Kanema Free and Pro

Free has no adverts and no watermarks, and what’s free stays free. Pro adds the rest, on every Apple device on your Apple Account.

Plans available in the app

Coming soon to the App Store

Free

One playlist, live TV and catch-up, films and series, search, today and tomorrow in the guide, picture in picture, AirPlay, Trakt, three widgets, Siri and Top Shelf. No adverts and no watermarks.

Pro

iCloud sync, unlimited playlists, pause and rewind live TV, Multi-view, the full guide, reminders and Live Activities, the TV Guide widget, Handoff and Family Sharing.

Watching

The information panel over a live channel on Apple TV: Aurora Cinema, with catch-up for 7 days, the film Charge from 14:30 to 15:30 with 55 minutes left and Tears of Steel next, a line about the film, and badges for H.264 and VLC. — What’s on and the stream’s details, as a channel plays on Apple TV

The Actors page on Apple TV: 17 actors, a row of letters to jump to, and actors shown as initials in circles with their names and how many titles each is in. — Every actor in your library, on Apple TV

Watching: what free and Pro include
Feature	Free	Pro
Skip intro and creditsOn Plex, Jellyfin and Emby	Not included	Included
Films, series and catch-up	Included	Included
Search, Discover and actors	Included	Included
Up next, autoplay and the play queue	Included	Included
Mark as watched	Included	Included
Picture in pictureNot on Apple Vision Pro	Included	Included
AirPlay and ChromecastiPhone, iPad and Mac	Included	Included
Open in VLC or InfuseiPhone, iPad and Apple Vision Pro	Included	Included
Subtitle search and size	Included	Included
Aspect ratio, speed and sleep timerPlayer engine and audio pass-through too, except on Apple Vision Pro	Included	Included
Stream details and format badges4K, HDR, Dolby Vision and Atmos as they play	Included	Included
Plex, Jellyfin, Emby and home tunersEach counts as a playlist	Included	Included
Your server’s watched marks and resume points	Included	Included
Trakt	Included	Included

Live TV

The player’s controls on iPhone during a live channel: minus 0:31 beside the scrubber, buttons to go back and forward 10 seconds and to pause, and a Go live button. — ProPause and rewind, 31 seconds behind live, on iPhone

Multi-view on iPad: four animated films playing at once, two by two, each labelled with its channel and programme, and a white ring round the first, whose sound is on. — ProMulti-view on iPad, with the sound from the first screen

Channel categories on iPhone: a Merge button, a filter box, and three categories, Short films, Films and Family, each with its number and a handle to drag it into a new place. Family is marked Hidden. — ProArranging categories on iPhone

Live TV: what free and Pro include
Feature	Free	Pro
Pause and rewind live TVCarry on from the moment you paused	Not included	Included
Multi-viewUp to four channels at once · Not on Apple Vision Pro	Not included	Included
Choose the sound in Multi-viewNot on Apple Vision Pro	Not included	Included
Instant channel changeWhere your subscription allows two streams	Not included	Included
Your own categoriesRename, merge and split, in your own order	Not included	Included
Live TV and catch-up	Included	Included
Previous channelSwitch category inside the player, too	Included	Included
Reload, and recovery from a frozen channel	Included	Included
Hide, lock and favourite categoriesWith a parental code	Included	Included

Guide

Guide: what free and Pro include
Feature	Free	Pro
The full TV guideEvery day your provider lists	Today and tomorrow	Included
Several guides as oneFill gaps in one guide with another	Not included	Included
Fix a channel’s guide	Included	Included
Guide time offset for each playlist	Included	Included
Catch-up’s archive, sorted and searchable	Included	Included
Starting soonThe next hour on your favourite channels · Not on Apple TV	Included	Included

Lists and sync

The iCloud section of Kanema’s Settings on Apple TV: iCloud sync on, then three devices, each with its model, this Apple TV synced just now, an iPhone 17 Pro Max synced a minute ago and a MacBook Pro synced 59 minutes ago. — ProYour devices, in Settings on Apple TV

The playlist menu on Apple TV: Demo, ticked, and Demo M3U, each with its mascot, and Add a playlist below. In the free version, the second playlist and Add a playlist carry a lock. — ProSwitching playlists on Apple TV, in the free version

Lists and sync: what free and Pro include
Feature	Free	Pro
iCloud syncYour playlists, favourites and progress on every Apple device	Not included	Included
PlaylistsServers and home tuners included	One	Unlimited
Your devicesEach one, and when it last synced	Not included	Included
A copy in iCloudBrings your library back if tvOS clears its storage · Apple TV only	Not included	Included
Family SharingEveryone in your Family Sharing group	Not included	Included
Favourite tags	Not included	Included
Manage from your phone or computer	Not included	Included
Backup and restoreNot on Apple TV	Not included	Included
Favourites, Watch later and Recently watched	Included	Included
Arrange Home, and what Kanema opens onStart muted, too	Included	Included
Reset everything	Included	Included

Widgets and reminders

The TV Guide widget: Aurora Cinema, Northlight and Meridian Action, each with the programme on now, its times and a bar showing how far in it is, and what comes next. — ProThe TV Guide widget

A Kanema countdown on the Lock Screen: Starting soon, Tears of Steel on Aurora Cinema at 04:00, 16 minutes 54 seconds to go, with a Watch button. — ProA reminder counting down on the Lock Screen

Widgets and reminders: what free and Pro include
Feature	Free	Pro
RemindersBefore a programme starts, from Siri too · Not on Apple TV	Not included	Included
Reminder timingsNot on Apple TV	Not included	Included
Live ActivitiesA countdown on the Lock Screen · iPhone and iPad	Not included	Included
TV Guide and Coming up widgetsNot on Apple TV	Not included	Included
Page the TV Guide widget, remove a reminderNot on Apple TV	Not included	Included
Continue watching, On now and Favourite categories widgetsNot on Apple TV	Included	Included
Star a channel from a widgetNot on Apple TV	Included	Included
ControlsIn Control Centre · iPhone, iPad and Mac	Included	Included

Devices

The page for Big Buck Bunny on iPhone, a 2008 animated comedy, 10 minutes long, with a Resume button saying 5 min left and a Watch later button below. — ProPicking up a film on iPhone where another device left it

The Apple TV Home Screen with Kanema’s Top Shelf: Caminandes across the whole screen under Continue watching, above the Settings, a second app and Kanema icons. — Top Shelf on the Apple TV Home Screen

Devices: what free and Pro include
Feature	Free	Pro
Pick up on another deviceHandoff, and Continue from another device	Not included	Included
Siri, Shortcuts and Spotlight	Included	Included
Now Playing and media keysAirPods and the Lock Screen, too	Included	Included
AccessibilityNever part of Pro	Included	Included
Interface text sizeNot on Apple TV	Included	Included
Top Shelf and Who’s watchingApple TV only	Included	Included
Match ContentApple TV only	Included	Included
Type your playlist on your phoneApple TV only	Included	Included
The menu bar icon and the Dock menuMac only	Included	Included
Open at login, in full screen or in the menu barMac only	Included	Included
Tips, What’s new and Report a problemAmbient light and a connection test, too	Included	Included

Demo playlist: the films are Blender open movies (credits) and the channels are made up. Kanema comes with nothing to watch.

Getting Pro

Plans are available in the app, through the App Store. One purchase unlocks Pro on every Apple device signed in to your Apple Account, and Family Sharing covers everyone in your family group. Prices will be listed here when Kanema is on the App Store.

Kanema comes with no channels in either version. It plays the playlist you add from your own provider, so you need the right to whatever you watch with it.