Comparison

IPTV Supreme vs TVu

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

Head to head
About

IPTV Supreme

Features
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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 — 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 — seasons, episodes, plots and posters — 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 — 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.

About

TVu

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TVu is a personal player and organizer for iPhone and iPad, including the adaptive iPhone Duo display. Add media sources you are authorized to use, browse live channels, movies and shows, save favorites, and view guide information supplied by your source. Start with four included demonstration videos. You can also save and use up to four remote IPTV configurations without a subscription, in any combination of M3U/M3U8 URLs, Xtream Codes, and M3U server logins. The included demo playlist and local M3U files do not use those four remote slots. Some source types, including local files, require Premium separately. TVu Annual unlocks a fifth or later remote configuration, other Premium source integrations, iCloud sync and backup, and appearance customization. Saved configurations remain stored if Premium expires. The subscription screen shows Apple's localized price, term, renewal details, and any available trial before purchase. Restore Purchases is available in Settings. Playback format support depends on the source, codec, and device. TVu supplies no commercial channels, provider accounts, media subscriptions, or rights to third-party content. Only add sources you are authorized to access. Privacy Policy: https://iptvu.org/privacy.html Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

IPTV Supreme4 screens
TVu4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: IPTV Supreme at none against TVu's 1. On price, update cadence, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. TVu sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $12.99 per year. IPTV Supreme asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

IPTV Supreme ships an update every 4 days, TVu every 6 days. The most recent releases landed on October 25, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 7 level
IPTV Supreme versus TVu: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterIPTV SupremeTVu
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Number of ratings—1 — better
Update frequencyEvery 4 days — betterEvery 6 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple TV, Vision ProiPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple TV, Vision Pro — better
Requires iOS17.017.0
Further details — not scored
Size6 MB73 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperPietro Messineo (CZ)Irisholdingsbuddy Inc.

In-app purchases

None

IPTV Supreme

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

TVu

Subscriptions1
  • TVu Annual3 Days trial$12.991 Year

Questions

Is IPTV Supreme free?
IPTV Supreme is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is TVu free?
TVu is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do IPTV Supreme or TVu have ads?
Neither IPTV Supreme nor TVu shows ads.
Which is updated more often, IPTV Supreme or TVu?
IPTV Supreme ships an update every 4 days, and TVu every 6 days. Most recently, IPTV Supreme was updated on October 25, 2026 and TVu on October 24, 2026.

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