ShowTouch 6 vs ViplexHandy
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
ShowTouch 6
This app allows you to remotely control and monitor Alcorn McBride Ethernet-enabled show controllers. It automatically downloads custom user interfaces, enabling you to start sequences, display statuses, and adjust variables from your iPhone or iPad.
- Remote control of show controllers
- Monitor output statuses
- Start sequences
- Set variables
- Toggle outputs
- Automatic UI download
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Control and monitor your Alcorn McBride Ethernet-enabled show controllers with ShowTouch using WinScript Live 5 and 6. ShowTouch connects to your show controller and automatically downloads the custom user interface - now, you can control your show from your iPhone or iPad. User interfaces can be designed using our WinScript Live 5 software. https://alcorn.com/support/software.html • Start sequences • Display output statuses • Set variables • Toggle Outputs • Much More... Note: use of this app requires an Alcorn McBride Show Controller.
ViplexHandy
Manage and control Taurus series multimedia players for LED displays. Design playlists, configure screens, and manage media files directly from your iOS device. This app offers comprehensive control for asynchronous full-color LED displays.
- Screen management
- Solution editing
- System settings
- Media library
- Quick screen configuration
- Real-time control
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ViPlex Handy, designed for the Taurus series products, is an application for the iOS platform. Launched by NovaStar, the Taurus series products are the second generation of multimedia players for small and medium-sized asynchronous full-color LED displays. This application supports functions like screen management, solution editing, system settings, and media library. Screen management: Allows you to manage the Taurus series products in the LAN and supports quick screen configuration, real-time control, playback management, cloud server binding and so on. Solution editing: Allows you to quickly design various playlists which will be sent to the Taurus series products for playback. System settings: Includes software language settings and help documentation. Media library: Allows you to browse the multimedia files on your mobile phone.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: ShowTouch 6 at 100% against ViplexHandy's 12%. ShowTouch 6 also leads on rating (4.0 vs 2.4). ViplexHandy's advantage is ratings volume (28 vs 2). On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
ShowTouch 6 holds the better App Store score, 4.0 against 2.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: ViplexHandy has 28 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of ShowTouch 6's written reviews are positive against 12% of ViplexHandy's.
ShowTouch 6 ships an update every 2 months, ViplexHandy every 6 weeks. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.
| Parameter | ShowTouch 6 | ViplexHandy |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.0 (2 ratings) — better | 2.4 (28 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 11.9% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 2 | 28 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 6 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 29 MB | 212 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Alcorn McBride Inc. | Xi'an NovaStar Tech Co.,Ltd |
Customer experience
ShowTouch 6
ViplexHandy
In-app purchases
ShowTouch 6
No in-app purchases
ViplexHandy
No in-app purchases
