Chaipa vs TiviMate vs IPTV Smarters Pro
Looking for the right IPTV player for Android TV? Here is an honest comparison of Chaipa, TiviMate and IPTV Smarters Pro: pricing, TV guide (EPG), catch-up, recording, multiview, subtitles and platforms. Every fact about TiviMate and IPTV Smarters Pro comes from their official sources — and where Chaipa lacks a feature, we say that too.
Reminder: all three apps are media players. None of them provides channels or content — you connect your own provider's playlist. Learn more about legal IPTV.
Feature by feature
✓ = officially documented · ✗ = absent or not claimed · — = not documented by the publisher as of August 2, 2026 (the feature may exist without being advertised).
| Feature | Chaipa | TiviMate | IPTV Smarters Pro |
|---|---|---|---|
| The essentials | |||
| Pricing | Free · Premium $0.99/mo or $9.99/yr30-day trial, no card | Free · in-app purchases $0.99–$33.99tier details not published | Freepremium at no cost on Android · $1.99 on iOS |
| Distribution | Google Playrelease in preparation | Google Play5M+ installs | APK from the official sitenot on Google Play |
| Platforms | Android TV / Google TV / Fire TVAndroid 7.0+ | Android TV onlynot optimized for touch | Android, iOS, LG/Samsung Smart TV, Windows, macOS, web |
| Interface languages | ✓EN · FR · ES | — | multilinguallist not published |
| Sources & formats | |||
| M3U playlists | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Xtream Codes | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Stalker portal | ✗ | ✓ | ✗not claimed |
| Live TV & guide | |||
| Built-in TV guide (EPG) grid | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Guide data provided & completed | ✓enriched guide, channels without EPG filled automatically | —no EPG service advertised | ✗external sources to configure |
| Catch-up / replay | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Replay search across all channels | ✓Premium | — | — |
| Live TV recording | ✓no extra connection to your provider | ✓ | ✓documented by the publisher (2023) |
| Multiview (several channels on screen) | ✗not yet | ✓ | ✓multi-screen |
| Movies & series | |||
| Automatic posters, cast & ratings | ✓Netflix-style, completed when missing | — | — |
| Trailers | ✓YouTube | — | — |
| Offline downloads | ✓Premium | — | —ambiguous official mention |
| Online subtitles (OpenSubtitles) | ✓Premium | — | — |
| Comfort & privacy | |||
| Parental controls | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Encrypted DNS (DoH) | ✓ | — | — |
| Backup & restore | ✓survives reinstalling | — | — |
TiviMate facts: official Google Play listing (checked August 2, 2026). IPTV Smarters Pro facts: the official iptvsmarters.com website and the publisher's store. Features marked "—" do not appear in any official publisher documentation as of that date. Spotted an error? Write to us and we will fix it.
What Chaipa doesn't have (yet)
A comparison that only shows its own strengths is not a comparison. Here is where the others keep the edge today.
- Multiview — TiviMate and IPTV Smarters Pro can show several channels at once; Chaipa can't yet.
- Stalker portals — if your provider only offers this format, TiviMate is the right choice; Chaipa reads M3U Plus and Xtream Codes.
- Phones, tablets and computers — Chaipa is built for the TV (Android TV, Google TV, Fire TV). IPTV Smarters Pro covers far more screens.
- Track record — TiviMate has been around since 2018 with millions of users; Chaipa is young and moving fast, but doesn't have that history.
If these points are dealbreakers for you, those apps remain excellent players. Otherwise, read on.
Why try Chaipa
A TV guide that works even when your provider has none
TiviMate and IPTV Smarters Pro display whatever EPG your provider (or an XMLTV URL you configure) happens to give — often incomplete. Chaipa provides and completes the guide automatically: channels without EPG are detected and filled when possible, with nothing to configure.
A Netflix-style interface, not a spreadsheet
Large posters, hero banners, movie and series pages with cast, ratings and trailers: Chaipa presents your playlist like a modern streaming service — see the screenshots.
Catch-up, all the way
Multi-day catch-up, replay search across all your channels at once, resume where you left off, and live recording without an extra connection to your provider — a technical detail that avoids a lot of blocking.
Built for real-world conditions
Two video engines (VLC and ExoPlayer), encrypted DNS (DoH), online subtitles when the stream has none, offline downloads, a backup that survives reinstalling — and a full interface in English, French and Spanish.
Chaipa, TiviMate or Smarters?
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Try Chaipa for free
Chaipa is available on Google Play, with 30 days of Premium included at first launch — and a legal demo playlist to test with no strings attached.