▶IPTV Player

Best IPTV player with EPG.

A proper EPG (electronic program guide) turns a playlist into something that feels like real TV. Guide quality varies wildly between players — these are the ones that do it well, plus a free tool for inspecting your provider's guide data.

Independent comparison — we build the web player featured below, we're not affiliated with any other app listed, and there are no app-store affiliate links on this page.

1

TiviMate

Best native app on Android TV

Android TV, Fire TV, Google TV

Pros

  • + The best EPG grid in any IPTV app — genuinely excellent channel-surfing experience
  • + Deep customization: channel groups, favorites, multi-playlist
  • + Premium adds recording and catch-up

Cons

  • − Android TV only — no Windows, Mac, iPhone, or Samsung/LG TV version exists
  • − Best features require the paid Premium upgrade

If you have an Android TV box and want a native app, this is the one.

2

OTT Navigator

Android, Android TV

Pros

  • + Extremely customizable layouts and data sources
  • + Strong EPG and catch-up support

Cons

  • − Settings can overwhelm new users
  • − Android only

Power-user favorite on Android.

3

Perfect Player

Android, Android TV

Pros

  • + Deep EPG customization — sources, offsets, layouts
  • + Lightweight and fast

Cons

  • − Android only
  • − Has had app-store availability gaps in some regions

The EPG tinkerer's choice on Android.

4

IPTV Player Web (this site)

Free EPG viewer included

Any device with a browser

Pros

  • + Our free EPG viewer opens any XMLTV guide file — check what's on, verify channel IDs, debug guide problems
  • + Player and viewer both run in the browser with no install

Cons

  • − Guide isn't yet integrated inside the player itself — it's a companion tool (integration is on our roadmap)

Play in one tab, browse the guide in another — and diagnose EPG issues no app explains.

Open the free web IPTV player →

Our verdict

TiviMate's guide grid is the reference on Android TV. If your guide data itself is the problem — wrong shows, missing channels — our free EPG viewer shows you exactly what your provider's XMLTV file actually contains.

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Questions, answered.

Why is my IPTV player's EPG empty?+

Usually one of three things: the playlist has no EPG URL (check the first line for url-tvg), the guide file's channel IDs don't match your playlist's tvg-id values, or the guide URL is stale. Open the XMLTV file in our free EPG viewer to see what it really contains.

What's the best IPTV player with EPG for Windows?+

Native Windows options with strong EPG are thin — Kodi with the PVR IPTV Simple Client is the most capable. Many Windows users pair our web player with the EPG viewer for a no-install setup.