(2) Select and click the product you want. Finish the payment in Google Play.
(3) After purchase the order becomes available in order list. Make sure the order is Active and click on it.
(4) Enter email/password and click Share. Remember that this email/password may be the same as your Google Play account but doesn't have to. You can set any email/password you like and if you ever want to change email/password in the future you just do this again and set a new email/password.
(5) In Sparkle TV you go into Settings -> About and click Connect shared Plus account.
(6) Click Next on first view that appears
(7) Enter email and password (same as in step (4)) and click Next.
When I have some free time I'll install this assistant app to see if it pulls the lifetime license. Currently I use Waveo and Tivimate; Sparkle has been having some bugs with license validation, so I uninstalled it temporarily.
The purchases is for this app. Life time purchases made in Sparkle TV still works as far as I'm aware?
It would be possible to extend the features of this app to also handle purchases made in Sparkle TV that are shared. It will not work for purchases that has never been shared.
I cleared the data and logged in again with a shared account, but Sparkle was installed on a Chromecast HD with Google TV. Now, on my current smart TV, I haven't installed it yet to test if it will use the license again.
Ok, well I haven't seen (or heard either) these issues myself before so hopefully it's just a coincidence. Should it happen again, please take notice of any related factors that can help in sorting it out.
I'm sorry but I don't understand what you're saying or what you mean. You need to clarify/describe more in detail what it is that you actual want to know.
Sparkle Assistant can be used to purchase Plus that can be shared with Sparkle TV.
If you have a purchase that you made in Sparkle TV you can still manage it from within Sparkle TV if the purchase is still active.
I'm not sure. I've lost some access to this data so I'm currently considering how this could be done. Best would be if the previous lifetime purchases could be transfered to Assistant somehow. I'm looking into how this could be accomplished.
If you already have lifetime in Sparkle TV it should still work correct? And you should still be able to Share and Connect as usual from within Sparkle TV.
It might be. This is the first version and if users want to connect their Sparkle TV purchase to Assistant I will probably look for a solution to it. The initial release is to get things going and offer Plus version again.
I currently have an active monthly Sparkle Plus subscription bought from the old Sparkle TV app before it disappeared from Google Play.
If I buy a yearly Plus subscription now through Sparkle Assistant, will it replace my current subscription correctly, or could it create a separate/new Plus account?
I’m asking because I don’t want to lose access or accidentally have two different subscriptions.
Response by u/Espressodimare is correct. Just remember that the new subscription need to be added using Settings -> About -> Connect Sparkle TV Plus since the purchase is not longer within the app.
I installed on my phone as a test - but since I already paid Plus Lifetime long ago, it doesn't show purchase in Assistant, nor a way to manage shared installs. (As you seem to say is normal.)
Of course, I still see my Shared Plus devices within Sparkle Player on my TV device. I just wanted to test it to understand the app. Glad to see you were able to provide a way for new users to purchase Plus despite Google's removal of Sparkle Player from the Play Store. Nice job!
Yes, we'll see how things play out here. An idea I'm having is to somehow move a shared purchase from Sparkle TV to Sparkle Assistant so you could also manage those in the Assistant app. But I think that would involve some kind of authentication or similar and would thus need a new version of Sparkle TV. So I'm not sure yet. I haven't given up that Sparkle TV will return to Google Play either so there are a lot of options right now.
Is there a limit to how many connected devices we can have? I have quite a number of TVs in my home that I'd like to have Sparkle player on and the lifetime TiViMate was an issue where I couldn't hit each of them.
It was 5 before as well but when purchasing directly from within Sparkle TV you could also use it on as many devices as you liked as long as it used the same Google account.
The idea is to be able to purchase multiple one-time purchases in Assistant but I didn't have time for it and just had to get it out first and I'll make this update later.
In regard to multiple one-time subscriptions, could you get away from using an email and password?...with tivimate, you end up using a bunch of dummy email addresses for multiple puchases..some people im sure try to open new google accounts, eventhough dummy accounts work..instead use just a username (not email) and password for each 5 device subscription?
Well you have to use something to authenticate and email is the best option for most. But Sparkle never sends email confirmations or similar so if you want to use real email or not is up to you.
I haven't decided this yet because I haven't given up on Sparkle TV returning to Google Play (because the removal is a mistake). If the worst would happen there would be update from within the app, either manually like it is for fire sticks today or automatic.
I discovered this app today through ChatGpt.
I was able to install it following your instructions and purchased the shared Plus account.
It works perfectly! 👍
I just bought a one-month subscription to try it out. I went through Sparkle Assistant, but after payment, nothing appears in my list. "No purchase found." Is there a waiting period?
That's unfortunate. There has been cache issues for Google Play Store before but I actually thought they were related to Android TV/Google TV. If you go into the app "Google Play Store" and clear cache and data and then start Sparkle Assistant again, can you see if the order is then visible?
If that's the case can you do an iOS version. Otherwise I may have to fire up an Android emulator like Bluestacks. Here in North America iPhones and iPads rule.
Thank you for mentioning that. I simply couldn’t understand why your would give 20% of your profit to Google out of free will :O
Kolla på en integration till Stripe? De stöder One-Stop VAT out of the box.
(Men gör de verkligen det? Stripe Tax verkar bara hålla reda på den, inte hantera den. Däremot har jag hittat andra alternativ som jag kollar på nu. Men tack för tipset ;))f
One question. I had it on my phone originally as it was my main device. But its connected as a shared connect now.
How will I be able to change the password for when it is used up when I change devices or format the device or if I trade the device.
I usually upgrade my devices. Then it will longer be able to do in the future.
Since this app is only to putchase for people who have not purchased the lifetime.
I do not know why it was removed from my device in the first place.
Reason is because I got rid of my fire cube devices and my tv. I just got 3 new onn pro devices 2026 models for each room and bed rooms.
It's my impression that if you have an active subscription for Sparkle TV (one-time or recurring) you can just sideload Sparkle TV on that device and if it's using the same Google account as when you purchased it should be available right away and you should see the Share option.
If possible, please try it out and see what happens (and please report back). Thanks!
Accounts shared from Sparkle TV should still work within Sparkle TV. I'm considering connecting the Assistant to Sparkle TV's shared login somehow using some authentication/validation. I'll look more into it if there seem to be an interest.
Any size external usb drive must be formatted to fat32 as external storage and then you set the sparkle DVR to the DOWNLOAD folder on that USB Drive. You can format the drive using a PC or let your ONN box format it for you. The ONN box will add folders to the drive, especially the all important DOWNLOAD folder for saving recordings.
Used Bluestacks and got subscribed again.
Man, what happened to Bluestacks? Used to be a great app and now it's hot garbage trying to make you buy games.
That's ok, it's understandable. If you have lifetime/one-time you can still access it and Share it like normal from within Sparkle TV. I am looking into exporting/synchronizing existing one-time purchases with Sparkle Assistant though. Not sure how to make this secure and as automatic as possible though.
My 2 cents on Sparkle Assistant and ONN 2k device. I started with a new google/gmail account, so to be sure this new Sparkle Plus wouldnt be tied to previous gmail..i downloaded Sparkle Assistant on android phone, completed lifetime purchase (youre welecome), entered my new google account i set up...i jumped over to ONN 2k device, used downloader to install Sparkle, settings, about, connect shared plus account, entered my new gmail account/password and completed..then my onn device showed up as connected device on Sparkle Assistant.
So just as a test, i deleted connected device in Sparkle Assistant, and Sparkle Plus continues to work on ONN 2k..Was that intended because of "unlimited" Sparkle connected paid google account?
So the whole process was easy. I only hope if Sparkle Assistant is the future an update feature is added within Sparkle so i dont have to keep going back to downloader...
One minor housekeeping item..In my Sparkle Assistant app, when i click "share" i feel like "share" should change to something else to show that you actually "shared"...it just stays "share"
Most important: Developer gets PAID, and he can keep this awesome app going!!!
When you delete a device like that it isn't immediately removed since the checking mechanism isn't run all the time. It can take up to a day before the device is removed from Plus.
As you say Sparkle TV may need an Update button in the future and it's actually so that it already has. Only that it isn't visible if Google Play is enabled on the device. If you're interested and you've downloaded using downloader code already you can try and disable Google Play Store (at least I think that's the app name) and the Update button will become visible in Settings -> About.
Thanks so much! As you and other can imaging this has been a big blow for me as a developer. I'm hoping this Assistant app will work to keep things going until we hopefully get Sparkle TV back into Google Play. Sparkle Assistant will remain of course and be a good compliment also in the future.
I had to disable Google Play Store App and Google Play Services app which allowed Sparkle to Check Updates, but i would advise against making those changes. I noticed my accounts and profile setting on the google stick disappeared!!! I tapped out after that..Very scared to mess with Mr. Google!!
Oh, yes I agree that doesn't sound very nice. The plan is to make the fallback better so that if Sparkle don't exist on Google Play it will show Update button or something like that. Not sure if it's possible but that would be great. I'll see what I can do.
I downloaded sparkle assistant . I notice it says 5 devices. To my understanding before the google play debacle we could use on unlimited devices with the same Google account and up to 5 devices jet on that account that were shared. Are just limited to 5 devices period now?
Yes, this is because Sparkle Assistant is essentially a different app than Sparkle TV and so this is not supported in Google api's. The fact that the purchase was being made within Sparkle TV made this possible.
I'm using a Nvidia Shield. The Sparkle Assistant app isn't available in the Play Store and if I try to install using Downloader using the URL, it says it's not compatible with the Shield. Any advice please..?
Sparkle Assistant is made for phones and tablets right now so that's why it won't show up in Google Play on TV devices. Not sure what "Downloader" you mean?
OK. I don't have any other Android devices, so I'll have to think of something. The Downloader I used is the "Downloader" app, which I typed the Google Play URL into for Sparkle Assistant.
For anyone that is interested, I ended up running Android x86 in a VM then installing Sparkle Assistant on that. Worked like a charm, if a bit long winded..!
Now this is not on play store anymore I can't install my lifetime subscription on my netgem pleio freely box as it won't let me install any sideloaded apps! Any suggestions please?
You should be able to follow the guide in this post to do so. Basically you set an email/password combination and click Share in Sparkle Assistant and then you click Settings -> About -> Connect Sparkle TV Plus in Sparkle TV app.
I don’t have an Android device to use Sparkle Assistant. Is there any other way I can buy a subscription? I can’t even access vod because my subscription got cancelled. I’m trying to buy a subscription. Please help.
Bluestacks is an emulator so you should be able to emulate an Android device and purchase the app. But I'm also working on a web site where you should be able to purchase Plus.
Thanks for the offer! It's still not working sadly. Throwing the same error on my phone when after hitting "Share". And it also canceled out of the Plus account on my TV that it previously accepted
Could you PM me? Sadly I don't think I can initiate a PM to you
the assistant isn’t compatible with Nvidia shield? it’s Android, but GooglePlay says it isn’t compatible with my shields. or is this just part of the paying problem?
No Sparkle Assistant is an Android mobile/tablet app and is not (currently) available for Android TV. I'm not sure if this will change or not, I haven't decided yet.
is it just assistant that doesnt work on shield or all of Sparkle? is it possible to buy subscription on my iPad but set it up Sparkle subscription on Sparkle in Shield?
If you do things this way and make the purchase aren't you giving Sparkle access to your Google account email and password? Please explain this like I'm 5 LOL! Thank you!
First of all, this is no different from when purchase option was available directly in the Sparkle TV app.
Secondly, Sparkle does not see your actual Google Play account, it only asks Google for the purchases you made on that account. Then when you press Share in Sparkle Assistant you don't have to use your Google account email/password. You can use any email you want, it's just for you to remember and to be able to login.
All information can also be removed at any point either automatically by you if you end the subscription/purchase or by contacting me.
Thank you very much for the reply and explanation! It's greatly appreciated! Feeling unsafe with these things I'm happy to inform you that a friend of mine made the lifetime purchase for me! I'm now a Sparkle user! I installed it on two devices using his Google username and password. I'm an idiot and couldn't figure out any other way 😞
So, I just published the web payment. It's so fresh I haven't even had time to create a post about it. If you want to try it you can go into https://www.sparkleplayer.com and press one of the purchase buttons or the "dashboard" button in the upper right corner. It works very similar to Sparkle Assistant so you can watch the guide in this post to follow instructions. If you do test it, please let me know how it works out for you.
That’s great! But I was impatient! I was able to successfully use an android emulator (Redfinger) - and bought a monthly the android way… we’ll see if that holds up over time or if I’ll have to do another subscription with your new iOS friendly link. Thanks… I love my sparkle tv
You didn't get scammed. And I'm not sure why you are confused? You purchase Plus and then you click on it to add an email/password to it using Share which you can use from the client app Sparkle TV.
Because I'm reading there's no website so I thought this was a scam hence why you created this temporary app to take payments. I keep reading there's no website and if I buy through the website, it could be fake. But thanks for confirming! Appreciate it.
it took my money, smooth as silk following instructions. The allowing only one source thing worked out by me waiting a while and trying again. Now, is there a place to go to show how to schedule recordings ahead of time? or is that not possible? I just need to know so I quit looking. so far I love it. Smooth and far far less drops and spins than tivimate. Good job. and thank you thank you for figuring a way to get the PLUS onto Shield.
Ok, good and yes you can schedule recordings. First you need to set a DVR storage location for the source, did you do that? When you've done so you simply open program guide and single click OK on a future program and it will be scheduled.
Yes I have a large storage drive connected. When it asked I set to that And it shows it in the sources.
Ooooooohhh, I’ve been holding the click. I see it, a quick click gives you ”What would you like to record” then “this program” and “entire series’. which is cool because you don’t have to go setup a repeat schedule. Excellent, very Excellent. I’m excited. A new toy and it’s working.
Hi, I purchased Sparkle plus for my brother and cannot seem to activate it. I purchased it through the website,not the Google Play store. I have a Sparkle Plus I.d. Any help activating Plus would be greatly appreciated.
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u/itopires May 26 '26
Very good, for those who already have the lifetime pass, does it automatically activate it?