Trial and subscription

From version 1.0.2. The app is free; to watch, you need the 7-day trial or a subscription – both with your own channel list. The former demo mode is gone.

What it is

Neverlag is a player for your own channel list — an M3U playlist or an Xtream account from your provider. The app itself is free. To watch, you need either the 7-day trial or a subscription (monthly or yearly; the purchase screen shows the price).

The trial is a free product on the App Store (“7-day trial”, price 0). You “buy” it like a normal in-app purchase — it costs nothing, and Apple charges nothing. From that moment, seven days start running. The trial is tied to your Apple ID: if you delete and reinstall Neverlag or switch to another device, the same trial carries on — it does not start over.

How to use it

1. Add a list. This is always possible, even without the trial: Settings → Providers & Content → “Add M3U playlist …” or “Add Xtream account …”. The setup tour on first launch takes you there.
2. Start the trial. In the last step of the tour, on the purchase screen or under Settings → Subscription, tap “Try 7 days free”. Beforehand you see the duration (7 days), the fact that watching is locked afterwards, and the subscription prices.
3. Watch. For seven days, everything works: live channels, TV Guide, movies and series, recordings, Apple TV.
4. Keep an eye on the days left. The narrow line below the channel list and Settings → Subscription show “Trial — N days left”. So does the purchase screen. On Mac, iPhone and iPad, tapping the line opens the purchase screen; on Apple TV it is display only. You can subscribe at any time, even in the middle of the trial: Settings → Subscription → “Start subscription”.
5. When it ends. Watching is locked; your lists, favourites and settings stay. When you tap a channel, the purchase screen appears with the two subscriptions. With a subscription, everything carries on immediately.
6. Restore purchase. On a new device or after reinstalling: Settings → Subscription → “Restore purchase”. This brings back both a subscription and a trial that is still running.

The purchase screen always appears in the language you have set in Neverlag (Settings → General → Language), not in the device’s language.

Setup tour

On first launch, Neverlag shows a short tour in five steps: Add a list, Channels and guide, Reserve against dropouts, Pair devices, Start your trial. You can end it at any step with “Skip” and watch it again later under Settings → General → Help → “Tour of the app”. On the Apple TV you operate it with the remote (Next/Back, MENU closes it).

Limits

• The trial is available once per Apple ID. After that, only a subscription helps.
• The trial cannot be paused; the seven days run straight through from the start.
• Neverlag provides no content. Without your own list there is nothing to watch, even during the trial.
• No internet at launch: Neverlag remembers the last status from Apple (trial runs until …, subscription until …) and lets you keep watching until that date.

Further reading

• Settings → Subscription – status, starting a subscription, restoring a purchase
• Subscription and backup – what is yours and where it is kept
• Getting started – adding a list