Comparison

ViplexHandy vs M3 Studio

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • Screen management
  • Solution editing
  • System settings
  • Media library
  • Quick screen configuration
  • Real-time control
Features
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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.

About

M3 Studio

Features
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The software includes screen management, program editing, equipment system settings, media library and other functions. User login: Management of commercial display series products in the LAN, quick screen configuration, real-time monitoring, playback management, cloud server binding and other functions. Program management: Quickly create a rich program list for sending to commercial display series products for playback. System settings: software language settings, software version.

Screenshots

ViplexHandy4 screens
M3 Studio4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: ViplexHandy at every 6 weeks against M3 Studio's every 8 months. ViplexHandy also leads on iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.6). On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support 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.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

ViplexHandy ships an update every 6 weeks, M3 Studio every 8 months. The most recent releases landed on September 19, 2026 and September 9, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
ViplexHandy versus M3 Studio: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterViplexHandyM3 Studio
PriceFreeFree
Rating2.4 (28 ratings) — better
Positive reviews11.9% of reviews
Number of ratings28 — better
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeks — betterEvery 8 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS13.0 — better15.6
Further details — not scored
Size212 MB225 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperXi'an NovaStar Tech Co.,Ltdmooncell

In-app purchases

None

ViplexHandy

No in-app purchases

None

M3 Studio

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is ViplexHandy free?
ViplexHandy is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is M3 Studio free?
M3 Studio is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do ViplexHandy or M3 Studio have ads?
Neither ViplexHandy nor M3 Studio shows ads.
Which is updated more often, ViplexHandy or M3 Studio?
ViplexHandy ships an update every 6 weeks, and M3 Studio every 8 months. Most recently, ViplexHandy was updated on September 19, 2026 and M3 Studio on September 9, 2026.

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