CarTV Downloads & RevenueCarTV - M3U IPTV Player & Cast · App Store
CarTV - M3U IPTV Player & Cast is #5 in Utilities Grossing in India and charting in 22 of 30 countries we track.
Updated 9 Nov 2026 · rankings refresh through the day
DeveloperLyntra Technology Ltd
CategoryUtilities
PriceFree
Released
Rating★ 4.5 (5.2k)
Version1.1.6
Age rating4+
First seen by us
24 Sep 2026
24 Sep 2026Installs (est.)1M+ worldwide
CarTV - M3U IPTV Player & Cast update history & changes
Last change · 30 events since 16 Aug 2026Full timeline ↓✏️Added hidden keywords: vlc✏️Added hidden keywords: playlists📈Entered the top 10📈Entered the top 10📦Updated to version 1.1.6🔎#1 for “car”📦Updated to version 1.1.5⭐Passed 10K ratings📊Passed 100k monthly users🆕First spotted by AppInsider
Full timeline · 30 events
- ✏️CarTV - M3U IPTV Player & Cast added hidden keywords: vlcwords in the App Store's hidden keyword field (found by probing search)
- ✏️CarTV - M3U IPTV Player & Cast added hidden keywords: playlistswords in the App Store's hidden keyword field (found by probing search)
- 📈CarTV - M3U IPTV Player & Cast entered the top 10Top Free · All Apps · MY
- ✏️CarTV - M3U IPTV Player & Cast added hidden keywords: importwords in the App Store's hidden keyword field (found by probing search)
- 📈CarTV - M3U IPTV Player & Cast entered the top 10Top Free · All Apps · TH
- ✏️CarTV - M3U IPTV Player & Cast added hidden keywords: lecteurs, titrewords in the App Store's hidden keyword field (found by probing search)
- ✏️CarTV - M3U IPTV Player & Cast added hidden keywords: joynwords in the App Store's hidden keyword field (found by probing search)
- 📈CarTV - M3U IPTV Player & Cast entered the top 10Top Free · All Apps · IT
- ✏️CarTV - M3U IPTV Player & Cast added hidden keywords: télévisionwords in the App Store's hidden keyword field (found by probing search)
- 📦CarTV - M3U IPTV Player & Cast updated to version 1.1.6- Fixed some known minor issues
- Added compatibility for cases where some media servers could not connect - 🔎CarTV - M3U IPTV Player & Cast reached #1 for “car”#1 in China search · popularity 68
- 📦CarTV - M3U IPTV Player & Cast updated to version 1.1.5Urgently fixed a crash affecting devices running older system versions.
- 📦CarTV - M3U IPTV Player & Cast updated to version 1.1.4This update improves content management and playback:
- Added manual sorting for Favorites and local content. Drag to reorder favorite channels, movies and shows, local folders, and videos.
- Improved the local video list so videos with the same name appear separately, and individual videos can be deleted from folders.
- Improved subscription link import with support for more proxy-wrapped subscription URLs.
- Fixed missing audio in some HLS content, videos incorrectly identified as audio-only, and inaccurate live playback progress.
- Improved media loading, cache resume, and buffering status on slow or unstable networks.
- Fixed color display issues affecting some local HDR videos.… more - ✏️CarTV - M3U IPTV Player & Cast: app got bigger60 MB → 67 MB (+10%)
- 📦CarTV - M3U IPTV Player & Cast updated to version 1.1.3This update makes browsing and playback more convenient:
- Added search history with quick re-search and clear options, plus improved voice search feedback.
- Added audio track switching, expanded text subtitle support for MP4/MOV and HLS, and improved subtitle language matching and sync.
- Added four audio visualizer styles for music playback, with switching and selection memory.
- Local videos can now be renamed; added a membership redemption option and improved purchase restoration.
- Fixed an issue where some videos did not display correctly, improving video decoding and output compatibility.
- Improved media library loading, playback startup, buffering, and retries; fixed seeking, press-and-hold speed controls, and compatibility with some live streams.… more - ✏️CarTV - M3U IPTV Player & Cast added hidden keywords: importwords in the App Store's hidden keyword field (found by probing search)
- 📦CarTV - M3U IPTV Player & Cast updated to version 1.1.21. Fixed an issue where VIP membership benefits did not take effect promptly after purchase in certain situations.
2. Improved reminders after upgrading to lifetime membership to help you manage and cancel your existing Apple subscription.… more - ✏️CarTV - M3U IPTV Player & Cast added hidden keywords: applywords in the App Store's hidden keyword field (found by probing search)
- 📊CarTV - M3U IPTV Player & Cast passed 100k monthly usersour estimate
- 📈CarTV - M3U IPTV Player & Cast hit #1Top Grossing · Utilities · RU
- 📦CarTV - M3U IPTV Player & Cast updated to version 1.1.1- Added voice search to the Home screen, making it easier to find content.
- Urgently fixed crashes in some scenarios after Xtream was introduced in version 1.0.9, improving runtime stability.
- Fixed an issue where the page could freeze during video playback, making playback smoother.… more - 📦CarTV - M3U IPTV Player & Cast: now updating weekly4 updates in 30 days, after a quiet two months
- 📦CarTV - M3U IPTV Player & Cast updated to version 1.1.0- Added Plex support, with enhanced playback compatibility for 4K video and live streams.
- Improved server connections and sign-in for Jellyfin and Emby.
- Improved browsing and switching in large channel lists, with smoother performance and more reliable channel artwork loading.
- Fixed overlapping category titles and other player UI issues.
- Fixed crashes in some playback scenarios and improved overall stability.… more - ✏️CarTV - M3U IPTV Player & Cast added hidden keywords: importwords in the App Store's hidden keyword field (found by probing search)
- 📦CarTV - M3U IPTV Player & Cast updated to version 1.0.9- Added Xtream support, making it easier to add and manage your content.
- Added FAQs and in-app help so you can quickly find answers to common questions.
- Improved playback and app stability, with fixes for known issues.… more - 🆕CarTV - M3U IPTV Player & Cast first spotted by AppInsider#3 in Top Free · All Apps · Canada
- 📦CarTV - M3U IPTV Player & Cast version 1.0.8No release notes
- 🆕CarTV - M3U IPTV Player & Cast: its developer released another app: Cast2Car: Car Video Player
- 🆕CarTV - M3U IPTV Player & Cast released on the App Store
Collected from the stores by AppInsider since we first spotted the app. Dates are when we saw each change.
Rating
4.5 ★
5.2k ratings
Measured
Best rank now
#5
Utilities GrossingMeasured
New ratings a week
2,193
▲ +9% vs the 2 weeks before
Measured
CarTV - M3U IPTV Player & Cast at a glance
AI summary written from our chart and store data, 2026-11-08. It can be wrong: check the numbers above.
CarTV is a free iOS utility that enables M3U/IPTV playback and universal screen mirroring to car displays, designed for passengers to consume personal media playlists or connect to private servers like Jellyfin/Emby while the vehicle is stationary. The app demonstrates strong monetization potential in emerging markets by ranking #3 in Saudi Arabia and #5 in India and Italy Utilities Grossing charts, despite being a free download with no upfront cost.
Similar apps: IPTV Smarters Pro, VLC for Mobile, AirScreen
CarTV - M3U IPTV Player & Cast on the App Store
App details
App ID
6800211040
Publisher
Lyntra Technology Ltd
On the store since
Aug 2026
Under a year
Minimum OS
iOS 18+
iPhone XS and later
Devices
iPhone · iPad
Content rating
4+
Languages
22
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Size
67 MB
App privacy Measured
CarTV - M3U IPTV Player & Cast’s App Store privacy label declares 1 data category used to track you across other companies’ apps and websites, 1 linked to your identity and 1 collected anonymously.
Used to track you
1
Linked to you
1
Not linked to you
1
Tracks you via
UUsage Data
Linked to your identity
UUsage Data
Not linked to you
IIdentifiers
As declared by the developer on the App Store — Apple requires every app to publish this label. We track changes over time.
CarTV - M3U IPTV Player & Cast downloads
Worldwide, per day, and installs to date. The band is open; the exact number is free with an account.
How this is calculated
Apple publishes no download counts. App Store downloads come from chart positions and daily rating growth per country, calibrated on Google Play install counts; lifetime installs from ratings worldwide × installs per rating. Confidence is the chance the real number is within half to double ours.
Where CarTV - M3U IPTV Player & Cast's downloads come from Modelled
Last 30 days: organic search, browsing the store, features and paid ads.
Active users
All platforms, worldwide. Free with an account.
Stickiness (DAU / MAU)
how many monthly users open it on a given day
Retention · share of new users still active
Day 1
Day 7
Day 30
Time spent · per daily user
Average time spent Pro
min a day
Sessions a day Pro
Time per session Pro
min
How this is calculated
Monthly users come from lifetime installs across every store, fitted on monthly active user figures companies publish; daily users = monthly × the typical daily/monthly ratio for the category. Confidence is the chance the real number is within half to double ours.
In-app revenue
Worldwide, what users spend in CarTV - M3U IPTV Player & Cast before Apple and Google take their fee.
How this is calculated
Top Grossing positions in every country we track, converted to dollars per store and country, sized by each market's published consumer spend and calibrated on revenue companies publish.
Business model: Subscription-led
How CarTV - M3U IPTV Player & Cast makes money: subscriptions, one-off purchases and ads.
SubscriptionsIn-app purchasesAds · 1 ad networks
Subscriptions
/mo
of revenue
Ads
/mo
of revenue
Top in-app purchases · App Store US, most popular first
| 1 | Weekly subscription | |
| 2 | Lifetime | |
| 3 | Yearly subscription |
Where it ranks now
Every top chart it appears in across 30 countries.
Russia
United Kingdom
United Arab Emirates
Japan
Malaysia
South Korea
Thailand
Australia
Indonesia
Netherlands
Poland
South AfricaApps near CarTV - M3U IPTV Player & Cast on the chart
Utilities Grossing, around #5.
Ratings
App Store, worldwide.
Rating
4.5 ★
5.2k ratings
Measured
Ratings
5.2k
Measured
Review momentum
ⓘ How we measure thisNew ratings a week
2,193
▲ +9% vs the 2 weeks before
Written reviews a week
21+
US App Store (Apple shows only the newest)
Recent ratings
4.3★
vs 4.5★ lifetime
Recent written reviews
2.4★
people who write skew negative
Review momentum
83/100
top 1% of Utilities apps
Growing fastest in 
Italy ▲ +64% · 
France ▲ +39% · 
Brazil ▲ +31%
New ratings by country (12)
| Country | New ratings a week | Share | Last 2 weeks vs the 2 before |
|---|---|---|---|
 Turkey | 364 | 19% | steady |
 United States | 356 | 19% | steady |
 China | 252 | 13% | – |
| India | 185 | 10% | ▼ -26% |
 Saudi Arabia | 156 | 8% | ▲ +8% |
| Italy | 150 | 8% | ▲ +64% |
| Brazil | 122 | 6% | ▲ +31% |
 Vietnam | 92 | 5% | – |
| France | 71 | 4% | ▲ +39% |
 Germany | 68 | 4% | ▲ +17% |
 Spain | 53 | 3% | – |
| Canada | 51 | 3% | ▼ -14% |
App Store ratings in the countries we track, 4-week average.
Review momentum (0-100) blends how fast the app collects ratings compared with other apps in its category (60%), whether that pace is speeding up (25%) and what recent raters give it (15%; recent stars well below lifetime pull it down). Ratings counts are read daily. A jump usually means a launch, a feature, ads or a new review prompt.
What users say about CarTV - M3U IPTV Player & Cast
From the 167 most recent App Store reviews in the US.
The vast majority of users report that the app completely stopped working after updating to iOS 27.2, displaying a 'car doesn't support video' error. Customers who paid for lifetime subscriptions are demanding refunds and expressing anger over the lack of developer communication or timely fixes.
Mixed (41% of recent reviews give 4–5 stars). People like it for regular updates, and its features and content. The main complaints are about price and subscriptions, and recent updates. Recent reviews are more negative than earlier ones.
What people like
- Updates: “please update new version”
- Features & content: “Been waiting so long for this feature”
- Useful: “Very useful after last update”
- Crashes & bugs: “It seems like a small audio routing glitch that needs fixing”
Common complaints
- Price & subscription: “Worked till I payed for it”
- Updates: “Types of updated car models”
- Crashes & bugs: “Not working after iPhone update”
- Features & content: “Need desktop option for web browser”
About CarTV - M3U IPTV Player & Cast
CarTV is a lightweight M3U / M3U8 playlist tool, built for watching on the road.
SCREEN MIRRORING
- Put your whole iPhone screen on the car display: works with any app, even ones without a Cast button
- Open any app and it shows up on the car screen exactly as on your phone
- One tap on the Cast to Car tab to start
WHAT IT DOES
All you need is an M3U or M3U8 link. CarTV parses it, sorts the entries into the groups defined in your playlist, and plays them. No account, no sign-in, nothing to configure.
FORMATS AND PLAYBACK
- M3U and M3U8 playlists
- HLS and standard HTTP streams
- Hardware-accelerated decoding, with a software decoder as fallback for MKV, HEVC and DTS
- Embedded and external subtitles, including tracks extracted from MKV
- Reads tvg-logo and group-title tags from your playlist
- Remembers where you left off
YOUR OWN MEDIA SERVER
- Connect to your own Jellyfin or Emby server
- Browse your libraries, seasons and episodes
- Episodes are sorted automatically and resume where you stopped
- Server addresses and credentials never leave your device
CAR MODE
A landscape layout made for a phone in a dashboard mount: oversized controls, large type, and one-tap switching between entries. Built for passengers.
Note: for passenger use only. Never watch while driving.
MOMENTS WORTH STOPPING FOR
Park by the lake on a quiet weekend, set up your fishing rod, and finally watch that old movie you've been saving. At the campsite, stay curled up with your partner after sunset while you wait for the stars. During a forty-minute charging stop, watch two cartoons with the kids or catch up on that movie you and your friends have talked about for ages. When the car is parked and the big display lights up, an ordinary wait becomes time worth remembering.
MANAGE YOUR PLAYLISTS
- Add as many playlist URLs as you need, by link or by scanning a QR code
- Refresh, rename, or remove any of them
- Filter by the groups in your playlist
- Mark favourites for quick access
- Import video files from your device and play them offline
MINI PLAYER
Keep playing while you browse the rest of your list. No need to back out and start over.
PRIVACY
Everything you add stays on your iPhone. No account needed.
CarTV is a player only. It does not provide, host, bundle, or recommend any content. You supply your own playlists and servers and are responsible for having the right to use them.
Terms of Use: https://27ef9698.pinme.dev/terms.html
Privacy Policy: https://27ef9698.pinme.dev/privacy.html
SCREEN MIRRORING
- Put your whole iPhone screen on the car display: works with any app, even ones without a Cast button
- Open any app and it shows up on the car screen exactly as on your phone
- One tap on the Cast to Car tab to start
WHAT IT DOES
All you need is an M3U or M3U8 link. CarTV parses it, sorts the entries into the groups defined in your playlist, and plays them. No account, no sign-in, nothing to configure.
FORMATS AND PLAYBACK
- M3U and M3U8 playlists
- HLS and standard HTTP streams
- Hardware-accelerated decoding, with a software decoder as fallback for MKV, HEVC and DTS
- Embedded and external subtitles, including tracks extracted from MKV
- Reads tvg-logo and group-title tags from your playlist
- Remembers where you left off
YOUR OWN MEDIA SERVER
- Connect to your own Jellyfin or Emby server
- Browse your libraries, seasons and episodes
- Episodes are sorted automatically and resume where you stopped
- Server addresses and credentials never leave your device
CAR MODE
A landscape layout made for a phone in a dashboard mount: oversized controls, large type, and one-tap switching between entries. Built for passengers.
Note: for passenger use only. Never watch while driving.
MOMENTS WORTH STOPPING FOR
Park by the lake on a quiet weekend, set up your fishing rod, and finally watch that old movie you've been saving. At the campsite, stay curled up with your partner after sunset while you wait for the stars. During a forty-minute charging stop, watch two cartoons with the kids or catch up on that movie you and your friends have talked about for ages. When the car is parked and the big display lights up, an ordinary wait becomes time worth remembering.
MANAGE YOUR PLAYLISTS
- Add as many playlist URLs as you need, by link or by scanning a QR code
- Refresh, rename, or remove any of them
- Filter by the groups in your playlist
- Mark favourites for quick access
- Import video files from your device and play them offline
MINI PLAYER
Keep playing while you browse the rest of your list. No need to back out and start over.
PRIVACY
Everything you add stays on your iPhone. No account needed.
CarTV is a player only. It does not provide, host, bundle, or recommend any content. You supply your own playlists and servers and are responsible for having the right to use them.
Terms of Use: https://27ef9698.pinme.dev/terms.html
Privacy Policy: https://27ef9698.pinme.dev/privacy.html
Latest updates
1.1.6
- Fixed some known minor issues
- Added compatibility for cases where some media servers could not connect
1.1.5
Urgently fixed a crash affecting devices running older system versions.
1.1.4
This update improves content management and playback:
- Added manual sorting for Favorites and local content. Drag to reorder favorite channels, movies and shows, local folders, and videos.
- Improved the local video list so videos with the same name appear separately, and individual videos can be deleted from folders.
- Improved subscription link import with support for more proxy-wrapped subscription URLs.
- Fixed missing audio in some HLS content, videos incorrectly identified as audio-only, and inaccurate live playback progress.
- Improved media loading, cache resume, and buffering status on slow or unstable networks.
- Fixed color display issues affecting some local HDR videos.
Store changes
What CarTV - M3U IPTV Player & Cast changed on its store page: name, icon, screenshots, price, size, languages, requirements.
App got bigger
60 MB → 67 MB (+10%)
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