Waffle vs Playlist Extractor
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Waffle
Access and organize videos from YouTube, Dailymotion, and Vimeo in a single application. Discover trending content, create custom playlists, and enjoy a distraction-free viewing experience with a minimal interface and dark theme option.
- Watch videos from YouTube, Dailymotion & Vimeo
- Search across multiple platforms
- Create and manage custom playlists
- Explore trending videos
- Minimal player interface
- Dark Theme support
- Save favorite videos
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Watch YouTube, Dailymotion & Vimeo Videos - All in One Place. Waffle is a smart video player that lets you search, watch, and organize videos from YouTube, Dailymotion, and Vimeo - without switching between apps. Discover trending content, create playlists, and enjoy a clean, minimal video experience with enhanced iPad support, including landscape mode and multitasking. Key Features: • Watch videos from YouTube, Dailymotion & Vimeo • Search across platforms in one app • Create and manage custom video playlists • Explore trending and popular videos • Minimal player for distraction-free watching • Dark Mode support • Optimized for iPad with landscape mode support • Supports Slide Over and Split View multitasking One Player for All Your Videos Waffle makes video discovery simple and enjoyable. Whether you're watching music videos, trending clips, or your personal playlists, Waffle brings everything together in one easy-to-use app. Download Waffle and start watching smarter.
Playlist Extractor
Convert text files containing video links into playable playlists. Save and manage your video collections within the app for easy viewing on video platforms or web browsers. Enjoy seamless playback of individual videos or entire playlists.
- Convert text files to video playlists
- Save playlists within the app
- Play videos individually or as a playlist
- View playlists on video platforms
- View playlists in a web browser
- Save playlists to phone memory
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Playlist Extractor is a video Links to video Playlist converter. You can load a text file into this app, and then the app will create a playlist of the video links in the app, and allows you to view the playlist on video. You can also save the video Playlists in this app and play each video separately or in playlist format on the video platform. * The playlist can be played directly on the video ios app, or in a web browser. * To view each video separately, click on the icon on the right of each video. * The save button saves the playlist in the phone's memory and not online.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Waffle at 4.6 against Playlist Extractor's 1.0. Waffle also leads on ratings volume (165 vs 1) and update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 3 months). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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.
Waffle holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 1.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Waffle has 165 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Waffle ships an update every 3 weeks, Playlist Extractor every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Waffle | Playlist Extractor |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (165 ratings) — better | 1.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 30.4% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 165 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks — better | Every 3 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 — better | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 28 MB | 25 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Artur Remizov | Mohit Khanna |
Customer experience
Waffle
Playlist Extractor
Bugs and requests
Waffle
Reported bugs
5 issues- Subscriptions removed
- Background play stopped working
- Scrubbing/seeking issues
- Crashes and freezes
- Compatibility issues with iOS 13
Requested features
7 requests- Bring back background playback
- Bring back subscription tab
- Add shuffle play for playlists
- Add volume adjustment slider
- Add rewind/forward buttons
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- Resume playback from where left off
- Add captions/subtitles support
Playlist Extractor
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Waffle
No in-app purchases
Playlist Extractor
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is Waffle free?
Is Playlist Extractor free?
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