A product by cdm-IT

The player for your own IPTV sources.

Playtide plays your Xtream account or your M3U playlist, optionally with an XMLTV programme guide: on iPhone, iPad, Mac and Apple TV.

Playtide is a player only. The app contains no channels, films, series or other media content. To watch anything, you set up your own source: an M3U playlist or an Xtream account.

Coming soon to the App Store View features ↓

The app's interface is currently available in German only.

Everything for your own source

Playtide brings the player. The content comes from your source.

Your own sources

Xtream accounts and M3U playlists. You can add more than one source.

Live TV with programme guide

The guide shows what is on now and what comes next. You can set reminders for programmes.

Films, series and catch-up

The catalogues of your own source, with continue watching and a notice about new episodes. You catch up on missed programmes from your source's archive.

Multi-view

Watch up to four channels at the same time.

Profiles and protection

Profiles with a PIN, a kids profile with hidden categories, and an app lock with Face ID on iPhone and iPad.

Private and in sync

Syncing between all your devices runs through your own iCloud account. No servers run by the developer, no advertising, no tracking.

Ready to go in three steps

Add a source

On iPhone, iPad or Mac, enter your Xtream account or the address of your M3U playlist.

Connect

Save the source and tap it. Playtide loads the channel list and programme data directly from your source.

Watch on all your devices

Via iCloud the source also appears on your other devices. That is how it reaches your Apple TV, too.

Free and Premium

What works without a purchase, what Premium unlocks and what you need.

Free

Without a purchase, Playtide plays a simple M3U playlist.

Also included without a purchase: multi-view with up to four channels of that playlist, profiles with a PIN and the app lock with Face ID.

Premium

Premium unlocks sources: Xtream accounts and M3U playlists with programme guide, favourites and iCloud sync, plus films and series, catch-up and multi-view with the channels of the source.

Premium is available as a subscription with a 7-day free trial or as a one-time purchase. A purchase is valid on iPhone, iPad, Mac and Apple TV with the same Apple ID.

Requirements

iPhone and iPad with iOS and iPadOS 18 or later
Mac with macOS 26 or later
Apple TV with tvOS 26 or later
A source of your own whose content you are permitted to use
The app's interface is currently in German only.

Questions about Playtide?

The support page explains how to set up a source, restore purchases and manage your subscription.

Go to the support page →