Channels for HDHomeRun! Downloads & RevenueChannels for HDHomeRun! · App Store
Channels for HDHomeRun! is #120 in Entertainment Paid in United States and charting in 1 of 30 countries we track.
Updated 11 Nov 2026 · rankings refresh through the day
DeveloperFancy Bits, LLC
CategoryEntertainment
Price9.99 USD
Released
Rating★ 4.5 (1.4k)
Version7.1.2
Age rating12+
First seen by us
25 Sep 2026
25 Sep 2026Installs (est.)100k+ worldwide
Channels for HDHomeRun! update history & changes
Last change · 16 events since 30 Jul 2016Full timeline ↓⭐Passed 100 ratings⭐Passed 1K ratings📈Charting in a new country📈Entered the top 100🆕First spotted by AppInsider📦Version 7.1.2🆕Released on the App Store
Full timeline · 16 events
- 📈Channels for HDHomeRun! charting in a new countrySaudi Arabia
- 📈Channels for HDHomeRun! entered the top 100Top Paid · Entertainment · AU
- 📈Channels for HDHomeRun! charting in a new countryAustralia
- 📈Channels for HDHomeRun! entered the top 100Top Paid · Entertainment · GB
- 📈Channels for HDHomeRun! charting in a new countryUnited Kingdom
- 📈Channels for HDHomeRun! entered the top 100Top Paid · Entertainment · US
- 📈Channels for HDHomeRun! charting in a new countryUnited States
- 🆕Channels for HDHomeRun! first spotted by AppInsider#131 in Top Paid · All Apps · Australia
- 📦Channels for HDHomeRun! version 7.1.2• IMPROVED: startup time of the app
• IMPROVED: guide performance when navigating and behavior when opening the guide
• IMPROVED: handling of low disk space situations with remote streaming
• IMPROVED: guide scroll behavior
• IMPROVED: handling of remote streaming caches
• FIXED: crash when opening PiP on the iPad app running on macOS
• FIXED: Layout bug on tvOS causing items to render off the screen… more - 🆕Channels for HDHomeRun! 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 ★
1.4k ratings
Measured
Best rank now
#120
Entertainment PaidMeasured
New ratings a week
2.2
▼ -43% vs the 2 weeks before
Measured
Channels for HDHomeRun! on the App Store
App details
App ID
1117689474
Publisher
Fancy Bits, LLC
On the store since
Jul 2016
10 years on the store
Minimum OS
iOS 17.0+
iPhone XS and later
Devices
iPhone · iPad
Universal purchase
Content rating
12+
4 content notes below
Languages
1
EN
Size
113 MB
Content notesInfrequent/Mild Horror/Fear ThemesInfrequent/Mild Alcohol, Tobacco, or Drug Use or ReferencesInfrequent/Mild Mature/Suggestive ThemesInfrequent/Mild Profanity or Crude Humor
Channels for HDHomeRun! 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 Channels for HDHomeRun!'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
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.
Where it ranks now
Every top chart it appears in across 30 countries.
| Country | Charts | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| United States | EntertainmentPaid | #120 |
Apps near Channels for HDHomeRun! on the chart
Entertainment Paid, around #120.
Ratings
App Store, worldwide.
Rating
4.5 ★
1.4k ratings
Measured
Ratings
1.4k
Measured
Review momentum
ⓘ How we measure thisNew ratings a week
2.2
▼ -43% vs the 2 weeks before
Written reviews a week
under 1
US App Store
Lifetime rating
4.4★
recent stars not readable yet: new ratings are a tiny share of the total
Review momentum
48/100
faster than 63% of Entertainment apps
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 Channels for HDHomeRun!
From the 52 most recent App Store reviews in the US.
Mixed but leaning positive (58% of recent reviews give 4–5 stars). People like it for its design, and being easy to use. The main complaints are about connection and sync problems, and price and subscriptions. Recent reviews are more negative than earlier ones.
What people like
- Design: “Fast and attractive layout”
- Ease of use: “Hope it’s a quick easy fix”
- Features & content: “I absolutely love the hidden channel surfing feature!”
- Useful: “Works great on VisionPro !”
Common complaints
- Connection & sync: “Cannot connect to HDHomeRun Connect 4K tuner”
- Price & subscription: “Please avoid this at all costs”
- Crashes & bugs: “App crashed at startup on iOS 15”
- Updates: “Unusable since last update”
About Channels for HDHomeRun!
Watch live TV, right next to your apps. Channels lets you play, pause, and rewind local or cable TV directly on your Apple TV with your HDHomeRun TV tuner.
If you are a Channels Plus subscriber with DVR Service, search for the free app: Channels: Whole Home DVR.
Channels requires an HDHomeRun networked TV tuner to watch live TV on your iPhone, iPad, or iPod Touch. Learn more about how this works below.
• Pause, rewind, and fast forward live TV
• Guide Data
• Full grid guide
• Full HD streaming (bandwidth permitting)
• 5.1 Surround Sound
• Closed captioning
• Full support for VoiceOver
• Channel favoriting
• Jump back to last channel
• Auto Discovery
• Browse what's on other channels while watching TV
• Manage your HDHomeRun devices from Channels
"If you’re a cord cutter, then Channels coupled with an HDHomeRun and antenna is one of the best purchases you can make." — 9to5mac
"If live television has been a missing or irritating-to-use piece for your viewing pleasure, Channels plus a networked tuner pulls it neatly into your iPhone, iPod touch, or iPad." — Macworld
Channels requires modern iOS devices and 802.11AC wireless for HD streaming. But as usual, your milage may vary.
Supported devices: All iOS devices with an A7 chip and up.
Note: Channels does not support Picture in Picture mode on the iPad or AirPlay on any device due to the video format provided by the HDHomeRun tuners. This is an iOS limitation.
-- Why Use Channels? --
Channels is the missing piece of your puzzle. If you already watch everything through streaming apps, Channels lets you finally watch sports, award shows, local news, and other live events on your same device.
• Watch live primetime TV, local news, and sports on your Apple TV.
• Netflix, Hulu, Movies, Games, AirPlay, and now live TV on the same device.
• Already using antenna for live TV? Channels lets you use one antenna to watch TV on all the devices in your home.
• Want sports on your porch? News in the kitchen? Channels lets you watch these anywhere in the home. Let your TV watching follow you around the house.
-- How Does It Work? --
An HDHomeRun is a simple TV tuner that can broadcast television over your home network. Channels streams that video directly to your device.
1. Plug an HD antenna or your cable into your HDHomeRun.
2. Plug your HDHomeRun into your router.
3. Watch live TV via the Channels app.
-- How Do You Use It? --
Here's some protips on how to get the most out of Channels.
• Pick your favorite channels by selecting your HDHomeRun device in the Settings tab and tapping on a channel.
• See quickly what’s currently on your favorite channels with the On Now tab.
• Tap on a channel to view more info about it (or just 3D Touch it).
• Live TV buffer works for ~90 mins or less depending on how much storage is available on your device.
• Skip ahead 30s by swiping right. Skip back 7s by swiping left.
• Double-tap with 2 fingers to switch to the previous channel.
• Swipe up/down on the Quic
If you are a Channels Plus subscriber with DVR Service, search for the free app: Channels: Whole Home DVR.
Channels requires an HDHomeRun networked TV tuner to watch live TV on your iPhone, iPad, or iPod Touch. Learn more about how this works below.
• Pause, rewind, and fast forward live TV
• Guide Data
• Full grid guide
• Full HD streaming (bandwidth permitting)
• 5.1 Surround Sound
• Closed captioning
• Full support for VoiceOver
• Channel favoriting
• Jump back to last channel
• Auto Discovery
• Browse what's on other channels while watching TV
• Manage your HDHomeRun devices from Channels
"If you’re a cord cutter, then Channels coupled with an HDHomeRun and antenna is one of the best purchases you can make." — 9to5mac
"If live television has been a missing or irritating-to-use piece for your viewing pleasure, Channels plus a networked tuner pulls it neatly into your iPhone, iPod touch, or iPad." — Macworld
Channels requires modern iOS devices and 802.11AC wireless for HD streaming. But as usual, your milage may vary.
Supported devices: All iOS devices with an A7 chip and up.
Note: Channels does not support Picture in Picture mode on the iPad or AirPlay on any device due to the video format provided by the HDHomeRun tuners. This is an iOS limitation.
-- Why Use Channels? --
Channels is the missing piece of your puzzle. If you already watch everything through streaming apps, Channels lets you finally watch sports, award shows, local news, and other live events on your same device.
• Watch live primetime TV, local news, and sports on your Apple TV.
• Netflix, Hulu, Movies, Games, AirPlay, and now live TV on the same device.
• Already using antenna for live TV? Channels lets you use one antenna to watch TV on all the devices in your home.
• Want sports on your porch? News in the kitchen? Channels lets you watch these anywhere in the home. Let your TV watching follow you around the house.
-- How Does It Work? --
An HDHomeRun is a simple TV tuner that can broadcast television over your home network. Channels streams that video directly to your device.
1. Plug an HD antenna or your cable into your HDHomeRun.
2. Plug your HDHomeRun into your router.
3. Watch live TV via the Channels app.
-- How Do You Use It? --
Here's some protips on how to get the most out of Channels.
• Pick your favorite channels by selecting your HDHomeRun device in the Settings tab and tapping on a channel.
• See quickly what’s currently on your favorite channels with the On Now tab.
• Tap on a channel to view more info about it (or just 3D Touch it).
• Live TV buffer works for ~90 mins or less depending on how much storage is available on your device.
• Skip ahead 30s by swiping right. Skip back 7s by swiping left.
• Double-tap with 2 fingers to switch to the previous channel.
• Swipe up/down on the Quic
Latest updates
7.1.2
• IMPROVED: startup time of the app
• IMPROVED: guide performance when navigating and behavior when opening the guide
• IMPROVED: handling of low disk space situations with remote streaming
• IMPROVED: guide scroll behavior
• IMPROVED: handling of remote streaming caches
• FIXED: crash when opening PiP on the iPad app running on macOS
• FIXED: Layout bug on tvOS causing items to render off the screen
