of ratings4 — better3
Update frequencyFortnightlyEvery 2 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple TV — better
Requires iOS15.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size45 MB58 MB
Age rating17+4+
Developerdubi mesikaIVAN SEVILLA RUANO

Customer experience

RunTV

All ratings4 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Antenna IPTV

All ratings3 ratings
Positive66.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative33.3%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

In-app purchases

None

RunTV

No in-app purchases

4 purchases

Antenna IPTV

One-time4
  • Propina pequeña$1.99
  • Un café$3.99
  • Una propina generosa$8.99
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  • Una propina increíble$89.99

Questions

Is RunTV free?
RunTV is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Antenna IPTV free?
Antenna IPTV is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, RunTV or Antenna IPTV?
RunTV is rated higher. RunTV averages 4.8 out of 5 from 4 ratings, while Antenna IPTV averages 4.0 from 3 ratings.
Do RunTV or Antenna IPTV have ads?
Neither RunTV nor Antenna IPTV shows ads.
Which is updated more often, RunTV or Antenna IPTV?
RunTV ships an update fortnightly, and Antenna IPTV every 2 days. Most recently, RunTV was updated on October 31, 2026 and Antenna IPTV on October 26, 2026.

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