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One native player for your IPTV playlists, Jellyfin and Plex — with a real TV guide, on-demand libraries and offline downloads. On iPhone, iPad and Apple TV.

Bring your own sources. Cathode is a player — it ships with nothing to watch until you add a server.

Live TV

Live TV

Channels by group, a real EPG guide, and automatic failover when a stream drops.

Movies

Movies

Browse by genre with rich detail pages — backdrops, plot, cast and ratings.

Series

Series

Seasons, episodes and thumbnails, with resume that follows you across devices.

One player for everything you already have

Point Cathode at the servers and playlists you use, and it brings them together — live channels, on-demand libraries and watch history, side by side.

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Live TV with a guide

Read the EPG, jump between programs, and let automatic failover switch to a working feed when one dies.

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Cross-source favorites

Star the same channel across every playlist into one list. Cathode knows the HD, FHD and 4K copies are the same channel and falls over between them.

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Server-synced watch state

With Jellyfin and Plex, resume where you left off on any device. Watched ticks, progress bars and Continue Watching mirror your server.

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Offline downloads

Save movies and episodes to the device and watch them on a plane or a bad connection.

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VLC-powered playback

Built on VLC, so it plays the formats and codecs other players choke on — including subtitles and multiple audio tracks.

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Make it yours

Three built-in themes plus your own accent and background. Native on iPhone, iPad and Apple TV.

Works with your sources

Add as many as you like and switch between them from the source pills.

Xtream CodesLive · VOD · Series · Catch-up
M3U / XMLTVPlaylists & EPG
JellyfinFull library & watch sync
PlexLibrary, On Deck & resume

See it in action

A fast, focused, unapologetically dark interface.

On iPhone
Cathode on iPhone — movies and series
On Demand
Cathode on iPhone — live TV player
Live TV
Cathode on iPhone — your library
Your Library
On iPad
Cathode on iPad — movies and series
On Demand
Cathode on iPad — live TV
Live TV
Cathode on iPad — now playing
Now Playing

Try it with zero setup

Cathode ships with a free demo source — real public channels like DW, NHK World and Red Bull TV — so you can explore the whole interface before adding anything of your own.

Get the app

Your servers stay yours

Cathode has no account and no backend of ours. Your server URLs and passwords are stored in the iOS Keychain on your device, and Cathode talks to your servers directly — not through us. Exported backups are encrypted with a passphrase only you know.

Read the full privacy policy →

Get Cathode

Available now on the App Store.

Requires iPhone or iPad on iOS 17 or later, or Apple TV.