Kanopy vs KMUN
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.
KMUN
This application provides access to local news, public affairs, music, and entertainment programming. It aims to deliver content with an awareness of social issues like bias, racism, and inequality.
- News programming
- Public affairs content
- Music selection
- Entertainment shows
- Curated programming
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KMUN is your local source for high quality and thoughtfully curated programming, from our news and public affairs to music and entertainment. It is our duty to provide this in a way that is conscious of implicit bias, systemic racism, and societal inequities.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Kanopy at every 2 weeks against KMUN's every 5 months. Kanopy also leads on ratings volume (152K vs 6) and chart position (#172 vs unranked). KMUN's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.8). 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.
KMUN holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Kanopy has 152K ratings behind it against 6, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Kanopy ships an update every 2 weeks, KMUN every 5 months. The most recent releases landed on October 19, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Kanopy | KMUN |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (152K ratings) | 5.0 (6 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 72.3% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 152K — better | 6 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks — better | Every 5 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Best chart rank | #172 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple TV — better | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 — better | 15.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 104 MB | 18 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Kanopy | Creek |
Customer experience
Kanopy
KMUN
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
KMUN
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Kanopy
No in-app purchases
KMUN
No in-app purchases
