


Tried to build an IPTV player that isn't just another one, focused on simplicity and family use
I've spent the last year building MiluTV. I didn't want to ship just another IPTV player into a market that already has plenty. If I was going to spend that much time on it as a solo dev, it had to be different. The angle I picked was simplicity + the whole household, not just power users.
So I focused on 3 things:
1. Make the catalog actually easy to browse
Most IPTV catalogs have hundreds of categories split by language, which creates tons of duplicates and makes browsing pretty painful. That frustration is basically why I built SmartView. The app talks to TMDB and groups versions of the same title under one entry. When you open a title, you pick the language and quality you want before playing.
2. A Kids mode I actually trust
I wanted Kids mode to be something I could actually trust, both the gate and the catalog behind it. So there's a PIN-locked profile by default, and the catalog is filtered against a curated age-rating database I maintain on the backend. A kid profile only sees what matches its age cap, and the filter applies across both movies and series.
3. The same app on every screen in the house
iOS, iPadOS, tvOS, Android, Android TV, Fire TV: same profiles, same cloud-synced progress. So when someone in the household switches devices, they pick up where they left off.
About the AI question, before anyone asks
I've been coding for 25 years. AI helps me move faster, but I designed every feature myself and nothing it produces ships without me reviewing it.
You can try it at https://www.milutv.app
Live TV and EPG work, but I'm not a heavy live user myself. I'd love to hear what matters most to people who actually use Live TV daily: what's missing in other apps, what feels broken. That's where I want to push next.
BYOL: M3U or Xtream Codes, no content shipped with the app.