What is the best video streaming app for iPhone?

Twitch: Live Streaming, S tier, ranked #1 of 40, rated 4.7 by 2,814,011 people.

Which video streaming apps are free?

40 of 40 are free to download: Twitch: Live Streaming (S), Rumble: Live Streaming, Videos (S), Angel: Stream TV & Movies (S), HBO Max: Stream Movies & TV (S) and more. 26 of them sell in-app purchases. 5 report no in-app purchases.

Which video streaming app has the best App Store rating?

Angel: Stream TV & Movies at 4.9 from 291,484 ratings.

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Best Video Streaming Apps for iPhone (2026)

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

Twitch: Live Streaming is the top-ranked of 40 video streaming apps on iPhone, at S tier with 4.7/5 from 2,814,011 ratings.

1
Twitch: Live StreamingS
Free + IAP · ★ 4.7 · 2,814,011 ratings · score 98
2
Rumble: Live Streaming, VideosS
Free + IAP · ★ 4.7 · 535,500 ratings · score 98
3
Angel: Stream TV & MoviesS
Free + IAP · ★ 4.9 · 291,484 ratings · score 97
4
HBO Max: Stream Movies & TVS
Free + IAP · ★ 4.9 · 5,796,468 ratings · score 97
5
Video LiteS
Free + IAP · ★ 4.8 · 172,589 ratings · score 97

What belongs in this list

Watch videos, shows and movies on the phone without downloading them first.

Not here: A local video file player alone; Music streaming alone; Video editing or sharing alone; A single show's fan app with a few clips alone; Screen casting alone

More lists: Best Documentary Streaming Apps · Best Drama Streaming Apps · Best Iptv Streaming Apps · Best Live Streaming Apps · Best Movie And TV Streaming Apps · Best Movie Streaming Apps · Best Sports Streaming Apps · Best TV Streaming 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 →

Compare every app

1
Twitch: Live StreamingS
Free + IAP · ★ 4.7 · 2,814,011 ratings · score 98 · best in class
2
Rumble: Live Streaming, VideosS
Free + IAP · ★ 4.7 · 535,500 ratings · score 98 · best in class
3
Angel: Stream TV & MoviesS
Free + IAP · ★ 4.9 · 291,484 ratings · score 97 · best in class
4
HBO Max: Stream Movies & TVS
Free + IAP · ★ 4.9 · 5,796,468 ratings · score 97 · best in class
5
Video LiteS
Free + IAP · ★ 4.8 · 172,589 ratings · score 97 · best in class
6
DramaWave - Dramas & ReelsS
Free download · ★ 4.9 · 190,473 ratings · score 96 · best in class
7
Tubi: Movies & Live TVS
Free · ★ 4.8 · 1,274,555 ratings · score 96 · best in class
8
YouTubeS
Free + IAP · ★ 4.7 · 49,477,372 ratings · score 95 · best in class
9
ReelShort - Stream Drama & TVS
Free + IAP · ★ 4.7 · 510,421 ratings · score 95 · best in class
10
Amazon Prime VideoS
Free + IAP · ★ 4.8 · 3,073,693 ratings · score 95 · best in class
11
KICK - Live StreamingA
Free download · ★ 4.7 · 145,002 ratings · score 95 · excellent
12
Plex: Find Movies and TV ShowsA
Free + IAP · ★ 4.6 · 137,867 ratings · score 95 · excellent
13
Pluto TV: Watch Free Movies/TVA
Free · ★ 4.8 · 1,625,605 ratings · score 94 · excellent
14
Shortical - Stream Dramas & TVA
Free + IAP · ★ 4.7 · 55,705 ratings · score 94 · excellent
15
StardustTV - Short Drama&MovieA
Free + IAP · ★ 4.7 · 78,657 ratings · score 93 · excellent
16
Clapper: Video, Live, ChatA
Free + IAP · ★ 4.6 · 85,320 ratings · score 93 · excellent
17
YouTube KidsA
Free · ★ 4.6 · 2,698,843 ratings · score 93 · excellent
18
Likee - Video, Live, ChatA
Free + IAP · ★ 4.5 · 562,953 ratings · score 93 · excellent
19
ShortMax - Short Dramas & TVA
Free download · ★ 4.6 · 179,529 ratings · score 92 · excellent
20
DAZN: Stream Live SportsA
Free + IAP · ★ 4.7 · 607,031 ratings · score 92 · excellent
21
Playlet: Watch Short Dramas&TVA
Free + IAP · ★ 4.6 · 46,970 ratings · score 92 · excellent
22
HappyKids - Videos for KidsB
Free · ★ 4.4 · 69,303 ratings · score 92 · good
23
NetShort - Popular Dramas & TVB
Free + IAP · ★ 4.7 · 226,803 ratings · score 91 · good
24
iDrama - Short Dramas & ReelsB
Free + IAP · ★ 4.6 · 19,453 ratings · score 90 · good
25
ShortsWave: Watch Drama SeriesB
Free + IAP · ★ 4.7 · 31,148 ratings · score 90 · good
26
FlickReels - AI Story & DramaB
Free download · ★ 4.8 · 108,409 ratings · score 90 · good
27
VimeoB
Free download · ★ 4.5 · 11,811 ratings · score 90 · good
28
Inkitt CandyJar: TV & ShortsB
Free + IAP · ★ 4.8 · 50,087 ratings · score 89 · good
29
Peacock TV: Stream TV & MoviesB
Free + IAP · ★ 4.7 · 3,725,052 ratings · score 89 · good
30
Hulu: Stream TV shows & moviesB
Free + IAP · ★ 4.6 · 1,429,881 ratings · score 89 · good
31
PBS: Watch TV & DocumentariesB
Free download · ★ 4.9 · 356,455 ratings · score 89 · good
32
DramaBox Lite - Mini Drama TVB
Free download · ★ 4.8 · 9,044 ratings · score 88 · good
33
StoryReel: Drama Shorts & TVB
Free + IAP · ★ 4.8 · 50,877 ratings · score 88 · good
34
TikTok - Videos, Shop & LIVEC
Free + IAP · ★ 4.7 · 18,396,600 ratings · score 88 · situational
35
My Drama - Stream Short DramasC
Free + IAP · ★ 4.7 · 54,268 ratings · score 88 · situational
36
Red Bull TV: Watch Live EventsC
Free · ★ 4.9 · 12,987 ratings · score 88 · situational
37
DramaBite-Short Dramas & TVC
Free download · ★ 4.8 · 9,293 ratings · score 88 · situational
38
Disney+C
Free + IAP · ★ 4.6 · 1,977,276 ratings · score 88 · situational
39
MoboReels: Short Drama SeriesC
Free download · ★ 4.5 · 40,678 ratings · score 87 · situational
40
TBN+ Christian StreamingC
Free + IAP · ★ 4.8 · 44,743 ratings · score 87 · situational

Beyond the top 40

204 more, not ranked yet

New in the last 30 days

HappyKids - Videos for Kids (B)

Questions people ask

What is the best video streaming app for iPhone?: Twitch: Live Streaming, S tier, ranked #1 of 40, rated 4.7 by 2,814,011 people.
Which video streaming apps are free?: 40 of 40 are free to download: Twitch: Live Streaming (S), Rumble: Live Streaming, Videos (S), Angel: Stream TV & Movies (S), HBO Max: Stream Movies & TV (S) and more. 26 of them sell in-app purchases. 5 report no in-app purchases.
Which video streaming app has the best App Store rating?: Angel: Stream TV & Movies at 4.9 from 291,484 ratings.
How many video streaming apps reach S or A tier?: 21 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.