iSTB Downloads & RevenueiSTB · App Store
iSTB is #10 in Entertainment Paid in United States and charting in 17 of 30 countries we track.
Updated 8 Nov 2026 · rankings refresh through the day
DeveloperNihal Ahmed
CategoryEntertainment
Price14.99 USD
Released
Rating★ 4.6 (1.8k)
Version1.29.6
Age rating9+
First seen by us
24 Sep 2026
24 Sep 2026Installs (est.)100k+ worldwide
✏️New iPad screenshots✏️New screenshots📦Updated to version 1.30.0📦Updated to version 1.29.6📈Entered the top 10📈Entered the top 10🆕First spotted by AppInsider🆕Released on the App Store
Full timeline · 33 events
- ✏️iSTB: new iPad screenshots· 5 countries
- ✏️iSTB: new screenshots6 screenshots (was 6) · 5 countries
- ✏️iSTB: new iPad screenshots· 13 countries
- ✏️iSTB: new screenshots6 screenshots (was 6) · 13 countries
- 📦iSTB updated to version 1.30.0Added following series to get notified of new episodes and seasons - access from a series' screen
- Added support for iPhone Duo, including tabletop mode
- Improved loading of large M3U playlists, which now load much faster and use less memory
- Updated player 2 to use hardware decoding by default
- Updated player 1 library, which may fix casting to Chromecast
- Fixed some UI issues and made some UI improvements
- Fixed some crashes… more - 📦iSTB updated to version 1.29.6- Updated player 2 to use Metal by default - access from player preferences
- Fixed an issue with some movies and episodes being stuck at 00:00 on players 2 and 3
- Fixed an issue with a green and purple picture on player 2
- Fixed a crash when downloading some videos
- Fixed an issue with recent items of deleted profiles staying on the profiles screen
- Fixed some UI issues and made some UI improvements… more - 📈iSTB entered the top 10Top Paid · Entertainment · ES
- 📈iSTB entered the top 10Top Paid · Entertainment · SA
- 📈iSTB entered the top 10Top Paid · Entertainment · AU
- 📈iSTB entered the top 100Top Paid · All Apps · SE
- 📈iSTB entered the top 10Top Paid · Entertainment · MX
- ✏️iSTB: app got bigger97 MB → 123 MB (+27%)
- 📦iSTB updated to version 1.29.5- Added a download all button for series seasons
- Added ability to use Metal for player 2 - access from player controls
- Added ability to tweak when hardware decoding fallbacks to software decoding for player 2 - access from player controls
- Added automatic fallback to the Metal player when the native player stalls in player 3
- Updated profile refresh button to remember selected content to refresh - long press button to change content to refresh
- Updated player 3 library
- Fixed an issue with reporting Trakt authentication failures
- Fixed some UI issues and made some UI improvements… more - 📈iSTB entered the top 10 in 2 chartsTop Paid · Entertainment · FR · Top Paid · Entertainment · PL
- 📈iSTB entered the top 10 on iPad · Top Paid All AppsIN
- 📈iSTB entered the top 10Top Paid · Entertainment · RU
- 📈iSTB entered the top 10Top Paid · Entertainment · DE
- 📈iSTB entered the top 10Top Paid · Entertainment · TH
- 📈iSTB entered the top 100Top Paid · All Apps · IN
- ✏️iSTB: new icon
→ 
· 15 countries - ✏️iSTB: age rating changed4+ → 9+
- 📦iSTB updated to version 1.29.4- Added ability to control audio delay - access from player controls
- Added ability to hide profile sections - access from main profile screen
- Updated opening of recent items to open the downloaded copy if available
- Updated player libraries
- Fixed an issue with VOD not resuming from the most recently saved progress
- Fixed an issue with VOD not unpausing properly when returning to the app on player 3
- Fixed an issue with removing a profile PIN also prompting to enable biometrics
- Fixed some UI issues and made some UI improvements… more - 📦iSTB: first update in 288 days
- 📈iSTB entered the top 10Top Paid · Entertainment · GB
- 📈iSTB new best rank in the overall chart: #31Top Paid · All Apps · CA
- 📈iSTB entered the top 10Top Paid · Entertainment · IN
- 📈iSTB new best rank in the overall chart: #47Top Paid · All Apps · CA
- 📈iSTB entered the top 10Top Paid · Entertainment · SE
- 📈iSTB hit #1Top Paid · Entertainment · NL
- 📈iSTB new best rank in the overall chart: #84Top Paid · All Apps · NL
- 🆕iSTB first spotted by AppInsider#1 in Top Paid · Entertainment · Canada
- 📦iSTB version 1.29.3No release notes
- 🆕iSTB 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
4.6 ★
1.8k ratings
Measured
Best rank now
#10
Entertainment PaidMeasured
New ratings a week
13
▲ +35% vs the 2 weeks before
Measured
iSTB at a glance
AI summary written from our chart and store data, 2026-11-08. It can be wrong: check the numbers above.
iSTB is a paid IPTV player for users with existing subscriptions to Stalker Middleware, Xtream Codes, or M3U playlist providers who need advanced features like multi-view and EPG support. The app holds strong positions in the Canadian and German paid entertainment charts at #6, while also ranking within the top 10 in the US market, indicating sustained demand for specialized IPTV clients in key Western regions.
Similar apps: IPTV Smarters Pro, TiviMate Companion, GSE Smart IPTV
iSTB on the App Store
App details
App ID
1497473331
Publisher
Nihal Ahmed
On the store since
Feb 2020
6 years on the store
Minimum OS
iOS 13.0+
iPhone 6s and later
Devices
iPhone · iPad
Universal purchase
Content rating
9+
4 content notes below
Languages
9
AR EN FR DE HI PL ZH ZH TR
Size
121 MB
Content notesInfrequent/Mild Mature/Suggestive ThemesInfrequent/Mild Profanity or Crude HumorInfrequent/Mild Cartoon or Fantasy ViolenceInfrequent/Mild Horror/Fear Themes
App privacy Measured
iSTB’s App Store privacy label declares 0 data categories used to track you across other companies’ apps and websites, 2 linked to your identity and 2 collected anonymously.
Used to track you
0
Linked to you
2
Not linked to you
2
Linked to your identity
UUser ContentIIdentifiers
Not linked to you
UUsage Data+1 more
As declared by the developer on the App Store — Apple requires every app to publish this label. We track changes over time.
iSTB 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 iSTB'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.
Where it ranks now
Every top chart it appears in across 30 countries.
| Country | Charts | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| United States | EntertainmentPaid | #10 |
 Germany | EntertainmentPaid | #6 |
| Canada | EntertainmentPaid | #4 |
| United States | All AppsPaid | #152 |
 Netherlands | EntertainmentPaid | #9 |
| Canada | All AppsPaid | #69 |
 United Kingdom | EntertainmentPaid | #78 |
 India | EntertainmentPaid | #46 |
 France | EntertainmentPaid | #105 |
 Saudi Arabia | EntertainmentPaid | #64 |
 Spain | EntertainmentPaid | #84 |
 United Arab Emirates | EntertainmentPaid | #62 |
 Vietnam | EntertainmentPaid | #43 |
 Italy | EntertainmentPaid | #174 |
 Poland | EntertainmentPaid | #89 |
 Turkey | EntertainmentPaid | #96 |
 Sweden | EntertainmentPaid | #81 |
 Thailand | EntertainmentPaid | #111 |
 Philippines | EntertainmentPaid | #140 |
Apps near iSTB on the chart
Entertainment Paid, around #10.
Ratings
App Store, worldwide.
Rating
4.6 ★
1.8k ratings
Measured
Ratings
1.8k
Measured
Review momentum
ⓘ How we measure thisNew ratings a week
13
▲ +35% vs the 2 weeks before
Written reviews a week
1.2
US App Store
Lifetime rating
4.5★
recent stars not readable yet: new ratings are a tiny share of the total
Review momentum
73/100
faster than 79% of Entertainment apps
New ratings by country (3)
| Country | New ratings a week | Share | Last 2 weeks vs the 2 before |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 7.8 | 63% | ▲ +20% |
| Canada | 2.8 | 23% | ▲ +17% |
| Germany | 1.8 | 15% | – |
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 iSTB
From the 55 most recent App Store reviews in the US.
Users praise the app's cross-device synchronization and interface but report severe stability issues including crashes, freezing, and broken playback on Apple TV. Many reviews highlight a lack of developer support and unresolved bugs regarding background audio, Picture-in-Picture, and volume controls.
Mixed (47% of recent reviews give 4–5 stars). People like it for working reliably, and its features and content. The main complaints are about crashes and bugs, and price and subscriptions.
What people like
- Crashes & bugs: “All good except crash issues”
- Features & content: “If they can add that feature, it would be great”
- Updates: “There has not been an update in over three months”
- Design: “The interface is well laid out and snappy”
Common complaints
- Crashes & bugs: “It freezes playing in the background”
- Price & subscription: “I deserve a refund but of course I’m not eligible”
- Connection & sync: “When I connected on call they were offering me another package”
- Updates: “The developers don’t give a damn about the app and no updates have been done”
About iSTB
iSTB allows you to watch IPTV from MAC address based providers which use Stalker Middleware, providers using the Xtream Codes API and M3U playlists.
**Please use the iSTB Lite app to check if your provider is supported**
**Some providers are not supported**
Features:
- Add/remove unlimited portals
- Connect to multiple portals at once with profile groups
- Search genres by name
- Search channels by name
- Add channels to a favorites list
- Full electronic programming guide or EPG (dependent on your provider)
- View & download VOD content (dependent on your provider)
- Catch up on past programs (dependent on your provider)
- Watch VOD with subtitles from OpenSubtitles
- Resuming of VOD and catch up content
- Play audio in background
- Watch multiple streams at once with Multi View (dependent on your provider)
- Play picture in picture (supported devices)
- Cast to TV (May not work with all providers. Requires VLC app to be installed and a Chromecast.)
- Watch content in portrait or landscape
- Dark theme
- And more!
Please note:
- This app works with MAC address & Xtream Codes based IPTV providers and M3U playlists only. Download the iSTB Lite app to check if your provider is supported.
- You will need a valid subscription with an IPTV provider to watch content. This app does not offer any video or audio content itself.
- All content is provided by your IPTV provider. If you have any questions or problems regarding the content or your subscription, please contact your IPTV provider directly.
- You will need an active internet connection to watch content. Data charges may apply. Please check with your internet provider directly.
- By using this app, you acknowledge and agree that you have the legal right to access and view the content provided by you. The app does not host, store, or distribute any copyrighted content. Users are solely responsible for ensuring that they comply with applicable laws, regulations, and copyright agreements when accessing and streaming content. The app and its developers assume no liability for any misuse of the service. If you do not have the necessary rights to access certain content, you must refrain from using the app for such purposes.
**Please use the iSTB Lite app to check if your provider is supported**
**Some providers are not supported**
Features:
- Add/remove unlimited portals
- Connect to multiple portals at once with profile groups
- Search genres by name
- Search channels by name
- Add channels to a favorites list
- Full electronic programming guide or EPG (dependent on your provider)
- View & download VOD content (dependent on your provider)
- Catch up on past programs (dependent on your provider)
- Watch VOD with subtitles from OpenSubtitles
- Resuming of VOD and catch up content
- Play audio in background
- Watch multiple streams at once with Multi View (dependent on your provider)
- Play picture in picture (supported devices)
- Cast to TV (May not work with all providers. Requires VLC app to be installed and a Chromecast.)
- Watch content in portrait or landscape
- Dark theme
- And more!
Please note:
- This app works with MAC address & Xtream Codes based IPTV providers and M3U playlists only. Download the iSTB Lite app to check if your provider is supported.
- You will need a valid subscription with an IPTV provider to watch content. This app does not offer any video or audio content itself.
- All content is provided by your IPTV provider. If you have any questions or problems regarding the content or your subscription, please contact your IPTV provider directly.
- You will need an active internet connection to watch content. Data charges may apply. Please check with your internet provider directly.
- By using this app, you acknowledge and agree that you have the legal right to access and view the content provided by you. The app does not host, store, or distribute any copyrighted content. Users are solely responsible for ensuring that they comply with applicable laws, regulations, and copyright agreements when accessing and streaming content. The app and its developers assume no liability for any misuse of the service. If you do not have the necessary rights to access certain content, you must refrain from using the app for such purposes.
Latest updates
1.30.0
Added following series to get notified of new episodes and seasons - access from a series' screen
- Added support for iPhone Duo, including tabletop mode
- Improved loading of large M3U playlists, which now load much faster and use less memory
- Updated player 2 to use hardware decoding by default
- Updated player 1 library, which may fix casting to Chromecast
- Fixed some UI issues and made some UI improvements
- Fixed some crashes
1.29.6
- Updated player 2 to use Metal by default - access from player preferences
- Fixed an issue with some movies and episodes being stuck at 00:00 on players 2 and 3
- Fixed an issue with a green and purple picture on player 2
- Fixed a crash when downloading some videos
- Fixed an issue with recent items of deleted profiles staying on the profiles screen
- Fixed some UI issues and made some UI improvements
1.29.5
- Added a download all button for series seasons
- Added ability to use Metal for player 2 - access from player controls
- Added ability to tweak when hardware decoding fallbacks to software decoding for player 2 - access from player controls
- Added automatic fallback to the Metal player when the native player stalls in player 3
- Updated profile refresh button to remember selected content to refresh - long press button to change content to refresh
- Updated player 3 library
- Fixed an issue with reporting Trakt authentication failures
- Fixed some UI issues and made some UI improvements
Store changes
What iSTB changed on its store page: name, icon, screenshots, price, size, languages, requirements.
New iPad screenshots
New screenshots
6 screenshots (was 6)
New iPad screenshots 
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