What is the best TV streaming app for iPhone?

Amazon Prime Video, S tier, ranked #1 of 40, rated 4.8 by 3,073,693 people.

Which TV streaming apps are free?

40 of 40 are free to download: Amazon Prime Video (S), Apple TV (S), HBO Max: Stream Movies & TV (S), Netflix (S) and more. 16 of them sell in-app purchases. 17 report no in-app purchases.

Which TV streaming app has the best App Store rating?

PBS: Watch TV & Documentaries at 4.9 from 356,455 ratings.

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Best TV Streaming Apps for iPhone (2026)

40 apps ranked S through F · Updated 2026-10-19 · Ranked by AppTierList, computed, never sold · JSON

Part of Video Streaming.

Amazon Prime Video is the top-ranked of 40 TV streaming apps on iPhone, at S tier with 4.8/5 from 3,073,693 ratings.

1
Amazon Prime VideoS
Free + IAP · ★ 4.8 · 3,073,693 ratings · score 97
2
Apple TVS
Free + IAP · ★ 4.8 · 1,882,660 ratings · score 96
3
HBO Max: Stream Movies & TVS
Free + IAP · ★ 4.9 · 5,796,468 ratings · score 96
4
NetflixS
Free + IAP · ★ 4.7 · 7,463,011 ratings · score 96
5
Pluto TV: Watch Free Movies/TVS
Free · ★ 4.8 · 1,625,605 ratings · score 96

What belongs in this list

Watch TV shows and series on my phone through a streaming app.

Not here: a TV show tracker alone; a movie-only streaming app alone; a TV schedule or guide alone; a show news or recap feed alone; a sports-only streaming app alone

More lists: Best Live TV Apps

How we pick

For this list we ask the App Store the same searches a person would, in several countries, and keep every app it returns. A model reads each app's listing and rejects the ones that only mention the use case. Every app that stays is scored out of 100 from four parts, each 0 to 100 and averaged with no weights: its App Store rating, how many people rated it, where the App Store itself ranks it for this list's searches, and how recently its current version shipped. An app showing Apple's Editors' Choice badge gets a fifth part of 100, which can only lift its score. Tiers follow fixed score bands: S from 90, A from 80, B from 70, C from 60, D from 50, F below. The list's leader is S if it scores 80 or more. On a list of 20 or more ranked apps, a tier from S to D takes in new apps only up to a quarter of the top 40: an app pushed out of a full tier falls to the next tier with room, and F takes the rest. An app already in a tier keeps its place while the tier is at most 2 apps over a quarter; past that, only the apps over that margin go down, lowest score first. Equal scores share a tier, and no app has a better tier than an app ranked above it. An app keeps its tier until its score passes the band edge by more than 1 point, or a full tier or the order above moves it. Only the top 40 of a list get a tier. Read the full method →

PBS

CBS

A&E

None at D yet

None at F yet

Compare every app

1
Amazon Prime VideoS
Free + IAP · ★ 4.8 · 3,073,693 ratings · score 97 · best in class
2
Apple TVS
Free + IAP · ★ 4.8 · 1,882,660 ratings · score 96 · best in class
3
HBO Max: Stream Movies & TVS
Free + IAP · ★ 4.9 · 5,796,468 ratings · score 96 · best in class
4
NetflixS
Free + IAP · ★ 4.7 · 7,463,011 ratings · score 96 · best in class
5
Pluto TV: Watch Free Movies/TVS
Free · ★ 4.8 · 1,625,605 ratings · score 96 · best in class
6
Plex: Find Movies and TV ShowsS
Free + IAP · ★ 4.6 · 137,867 ratings · score 95 · best in class
7
Tubi: Movies & Live TVS
Free · ★ 4.8 · 1,274,555 ratings · score 95 · best in class
8
Viki: Asian Dramas, Movies, TVS
Free + IAP · ★ 4.8 · 496,113 ratings · score 90 · best in class
9
Peacock TV: Stream TV & MoviesA
Free + IAP · ★ 4.7 · 3,725,052 ratings · score 89 · excellent
10
Spectrum TVA
Free · ★ 4.7 · 570,065 ratings · score 89 · excellent
11
Hulu: Stream TV shows & moviesA
Free + IAP · ★ 4.6 · 1,429,881 ratings · score 89 · excellent
12
PBS: Watch TV & DocumentariesA
Free download · ★ 4.9 · 356,455 ratings · score 88 · excellent
13
STARZA
Free + IAP · ★ 4.8 · 331,758 ratings · score 88 · excellent
14
discovery+ | Stream TV ShowsA
Free + IAP · ★ 4.9 · 918,561 ratings · score 87 · excellent
15
CrunchyrollA
Free download · ★ 4.8 · 1,515,571 ratings · score 87 · excellent
16
BritBox: The Best British TVA
Free + IAP · ★ 4.6 · 18,863 ratings · score 86 · excellent
17
DIRECTV: TV & Movie StreamingA
Free · ★ 4.6 · 625,796 ratings · score 85 · excellent
18
TBN+ Christian StreamingA
Free + IAP · ★ 4.8 · 44,743 ratings · score 85 · excellent
19
The NBC App - Stream TV ShowsA
Free · ★ 4.6 · 291,756 ratings · score 85 · excellent
20
Xfinity StreamA
Free · ★ 4.6 · 266,477 ratings · score 85 · excellent
21
Sling: Live TV, Sports & NewsB
Free + IAP · ★ 4.6 · 251,795 ratings · score 84 · good
22
TLC GO - Stream Live TVB
Free · ★ 4.8 · 118,414 ratings · score 84 · good
23
Acorn TV: Brilliant MysteriesB
Free + IAP · ★ 4.7 · 23,752 ratings · score 84 · good
24
Philo: Shows, Movies & Live TVB
Free + IAP · ★ 4.8 · 69,550 ratings · score 84 · good
25
DStv StreamB
Free · ★ 4.5 · 12,344 ratings · score 83 · good
26
ID GO - Stream Live TVB
Free · ★ 4.8 · 78,352 ratings · score 83 · good
27
Fubo: Watch Live TV & SportsB
Free · ★ 4.5 · 111,712 ratings · score 83 · good
28
DISH AnywhereB
Free · ★ 4.6 · 264,057 ratings · score 82 · good
29
HGTV GO - Stream Live TVB
Free · ★ 4.8 · 49,696 ratings · score 82 · good
30
CBSC
Free · ★ 4.8 · 71,944 ratings · score 82 · situational
31
Bravo - Live Stream TV ShowsC
Free · ★ 4.5 · 102,217 ratings · score 81 · situational
32
U-verseC
Free · ★ 4.7 · 389,566 ratings · score 81 · situational
33
VIZIO | WatchFree+C
Free · ★ 4.6 · 70,459 ratings · score 80 · situational
34
Fios TV MobileC
Free · ★ 4.5 · 334,899 ratings · score 80 · situational
35
Xumo Play: Stream TV & MoviesC
Free download · ★ 4.6 · 4,375 ratings · score 79 · situational
36
FreeTV: Movies, Shows & TVC
Free download · ★ 4.7 · 5,801 ratings · score 79 · situational
37
OSN+C
Free + IAP · ★ 4.4 · 23,100 ratings · score 79 · situational
38
truTVC
Free download · ★ 4.5 · 13,984 ratings · score 77 · situational
39
A&E: TV Shows That MatterC
Free download · ★ 3.9 · 7,881 ratings · score 76 · situational
40
Hooked TVC
Free download · ★ 4.8 · 11,608 ratings · score 75 · situational

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Questions people ask

What is the best TV streaming app for iPhone?: Amazon Prime Video, S tier, ranked #1 of 40, rated 4.8 by 3,073,693 people.
Which TV streaming apps are free?: 40 of 40 are free to download: Amazon Prime Video (S), Apple TV (S), HBO Max: Stream Movies & TV (S), Netflix (S) and more. 16 of them sell in-app purchases. 17 report no in-app purchases.
Which TV streaming app has the best App Store rating?: PBS: Watch TV & Documentaries at 4.9 from 356,455 ratings.
How many TV streaming apps reach S or A tier?: 20 of 40. Tiers follow fixed score bands: S from 90, A from 80, B from 70, C from 60, D from 50, F below. The list's leader is S if it scores 80 or more. On a list of 20 or more ranked apps, a tier from S to D takes in new apps only up to a quarter of the top 40: an app pushed out of a full tier falls to the next tier with room, and F takes the rest. An app already in a tier keeps its place while the tier is at most 2 apps over a quarter; past that, only the apps over that margin go down, lowest score first. Equal scores share a tier, and no app has a better tier than an app ranked above it. An app keeps its tier until its score passes the band edge by more than 1 point, or a full tier or the order above moves it. Only the top 40 of a list get a tier.