TiviMate vs IPTV Smarters Pro: Which IPTV Player Is Better?

Two Great Players, Two Different Ideas

Ask any group of IPTV users which player is best and two names come up again and again. TiviMate vs IPTV Smarters Pro is the comparison everybody ends up making. Both are excellent. Both work perfectly with an AbyssTV subscription. But they are built around different ideas of what watching TV should feel like, and the right one for you depends on how — and where — you watch.

Here is a straightforward comparison.

TiviMate vs IPTV Smarters Pro at a Glance

• TiviMate is designed for the TV. It feels like a premium cable box, with the best programme guide of any player.
• IPTV Smarters Pro is designed for everywhere. It works on almost every device and puts live TV, movies and series behind three clear buttons.

Devices: Where Each One Runs

This is often the deciding point.

TiviMate runs on Android TV devices and Amazon Firestick. It is made for a remote control and a big screen, and it isn't offered for iPhone, iPad or Smart TVs that don't run Android.

IPTV Smarters Pro runs on Firestick and Android, on iPhone and iPad, and on many Smart TVs and computers.

Verdict: if you want the same app on your TV, your phone and your tablet, IPTV Smarters Pro is the only one of the two that can do it.

The Programme Guide

TiviMate is the clear winner here. Its guide is a fast, full-screen grid that is easy to read from the sofa. You can jump days ahead, see what's on across a whole category at a glance, and move around without waiting. If you mostly watch live channels, this is what you will notice every single day.

IPTV Smarters Pro has a perfectly usable guide, with now-and-next information on each channel and a full schedule view. It simply isn't the centre of the app in the way TiviMate's is.

Verdict: TiviMate, comfortably.

Movies and Series

IPTV Smarters Pro puts the on-demand library front and centre. Movies and series each have their own section, with posters, descriptions and seasons laid out the way a streaming service would do it.

TiviMate handles on-demand content too, but it began life as a live TV player, and that is still where it feels most at home.

Verdict: IPTV Smarters Pro, if films and box sets are a big part of what you watch.

Setting Up

Both are quick. In IPTV Smarters Pro you choose Login with Xtream Codes API and enter a name, your username, your password and the server address. In TiviMate you choose Add playlist, pick Xtream Codes, and enter the same details.

The difference is in the feel: IPTV Smarters Pro asks fewer questions on the way in, so it is the kinder choice when you are setting up a device for a relative.

Either way, have your AbyssTV welcome email open before you start. The username, password and server address are the same for both apps, and typing them exactly as they are written — capital letters included — is the one thing that makes setup work first time.

Step-by-step guides: IPTV Smarters Pro setup and TiviMate setup.

Price

IPTV Smarters Pro is free to download and use.

TiviMate is free for one playlist and everyday viewing. Its maker sells a Premium upgrade that adds extras such as several playlists, recording and more ways to organise your favourites. Many people are happy with the free version; the upgrade is there if you want it.

Neither price has anything to do with your IPTV subscription — the apps and the service are separate.

Everyday Use

A few practical differences:

• Favourites and channel order: both let you save favourites. TiviMate gives you more control over how groups and channels are arranged.
• Several people in one home: IPTV Smarters Pro lets you add more than one user profile and switch between them.
• Speed with a remote: TiviMate is the snappier of the two when you flick between channels.
• Family homes: both apps can lock channels or whole categories behind a PIN.

TiviMate vs IPTV Smarters Pro: Which Should You Choose?

Choose TiviMate if:

• you watch on a Firestick or an Android TV box,
• live channels and sport are most of what you watch, and
• you care about a great programme guide.

Choose IPTV Smarters Pro if:

• you want one app across TV, phone and tablet,
• you watch a lot of movies and series, or
• you are setting up for someone who wants things simple.

And remember: you don't have to choose only one. Your AbyssTV login works in both, so plenty of our customers use TiviMate on the living-room TV and IPTV Smarters Pro on their phone.

What About Other Players?

The TiviMate vs IPTV Smarters question covers most living rooms, but not all of them. If you watch directly on a Samsung or LG Smart TV with no streaming stick, neither app may be available for your model — players such as IBO Player, Smart IPTV and Flix IPTV are made for exactly that case. On a computer, VLC opens your playlist in a few clicks. And if you like to adjust every detail, OTT Navigator and XCIPTV Player are both worth a look. You'll find a setup guide for each of them in our knowledge base.

The Part No Player Can Fix

Whichever app you pick, it can only show what your service delivers. A beautiful guide is no use with missing programme data, and the smoothest player still buffers on a weak stream. AbyssTV gives both apps what they need to shine: 13,000+ live channels with a full guide, 60,000+ movies and series, and streams that hold steady when it matters.

Want to settle TiviMate vs IPTV Smarters for yourself? Start a free trial, install both, and decide on your own sofa. When you are ready, choose a plan. For more options, see our round-up of the best IPTV player apps.