The Free Version Is More Limited Than Most Guides Admit
Every competitor article says the main limitation of the free version is "only one playlist." That is technically true but it understates how bare the free version actually is. Here is the honest, complete list of what each version gives you.
TiviMate Free $0
Useful for testing your provider — frustrating within a week.
- Live TV playback — one playlist only
- M3U and Xtream Codes supported
- Basic EPG guide (manual refresh only)
- Multiple playlists
- Favourites management
- Hide channels or groups
- DVR recording
- Catch-up TV
- Multi-view
- Automatic EPG updates
- Backup and restore
TiviMate Premium $9.99 / yr
Everything unlocked — 5 devices per account.
- Live TV — unlimited playlists
- M3U and Xtream Codes
- Automatic EPG updates (scheduled)
- Multiple playlists — unlimited
- Favourites — save and organise
- Hide channels and groups
- DVR recording — USB or internal storage
- Catch-up TV — watch what already aired
- Multi-view — several channels at once
- Interface customisation — panels & layout
- Backup and restore — full setup export
The free version is useful for testing whether TiviMate works with your provider before paying. For anything beyond that it is genuinely limited — you cannot organise channels, cannot save favourites, cannot hide foreign channels you will never watch. If you watch IPTV regularly, the free version gets frustrating within a week.
TiviMate Premium Pricing in 2026
Two plans, no in-app purchases inside TiviMate itself — both are bought through the TiviMate Companion app on Android.
Annual
- All Premium features
- Up to 5 devices
- 7-day free trial available
- Auto-renews annually
Lifetime
- All Premium features forever
- Up to 5 devices
- No annual renewal
- Pays for itself in under 3.5 years
The math on lifetime: at $9.99 per year the lifetime plan at $33.99 pays for itself in just under 3.5 years. If you use TiviMate daily that is an obvious decision. If you are just starting out with IPTV, the annual plan with the 7-day trial is the smarter first step.
Why You Cannot Buy Premium Inside TiviMate — Explained
This confuses almost every new user and no guide explains the actual reason.
TiviMate on Firestick is a sideloaded app — it was installed outside the Amazon App Store. Sideloaded apps cannot process Google Play payments, and the TiviMate app itself has no payment system built in. It needs a separate app that lives inside Google Play to handle the transaction.
That is all TiviMate Companion is — a Google Play payment bridge. You buy Premium through Companion on an Android device, and TiviMate on your Firestick reads that purchase when you log in with the same account.
How to Buy TiviMate Premium — Every Device Path
Three ways to get Premium activated, depending on what hardware you own.
Android phone or tablet
- Install TiviMate Companion from Google Play
- Create a TiviMate account or log in
- Select a plan and complete Google Play payment
- On Firestick: TiviMate Settings → Account → log in with same credentials
- Premium activates instantly across all 5 device slots
BlueStacks on PC or Mac
- Download BlueStacks from bluestacks.com
- Sign in with a Google account inside BlueStacks
- Install TiviMate Companion from the Play Store
- Create your account and complete the purchase
- Log into TiviMate on Firestick with the same credentials
Directly on Google Play
- Open the Play Store on your Android TV box or NVIDIA Shield
- Search TiviMate Companion and install
- Complete the purchase
- Log into TiviMate with the same account — Premium activates
Managing Your 5 Device Slots
One Premium account covers up to 5 devices simultaneously. This is well documented. What almost no guide explains is what to do when you hit that limit or want to move your account to a different device.
View all registered devices
See all 5 slots and when each device last connected.
Remove a device to free a slot
The freed slot becomes available immediately for a new install.
Moving to a new Firestick
Install TiviMate, log in, Premium activates automatically. Remove the old device from Companion to keep slots clean.
What Happens When Your Subscription Expires
This question comes up constantly and no guide answers it directly.
When your annual TiviMate Premium subscription expires, your playlists, channel lists, favourites and settings are all preserved. Nothing is deleted. You simply lose access to Premium features — recording becomes unavailable, multi-view stops working, automatic EPG updates stop, and you drop back to the one-playlist limit.
Your existing recordings made during the Premium period become inaccessible until you renew, but they are not deleted from your storage device.
Is TiviMate Premium Worth It?
The honest answer depends on how you use IPTV.
Yes, immediately worth it if
- You watch IPTV daily and want to organise channels properly
- You want to record content or use catch-up
- You juggle multiple IPTV subscriptions or switch providers
- You have multiple devices — one account covers all five
Start with the free version if
- You are completely new to IPTV and want to confirm it works with your provider first
- You only want to watch live TV on one playlist with no recording needs
Annual vs Lifetime: at approximately $9.99 per year and $33.99 lifetime, the lifetime plan pays for itself in under 3.5 years. If you plan to keep using TiviMate beyond that — and most users do — lifetime is the obvious choice.
For a comparison of TiviMate against other IPTV players see our best IPTV players guide. For the complete TiviMate setup walkthrough see our TiviMate Setup guide, and for the Firestick-specific install see our TiviMate on Firestick guide. For the best IPTV services to pair with TiviMate Premium see our best IPTV services guide.
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