Native player
AVKit for HLS, VLCKit for everything else — DASH, RTSP, RTMP, SRT. Picture-in-Picture, AirPlay, background audio, all there.
New — AI Companion & DVR
Every channel.
Every source.
One player.
IPTViX turns your M3U playlists, Xtream panels, Plex libraries, and SMB shares into a beautiful, native streaming experience. Live TV, program guide, recording, and AI recaps — built for iPhone and iPad.
The IPTV player built for Apple devices
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iPad
Macsoon
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Built for people who actually watch TV.
Every feature earns its place. Nothing fluffy, nothing stuck on.
Real EPG guide
XMLTV parsing with gzip support. Scroll hundreds of channels at 120 Hz, tap through to program details and catch-up replays.
DVR, built in
Record live, or schedule a catch from the guide — even weeks in advance. Pause, rewind, and resume. Nothing is streamed twice.
AI Companion
On-device. Ask what a show is about, get a recap of what you missed, or search by vibe — "something like The Bear". Never leaves the phone.
Catch-up & replay
Tap any past program on a catch-up-enabled channel and it opens in time-shift, right from the guide. The old show, brand new app.
Smart geo
Filter by country, language, or automatic home-region detection. No more scrolling past 800 channels you can't watch.
Parental lock
PIN-gate channels, categories, or the whole Settings screen. Kids get a locked-down grid; you keep the admin keys.
iCloud sync
Favorites, playlists, and parental pins follow you to every device. Set it up on iPhone, it's waiting on iPad.
Unlimited playlists
Stack M3U, Xtream, Plex, SMB, and local files. Switch in a tap. Auto-refresh stale lists, never manually re-import.
Live guide
A guide you'll actually use.
List or grid. Filter by day, category, or country. Program-accurate replays on catch-up channels. Swipe a row to schedule a recording. Scrolling stays buttery, even across 2,000 channels — we rebuilt the guide from the ground up for performance.
- List + two-axis grid layouts
- Gzipped XMLTV, same speed as plain
- Tap past shows to replay (where supported)
- Schedule DVR recordings from the guide
20:00
20:30
21:00
21:30
BBC One
Match of the Day
News
ITV1
Coronation St
Britain's Got Talent
Ch 4
The Great British Bake Off
News at 10
Dave
Taskmaster
QI
Mock the Week
DVR
Record now. Watch later.
One tap starts a live recording. Swipe a program in the guide to queue it ahead of time — IPTViX wakes up, captures the stream, and tucks the file away. Keep it forever, or export to Files.
- Record live or schedule from the EPG
- Survives app relaunches and reboots
- Export via Share Sheet or AirDrop
- Storage stays on your device, not ours
Recording
01:24:07
Match of the Day
BBC One HD · Premier League highlights
Scheduled
in 2h 14m
The Great British Bake Off
Channel 4 · Tonight at 21:00
Finished
1.1 GB
Taskmaster
Dave · Yesterday
AI Companion
On-device intelligence.
Tap Explain for a plain-English take on what the show is. Tap Recap to pick up where you left off. Search by mood, not keywords. Every prompt runs on the Neural Engine — nothing leaves your phone, no account, no cloud.
- Explain any program
- Recap what you missed
- Natural-language channel search
- 100% local, no telemetry
Explain
Match of the Day is a long-running BBC highlights show covering Premier League football from Saturday's fixtures, hosted by Gary Lineker with expert analysis…
Recap
Similar shows
Cast
Sources
Bring whatever you've got.
M3U URLs. Xtream Codes panels. Plex servers. SMB shares. Local files you dropped in via AirDrop. IPTViX treats them all as one library — live, VOD, series, movies, recordings.
- M3U / M3U8 — URL or local file
- Xtream Codes — live, VOD, series
- Plex — movies and TV from your server
- SMB — direct-play from your NAS
M3U
Public catalogs
Xtream
Provider panels
Plex
Personal server
SMB
NAS direct
Files
AirDrop, iCloud
Recordings
Your DVR
Built the way an Apple app should be.
Every review shapes the next release.
★★★★★
"The guide actually scrolls. That alone beats every other IPTV app I've used. The DVR feature is the cherry on top."
★★★★★
"Finally an IPTV app that doesn't look like it was made in 2012. Plex and SMB in the same place — chef's kiss."
★★★★★
"The AI recap is wild. I jumped into last week's episode and had a 4-sentence catch-up in seconds."
★★★★★
"Clean. Fast. Obvious where everything is. PiP and AirPlay just work."
Questions, answered.
Still unsure? Try it free.
Does IPTViX come with channels?
IPTViX is a player for playlists you supply. On first launch we seed two free, publicly-available catalogs (iptv-org and Samsung TV Plus) so you have something to browse immediately — delete them from the Playlists tab if you don't want them.
What formats does it play?
HLS via AVKit (first choice for live), plus VLCKit under the hood for DASH, RTSP, RTMP, SRT, MPEG-TS, and direct file playback. If it's a standard stream, chances are it just works.
Does the AI send my data anywhere?
No. AI Companion runs entirely on-device via Apple Intelligence and the Neural Engine. There is no server, no account, no telemetry. Your prompts and watch history never leave your phone.
How does DVR work?
Tap record on any live channel, or swipe a program in the guide to schedule it. IPTViX saves the stream bytes to Application Support — you keep them forever, export via Share Sheet, or delete individually. Storage is your device; we never touch it.
Do you support Plex?
Yes. Sign in to your Plex server and browse libraries directly — movies, TV shows, seasons, episodes. Direct-play where the format allows; VLCKit fallback where it doesn't.
Is there an Apple TV or Mac version?
iPhone and iPad today. Apple TV and Mac Catalyst builds are in progress — most of the app is already universal SwiftUI, so the gap is more about polish than rewrites.
What does it cost?
Free to download and try. A one-time IPTViX Pro unlock removes the 3-channel import cap and enables DVR scheduling. No subscriptions, no ads, no data collection.
Ready to watch?
Download IPTViX on the App Store. Free, universal, no nonsense.