TiviMate Alternative for Apple TV: Lit IPTV on tvOS (2026)

Why TiviMate Users End Up Searching for an Apple TV Version

TiviMate is the player most Android TV owners swear by: a fast guide, catch-up, recording, and a layout that gets out of the way. The trouble starts when the living room box is an Apple TV. TiviMate has never been released for tvOS, and Apple TV does not run Android apps or allow sideloading, so there is no legitimate way to install it. Anyone offering a "TiviMate for Apple TV" download is offering something else.

Until recently the workarounds were AirPlay from an iPhone or a second streaming stick in a spare HDMI port. Neither feels like a real Apple TV app. This article covers the native alternative.

Lit IPTV: A Native tvOS App With a TiviMate-Style Guide

Lit IPTV for Apple TV is available on the tvOS App Store and runs on Apple TV HD and every Apple TV 4K with tvOS 17 or later. It is a player only, exactly like TiviMate: you add your own M3U, M3U8 or Xtream Codes playlist from a provider you already pay for, and it never includes channels.

What you get on the big screen:

• A guide built for the Siri Remote: opens at the current time, shows now and next for every channel with EPG data, and scrolls smoothly across days.
• Catch-up and replay: replayable programmes are marked in gold and open straight from the guide where your provider supports archives (Pro).
• Posters, cast and ratings: movies and series get artwork and metadata, so the library looks like a streaming service rather than a list of file names (Pro).
• Multiple playlists and profiles: keep more than one source, switch between them, and give each person their own watch history.
• Subtitles, parental controls and a stream quality checker from inside the player.
• Cloud sync: favourites, lists and progress follow you to iPhone, iPad, Mac, Android, Android TV and Fire TV under one account.

TiviMate vs Lit IPTV on the Big Screen

Feature	TiviMate	Lit IPTV
Apple TV app	No	Yes, native tvOS
Android TV / Fire TV app	Yes	Yes
iPhone, iPad and Mac apps	No	Yes
Programme guide with catch-up	Yes	Yes
Posters and metadata for VOD	Limited	Yes (Pro)
Cloud sync across devices	No	Yes
Pricing	Per device	One Pro purchase for every device

How to Set Up Lit IPTV on Apple TV

1. Open the App Store on your Apple TV, search for Lit IPTV, and install it.
2. Open the app. It shows a short sign-in code.
3. On your phone, go to litiptv.com/activate, sign in or create an account, and enter the code. No password typing on the remote.
4. If you have used Lit IPTV before, your playlists and favourites appear automatically. Otherwise open Playlists and add your M3U link or Xtream Codes login.
5. Go to Live TV, open the Guide, and start watching.

The full walkthrough, including troubleshooting, is in our Apple TV install guide.

Bringing Your TiviMate Playlist Across

You do not need anything new from your provider. Use the same M3U URL or the same Xtream Codes server, username and password you entered in TiviMate. Lit IPTV reads the same EPG source, so the guide is populated the same way. Favourites and custom lists are set up once in Lit IPTV and then sync to every device.

What It Costs

Lit IPTV is free to install on Apple TV with full playback of your own playlist. Pro is optional and adds TMDB artwork across the library, catch-up playback, the stream quality checker and themed recommendation rows. Pro is $2.99 a month, $19.99 a year or $29.99 once for lifetime access, with local prices set by the App Store, and one purchase covers the Apple TV app and every other device on your account.

The Honest Verdict

If your only screen is an Android TV box and TiviMate already does what you want, keep it. If you own an Apple TV, TiviMate is not an option, and Lit IPTV is the closest native experience: the same kind of guide, catch-up and favourites, plus posters, profiles and cloud sync to your iPhone, iPad and Mac. See how it compares in more detail in our Lit IPTV vs TiviMate page, or read the wider TiviMate alternatives roundup.