Comparison

LaMetric Smile vs EPGPlayer

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

LaMetric Smile

Express yourself with a vast collection of pixel art stickers and animations. Create your own unique pixelated designs or share existing ones through messaging apps. Enhance your smart clock display with custom pixel art.

Highlights
  • Pixel art sticker collection
  • Animation sharing
  • Built-in creator tool
  • Customizable clock faces
  • Messaging app integration
  • DIY pixel art creation
Features
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Share your pixelated emotions! Pixel art is a culture that has created a whole generation. Do you feel nostalgic for that time? Try out the collection of stickers and animations, created by the pixel art community or create your own. Now everyone can share pixelated emotions in Hangouts and other messengers using the LaMetric Smile app. Share your feelings or mood by choosing among thousands of pixelated stickers or create your own with a built-in creator. - Send your favorite pic to a friend to recall the same feeling, festive mood or express your emotions. - Be funny and quirky — express yourself with pixelated stickers - Show your creativity with 8x8 Do-It-Yourself pixelated stickers or animations and send your masterpiece to friends. Be creative! - Make your favorite sticker a clock face or a part of a happy message in your living room or office. With LaMetric Time smart clock you can style up your working desk with the favorite sticker as a clock face, send happy messages to your family directly into the living room, or make your team laugh with an apt joke. Happiness at a glance!

About

EPGPlayer

This unofficial client connects to your EPGStation server to stream live TV and recorded programs. It supports various formats, subtitles, PiP mode, and offline downloads. Manage schedules, set notifications, and authenticate securely.

Highlights
  • Live TV and recorded program playback
  • Supports TS and encoded formats
  • ARIB STD-B24 subtitle support
  • Picture-in-Picture (PiP) mode
  • Offline program downloads
  • Program schedule management and notifications
  • Secure server authentication
Features
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This is an unofficial native app for EPGStation. You must have your own EPGStation server to use this app. Key features: - Playback - Recorded program playback - Livestream TV playback - Supports both encoded and original "TS" (無変換) formats - Supports "ARIB STD-B24" subtitles through "libaribcaption" - Supports PiP (Picture in Picture) mode - Supports playback on external displays (e.g. AirPlay) - Downloads - Download recorded programs for offline playback - Download continues while the app is in background - Program schedules - Show program schedules for all channels - Show currently playing program for a live channel - Set notifications for programs - Add programs to calendar - Schedule and manage program recordings - Server authentication - SSO-based authentication (Cloudflare Zero Trust) - HTTP basic authentication - Custom HTTP Authorization header Licenses for videos used in the screenshots: Wing It!, Sprite Fright, Coffee Run, Glass Half: (CC) Blender Foundation | studio.blender.org Spring: © Blender Foundation | cloud.blender.org/spring Agent 327: Operation Barbershop is released under CC-BY-ND license.

Screenshots

LaMetric Smile4 screens
EPGPlayer4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: EPGPlayer at 100% against LaMetric Smile's 28%. EPGPlayer also leads on rating (5.0 vs 2.2) and update cadence (every 2 months vs every 20 months). LaMetric Smile's advantage is ratings volume (6 vs 1) and iOS requirement (11.0 vs 18.0). 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

EPGPlayer holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 2.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: LaMetric Smile has 6 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 28% of LaMetric Smile's written reviews are positive against 100% of EPGPlayer's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

LaMetric Smile ships an update every 20 months, EPGPlayer every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 7, 2026 and October 12, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
LaMetric Smile versus EPGPlayer: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLaMetric SmileEPGPlayer
PriceFreeFree
Rating2.2 (6 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews27.8% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings6 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 20 monthsEvery 2 months — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, Mac — better
Requires iOS11.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size38 MB60 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperSmart Atoms Limited宜 谢

Customer experience

LaMetric Smile

All ratings6 ratings
Positive33.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative66.7%
Written reviews18 reviews
Positive27.8%
Neutral0.0%
Negative72.2%

EPGPlayer

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

LaMetric Smile

No in-app purchases

None

EPGPlayer

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is LaMetric Smile free?
LaMetric Smile is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is EPGPlayer free?
EPGPlayer is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, LaMetric Smile or EPGPlayer?
EPGPlayer is rated higher. LaMetric Smile averages 2.2 out of 5 from 6 ratings, while EPGPlayer averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do LaMetric Smile or EPGPlayer have ads?
Neither LaMetric Smile nor EPGPlayer shows ads.
Which is updated more often, LaMetric Smile or EPGPlayer?
LaMetric Smile ships an update every 20 months, and EPGPlayer every 2 months. Most recently, LaMetric Smile was updated on October 7, 2026 and EPGPlayer on October 12, 2026.

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