vChannel vs myTV SUPER
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
vChannel
This application plays video content from RSS feeds that support the media enclosure tag. It allows for seamless video playing and streaming directly from these feeds.
- RSS feed video playback
- Supports media enclosure tag
- Video streaming
- Plays video content
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vChannel is a RSS feed video player. Video channel feeds are based on RSS 2.0 specification with the media enclosure tag that supports video playing and streaming.
myTV SUPER
Access a wide variety of thematic channels and content, including original productions, dramas, movies, anime, and news. Enjoy social news, entertainment highlights, and user-submitted stories. Upgrade for concurrent viewing, offline downloads, and more.
- Thematic channels and content
- myTV SUPER originals
- Express dramas and variety shows
- Movies and classic films
- Latest Japanese anime and cartoons
- Social news and entertainment highlights
- Concurrent viewing on 3 devices (with upgrade)
- Offline viewing via download (with upgrade)
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myTV SUPER is broadened by TVB that offers you a vast volume and extensive choices of thematic channels and contents, including myTV SUPER original, TVB self-produced shows, express dramas and variety shows, movies, classic movies, the latest Japanese anime, cartoons, sports, horse-racing, news and business. Download now! 「東張+」zone: Providing social news and latest top stories, exclusive coverage of entertainment highlights, interviews with artiste, TVB dramas, lifestyle trends, healthcare, easy recipes, travel, and more… Enable push notifications to receive news updates throughout the day. You may use「報東張」reporting form and share any interesting stories or issues about your community, video and image uploads ar Upgrade to myTV Gold to enjoy the followings: • [Concurrent viewing on 3 devices]^ With one myTV SUPER account, you can watch desired programs concurrently via mobile, tablet and computer. • [Download] Enjoy the download function applicable on designated contents to enable offline viewing. • [Timeshift] Designated channels provide playback of contents broadcasted within three hours. • [VOD] VOD service provides a vast volumes and extensive choices of premiere and classic programs. • [Linear Channel] Live broadcasts of a bunch of channels. • [Keyword Search] Keyword search function allows users to access desired titles in few steps. This application is designed and brought to you by MyTV Super Limited. * Above details only applicable to myTV SUPER users. Subject to terms of service, please visit myTV SUPER official website for details. ** Channels and program schedules are subject to change, please visit myTV SUPER for details. ^ According to subscription plan. Terms and conditions for auto-renewing of Pay Service subscriptions: 1. Pay Service fee is a one-off and non-refundable payment. 2. This service will be automatically renewed after the viewing period. Please visit Apple's View, change, or cancel your subscriptions policy https://support.apple.com/en-hk/HT202039 for service cancellation. (Note: Per Apple's cancel policy, this service will be automatically renewed if the customer fails to turn off Automatic Renewal more than 24 hours before the renewal date.) 3. myTV SUPER is only applicable to compatible devices and designated mobile operating systems. Please visit https://www.mytvsuper.com/en/basic_requirement for details. 4. myTV SUPER service is provided by MyTV Super Limited (“Company”) subject to the "myTV SUPER Terms of Service" (https://promo.mytvsuper.com/en/tos) which Company reserves the right to modify any part from time to time. These Terms and Conditions shall prevail over the "myTV SUPER Terms of Service" if there is any inconsistency between them. 5. myTV SUPER and its content available in the service are only available for use in Hong Kong or Macau, as the subscription plan may be. 6. Company reserves the right to change, replace or withdraw any program(s), channel(s), pack(s), and/or content(s) (whether advertised or not) at any time with or without notice. Company accepts no liability for any such change, replacement or withdrawal. 7. Company reserves the right to suspend, vary or terminate (all or any part of) the above offer or amend the relevant terms and conditions at any time without prior notice. In case of any dispute, Company reserves the right of final determination.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: vChannel at 3.2 against myTV SUPER's 2.1. vChannel also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 10) and ratings volume (234 vs 23). myTV SUPER's advantage is update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 5 months). On price, 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
Both are free to download. myTV SUPER sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $5.99 per month. vChannel asks for nothing beyond the download.
vChannel holds the better App Store score, 3.2 against 2.1. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: vChannel has 234 ratings behind it against 23, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 25% of vChannel's written reviews are positive against 16% of myTV SUPER's.
vChannel ships an update every 5 months, myTV SUPER every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 2, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | vChannel | myTV SUPER |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.2 (234 ratings) — better | 2.1 (23 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 25.3% of reviews — better | 15.9% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 234 — better | 23 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 months | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Ad-supported — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 32 MB | 264 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Ma La | TVB |
Customer experience
vChannel
myTV SUPER
Bugs and requests
vChannel
Reported bugs
7 issues- No new Kdrama episodes
- AirPlay not working
- No sound after update
- Airplay stops when the screen is locked or app is minimized
- List has gone too
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- Login screen freezes
- Incompatible with older devices
Requested features
3 requests- Please make it available on Apple TV also
- Dark mode option
- Advanced analytics dashboard
myTV SUPER
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
vChannel
No in-app purchases
myTV SUPER
- Premium Service2 variants$5.991 Month
- Premium Service4 variants$9.991 Month
- Premium Service$11.991 Month
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- myTV Gold$59.991 Year
- myTV Gold2 variants$89.991 Year
Questions
Is vChannel free?
Is myTV SUPER free?
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