--- title: "Channels: Whole Home DVR - Reviews, Revenue and Downloads in United States | Apple App Store" description: "Cut the cord without missing your shows. You don't have to lose your DVR just because you canceled your cable. Channels is easy for the whole family to love. Watch your favorite programs on every TV" --- # Channels: Whole Home DVR — United States > Live TV & DVR on your devices ![Channels App Icon](https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/Purple221/v4/9d/49/1e/9d491ea5-27af-c9f8-5c8d-8185b15ae672/AppIcon-DVR-SKU-0-0-1x_U007epad-0-0-0-1-0-0-85-220.png/434x0w.png) **Developer:** [Fancy Bits](https://apptail.io/developer/fancy-bits-Cgrd) (United States) **Category:** Entertainment **Rating:** 4.7/5 (501 ratings) **Price:** Free **Bundle ID:** com.getchannels.dvr **Store:** Apple App Store **Country:** United States **Version:** 7.1.2 (released 2026-09-15) **Original Release:** 2018-08-15 **Languages:** English **App Store Link:** [Download on Apple App Store](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/app/id1405359767) **AppTail Page:** [https://apptail.io/app/channels-whole-home-dvr-Cjp/united-states](https://apptail.io/app/channels-whole-home-dvr-Cjp/united-states) ## Channels Description Cut the cord without missing your shows. You don't have to lose your DVR just because you canceled your cable. Channels is easy for the whole family to love. Watch your favorite programs on every TV and device, from the living room, hotel room, or even on your commute. Channels delivers a unified experience across all your TVs, devices, and streaming platforms. Learn more about Channels and how it works at -- Record Your Shows -- • Record in one place, watch on every TV & iOS device. • Pause in one room and resume in another, or on your iPhone or iPad. • Pick your favorite shows or teams, and choose to record all or just their new airings. • Browse or search through 21 days worth of guide data that updates daily. • Schedule a recording from your phone while you're away from home. • Watch your favorite shows or teams while you're away from home. Live or recorded. • Watch your shows while they're currently recording. Don't wait for them to finish. • Your recordings get their commercials indexed, and can be automatically skipped. -- Watch Live TV -- • Pause, rewind, and fast forward live TV. • Support for full 5.1 surround sound. • Full support for closed captioning and alternate audio tracks. • Mark channels as favorites. Browse them for quicker access to your favorite networks. • Full support for VoiceOver. Browse and watch TV with ease. NOTE: DVR features require Channels DVR Server installed and running on your home computer or NAS to stream to your devices. Learn more at -- People Love Channels -- "One of the most capable cord-cutting replacements for a cable DVR" - TechHive "Apple TV just became the best box for streaming live broadcast TV" — Macworld "Apple TV already has at least one 'killer app'. The new third-party Apple TV app, Channels." — MacDailyNews "I can tell you it’s buttery smooth" — Zatz Not Funny! For questions, concerns, bug reports, and feature requests, contact us on twitter @getchannels or via email support@getchannels.com ## Channels Screenshots - [Screenshot 1](https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/PurpleSource211/v4/a2/bf/e8/a2bfe81f-5136-1f57-75a6-4370afc4984d/1.png/1242x2688.png) - [Screenshot 2](https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/PurpleSource211/v4/a9/1c/f8/a91cf887-b0dd-86c8-a358-55d95b50ceff/2.png/1242x2688.png) - [Screenshot 3](https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/PurpleSource211/v4/6c/6d/d8/6c6dd896-212e-4c3c-1b59-40938f47f60d/3.png/1242x2688.png) - [Screenshot 4](https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/PurpleSource211/v4/38/65/fb/3865fbd6-930b-b381-cccb-bc86f282cfee/4.png/1242x2688.png) - [Screenshot 5](https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/PurpleSource211/v4/88/53/0a/88530ab5-4ecc-ee9b-a85e-1768dba0af17/5.png/1242x2688.png) - [Screenshot 6](https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/PurpleSource221/v4/dc/38/d3/dc38d3ff-3f39-d971-e8ee-8bde85a5b760/6.png/1242x2688.png) ## Channels Rating Breakdown in United States - 5 stars: 420 (84%) - 4 stars: 38 (8%) - 3 stars: 17 (3%) - 2 stars: 7 (1%) - 1 stars: 19 (4%) ## Channels Reviews in United States ### ***** "Great piece of software" I’ve been using Channels almost every day for years. This app has allowed me to get rid of two cable boxes, saving almost $30 a month. Admittedly the setup can be complex, but I am experienced in software. The main features DVR, pausing and rewinding live tv, and being a media server serve all my non streaming media needs. Plus in the years of using it, I have only encountered a couple of bugs. This company should advertise this app more. Everyone always talks about Plex and Kodi. I know they are not 100% equivalent, but they share the same space. -- evylla, 2025-05-04 ### ***** "Love it" Everything is great except that I’m paying for this and my PiP is blocked by you guys having a “Rate our App” popup over the picture. Hopefully this goes away now… -- Omian5, 2025-02-08 ### *---- "IT IS NOT FREE TV !" You need to pay for a TV streaming service. This is misleading. Its not an app to watch free Live TV -- AlexSeptienE, 2025-01-20 ### *---- "Continual problems" Repeated error messages that file is corrupted. I continually report problems but nothing is done to correct the problem. Audio goes in and out. This has been a problem for weeks. -- DeeKay1004, 2024-12-09 ### ***-- "Still a bit buggy" The Apple TV app gets into a state where it is stuck on a show from the “TV Shows” sidebar. I finally figured out how to force quit the app to restart it, instead of rebooting the Apple TV, but it is still quite annoying. I suspect there is a memory leak. If the app was rewritten in Rust (at least the parts that could be), the issue of memory leaks might go away. -- astro.dave, 2024-08-26 ### ****- "Great Single App for everything" I was hoping this app could be the one and only app for all Contant although it is fantastic and it is my go to app or watching personal content. The streaming is still questionable when away from home constant transporter errors and it can only stream for five seconds. if you are local, everything works perfectly. I was trying to see if this could replace Plexes and so far it’s doing very well, but there are reservations that keep me from fully moving over to this app. -- dudleydogg, 2024-08-10 ### ***** "Great product and company" Product works great and support is terrific. -- mbrieden, 2024-03-17 ### ***** "BEST DVR server" This is the BEST DVR server hands down and not to mention the developers are Top class! Thank you sooo much and keep up the great work. You guys ROCK! -- EuRoEgYpTn, 2024-02-09 ### *---- "Terrible" Never works. -- djHayStack, 2023-12-27 ### ***-- "Better than HD Homerun DVR" Works a lot better than the stock app with HD Homerun. I have much better success with using the app on FireTv than Apple Tv. Apple Tv app keeps crashing and I get the " can't connect to server" message making it unusable on that platform. -- jsbeab, 2023-11-11 [View all Channels reviews and detailed analytics on AppTail](https://app.apptail.io/signup?utm_campaign=ai-crawl&utm_content=reviews) ## Channels Discovered Keywords - tv shows - live tv - watch tv - stream tv - tv live - live tv streaming - watch live tv - channels pro - free cable tv - free tv channels ## Apps Similar to Channels - [HDHomeRun](https://apptail.io/app/hdhomerun-Vbg/united-states) - [DistroTV - Live TV & Movies](https://apptail.io/app/distrotv-live-tv-movies-mBq/united-states) - [Airy TV & Live Movie Streaming](https://apptail.io/app/airy-tv-live-movie-streaming-dAs/united-states) - [US TV - Live stream](https://apptail.io/app/us-tv-live-stream-vhB/united-states) - [Swiftfin](https://apptail.io/app/swiftfin-dxB/united-states) - [STIRR TV](https://apptail.io/app/stirr-tv-yIN/united-states) - [FreeCast: TV Shows & Movies](https://apptail.io/app/freecast-tv-shows-movies-kLwj/united-states) - 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[New Zealand](https://apptail.io/app/channels-whole-home-dvr-Cjp/new-zealand) - [Peru](https://apptail.io/app/channels-whole-home-dvr-Cjp/peru) - [Poland](https://apptail.io/app/channels-whole-home-dvr-Cjp/poland) - [Colombia](https://apptail.io/app/channels-whole-home-dvr-Cjp/colombia) - [Cyprus](https://apptail.io/app/channels-whole-home-dvr-Cjp/cyprus) - [Czechia](https://apptail.io/app/channels-whole-home-dvr-Cjp/czechia) - [Germany](https://apptail.io/app/channels-whole-home-dvr-Cjp/germany) - [Dominican Republic](https://apptail.io/app/channels-whole-home-dvr-Cjp/dominican-republic) - [Algeria](https://apptail.io/app/channels-whole-home-dvr-Cjp/algeria) - [Ecuador](https://apptail.io/app/channels-whole-home-dvr-Cjp/ecuador) - [Egypt](https://apptail.io/app/channels-whole-home-dvr-Cjp/egypt) - [France](https://apptail.io/app/channels-whole-home-dvr-Cjp/france) - [Greece](https://apptail.io/app/channels-whole-home-dvr-Cjp/greece) - [Hong Kong SAR China](https://apptail.io/app/channels-whole-home-dvr-Cjp/hong-kong) - [Croatia](https://apptail.io/app/channels-whole-home-dvr-Cjp/croatia) - [Hungary](https://apptail.io/app/channels-whole-home-dvr-Cjp/hungary) - [Indonesia](https://apptail.io/app/channels-whole-home-dvr-Cjp/indonesia) - [Israel](https://apptail.io/app/channels-whole-home-dvr-Cjp/israel) - [India](https://apptail.io/app/channels-whole-home-dvr-Cjp/india) - [Iceland](https://apptail.io/app/channels-whole-home-dvr-Cjp/iceland) - [Jamaica](https://apptail.io/app/channels-whole-home-dvr-Cjp/jamaica) - [Japan](https://apptail.io/app/channels-whole-home-dvr-Cjp/japan) - [South Korea](https://apptail.io/app/channels-whole-home-dvr-Cjp/south-korea) - [Sri Lanka](https://apptail.io/app/channels-whole-home-dvr-Cjp/sri-lanka) - [Lithuania](https://apptail.io/app/channels-whole-home-dvr-Cjp/lithuania) - [Luxembourg](https://apptail.io/app/channels-whole-home-dvr-Cjp/luxembourg) - [Madagascar](https://apptail.io/app/channels-whole-home-dvr-Cjp/madagascar) - [Malta](https://apptail.io/app/channels-whole-home-dvr-Cjp/malta) - [Mauritius](https://apptail.io/app/channels-whole-home-dvr-Cjp/mauritius) - [Mexico](https://apptail.io/app/channels-whole-home-dvr-Cjp/mexico) - [Malaysia](https://apptail.io/app/channels-whole-home-dvr-Cjp/malaysia) - [Netherlands](https://apptail.io/app/channels-whole-home-dvr-Cjp/netherlands) - [Norway](https://apptail.io/app/channels-whole-home-dvr-Cjp/norway) - [Nepal](https://apptail.io/app/channels-whole-home-dvr-Cjp/nepal) - [Pakistan](https://apptail.io/app/channels-whole-home-dvr-Cjp/pakistan) - [South Africa](https://apptail.io/app/channels-whole-home-dvr-Cjp/south-africa) - [Argentina](https://apptail.io/app/channels-whole-home-dvr-Cjp/argentina) - [Azerbaijan](https://apptail.io/app/channels-whole-home-dvr-Cjp/azerbaijan) - [Belgium](https://apptail.io/app/channels-whole-home-dvr-Cjp/belgium) - [Bulgaria](https://apptail.io/app/channels-whole-home-dvr-Cjp/bulgaria) - [Bahrain](https://apptail.io/app/channels-whole-home-dvr-Cjp/bahrain) - [Bermuda](https://apptail.io/app/channels-whole-home-dvr-Cjp/bermuda) - [Brunei](https://apptail.io/app/channels-whole-home-dvr-Cjp/brunei) - [Brazil](https://apptail.io/app/channels-whole-home-dvr-Cjp/brazil) - [Belarus](https://apptail.io/app/channels-whole-home-dvr-Cjp/belarus) - [Switzerland](https://apptail.io/app/channels-whole-home-dvr-Cjp/switzerland) - [Chile](https://apptail.io/app/channels-whole-home-dvr-Cjp/chile) - [China](https://apptail.io/app/channels-whole-home-dvr-Cjp/china) - [Vietnam](https://apptail.io/app/channels-whole-home-dvr-Cjp/vietnam) - [Armenia](https://apptail.io/app/channels-whole-home-dvr-Cjp/armenia) - [Qatar](https://apptail.io/app/channels-whole-home-dvr-Cjp/qatar) - [Saudi Arabia](https://apptail.io/app/channels-whole-home-dvr-Cjp/saudi-arabia) - [Sweden](https://apptail.io/app/channels-whole-home-dvr-Cjp/sweden) - [Singapore](https://apptail.io/app/channels-whole-home-dvr-Cjp/singapore) - [Slovenia](https://apptail.io/app/channels-whole-home-dvr-Cjp/slovenia) - [Slovakia](https://apptail.io/app/channels-whole-home-dvr-Cjp/slovakia) - [Senegal](https://apptail.io/app/channels-whole-home-dvr-Cjp/senegal) - [Thailand](https://apptail.io/app/channels-whole-home-dvr-Cjp/thailand) - [Tunisia](https://apptail.io/app/channels-whole-home-dvr-Cjp/tunisia) - [Türkiye](https://apptail.io/app/channels-whole-home-dvr-Cjp/turkey) - [Taiwan](https://apptail.io/app/channels-whole-home-dvr-Cjp/taiwan) - [Ukraine](https://apptail.io/app/channels-whole-home-dvr-Cjp/ukraine) - [Uruguay](https://apptail.io/app/channels-whole-home-dvr-Cjp/uruguay) - [Mali](https://apptail.io/app/channels-whole-home-dvr-Cjp/mali) - [Jordan](https://apptail.io/app/channels-whole-home-dvr-Cjp/jordan) --- ## About AppTail [AppTail](https://apptail.io) is a mobile app intelligence platform providing app analytics, ASO (App Store Optimization) tools, keyword tracking, competitor analysis, revenue estimates, and review monitoring for iOS App Store apps. 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