Comparison

KlowdTV vs ciniq

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

Head to head
About

KlowdTV

Stream live television channels for free, including popular networks like One America News Network and AWE. Enjoy your favorite shows without needing an account to start watching.

Highlights
  • Free live TV streaming
  • Watch OANN
  • Watch AWE
  • No account required
  • Access to free channels
Features
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KlowdTV is FREE TV Enjoy your favorite shows like One America News Network (OANN) & AWE and more! http://KlowdTV.com today to enjoy Free TV Start Watching our Free channel's now with no account!

About

ciniq

Discover films tailored to your personal taste without relying on crowd scores or critic reviews. Engage in ten-minute film auditions and provide detailed readings across ten dimensions to refine your preferences. Share film recommendations with friends and compare your unique taste profiles.

Highlights
  • Personalized film recommendations
  • Curated film canon
  • Ten-minute film auditions
  • Multi-dimensional film readings
  • Friend taste comparison
  • Private by design
Features
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ciniq is a film-discovery app built on a canon of festival and academy award winners. No accounts, no user data collected. 1.10 adds a voice mode to the Ask tab. Everything else in this release is canon data corrections and Ask answer quality. VOICE (new in 1.10) Tap the microphone in the Ask tab and speak; ciniq answers aloud and keeps listening, so the user can interrupt it or ask a follow-up without tapping again. Speech is recognised on this device only. requiresOnDeviceRecognition is set rather than requested: if the device or language cannot recognise locally, the microphone reports unavailable instead of sending audio to a server. No audio, transcript or recording leaves the device, and nothing is retained beyond the conversation visible in the app. Answers are composed on-device with Apple's Foundation Models. There is no cloud model and no Private Cloud Compute. On a device without Apple Intelligence the voice mode still works and Ask still answers from the user's own data. To test: Ask tab → microphone → "What have I rated highest?" A real device is required; the Simulator has no microphone and usually no speech voices. The microphone and speech-recognition prompts appear on first use, and their purpose strings explain them. PLAY ON TV "Play on TV" sends a film to a Roku player on the same Wi-Fi using Roku's public External Control Protocol (unauthenticated HTTP on port 8060, enabled by default on Roku devices). ciniq discovers players on the local network, then sends a launch request with the streaming provider's own title ID so the app opens on that film. This is the same mechanism Roku's own mobile app uses. Discovery uses SSDP — a single multicast query on the local network — alongside a subnet probe. The Multicast Networking entitlement was granted to our team on 2026-09-11. This affects only how players are found; launching a film is unchanged. Testing this requires a Roku on the same network as the review device. Without one, the feature shows "No Roku found" plus a manual IP field, and nothing else in the app is affected. To reach it: open any film → Where to watch → Look up → the TV icon on a source row. The app requests local network access for this; the purpose string explains it. Nothing leaves the local network — no analytics, no identifiers, no server. WHERE TO WATCH Where-to-watch lookups use a Watchmode API key that the user supplies in Settings — ciniq has no server and no shared key. For review, please use the key below; paste it in Settings → Watchmode key. Then: any film → Where to watch → Look up → the TV icon appears on sources that can open directly on the film. [PASTE YOUR WATCHMODE KEY HERE] IN-APP PURCHASE ciniq+ unlocks sending to more than one TV. It can be viewed without hardware at Settings → ciniq+ → "See what ciniq+ unlocks". PRIVACY The privacy label is unchanged: no data collected.

Screenshots

KlowdTV4 screens
ciniq4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: ciniq at 5.0 against KlowdTV's 3.1. ciniq also leads on ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 2 days vs every 5 weeks). KlowdTV's advantage is ratings volume (235 vs 1) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 26.0). On price, in-app purchases, monetization model 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. KlowdTV sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month and ciniq sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

ciniq holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.1. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: KlowdTV has 235 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

KlowdTV ships an update every 5 weeks, ciniq every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 21, 2026 and October 16, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
KlowdTV versus ciniq: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterKlowdTVciniq
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.1 (235 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews23.8% of reviews—
Number of ratings235 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 5 weeksEvery 2 days — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple TV — betteriPhone, iPad, Apple TV
Requires iOS13.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size126 MB8 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperUn-Linked CorpLabham LLC

Customer experience

KlowdTV

All ratings234 ratings
Positive48.7%
Neutral9.4%
Negative41.9%
Written reviews80 reviews
Positive23.8%
Neutral17.5%
Negative58.8%

ciniq

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

KlowdTV

Reported bugs

15 issues
  • App crashes on login page
  • Freezing and buffering during playback
  • Audio stuttering and chopping
  • Video/audio sync issues
  • Blue screen with no video playback
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  • App crashes when rotating device
  • Lip sync problems on Roku
  • Looping video clips (10-second loops)
  • Login credentials not persisting
  • Cannot remove app from home screen
  • OAN channel loading failures requiring reinstalls
  • Connection denied errors despite strong WiFi
  • App crashes immediately upon opening
  • Player pauses when device rotates
  • Inconsistent playback between app and popup window

Requested features

7 requests
  • Default channel auto-play on app launch
  • Favorites or bookmarking feature
  • Persistent login credentials storage
  • Improved TV guide accuracy
  • Better casting and AirPlay functionality
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  • Device session management on website
  • Responsive customer support channels

ciniq

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

2 purchases

KlowdTV

Subscriptions2
  • OAN Plan$4.991 Month
  • Premium7 Days trial$9.991 Month
1 purchases

ciniq

One-time1
  • ciniq+$5.99

Questions

Is KlowdTV free?
KlowdTV is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is ciniq free?
ciniq is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, KlowdTV or ciniq?
ciniq is rated higher. KlowdTV averages 3.1 out of 5 from 235 ratings, while ciniq averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do KlowdTV or ciniq have ads?
KlowdTV shows ads; ciniq does not.
Which is updated more often, KlowdTV or ciniq?
KlowdTV ships an update every 5 weeks, and ciniq every 2 days. Most recently, KlowdTV was updated on October 21, 2026 and ciniq on October 16, 2026.

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