MCS vs ViplexHandy
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
MCS
This intranet application requires dedicated hardware to function. It facilitates control and management within a local network environment.
- Intranet application
- Requires matrix hardware
- Control system
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MCS is a intranet APP, must work together with matrix hardware.
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 ratings volume: ViplexHandy at 29 against MCS's 3. ViplexHandy also leads on review sentiment (12% vs 0%). MCS's advantage is iOS requirement (7.0 vs 13.0). On price, rating, update cadence and ads 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.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 2.3 for MCS against 2.4 for ViplexHandy. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: ViplexHandy has 29 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 0% of MCS's written reviews are positive against 12% of ViplexHandy's.
MCS ships an update every 4 weeks, ViplexHandy every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 2, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | MCS | ViplexHandy |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.3 (3 ratings) | 2.4 (29 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | 11.9% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 3 | 29 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 4 weeks — better | Every 6 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 7.0 — better | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 4 MB | 212 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | 檎 林 | Xi'an NovaStar Tech Co.,Ltd |
Customer experience
MCS
ViplexHandy
In-app purchases
MCS
No in-app purchases
ViplexHandy
No in-app purchases
