A TiviMate alternative
TiviMate is a good player, and this page does not pretend otherwise. Recliner is for people who want their playlist, favorites and history on every TV in the house, encrypted so that we cannot read them. Here is how the two compare, and how to move over.
Side by side
| Price | Recliner: $9.99 a year. | TiviMate: Premium is $9.99 a year, $4.99 a month, or $33.99 once. |
|---|---|---|
| TVs per house | Recliner: every TV in your household, on one account. | TiviMate: five devices per subscription. |
| Sync | Recliner: playlist logins, favorites and watch history, encrypted on the TV before they leave it. Our server keeps them sealed and cannot read them. | TiviMate: Premium includes cloud sync. We have not seen TiviMate say its sync is encrypted so that it cannot read it. |
| First load on a big line | Recliner: channels on screen in 7.7 s. | TiviMate: “Please wait…”, then channels at 83 s. |
| Where it runs today | Recliner: Android TV and Google TV from Google Play, and Fire TV with the Downloader code 8371868. Apple TV is coming soon. | TiviMate: Android TV and Google TV from Google Play. |
TiviMate's prices and devices are as Google Play listed them when we checked on 2026-09-14; its own page has today's. First load: our lab's large test line (228,137 guide programs) on one Fire TV Stick, with TiviMate 5.3.3 Premium, on 2026-09-26.
Switch in three steps
- Copy your details out of TiviMate. Open Settings, then Playlists, and pick your playlist. Write down the server address, username and password of an Xtream login, or the link of an M3U playlist. The welcome email from your provider has the same details.
- Add them in Recliner. Put Recliner on your TV, open Add a playlist and choose Xtream codes or M3U URL. Scan the code to type the login on your phone, so the password is never typed with the remote.
- Pair a phone, then every other TV. On each TV, scan its code with the same phone: your playlists and favorites come too.
What TiviMate kept stays in TiviMate: your favorites and history there do not move over, and start fresh in Recliner. Recliner is a player, not a channel service: you bring the line you already pay for.
Get it
On a Fire TV, type the code 8371868 in Downloader, or open the download in your TV's browser.
Recliner is not affiliated with, endorsed by or connected to TiviMate or its developer. TiviMate is named here only to compare the two.