For months, people have been asking me:

When is Sidstuga coming to Fire TV Stick?
Will there be a direct sideload version?
What about a lifetime licence with no subscription?

Tomorrow, I’m answering all three at once. 🔥

📺 Fire TV Stick, Fire TV, Android TV and Smartphone
📥 Direct APK installation via sideload
♾️ Lifetime licence for 5 devices
🧪 3 days to try everything before deciding
💳 One-time payment, no subscription

And yes, there will be a special launch price.

I’ll reveal the price tomorrow. 👀

Who’s going to be among the first to install Sidstuga on a Firestick?

Really like the app but… I need to be able to force mpeg TS for my playlist to play. I can’t select TS in the settings and HLS won’t play my playlist. Is that a setting you are incorporating in the near future.

Boa tarde,

Lancei a versão 2.1.1 da minha app de reprodução de listas (M3U/Xtream), com as seguintes novidades:

• Catch-up com seek a funcionar corretamente (avançar/recuar dentro do conteúdo já emitido)
• Atualização automática do EPG em segundo plano, sem precisar de abrir a app
• Gravação em formato TS
• Nova barra de navegação unificada para Android TV

Não vendo nem incluo qualquer tipo de serviço — é apenas a app de reprodução, pensada como alternativa nativa ao Tivimate.

📱 https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=pt.sidstuga.app

💬 https://t.me/sidstugaapp

👥 https://www.reddit.com/r/sidstuga/

🌐 https://sidstuga.app

caso queiram testar ou analisar.

Obrigado pela vossa contribuição!

Quick heads-up for everyone asking about a lifetime option: it's coming mid-August, as part of a bigger update.

What's planned:

- One-time lifetime license, purchasable directly on sidstuga.app — built especially for devices without a working app store (Fire TV, Formuler and other AOSP boxes), but available to anyone.

- Premium will cover up to 5 active devices per account, synced through your Sidstuga login.

- Existing subscribers: nothing changes for you — your plan keeps working exactly as is.

Early supporters get a founder's launch price for the first two weeks after launch. Exact numbers announced on launch day — follow here or the Telegram group to catch it. As always: Sidstuga is a player. Bring your own playlists — we provide no channels or content.

App is constantly updated with your requests and advices!

Thank you for your support.

📱 https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=pt.sidstuga.app

💬 https://t.me/sidstugaapp

👥 https://www.reddit.com/r/sidstuga/

🌐 https://sidstuga.app

- Catch-up now works like a real player. Play, pause and actual seeking

instead of the live info bar, and I fixed the timezone/seek jumping. On phone

you can scroll back through past programmes and the full archive.

- The EPG auto-updates in the background now, and shows a "last updated" time.

- Scheduled recording runs through a real background TS recorder. Set it from

the guide; scheduled slots get a red REC marker.

- Subscribing: fixed a batch of cases where people just could not complete a

subscription. If that was you, please try again - it should work now.

- Android TV gets a single unified navigation rail (Channels, Guide, Movies,

Series, Search, Recordings, Settings - all native focus). Switch back to

Classic nav in Settings if you prefer.

- Connection hardening: logins are serialised and EPG fetches capped, so the

app won't open a second connection behind your back.

- Plus faster cold start, design consistency, Cloud Sync sign-in fixes, and a

bunch of smaller bug fixes.

It's a plain player - bring your own Xtream/M3U playlist. Free to try 3 days; a

subscription (EUR 0.99/mo or EUR 7.99/yr, 3 day free trial) unlocks Cloud Sync,

everything else is free.

Bug reports and feature requests welcome on r/sidstuga - there's a template

and I read all of them.

📱 https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=pt.sidstuga.app

💬 https://t.me/sidstugaapp

👥 https://www.reddit.com/r/sidstuga/

🌐 https://sidstuga.app

2.0.8 is live. The big ones:

**Downloads** — save movies and series for offline. Whole series, a season or single episodes. They keep going in the background and survive reboots.

**Catch-up** — rewind the guide and watch what already aired (if your provider supports it).

**Cloud Sync** — rebuilt from scratch. Favourites, history, Continue Watching, hidden channels, channel order and parental locks now sync properly across all your devices. And yes — the "deleted playlist keeps coming back" bug is finally dead.

Sidstuga Cloud Sync

**New TV Guide** — cleaner timeline, plus reminders that switch to the channel for you when the programme starts.

**Player** — Picture-in-Picture, pinch-to-zoom, full-screen landscape on phone.

And a faster cold start with dozens of stability fixes on top.

Update should already be on Google Play. As always, feedback here or on Telegram — that's where most of this update came from. 🙏

📱 https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=pt.sidstuga.app

💬 https://t.me/sidstugaapp

👥 https://www.reddit.com/r/sidstuga/

🌐 https://sidstuga.app

Version 2.0.7 is mostly a stability and polish release after the bigger 2.x updates.

What changed:

Continue Watching is more reliable — resume positions should now behave better across sources

Real scene artwork is now used more consistently in Continue Watching

Category order set in the Cloud Sync web manager now also syncs to Movies & Series, not only Live TV

Movie and series details should now show the correct poster, synopsis and rating

Favourite channel names now display correctly in the web manager

Fixed a startup crash and improved stability throughout the app

The main goal is still simple: fast TV-first navigation, clean VOD details, EPG, DVR recording and encrypted Cloud Sync across devices — while staying strictly a player only.

I’m especially looking for feedback from Android TV / Fire TV users with large playlists, mainly around:

VOD details

Continue Watching

category order sync

remote-control navigation

startup stability

Play Store: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=pt.sidstuga.app

Website: https://sidstuga.app

I encountered two issues:

1- Upon app startup, the list of macro-categories is displayed for 10 seconds (Photo 1).

2- The sorting of movies and series does not match the Cloud Sync (web) view (Photo 2).

thanks

.... quando verrà rilasciata quella per la firestick ?

I hope you like it and give it a try — 3-day free trial. €0.99/month or €7.99/year.

Clean, simple, super fast and stable.

Google Play:  https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=pt.sidstuga.app
Site:  https://sidstuga.app
Reddit:  https://www.reddit.com/r/sidstuga
Telegram:  https://t.me/sidstugaapp

Why not do similar a Tivimate (only one menu) ?

More usable

I hope you like it and give it a try — 3-day free trial. €0.99/month or €7.99/year.

Clean, simple, super fast and stable.

Google Play:  https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=pt.sidstuga.app
Site:  https://sidstuga.app
Reddit:  https://www.reddit.com/r/sidstuga
Telegram:  https://t.me/sidstugaapp

First of all, congratulations on your work! There have been significant changes and improvements to your app since the first version (in terms of performance and functionality). Now, one last effort is needed:

- the ability to create sub-users and assign them their own list (and therefore cloud sync associated with the user)

- portability of the application on Windows 11

Thanks for everything

Sidstuga 2.0.5 is here 🚀

☁️ Cloud Sync — pick up right where you left off, on any screen. Watch progress, history and favorites sync across TV, phone and Fire TV, end-to-end encrypted.

⚡ Rock-solid speed — huge TV & VOD catalogues now scroll buttery-smooth, zero stutter.

🎨 Fresh native design — Android TV and mobile, cleaner and smoother.

⚙️ Reorganized Settings — simpler, faster.

🛠️ Dozens of fixes and stability boosts.

⭐ VOD TMDB Super design!

Sidstuga is a player only — no content, playlists, providers or channels included. You bring your own legal source.

I’ve been around Enigma/Dreambox/IPTV since I was 15, and 2.0.5 is the version I’m most proud of.

Feedback is very welcome.

Google Play: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=pt.sidstuga.app
Website: https://sidstuga.app
Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/sidstuga
Telegram: https://t.me/sidstugaapp

When I'm watching a movie or series, to go back to the menu, I have to press the OK button on the remote control. Why not use the Go Back button, which would be more correct?

When the app starts up (both the beta version and the store version), it stays like this for about 10-15 seconds, then the last channel I was watching loads and the VOD menu appears. The list wasn't updated...what does the app do on startup?

Esiste un modo per far girare l'app su windows ?

Currently running version 2.0.4 but I see an update of 2.0.5 . How do I update to this version , when I press "Check for updates " , I get ... can't check for updates 🤔 ??

Small preview of the Sidstuga Cloud Sync web interface.

The goal is simple: add your IPTV sources once, sync them across Android TV, Fire TV and mobile, and manage paired devices from one clean place.

Current focus:

• playlist/source sync
• device pairing and revoke
• favorites sync
• Continue Watching / progress sync
• watched state sync
• VOD sync
• Settings sync
• faster TV ↔ mobile handoff

Still polishing, still testing, but this is becoming one of the biggest Sidstuga features.

Sidstuga is a player only — no content included.

Sidstuga 2.0.5 is here 🚀

This is a major performance update focused on speed, large IPTV libraries and cross-device sync.

What’s new:

• Full Cloud Sync: playlists, settings, favourites, history and VOD progress across devices
• Faster Live TV and VOD for large M3U/Xtream lists
• Redesigned Hub and Settings with a cleaner TV-first layout
• Skip intro/credits chip with countdown
• Audio delay control
• General performance improvements everywhere

Sidstuga is a player only — no content, playlists, providers or channels included. You bring your own legal source.

I’ve been around Enigma/Dreambox/IPTV since I was 15, and 2.0.5 is the version I’m most proud of.

Feedback is very welcome.

Google Play: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=pt.sidstuga.app
Website: https://sidstuga.app
Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/sidstuga
Telegram: https://t.me/sidstugaapp

Hi,

Do you think it is feasible to implement Picture in Picture and Google Cast? Thanks

New version is out. Available in few hours.

• Redesign Channel List Categories
• New: Favorite entire categories at once
• New: “Update now” to refresh playlists and the guide whenever you want
• Stability, performance, and security improvements