MPI Mobile App vs MediaBuddy
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
MPI Mobile App
This app offers a quick guide to benefits for participants of the Motion Picture Industry Pension & Health Plans. It provides essential information for members to understand their coverage and entitlements.
- Benefit guide access
- Participant information
- Health plan details
- Pension plan details
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The MPI App is designed to provide a quick guide to benefits for participants of the Motion Picture Industry Pension & Health Plans.
MediaBuddy
Estimate video and audio file sizes, network transfer times, and LTO tape write times. Supports various professional media formats like ProRes, DNxHD, DPX, TIFF, and DCPs.
- Estimate video/audio file sizes
- Calculate network transfer times
- Estimate LTO tape write times
- Supports ProRes
- Supports DNxHD
- Supports DPX, TIFF, DCPs
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MediaBuddy is a simple tool to quickly estimate video and audio file sizes as well as network transfer and LTO tape write times. Supports ProRes, DNxHD, DPX, TIFF and DCPs.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: MediaBuddy at 100% against MPI Mobile App's 0%. MediaBuddy also leads on rating (5.0 vs 2.4). MPI Mobile App's advantage is price (Free vs $1.99) and update cadence (every 2 months vs every 47 months). On 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
MPI Mobile App is free to download; MediaBuddy costs $1.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
MediaBuddy holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 2.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: MPI Mobile App has 28 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 0% of MPI Mobile App's written reviews are positive against 100% of MediaBuddy's.
MPI Mobile App ships an update every 2 months, MediaBuddy every 47 months. The most recent releases landed on October 6, 2026 and October 1, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | MPI Mobile App | MediaBuddy |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $1.99 |
| Rating | 2.4 (28 ratings) | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 28 — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months — better | Every 47 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 74 MB | 18 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | MOTION PICTURE INDUSTRY HEALTH PLAN | Denis Leconte |
Customer experience
MPI Mobile App
MediaBuddy
In-app purchases
MPI Mobile App
No in-app purchases
MediaBuddy
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is MPI Mobile App free?
Is MediaBuddy free?
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