Frequently asked questions

No. IPTVIQ ships with zero bundled channels, movies, or guide data. It's a player, not a content service — think of it the way you'd think of a video player app. You connect your own IPTV source, and IPTVIQ plays it.

Xtream Codes–compatible APIs, remote and local M3U/M3U8 playlists, remote and local XMLTV program guides, direct stream URLs, and Stalker/MAG/Ministra portals (using the MAC address your provider issued you).

Yes. IPTVIQ is completely free to download and use — no subscriptions, no in-app purchases, no paid feature unlocks, no advertisements.

No, and we wouldn't be able to help even if we wanted to — IPTVIQ has no relationship with any content provider. You'll need a legitimate IPTV subscription, playlist, or another authorized source of your own before IPTVIQ has anything to play.

Entirely on your own Mac — your source credentials, playlists, guide data, profiles, favorites, and history all live in a local database and the macOS Keychain. Nothing is sent to us. See our Privacy Policy for the full picture.

Yes. You can create separate profiles per family member, with content restrictions (a blocklist or an allowlist) enforced consistently across the whole app — Home, Search, the Guide, and direct playback.

Any Mac running macOS 14 or later, Apple Silicon or Intel — IPTVIQ ships as a genuine Universal binary. See Compatibility for details.

Yes — Direct, HTTP, HTTPS, or SOCKS5 proxy profiles, assignable per source, independently for connection and media traffic.

Visit the Support page. Please never include your IPTV username, password, or a credential-bearing URL in a report.