Looking for Apple TV testers for Novio, a source-first tvOS media app
I’ve been building Novio, a native Apple TV / tvOS media app, and I’m looking for people who want to test the latest TestFlight build.
The goal is simple:
A fast, clean, my source-first media app for Apple TV that feels native instead of like a web wrapper.
What’s in the current build:
- Native tvOS UI with proper Siri Remote focus/navigation
- User-supplied source/addon repositories
- Empty-first setup flow built for Apple TV
- Smart TMDB-powered discovery with 500+ themed catalogs
- Option to use source catalogs only, TMDB catalogs only, or both
- Reworked player UI
- Better playback support including all video files and fixes, KSPlayer improvements
- Resume playback and Continue Watching
- Watchlist support
- Season and episode browsing improvements
- Mark watched / mark to here as watched for series
- Trailer support
- Subtitle support and subtitle styling controls
- Intro skip support
- Profiles
- Kids mode / parental controls with PIN
- Cast and metadata enrichment
- Source setup and source management directly in the app
- No ads, no tracking
Recent fixes:
- Fixed season navigation skipping twice on one press
- Added a TestFlight trial banner showing remaining days and expiry, only in testing will be removed later.
- Fixed TestFlight detection for real TestFlight installs
If you have an Apple TV and want to test it, comment here or DM me and I’ll send the TestFlight link.
What I need feedback on:
- playback stability
- remote/focus behavior
- source setup flow
- subtitle behavior
- performance on real Apple TV hardware
- general UI/UX bugs
- and everything else...
Posted Apr 2, 2026, 10:42 AM UTC
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