TiviMate has earned its reputation as a live-TV specialist on Android TV, with a guide many people swear by. Livaro plays a broader game: it treats your whole playlist, films and series included, as one streaming-service style library across TV, phone and PC. Two good apps, two different centres of gravity.
TiviMate's heart is live television: channels and a programme guide you can tune in detail, built for Android TV. Livaro's heart is the whole library. Live TV gets folders and a day-by-day guide, and your films and series get the same care: posters, summaries, seasons, a continue-watching row and profiles with a kids lock. If your playlist is mostly channels, both serve you well; the more films and series your line carries, the more Livaro's approach pays off.
You watch films and series as much as live TV and want them presented like a streaming service, in sync across your TV, phone and Windows PC, for a one-time price per device.
Live television is what you care about and you enjoy tailoring the guide precisely to your taste on Android TV. It is excellent at exactly that, and widely loved for it.
A film page in Livaro shows the poster, year, genre, duration and a summary, with play, trailer and list buttons; series get seasons and episodes. It is the part of your playlist that a live-TV first player treats as an extra, made first-class.
Yes. Your playlist comes from your provider and works in both apps at the same time, within the connection limit your provider sets. Many people try both and keep what fits.
Yes: Android TV and Google TV, Android phones and tablets, Windows and a web player, with iOS, Samsung and LG in development. Your library and progress sync across activated devices.
A one-time 12.99 euro per device, for life, after a free trial. Pricing of other apps is up to their developers; check their websites for current details.
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