# TvhClient

> TVHeadend Client

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/id638900112](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id638900112)

## Overview

- **ID:** `id638900112`
- **Platform:** Apple
- **Type:** Apple app
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Luis Fernandes
- **Category:** Entertainment
- **Rating:** 4.30 / 5 (26 ratings)
- **Version:** 5.1.0
- **Last updated:** 2026-10-10
- **First published:** 2013-05-03
- **Size:** 101 MB
- **Data as of:** 2026-10-12
- **Store listing:** [Apple App Store](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/tvhclient/id638900112)
- **Website:** [http://tvhclient.com](http://tvhclient.com/)
- **Privacy policy:** [https://github.com/zipleen/tvheadend-iphone-client/wiki/Privacy-Policy](https://github.com/zipleen/tvheadend-iphone-client/wiki/Privacy-Policy)

## Description

TvhClient is a full client for your TVHeadend server: watch live TV, rewind it, browse the guide, and manage your recordings from your iPhone or iPad.

WATCH
• Live TV with a built-in player: pause and rewind live TV with timeshift, see the programme under the playhead, and switch channels without leaving the player
• Choose your playback engine, VLCKit 4 or mpv, separately for live TV and recordings. Both deinterlace.
• Picture in Picture, background audio, a draggable mini player, and a statistics overlay
• Pick audio and subtitle tracks. TvhClient remembers them per channel, and remembers where you stopped in a recording.
• Transcoding profiles, and an audio-only mode that picks a suitable profile for you
• Connects over HTSP (timeshift, instant updates) or the HTTP API. TvhClient works out which one your network supports.

BROWSE
• Channel groups, channels with now/next and progress, and each channel's programmes by day
• "Now" shows what is on across all channels, with search and filters by group and channel
• EPG now standard in iPhone, and you can rotate to landscape

RECORD
• Record with one tap, or create and edit recordings and AutoRec rules in editors built from your server's own settings
• Upcoming, Completed, Failed, Removed and AutoRec lists, with folders
• Play recordings with seeking, straight from the list

ADMINISTER
• Status: subscriptions, tuner inputs, networks, muxes and services
• The live server log, and the app's own diagnostics

EVERYWHERE
• Siri and Shortcuts: "Play BBC One in TvhClient", "What's on now?", "Record this"
• Spotlight search for channels, recordings and programmes
• Widgets and a Live Activity for recordings
• CarPlay audio, for listening to your channels in the car
• Optional iCloud storage for your servers, and sync of track choices and resume positions with the Apple TV app
• Several servers, with Bonjour discovery. A server can name a public address to fall back on when you're away from home.
• A redesigned interface for iOS 26, with a Help section in Settings. It also runs on Apple Silicon Macs as an iPad app.

Works with tvheadend 3.2 and up. Transcoding needs tvheadend 4.x profiles. HTSP timeshift needs timeshift enabled on the server.

Also available for Apple TV. Your audio and subtitle choices and recording resume positions sync between them.

Support: tvhclient@gmail.com or http://chat.tvhclient.com

## Rankings

- #229,901 — Overall

## Review summary

Overall sentiment is positive. Users praise TVhClient for reliable access to TVHeadend on iPhone, fast streaming, and core features like channel playback and EPG, plus mobile monitoring of TVHeadend. VLC integration and transcoding options are notable strengths. Common improvement requests include parity with the AppleTV version (grid guide, channel logos and dark-mode readability), UI tweaks (EPG UI, top-bar color), and additional casting support (Chromecast) or AirPlay AV sync fixes. Some mention localization and update cadence. Overall, the app delivers solid functionality with room for feature parity and UI refinements.

### Pros

- Reliable access to TVHeadend on iPhone with fast streaming and core features (channel playback, EPG)
- Works well over LAN/VPN and supports mobile monitoring of TVHeadend
- VLC integration is a notable improvement
- Transcoding support options, including ATSC OTA transcoding
- General reliability and ease of use for recordings and playback

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Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id638900112)