Comparison

HDHomeRun vs StreamCue

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

Head to head
About

HDHomeRun

Stream live, over-the-air, and cable TV channels directly to your iOS device. Pause, rewind, and fast-forward live broadcasts. Access program guides with images and logos for an enhanced viewing experience.

Highlights
  • Live TV streaming (OTA & Cable)
  • Pause, FF, RW live TV
  • HD channel support
  • Program guide with images
  • Fast channel changes
  • Intuitive UI controls
Features
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Enjoy free over-the-air TV throughout your home on Apple TV, iPad, iPhone, and Mac with HDHomeRun and a TV antenna. Simply connect your HDHomeRun to your TV antenna and home network to enjoy a modern TV experience throughout your home. Discover shows, explore a beautiful guide, see what's on now and next, and start watching with fast channel changes and an intuitive interface. Add a USB hard drive to your HDHomeRun for DVR across your home. Pause and rewind live TV, record your favorite shows, and watch your recordings on Apple TV, iPad, iPhone, and Mac. Watch NEXTGEN TV (ATSC 3.0) where available with the HDHomeRun FLEX 4K. Features: • Watch free over-the-air TV from your TV antenna on Apple TV, iPad, iPhone, and Mac • Discover shows with a beautiful guide • Pause and rewind live TV • Fast channel changes • Record your favorite shows with HDHomeRun DVR • Schedule series and movie recordings • Watch your HDHomeRun DVR recordings on Apple TV, iPad, iPhone, and Mac • Watch NEXTGEN TV (ATSC 3.0) with the HDHomeRun FLEX 4K where available Requirements: • HDHomeRun connected to your TV antenna and home network • Wi-Fi or wired home network • Internet connection for guide data

About

StreamCue

Features
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Know what's on tonight, where it's streaming, and whether it's free. StreamCue keeps track of the shows and films you care about, tells you the day a new episode airs, and shows you where to watch it — with free and ad-supported options called out, and the services you already pay for first. WHAT'S ON • Airing today, Airing next, No date announced and Finished — your shows sorted by when they're back • Ready to watch collects episodes that have aired but you haven't seen yet. Tick one off, or skip it • Changed your mind? Undo straight away, or later from the show's Recent episodes • Day offset for shows that reach you a day later than their original broadcast. Dates, alerts and reminders all follow it WHERE TO WATCH • See every service a title is on in your country: free, included in a subscription, or to rent or buy • Watch now opens the right app in one tap, starting with services you subscribe to • Choose a service per show, or add your own name and link for one that isn't listed • Filter your list to just the services you have NEVER MISS AN EPISODE • An alert on the day a show airs, at the hour you choose • Optional private alerts that don't name the show on your lock screen • Add air dates to Apple Reminders, one at a time or automatically — they move if the date changes • A badge on the app icon counts what's waiting to be watched WATCH TOGETHER • Share a household list with the people you live with through iCloud • Episodes one of you marks watched clear from Ready to watch on everyone's phone • Shows, films and day offsets stay in step across the household DISCOVER • Suggestions based on what you already track, plus trending and popular TV and film • Look up an actor, director or studio and browse everything they've made • Suggestions for each service you subscribe to, weighted toward the genres you watch • Not interested hides anything you don't want suggested again FILMS TOO • A movie watchlist with watched and unwatched sections, where-to-watch info and suggestions PRIVATE BY DESIGN • No account to create. Your lists live on your device and in your own iCloud, and sync across your devices • Nothing is sent to us Show and film data from TMDB. Ratings from IMDb and Rotten Tomatoes via OMDb, where available. This product uses the TMDB API but is not endorsed or certified by TMDB.

Screenshots

HDHomeRun4 screens
StreamCue4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: StreamCue at daily against HDHomeRun's every 2 months. HDHomeRun's advantage is device support (5 vs 2) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 18.6). On price, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

HDHomeRun ships an update every 2 months, StreamCue daily. The most recent releases landed on October 20, 2026 and October 11, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
HDHomeRun versus StreamCue: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHDHomeRunStreamCue
PriceFreeFree
Rating2.5 (465 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews26.9% of reviews—
Number of ratings465 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsDaily — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac, Apple TV — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.0 — better18.6
Further details — not scored
Size6 MB2 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperSiliconDust USA, Inc.Bryan Rupp

Bugs and requests

HDHomeRun

Reported bugs

6 issues
  • Fails to detect tuner device
  • Channels not loading
  • Playback issues after updates
  • Crashes on channel change
  • Compatibility problems with iOS 15+
Show 1 more
  • Lip-sync issues

Requested features

5 requests
  • Picture-in-Picture mode
  • Channel favorites and filtering
  • Improved DVR functionality
  • Manual IP address entry
  • Native Apple TV app

StreamCue

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

HDHomeRun

No in-app purchases

None

StreamCue

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is HDHomeRun free?
HDHomeRun is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is StreamCue free?
StreamCue is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do HDHomeRun or StreamCue have ads?
Neither HDHomeRun nor StreamCue shows ads.
Which is updated more often, HDHomeRun or StreamCue?
HDHomeRun ships an update every 2 months, and StreamCue daily. Most recently, HDHomeRun was updated on October 20, 2026 and StreamCue on October 11, 2026.

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