Android TV · Phone & tablet
Your channels. Your way.
Browse your channel list and move between channels, the guide, recordings and your media from a clear sidebar. Your own sources, always.
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Start with your screen.
Watch your channels, films and series. Choose your device and find out how to install.
Lifetime licence (sideload): €39.99 · one-time Google Play subscription: €9.99/year
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Options for Android TV
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Options for Samsung, LG, Hisense and Browser
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Up to 5 devices, shared across Fire TV and Android
Real captures
At home on every screen
Real app interfaces with fictional demo content. Sidstuga is the player: no channels or content are included.
Pricing
Pay once. Keep it for good.
Fire TV or direct Android: lifetime licence. Google Play: yearly subscription.
Lifetime licence (sideload)
€39.99 one-time
Launch price: €49.99 after full release
- One payment, yours forever: every future update included
- Up to 5 devices, shared across Fire TV and Android
- 7-day trial inside the app before paying
- Everything included: Cloud Sync, recording, catch-up
- The app updates itself, no store needed
Google Play subscription
€9.99 /year
About €0.83 a month, billed once a year
- 7-day free trial
- Android TV, Google TV, phone and tablet
- One subscription covers all your Android screens
- Every feature included: Cloud Sync, recording, catch-up
Sideload builds only: Fire TV / Firestick and direct Android. Sidstuga installed from the Google Play Store cannot read a lifetime licence. Any Android box, phone or tablet can use it: having the Play Store does not stop you.
Secure payment by Stripe · MB WAY · Visa · Mastercard · PayPal · 14-day refunds
Where it runs
One player, on every screen you own
Sidstuga started on Android and Fire TV, and is now expanding to native TV apps and the browser.
Lifetime licence: Android box, phone or tablet
You bought, or want to buy, the €39.99 lifetime licence. This is your build even if your device has the Google Play Store.
€39.99 · one-time Download direct APKLifetime licence: Fire TV or Firestick
Fire TV Stick, Fire TV Cube or a television with Fire TV. Fire OS needs its own build; the same lifetime licence works here.
€39.99 · one-time Download Fire TV APKGoogle Play subscription
Only if you pay €9.99/year through the Play Store. A lifetime licence does not activate in this build.
€9.99 /year Get it on Google PlaySidstuga TV
Native apps for Samsung, LG and Hisense smart TVs, no Android box required.
Learn moreSidstuga Web
Watch straight from a browser, signed in with the same Cloud Sync account as your other devices. Included with any active Sidstuga licence.
Learn moreLearn how to use Sidstuga
From your first installation to organising your devices. Choose a topic and follow the steps.
What it does
Everything you need. Nothing extra.
The essentials for live TV, films and series: without clutter or ads.
Live TV with a full guide
Channels from your Xtream Codes, M3U or Stalker/MAG portal, with a programme guide covering now, next and the past days, and instant search across all of it.
Multiview
Watch several channels at the same time, on TV and on your phone. Open one window and add the others as you go.
Films and series
The movies and series in your own playlist get proper detail pages: artwork, cast, seasons and episodes, watched markers and resume.
Recording, even to your NAS
Record live TV to your device, or straight to network storage over SMB. Schedule from the guide; recordings are named after the programme, with date, season and episode.
Catch-up TV
Go back up to 7 days on channels where your provider supports it, with real play, pause and seeking.
Cloud Sync, end-to-end encrypted
Favourites, history and watch progress follow you across TV, phone and Fire TV: encrypted with Argon2id and AES-GCM, so nobody but you can read them. Entirely optional.
Learn more about Cloud SyncSee every feature
Playback
- Hardware decoding (Media3 / ExoPlayer)
- Subtitles: including on live channels (opt-in)
- Picture-in-Picture
- Multiview on TV and mobile
- Hand any stream to VLC, MX Player or Just Player
- Stream stats overlay: bitrate, buffer, dropped frames
- Aspect ratio: auto, stretch, zoom
- Automatic decoder recovery on Android TV boxes
Guide & organisation
- Programme guide with instant full-text search
- Programme reminders at the exact time
- Catch-up up to 7 days (where your provider supports it)
- Favourites, recent channels and custom channel order
- Multiple sources, each with its own history and favourites
- Automatic playlist refresh: from every 6 hours to weekly
Recording & offline
- DVR on both Android TV and mobile
- Record to device storage, USB or NAS (SMB)
- Schedule recordings from the guide
- Offline downloads of your VOD, subtitles included
Sync & privacy
- End-to-end encrypted Cloud Sync (optional)
- Edit your lists on the web: the app follows
- Parental PIN, stored hashed, with per-channel locks
- Portable backup and restore in JSON
Hub
- A discovery portal: trending and popular films and series, played from the sources you connect
- Your own library: Plex, Jellyfin and Emby servers, WebDAV folders (NAS, Nextcloud) and compatible add-ons
- Real IMDb, Rotten Tomatoes and Metacritic scores on posters (optional)
- Trakt account: imports what you've already watched, marks what you watch from now on
- Watched progress and markers shared between VOD and the Hub
- P2P add-on sources play after a consent screen: nothing kept once you stop watching
Platform
- Android 7.0 or newer: phone, tablet, Android TV, Fire TV
- 8 languages, right-to-left Arabic included
- 12 accent colours
- Sleep timer from 15 minutes to 8 hours
- Watch statistics, kept on the device
Credentials, playlists and settings live encrypted on your device. Cloud Sync's library, favourites, continue-watching, profiles and settings, travels end-to-end encrypted, so we cannot read it; synced playlists are the one exception, stored so our servers can use them for the web panel and browser playback. Anonymous crash reports and basic usage stats go to Firebase to help fix bugs; the app contains no ad networks.
Read the full privacy policy →Questions
Frequently asked
What do I need to start watching?
Your own source. Sidstuga is the player: add an Xtream Codes login, an M3U file or URL, or a Stalker/MAG portal from a provider you already subscribe to, and it plays and organises everything your source returns.
Does Sidstuga record?
Yes. Record any live channel on both Android TV and mobile, to device storage, USB or a NAS over SMB. Schedule recordings from the guide; files are named after the programme, with date and, when the guide provides it, season and episode.
Will it buffer? Does it support hardware decoding?
Sidstuga uses Media3 (ExoPlayer) with hardware video and audio decoding by default. For persistent buffering, the stream stats overlay shows live bitrate and buffer health, so you can tell a device problem from a provider problem in seconds.
Does it work on Android TV boxes: TCL, X96, Amlogic, Realtek?
Yes: that is where Sidstuga is tested at every release. Budget boxes can lose their hardware decoder mid-stream; Sidstuga detects it and recovers the picture by itself, without a manual channel switch.
Can I use multiple servers?
Yes. Add several sources (Xtream, M3U and/or Stalker portals) and switch between them. Each keeps its own history, favourites and channel order.
How much does it cost?
The lifetime licence is one payment of €39.99 for the sideload builds, Fire TV and direct Android, on up to 5 devices, with every future update included. On Google Play it is €9.99/year with a 7-day free trial. No ads either way. A lifetime licence does not activate in the Google Play version, and a Play subscription only opens the sideload builds once the Google Play app has linked it to your Cloud Sync account.
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