Comparison

Split Screen Multitasking View vs FlipScan

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Split Screen Multitasking View

This app allows users to view and interact with two applications or web pages simultaneously on their iPhone or iPad. It provides a split-screen experience for enhanced productivity and multitasking, offering features like a social plugin, file manager, and customizable browser.

Highlights
  • Dual split screens for simultaneous app viewing
  • Social media plugin for easy account switching
  • File manager for saving downloads and screenshots
  • Customizable split view browser
  • Left-handed user interface support
  • Page capture for full web page screenshots
Features
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Stop juggling tabs and apps on iPhone. Do 2+ things at once on your iPhone and let private on-device AI take a look at two or more panes and get you answers from across things you're doing in the app. From the original split screen browser, this parallel view app is now the multitasking you have always missed on your iPhone. Split Screen began in 2015 as the first of its kind, original split-screen browser, it went on to become the #1 utility/productivity app in 50+ countries, it also became the Top 10 in around 100 countries, including the USA, China and Japan. Version 3.0 is the leap the technology finally allows: two live panes, 40+ built-in tools, four home themes and a private, on device AI brain getting better over time.. This is the complete split screen multitasking experience for iPhone that I've always dreamed of building for you and me. TWO PAGES, ONE SCREEN • Two independent panes, read, watch, shop and research in both at once • Drag to resize, tap to swap, long-press for quick actions • Each pane keeps its own tabs, history and scroll position ON-DEVICE AI THAT READS BOTH PAGES • RECONCILE: One tap and the AI reads BOTH open panes, then reconciles them into a single clear card. Two product pages become one verdict. A claim and its source become one check. • SUMMARY: distills the page you are reading into a crisp, private summary. Pinch in, done. • COMPANION: an on-device chat about the page in front of you. Reconcile, Summary and Companion use Apple's on-device AI and require an Apple Intelligence-capable iPhone. Nothing you read is ever sent to a server. On every other iPhone, both panes, the 40+ tools, everything else works in full. Prefer to do the reading yourself? Optional Tandem sync-scroll: switch it on in Settings and both panes scroll together as you read. EVERY AI, SIDE BY SIDE Open ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, Perplexity and Grok side by side, each in its own pane, each with its own signed-in session, and compare their answers on one screen. The AI Row puts 20 AI services a tap away, the AI Cube swipes between them, the AI Compare bento sends one question to two at once. Ask them all the same thing. See who is right or gives you the best answers. 40+ TOOLS, BUILT IN Notes, Calculator, Translate, QR scanner, Read-Aloud, Maps, Weather, Stocks and more, 40+ tools and mini apps that open right in a pane, so nothing pulls you out of your flow. Plus every browser essential: smart address bar, private browsing, bookmarks, reading list, full-page capture, save as PDF and left-handed layout support, rare on iOS. Three Themes: • Atelier: clean, calm and editorial • AI Stage: scroll tabs like cards for easy overview of everything you want to do simultaneously • Matrix: code-rain for night owls PRIVATE BY DESIGN • No account, no sign-in, no tracking • The app collects no data, there is nothing to leak • The AI runs on your iPhone, so your reading stays on your iPhone • Optional family-safety suite: parent PIN, web filtering, approved-sites list and time limits, parent-configured, off by default MADE TO ADAPT TO HOW YOU MULTITASK • Students: read the paper with the textbook right under it. • Shoppers: compare two products before you buy. • Traders: watch the market while you read the news. • Parents: cartoons on top, your feed below. • Developers: run an AI coder beside the docs. • Fact checkers: put the claim next to its source. • Whatever two things you do, do them at once, and let Reconcile connect them. ONE PRICE, EVERYTHING INCLUDED Split Screen 3.0 is a one-time purchase, every feature, no subscription, no ads, no account. The next chapter moves new downloads to a different pricing model; buy 3.0 now before prices go up. Since 2015 this app has been built by a one man army. I'm back at full speed, write to me when something is off or you wish it did more: I read everything and build what you need quickly. ► Download Split Screen now, open two pages, ask one question, get one answer. ◄

About

FlipScan

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Flip the pages—turn any book or notebook into knowledge you can actually use. Digitize entire textbooks and notebooks just by flipping through them. Then let AI summarize, translate, and extract key points, so your scans become real material for study and work. Don't let scans end as forgotten PDFs. No more photographing one page at a time. Perspective correction, spread splitting, and OCR all happen automatically. FlipScan detects page movement in real time and captures at the perfect moment—video-based scanning that's faster than traditional scanner apps. ▼ From Storing to Using Scanning is just the start. FlipScan turns pages into text with OCR, and AI understands the content—summarize, translate, and extract key points with a single tap. Even the reading pile you never get to becomes knowledge you can pull up instantly. ▼ On-Device AI, So It's Safe AI summarization, translation, and key-point extraction run entirely on your iPhone (Apple Intelligence / on-device AI). Your textbooks and notes are never sent to external servers and never used to train AI. Use your own materials for your own learning, with peace of mind. ▼ Who It's For • Students digitizing textbooks and study materials to actually study from • Professionals who need to capture and summarize meeting documents fast • Anyone organizing handwritten notes as shareable PDFs • Anyone scanning large volumes of pages efficiently ▼ Key Features 【Auto Scan】 Hold your camera and flip the pages. FlipScan detects page movement in real time and captures automatically when the page is stable. Manual capture and photo-library import are also supported. 【Page Detection & Correction】 Automatically detects document edges. Corrects skew and perspective distortion, and splits book spreads into individual pages. 【OCR & Text Extraction】 Converts scanned images to text with OCR supporting Japanese and English. Extracts structured Markdown with headings, links, and images. 【AI Assistant】 AI analyzes your scanned content. Summarize, translate, and extract key points with one tap, with follow-up conversation supported. Runs on Apple Intelligence (iOS 26+) or on-device AI. 【Library Management】 Organize scans into decks. Color labels, favorites, bookmarks, and drag-and-drop page reordering. Full-text search across all pages. 【Export】 Export as PDF or Markdown. Share to other apps with built-in sharing support. ▼ Subscriptions FlipScan Pro (auto-renewable subscription) • Monthly plan: renews every 1 month • Yearly plan: renews every 1 year • Prices are shown on the in-app purchase screen (varies by App Store region/currency) • Payment is charged to your Apple Account at confirmation of purchase. Subscriptions renew automatically unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period, and the renewal is charged accordingly. Manage or cancel in your Apple Account settings after purchase. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://appslp.pages.dev/flipscan/en/privacy

Screenshots

Split Screen Multitasking View4 screens
FlipScan4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: FlipScan at Free against Split Screen Multitasking View's $8.99. Split Screen Multitasking View's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 3). On ads, device support and iOS requirement there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

FlipScan is free to download; Split Screen Multitasking View costs $8.99 up front. FlipScan sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Split Screen Multitasking View asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard2 real differences · 6 level
Split Screen Multitasking View versus FlipScan: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSplit Screen Multitasking ViewFlipScan
Price$8.99Free — better
Positive reviews40.7% of reviews—
Update frequencyEvery 2 months—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS18.017.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size42 MB50 MB
Age rating17+4+
Developervishnu raoShinsuke Terada

Bugs and requests

Split Screen Multitasking View

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Crashes and freezes
  • Login and account issues
  • Compatibility problems

Requested features

4 requests
  • Support for more apps
  • Landscape mode
  • Customization options
  • Improved stability and performance

FlipScan

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Split Screen Multitasking View

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

FlipScan

Subscriptions2
  • FlipScan Monthly$2.991 Month
  • FlipScan Yearly$29.991 Year
One-time1
  • 30-Page Pack$0.99

Questions

Is Split Screen Multitasking View free?
Split Screen Multitasking View costs $8.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is FlipScan free?
FlipScan is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Split Screen Multitasking View or FlipScan have ads?
Neither Split Screen Multitasking View nor FlipScan shows ads.

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