The player is free — no ads, no tracking, no locked basics. Premium adds the whole-home features for less than a dollar a month.
Start the free trial from Settings → Subscription in any ChannelSurf app — email only, no payment details.
| Feature | Free | Premium |
|---|---|---|
| Live TV, guide & catch-up | ✓ | ✓ |
| Movies & series library | ✓ | ✓ |
| Cast & Transfer to TV | ✓ | ✓ |
| Multiview (desktop) | ✓ | ✓ |
| Hardware-accelerated 4K / HDR / surround | ✓ | ✓ |
| Profiles & parental controls | ✓ | ✓ |
| Cloud Sync across devices | — | ✓ |
| Room Sync multi-room mirroring | — | ✓ |
| DVR: record, schedule & series rules | — | ✓ |
| Price | $0 | $9.99 / year |
Premium is $9.99 per year and renews automatically until you cancel. You can cancel anytime from Settings → Subscription → Manage (or through Apple/Google if you subscribed there); you keep Premium until the end of the period you paid for.
On this website (secure checkout by Paddle, with Apple Pay and Google Pay), or directly inside the iOS and Android apps through the App Store and Google Play. Wherever you buy, the same account unlocks every platform.
The free app needs no account at all. Premium uses your email as the account — no password to remember; you sign in on a device with a 6-digit code we email you.
All of yours. Premium is a household license — sign in on your desktop, phone, tablet, and TVs with the same email.
Web purchases have a 14-day money-back guarantee, no questions asked — details in our refund policy. App Store and Google Play purchases follow Apple's and Google's refund processes.
No. ChannelSurf is a player. Free and Premium are app features only — you connect the IPTV service you already subscribe to, and we never sell or provide content.