ESING vs Antenna IPTV
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
ESING
This application allows users to remotely control their home ESING set-top box. It provides a convenient way to manage your entertainment system from your mobile device.
- Control ESING set-top box
- Remote management
- Home entertainment control
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The app is used to control the ESING set-top box at home.
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.
- 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)
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Antenna is a player for your own M3U playlists and XMLTV guides. You bring the content; Antenna plays it with a clean, fast interface designed for iPhone, iPad and Mac. IMPORTANT: Antenna 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 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 analytics, no tracking. • Your playlists, favorites and recents stay on your device. • Antenna only connects to the addresses you add. DESIGN • Liquid Glass on the latest iOS and macOS. • Keyboard shortcuts on Mac and iPad. Antenna is free with no limits. If you like it, you can leave an optional tip from Settings; it unlocks nothing.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: ESING at 3.0 against Antenna IPTV's 2.0. ESING also leads on iOS requirement (6.0 vs 17.0). On price, ratings volume, ads and in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
ESING holds the better App Store score, 3.0 against 2.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 1 respectively.
| Parameter | ESING | Antenna IPTV |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.0 (1 ratings) — better | 2.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | — | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, Mac |
| Requires iOS | 6.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 24 MB | 101 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Fujian Star-net eVideo Information Systems Co.,Ltd. | IVAN SEVILLA RUANO |
Customer experience
ESING
Antenna IPTV
In-app purchases
ESING
No in-app purchases
Antenna IPTV
No in-app purchases
