Vela Xtream vs DreamPlayer
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Vela Xtream
This app is a private media player for your IPTV subscription. It allows you to organize and watch live TV channels from your provider using an M3U playlist or Xtream login. Enjoy features like a TV guide, subtitle selection, and casting to your TV.
- M3U playlist and Xtream login support
- Live TV guide grid
- Searchable categories
- Wide format playback support
- Subtitle and audio track selection
- Picture in Picture and AirPlay
- Casting to TV
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Vela is a fast, private player for your own IPTV subscription, on iPhone, iPad and Apple TV, signed in with an Xtream login or an M3U playlist. Bring the login or playlist your provider gave you and Vela turns it into a library you can actually navigate: categories you can filter and favourite, a TV guide for your channels, and playback that handles the formats other players choke on. • Signs in with an Xtream login, or an M3U or M3U8 playlist by link or from Files, with its XMLTV guide • A TV guide grid: your channels against the clock, wherever your provider publishes listings • Search that finds it as you type: partial words, actors, genres (Vela Pro) • A match score on the titles that fit you, with the parts of your taste it rests on, and picks that learn what you like, all worked out on your device and never uploaded (Vela Pro) • Pick three genres when you first open Vela, if you like, and match scores show from day one (Vela Pro) • On Apple TV too: Home opens on your top pick and the Siri Remote changes channel. One Vela Pro covers iPhone, iPad, Mac and Apple TV • Categories you can search and star, not just scroll • Plays what iOS normally cannot: Matroska, AVI, HEVC, AC3 and DTS audio • Subtitle and audio track selection • Picture in Picture, AirPlay and background audio • Cast to your TV: AirPlay, Google Cast and DLNA TVs, with your phone as the remote • Continue Watching, recently watched channels, favourites, and next-episode playback • Takes far less space, and on iPhone and iPad your favourites, Continue Watching, taste and starred categories are in your device backup. Account > Storage shows Library cache and Your data, with Clear cache • In 12 languages: English, Spanish, Russian, Arabic, Portuguese, French, German, Italian, Turkish, Japanese, Korean and Chinese • Credentials kept in the Keychain, on your device, and Account > Privacy > What Vela sends lists each server the app talks to, what goes to it and what never leaves your device Vela includes no content, no channels and no provider. You need an existing subscription with a provider: an Xtream-compatible login or an M3U playlist. Vela Pro unlocks search, recommendations with match scores on the titles that fit you, and playback without breaks. A 14-day free trial starts when you add your login or playlist. Vela Pro Yearly can also start with 14 days free through the App Store, then USD 14.99 per year, cancel anytime. Vela Pro Monthly is USD 2.99 per month, and Vela Pro Lifetime is USD 29.99 once. Without Pro, browsing and playback stay free, and playback pauses for a moment every 10 minutes. Vela Pro is an auto-renewing subscription, billed monthly or yearly. Payment is charged to your Apple Account at confirmation of purchase. It renews automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period, and your account is charged for renewal within 24 hours prior to the end of the current period. You can manage or cancel your subscription in your Apple Account settings after purchase. If Vela Pro Yearly starts with the introductory free trial, the first payment is charged when the 14 days end, unless you cancel at least 24 hours before they end. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://vela-xtream.pages.dev/privacy Playback is powered by VLCKit, from the VideoLAN project, used under the LGPL.
DreamPlayer
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DreamPlayer — the video player for your entire collection. Plays virtually any video and audio file you throw at it — MKV, MP4, TS, AVI, WebM and more, with hardware decoding and a buttery native refresh rate. AUDIO THAT JUST PLAYS DTS, DTS-HD MA, TrueHD (incl. Atmos), E-AC3 JOC, AC3, FLAC, AAC. No codec hunting. YOUR FILES, WHERE THEY ARE • Local: Files app, SD card, USB — add any folder to Your Library • NAS / Network: SMB, WebDAV, Jellyfin/Emby, FTP/SFTP, UPnP/DLNA, or direct http(s) URL • iPad: Files "Open with", bookmarked folders, WebDAV/Jellyfin/SMB • TMDB posters, backdrops, cast, trailers, season/episode stills — cached offline PLAYER THAT STAYS OUT OF THE WAY • Gestures: brightness, volume, horizontal seek • Subtitles: embedded + sideloaded (SRT, ASS, VTT, TTML, SAMI, MPL2) • Continue watching, watched marks, Picture-in-Picture, background audio LIBRARY, NOT A FILE BROWSER Add folders once — DreamPlayer groups series, fetches TMDB metadata and keeps resume state. Pull to refresh, manual groups, per-episode details. PRIVACY & NO ACCOUNT Passwords stored in Keychain, never logged. No login required — core playback and all sources work free, connections are only to servers you own. DREAMPLAYER PREMIUM — in-app purchase An optional subscription or one-time purchase unlocks extra features: Dolby Vision / HDR10+ playback, subtitle styling, playback speed, A-B loop, sleep timer, download to device, and online subtitle search. • Advanced Monthly — auto-renewing subscription • Advanced Yearly — auto-renewing subscription • Advanced Lifetime — one-time purchase 7-day free trial for new users. Subscriptions auto-renew; cancel anytime in your Apple ID Settings. Free users can restore purchases anytime. Terms of Use: https://mangeshghodke.github.io/DreamPlayer/terms Privacy Policy: https://mangeshghodke.github.io/DreamPlayer/privacy
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Vela Xtream at every 3 days against DreamPlayer's every 9 days. On price, ads, in-app purchases 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. Vela Xtream sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month and DreamPlayer sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Vela Xtream ships an update every 3 days, DreamPlayer every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on November 7, 2026 and November 6, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Vela Xtream | DreamPlayer |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 1 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 3 days — better | Every 9 days |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Freemium | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Apple TV — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 105 MB | 66 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Arpit Kumar | Mangesh Ghodke |
In-app purchases
Vela Xtream
- Vela Pro Monthly$2.991 Month
- Vela Pro$14.991 Year
- Vela Pro Lifetime$29.99
DreamPlayer
- DreamPlayer Premium — Monthly$1.991 Month
- DreamPlayer Premium — Yearly$14.991 Year
- DreamPlayer Premium — Lifetime$49.99









