Premium on every TV
Of the players above, only Zapora runs on LG and Samsung TVs, and Fire TV users get it from the Appstore instead of sideloading.
Compare
How Zapora compares.
The most popular IPTV players, feature by feature and price by price. We checked each one’s website, help pages and store listings.
 Zapora | Lume | Chillio | UHF | IPTVX | Snappier | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Where it runs | ||||||
| Android phones and tablets | — | — | — | — | ||
| Android TV and Google TV | — | — | — | |||
| Fire TV | — | Sideload | — | Sideload | — | |
| LG and Samsung TVs | — | — | — | — | — | |
| iPhone, iPad and Apple TV | — | Partly | ||||
| One purchase works on every platform | 5 devices | Apple only | 2 Android devices | Apple only | — | Apple only |
| Price | ||||||
| Monthly | $1.99 | $0.99 | $4.99 | $1.99 | $3.99 | £1.99 |
| Yearly | $14.99 | – | $29.99 | $17.99 | $28.99 | £18.99 |
| Lifetime | $29.99 | $9.99 | $99.99 | $49.99 | – | £119.99 |
| Free version without ads or time limits | — | — | ||||
| Sources | ||||||
| Xtream and M3U | ||||||
| Stalker (MAC) portals | — | — | — | — | ||
| Live TV | ||||||
| TV guide with live preview | ||||||
| Catch-up and start over | ||||||
| Multi-view | 4 | 4 | 9 | |||
| Record live TV on the device | — | — | — | — | ||
| Score-safe mode | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Movies and series | ||||||
| Skip intros and credits | — | — | — | |||
| Download to watch offline | ||||||
| Trakt | — | |||||
| New-episode alerts | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Household | ||||||
| Profiles with PIN | — | |||||
| Kids screen time and bedtime | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Watch together | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Phone as a remote | — | — | — | — | Partly | |
| Sign in on a TV with your phone | — | — | — | |||
| Sync across devices | ||||||
| Playback | ||||||
| Choice of player engine | — | |||||
| Chromecast | — | — | ||||
| Picture in picture | ||||||
| Data saver on mobile data | — | — | — | — | — | |
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Fair play: checked on 1 November 2026 from each app’s public website, help pages and store listings. Apps change; if something here is out of date, email [email protected] and we’ll fix it. Product names belong to their owners, and none of them endorse Zapora.
Why people switch
The short version
One purchase, every platform
The others charge again per store or per platform. Zapora Premium follows your account to 5 devices.
Built for households
Kids screen time and bedtime, watch together and a full phone remote: none of the players above have them.
What we deliberately left out. Some players add debrid services, add-on stores or a built-in VPN. We don’t: they’re mostly used to find pirated files, they get apps pulled from stores, and your VPN provider’s own app already does the job better. Zapora plays the service you pay for, and plays it well.