PlatformsMaciPhoneiPadApple TVFire TVAndroid Last updated:
Neverlag is an app for Mac, iPhone, iPad and Apple TV – one subscription for all four. For Amazon Fire TV there is a version for sideloading; Android via Google Play has been announced (“soon”). The Android version is a separate implementation that follows the Apple version; its state may lag behind. The “Android/Fire TV” columns reflect the documented state, not a promise.
Requirements: tvOS 17, iOS 17, iPadOS 17, macOS 14 or newer. Fire TV: Fire OS 7 or newer (not the first-generation Stick 4K, not the new sticks with Vega OS).
Legend: ✓ available · ◐ limited · – not available · (S) system setting of the device
Setup and sources
Feature
Mac
iPhone
iPad
Apple TV
Android / Fire TV
Xtream account
✓
✓
✓
✓ (type or pairing)
✓
M3U playlist
✓
✓
✓
✓
✓
Receive pairing (code + QR)
✓
–
–
✓
✓ (home network only)
Send pairing
✓
✓
✓
–
–
Export/import backup
✓
✓
✓
–
◐ without credentials
Manual EPG mapping
✓
✓
✓
✓
–
First-launch notice “Player, not a provider”
✓
✓
✓
✓
–
Languages DE/EN/FR/IT
✓
✓
✓
✓
✓
Interface
Feature
Mac
iPhone
iPad
Apple TV
Android / Fire TV
Channel list, search, favourites, tags
✓
✓
✓
✓
✓
Smart lists
✓
–
✓
–
–
TV Guide (programme listings)
✓
✓
✓
✓
◐ Fire TV without guide
Jump bar (A–Z) from 40 rows
✓
✓
✓
–
◐ visible only
Movies and series
✓
✓
✓
✓
✓
Direct channel number entry
–
–
–
–
✓ (remote with number keys)
Picture in Picture (PiP)
✓
✓
✓
✓ (standard renderer)
–
AirPlay
✓
✓
✓
–
–
Hints in context, tour
✓
✓
✓
✓
–
Playback
Feature
Mac
iPhone
iPad
Apple TV
Android / Fire TV
Reserve against dropouts (Near live/45/60/90 s)
✓
✓
✓
✓
◐ depending on memory
0.99× refill
✓
✓
✓
✓
✓
Local receiver (reconnecting without interruption)
✓
✓
✓
✓
✓
Substitute from another list
✓
✓
✓
✓
✓
Frame pacing Standard/Automatic/Smoothing/Off
✓ Standard
✓ without “Standard”
✓ without “Standard”
✓ without “Standard”
–
Match refresh rate to programme
✓ (full screen)
–
–
(S) “Match Frame Rate”
–
120 Hz for video
–
✓ ProMotion
✓ ProMotion
–
–
Motion smoothing
◐ in the window via frame pacing
✓ ProMotion
✓ ProMotion
–
–
New renderer (HDR path)
–
–
–
✓
–
Choose audio track and subtitles
✓
✓
✓
✓
✓
Quality window
✓ ~400 pt
✓ side panel/sheet
✓ ~400 pt
✓ ⅓ width
◐ telemetry displays
Appearance light/dark
✓
✓
✓
– (always dark)
◐
Recordings and Timeshift
Feature
Mac
iPhone
iPad
Apple TV
Android / Fire TV
Timeshift in memory
✓ 100 MB
✓ 50 MB
✓ 50 MB
✓ 100 MB
◐ own buffer
Timeshift on disk (30 min/1 h/2 h)
✓
✓
✓
✓
◐
Local recording
✓ folder selectable
✓ Files app
✓ Files app
–
✓
Recording to NAS (WebDAV)
✓
✓
✓
✓ only option
–
Send NAS setup to Apple TV
✓
✓
✓
– (receives)
–
Recording runs in the background
✓ (app open, no sleep)
–
–
–
–
MKV after completion
✓
✓
✓
✓ (merged on NAS)
◐ TS
Catch-up (provider’s catch-up feature)
✓
✓
✓
✓
◐ phone/tablet
Parental controls, subscription, diagnostics
Feature
Mac
iPhone
iPad
Apple TV
Android / Fire TV
Parental controls (PIN, categories, channels)
✓
✓
✓
✓
– (to follow according to plan)
Start / restore subscription
✓
✓
✓
✓
✓ (Play)
Manage subscription
✓
✓
✓
(S) Users and Accounts
(S) Play Store
Diagnostics & status, history, network test
✓
✓
✓
✓
◐
Share journal
✓ Share/Save
✓ Share
✓ Share
✓ to iPhone/Mac or QR
◐
Rate Neverlag
✓
✓
✓
–
–
Send feedback
✓ email
✓ email
✓ email
◐ address as text
–
What this means for you
Apple TV: recordings only with a NAS. Always dark. Subscription and frame rate via the system settings. The journal goes to the paired iPhone or via QR.
iPhone, iPad: recordings end when the app goes into the background. Low Power Mode caps at 60 Hz. ProMotion devices have two additional picture switches.
Mac: scheduled recordings run reliably here and on no other platform (app open, sleep off). In full screen, the display switches to the programme’s frame rate.
Android, Fire TV: same playback core, but without parental controls, NAS, sending pairing, tour and hints. Fire TV without TV Guide. State according to the parity document; details under Contributing → Open items.