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XCIPTV alternative: how RIPTV compares

XCIPTV is a player many providers point their customers to. If you're looking around for something different, here's how RIPTV compares.

Where XCIPTV shines

XCIPTV is widely used and familiar to a lot of people, partly because providers often recommend it. It covers the basics of live TV, films and series in one app.

What RIPTV does differently

  • A Home screen built around you: Continue Watching, favourite channels and trending titles from your own service.
  • Posters, descriptions, trailers and, with Premium, review scores from IMDb, Rotten Tomatoes and Metacritic.
  • Profiles for everyone, including kids profiles by age rating and a parental PIN (Premium).
  • Skip intro and credits, and a next-episode countdown (Premium).
  • Trakt and "Because you watched" recommendations (Premium).
  • Your IPTV login stays on your devices, and copying it to a TV is end-to-end encrypted.

Switching is easy

  1. Find your login: in your current player's settings, or in your provider's welcome email. It's either a server, username and password (Xtream Codes) or a playlist link (M3U).
  2. Install RIPTV on your phone, tablet or TV: from Google Play, or the Amazon Appstore on a Fire TV.
  3. Enter the same details. You don't need a new subscription or a new login from your provider.
  4. Keep your old player installed while you try RIPTV. Both can use the same login, though watching on both at once uses two of your provider's connections.

Try it free

RIPTV is free, with no sign-up or card, and every new install gets 7 days of Premium free. Premium is £4.99 a year or £12.99 once, on up to 5 devices.

Product names belong to their owners. RIPTV isn't affiliated with XCIPTV. Features of other apps change, so check their current version.

A note on what RIPTV is

RIPTV is a player. It doesn't come with channels, films or series: you add the IPTV service you already subscribe to. Only use services you have the right to watch.

Questions

My provider set up XCIPTV for me. Can I still use RIPTV?

Usually, yes. Ask your provider for your Xtream Codes login (server, username and password) or M3U link, and enter it in RIPTV.

Does RIPTV work on Fire TV?

Yes. Search for RIPTV on your Fire TV and install it from the Amazon Appstore.

Get RIPTV free

No sign-up, no card, and 7 days of Premium free. On phones, tablets, Android TV and Fire TV.

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