A fast player for your own playlists.
Zap is a media player for Apple TV, iPhone and iPad. Add your own M3U or Xtream source, and Zap gives you a quick way to browse, search and play live channels and on-demand content from your own playlists.
What Zap does
Add a source
On Apple TV, Zap shows a QR code and a short code. Scan it, then paste your M3U link or Xtream login on your phone. Both devices need the same Wi-Fi.
XMLTV guides are found automatically from your playlist, or you can set a guide link for each source. You can start watching while a large list is still importing.
Live channels
Change channel fast with swipes or the remote. Panels over the picture show channels, the guide, search, favourites, and audio and subtitle tracks, so you never leave the picture.
Zap shows now and next, reconnects on its own after a drop, and explains errors in plain words, with a support code. When Apple's player can't decode a stream, Zap switches to a built-in FFmpeg engine.
Organise your list
Browse by category. Hide categories and channels, rename a channel, or give it your own number.
Your changes survive refreshes, because they are tied to the channel and not to its place in the list.
Guide
A grid guide for all channels or one category, with Earlier, Now and Later. Open a programme for details and a Watch live button.
Zap matches playlist channels to guide channels for you, and you can set the match by hand when one is wrong.
Search
One search box for live channels, programmes and on-demand content, grouped by type. It matches word prefixes and ignores accents, so "Cafe" finds "Café".
On-demand content
Browse the on-demand content in your own playlists by category, with details pages that show the plot, rating and length.
Zap remembers where you stopped. Continue Watching and Up Next bring you back to it, and Up Next counts down to the next episode.
Favourites and Home
Keep several favourites lists, and create, rename, delete and reorder them. Home shows the last channel you watched, recently watched channels and your favourites.
Accessibility and languages
A high-contrast theme, and VoiceOver labels and custom actions throughout.
Zap speaks 10 languages: Arabic, Dutch, English, French, German, Italian, Polish, Portuguese (Brazil), Spanish and Turkish.
Start with one source.
Zap works with one source. Premium adds features for the way you use your playlists.
Zap
Play live channels from your own playlists, with a fast guide and favourites.
One source, with search and browsing of on-demand content.
Premium
Play on-demand content from your own playlists, plus Continue Watching, Up Next, multiple sources and iCloud sync.
- Monthly US$2.99per month Auto-renewing subscription.
- Yearly US$14.99per year 7-day free trial for eligible new subscribers.
- Lifetime US$39.99one time Paid once.
Prices vary by region. Family Sharing is on.
Monthly and Yearly renew automatically unless you cancel at least 24 hours before the period ends. Manage or cancel in your Apple Account settings. Purchases are handled by Apple. See the Terms of Use and the Privacy Policy.
Data not collected
As declared to Apple in the app's privacy details.
Nothing is collected
No accounts, no analytics, no advertising and no tracking. We run no servers for Zap.
Your data stays on your device
Your sources, favourites and watch progress stay on the device. Source passwords are kept in the Keychain and do not sync.
Sync uses your own iCloud
Premium sync goes through your own iCloud account. We cannot see it.
Read the full privacy policy.