Is there a TiviMate app for iPhone or iPad?

No. TiviMate is an Android TV app. Its own store listing states it is designed for Android TV and remote-control navigation and is not optimized for touch devices. There is no official TiviMate for iPhone, iPad, or Apple TV.

Is the TiviMate on the App Store real?

Apps on the App Store with names like TiviMax, TiviMato, or TvMate are not TiviMate. They are unrelated lookalikes with low ratings, and users report paying for them expecting TiviMate. Searching the App Store for tivimate returns no official app because none exists.

What is the closest thing to TiviMate on iPhone?

Verso Player is being built for exactly this: a TiviMate-class programme guide and player, designed natively for iPhone and iPad first with Apple TV next. Like TiviMate, it ships with no content — you bring your own M3U playlist or Xtream Codes login from a service you already subscribe to.

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TiviMate for iPhone? It doesn't exist. Here's the honest version.

TiviMate is widely considered the best IPTV player on Android TV — and it is Android TV only. If you've switched to iPhone or Apple TV and gone looking for it, this page is for you.

The facts, first

TiviMate has no iPhone, iPad, or Apple TV app. Its own Play Store listing says it is "designed for Android TV and remote control navigation" and "not optimized for touch devices such as phones or tablets."
The "TiviMate" apps on the App Store aren't TiviMate. Searching the App Store returns lookalikes — TiviMax, TiviMato, TvMate and similar — that copy the name and interface. They carry ratings between roughly 2.2 and 3.0, and their own reviews include users who paid expecting TiviMate and got something else. Public reviews called this out as early as 2023.
TiviMate itself is genuinely good. Users praise its cable-box feel, fast channel changes, multi-playlist guide and deep customisation. If you're on Android TV, use it — this page isn't going to pretend otherwise.

The short version: on Android TV, TiviMate earned its reputation. On Apple devices your realistic options today are template apps — and that gap is precisely why Verso Player is being built.

Verso Player vs TiviMate

Verso Player is in development, coming first to iPhone — so this table compares TiviMate as it ships today against what Verso is being built to do. No shipped-vs-imaginary sleight of hand: the right column is a design commitment, and you can hold us to it.

	TiviMate (today)	Verso Player (in development)
Platforms	Android TV / Google TV only	iPhone & iPad first, Apple TV next
Touch interface	Explicitly not optimized for touch	Designed for one hand on a phone first
Accounts	Separate companion app + account for licences (rated ~3.3 on Google Play; lost-login complaints are its top 1-star theme)	No account exists. Purchases restore through the App Store
Settings sync	Manual backup/restore; no cloud sync — the most-requested missing feature in its reviews	Private iCloud sync of favorites, layout and history
Setup errors	Generic errors when a playlist or portal fails	A visible checklist that names the actual problem in plain English — expired line, connection cap, wrong port, clock skew
Playlist URL changes	Documented user reports of favorites lost when a provider rotates the playlist URL	Curation is keyed to the channel, not the URL — a rotated playlist keeps every favorite and custom number
Recording (DVR)	Yes on Android, though truncated/failed recordings are a six-year-running complaint theme	Not in v1 — provider catch-up support instead, honestly stated
Pricing	~US$12/yr or ~$34 lifetime (5 devices), premium required for most features	Free tier with no ads, premium unlock as subscription or lifetime — both from day one
Content included	None — bring your own subscription	None — bring your own subscription. Same principle, on purpose

What we're deliberately copying from TiviMate

Credit where due — TiviMate settled several arguments this category used to have, and Verso adopts those answers: a guide that feels like a broadcast set-top box, not a web page. Channel changes fast enough to surf. Multiple playlists merged into one guide. Deep curation — hide, renumber, rename, reorder. And a genuinely usable free tier with zero ads anywhere.

Where Verso is going further

The three most-requested things TiviMate's own users say it lacks are instant cross-device sync, an account system that never loses a paying customer, and a first-run that doesn't need a YouTube tutorial. Those aren't features on Verso's roadmap — they're the foundation it's being built on, because on Apple platforms iCloud and StoreKit make all three possible without a single account or password.

Verso Player — a TiviMate-class guide, built native for iPhone.
Ships empty. Bring your own playlist.
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TiviMate is a product of its respective owner; Verso Player is not affiliated with or endorsed by it. Statements about TiviMate reflect its public store listings and publicly posted user reviews (2019–2026), accessed August 2026. Verso Player ships with no channels, streams, or subscriptions; users supply their own playlist from a service they already pay for. © 2026 Verso Player · Privacy