IPTV Supreme vs PickAChannel
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side β with what reviewers say about each.
IPTV Supreme
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IPTV Supreme plays the playlists you already have. It ships no channels, no films and no series of its own. You bring an M3U or M3U8 link, open a playlist file, or sign in to your provider β and the app turns that list into something worth using. YOUR PLAYLISTS, IN ONE LIBRARY Keep as many playlists as you like side by side and open one in a tap. Each remembers its own channels, favourites and groups. Links refresh in the background on a schedule you choose; files are re-read from wherever you keep them, so editing the original is enough. A REAL TV GUIDE Point it at an XMLTV guide, or sign in to a provider that publishes one, and every channel carries what is on now, what is next, and the whole week's schedule. Set a reminder on a programme and you are told five minutes before it starts. LIVE TV, FILMS AND SERIES A provider account brings its live channels, its film catalogue and its series β seasons, episodes, plots and posters β into the same app, with search across all of it. CATCH-UP Where your provider offers an archive, the programmes that have already aired play straight from the guide. ON THE BIG SCREEN AirPlay to an Apple TV or an AirPlay 2 screen, with a choice of routing so that a VPN on your iPhone still applies to the picture. Picture in Picture, audio that keeps playing when the screen locks, and pinch to zoom or fill the screen when a channel's picture does not fit it. BUILT FOR IPAD A sidebar for the library, a grid or a list for channels, and Multiview: up to four channels at once, with the sound coming from whichever one you choose. KEEP IT TIDY Hide the groups you never watch, reorder the ones you do, and lock any of them behind a parental PIN. Favourites and recents put what you actually watch at the top. ACROSS YOUR DEVICES iCloud sync carries your playlists, favourites and group rules between your iPhone and iPad. Your provider password never leaves the device it was typed on, and neither does the parental PIN. PRIVATE BY DESIGN No account, no tracking, no analytics, no advertising. The app talks to your provider and to nobody else. A NOTE ON CONTENT IPTV Supreme is a player, in the way that a music player is a player for your own files. It does not provide, host, resell or index any channel, film or series, and no playlist is built into it. What you watch, and whether you are entitled to watch it, is between you and whoever supplies your playlist. Requires a playlist. Works with M3U and M3U8 playlists and with Xtream-compatible provider logins. It plays HLS (m3u8), MP4, M4V and MOV, live channels sent as raw MPEG-TS, and MKV films and episodes whose video and sound Apple devices can decode β H.264 or HEVC video with AAC, AC-3 or E-AC-3 sound. When a file cannot be played, AVI or XviD for instance, the app says why rather than failing silently.
PickAChannel
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PickAChannel turns any IPTV source you already have into a fast, beautifully organized, native experience β on iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple TV, and Apple Vision Pro. PickAChannel does not provide, sell, or promote any IPTV, streaming, or television service of any kind. All content sources are supplied entirely by you. You are solely responsible for ensuring you have the legal right to access any stream, playlist, or content source you connect. CONNECT YOUR WAY Add a connection using any of three standard, open formats: β’ An M3U / M3U8 playlist URL β’ An Xtream Codes server (host, username, password) β’ An XMLTV (EPG) feed, for program-guide data on its own or layered onto either connection type above ONE LIBRARY, EVERY SCREEN Once connected, your channels, movies, and shows are organized into a single searchable, favoritable library β with a live program guide that highlights what's on right now. FEATURES β’ Live TV, Movies, and Shows, with search and category filters β’ Favorites, with drag-to-reorder on Apple TV β’ Live program guide (EPG) with on-air-now highlighting β’ Rich Movie and Show detail pages β poster, cast, rating, synopsis β when available β’ iCloud sync of your saved connections across every device β your credentials live only in your own private iCloud account, never on our servers β’ A native SwiftUI app built specifically for iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple TV, and Apple Vision Pro β not a stretched-out port Bring your own source. PickAChannel handles the rest.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: IPTV Supreme at none against PickAChannel's 1. IPTV Supreme also leads on ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 4 days vs every 10 days). On price and device support there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price Β· Rating Β· Positive reviews Β· Number of ratings Β· Update frequency Β· Ads Β· In-app purchases Β· Monetization Β· Best chart rank Β· Devices Β· Requires iOS
Both are free to download. PickAChannel sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. IPTV Supreme asks for nothing beyond the download.
IPTV Supreme ships an update every 4 days, PickAChannel every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on October 18, 2026 and October 11, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | IPTV Supreme | PickAChannel |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | Every 4 days β better | Every 10 days |
| Ads | No β better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No β better | Yes |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Apple TV, Vision Pro | iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple TV, Vision Pro β better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 β better | 26.5 |
| Further details β not scored | ||
| Size | 6 MB | 6 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Pietro Messineo (CZ) | Ricardo E. Marrero Guzman |
In-app purchases
IPTV Supreme
No in-app purchases
PickAChannel
- PickAChannel Pro$12.99
Questions
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