Kanopy vs SpaceController
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Kanopy
Access a vast library of films and documentaries for free with your library card. Enjoy ad-free streaming of award-winning movies, The Criterion Collection, and curated content for children, with new titles added regularly.
- Free film streaming
- Ad-free viewing
- Library card required
- Festival award-winning films
- Documentaries
- The Criterion Collection
- Kanopy Kids with parental controls
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Stream thousands of films for free without ads through your library. Sign up with your library card and start watching festival award-winning films, thought-provoking documentaries, The Criterion Collection, and more with new titles added weekly. Browse Kanopy Kids for unlimited age-appropriate shows and movies with access to parental controls. Available on mobile, web, and living room devices.
SpaceController
Control sound panning in immersive formats using your mobile device's motion sensors. This app and plugin combination offers an intuitive way to manipulate audio in home studios or mixing stages, making complex movements accessible.
- Immersive audio panning
- Motion sensor control
- DAW integration
- Intuitive sound manipulation
- Home studio and mixing stage use
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Space Controller is a plugin and an app, that together allow you to pan sound from stereo to any immersive format, either in a home studio or mixing stage. By connecting a mobile device and its motion sensors with any DAW, our patent pending technology offers a highly efficient and intuitive way to control sounds with the palm of your hand. Every movement you can imagine is now possible, easier than ever - and just a touch away.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ratings volume: Kanopy at 152K against SpaceController's 2. Kanopy also leads on rating (4.8 vs 4.5) and chart position (#126 vs unranked). SpaceController's advantage is update cadence (every 8 days vs every 2 weeks). 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.
Kanopy holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Kanopy has 152K ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Kanopy ships an update every 2 weeks, SpaceController every 8 days. The most recent releases landed on October 15, 2026 and October 1, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Kanopy | SpaceController |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (152K ratings) — better | 4.5 (2 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 72.2% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 152K — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks | Every 8 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Best chart rank | #126 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple TV — better | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 | 14.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 104 MB | 3 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Kanopy | Sound Particles |
Customer experience
Kanopy
SpaceController
Bugs and requests
Kanopy
Reported bugs
5 issues- App crashes and freezes frequently
- Login issues, unable to sign in or access account
- Chromecast and TV streaming problems
- Video playback issues, including blurry or out of sync
- Inconsistent behavior when resuming or rewatching movies
Requested features
6 requests- Add ability to pause, rewind, and resume movies without using credits
- Improve search and browsing functionality
- Provide more content filtering and parental control options
- Add support for offline viewing and downloads
- Enhance Chromecast and TV integration
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- Improve video quality and playback stability
SpaceController
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Kanopy
No in-app purchases
SpaceController
No in-app purchases
