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Chillio vs AnyTV
The closest comparison, and the fairest fight. Both are media-first players for Apple and Android with a real guide, TMDB artwork and cross-device sync. The difference is where the content is allowed to come from.
Chillio leans towards cloud and debrid services. Real-Debrid, Put.io and TorBox, plus its own ChillLink add-on protocol. AnyTV leans towards everything you already run: Stalker portals, Plex, Jellyfin and Emby servers, and shares over SMB, WebDAV, FTP and SFTP. If your content lives on a debrid service, Chillio reaches it and we do not. If it lives on a portal, a NAS or a media server, we reach it and they do not.
What Chillio does better
- Real-Debrid, Put.io and TorBox are supported natively; AnyTV has no debrid integration at all.
- The ChillLink add-on protocol has a community building feeds for it, with an editor for making your own.
- A considerably larger user base and review count, which is a real signal when you are choosing a player.
What AnyTV does better
- Stalker portals, which Chillio's own documentation states it does not support.
- Plex, Jellyfin and Emby libraries as first-class sources.
- Network shares over SMB, DLNA, WebDAV, FTP and SFTP.
- A sports hub that matches a fixture to the channel carrying it in your own playlist.
- Virtual channels, schedule your own library into a channel that appears in the guide.
- Switchable player engines, so a stream that stutters on one decoder can be played on another.
| Feature | AnyTV | Chillio |
|---|---|---|
| Sources | ||
| M3U / M3U8 and Xtream Codes | Yes | Yes |
| Stalker portals | Yes | No |
| Plex, Jellyfin, Emby | Yes | No |
| SMB, DLNA, WebDAV, FTP, SFTP | Yes | WebDAV, FTP |
| Real-Debrid, Put.io, TorBox | No | Yes |
| Add-on catalogues | No | ChillLink |
| Live TV | ||
| XMLTV guide | Yes | Yes |
| Per-channel guide matching | Yes | ?Not stated |
| Catch-up / archive | Yes | ?Not stated |
| Multiple channels at once | Up to 4 | Yes |
| Sports hub matched to your channels | Yes | No |
| Build your own channel | Yes | No |
| Watching | ||
| Offline downloads | Yes | Yes |
| Auto-download new episodes | Yes | ?Not stated |
| Skip intro | Yes | ?Not stated |
| External subtitle search | Yes | Yes |
| Switchable player engines | 3 | ?Not stated |
| PiP, AirPlay and Chromecast | Yes | Yes |
| Household | ||
| Multiple profiles | Yes | Yes |
| Kids profile and parental controls | Yes | ?Not stated |
| Family plan | 6 members | 6 members |
| Platforms | ||
| iPhone and iPad | Yes | Yes |
| Apple TV | Yes | Yes |
| Mac | Yes | Yes |
| Android phone and tablet | Yes | Yes |
| Android TV and Google TV | Yes | Yes |
| Account | ||
| One purchase honoured on both stores | Yes | Yes |
| Passwordless sign-in | Yes | ?Not stated |
| Manage your library from a browser | Yes | Yes |
| Commercial | ||
| Usable free tier | Yes | Yes |
| One-off lifetime purchase | Yes | Yes |
| Advertising | None | None |
Checked on 16 September 2026. Compiled from each product's own website, store listing and documentation on the date above. Products change; if something here is out of date, tell us and we will correct it. Names and trademarks belong to their owners, and none of these companies is affiliated with AnyTV.
Sourced from chillio.app/llms.txt and chillio.app.
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