Comparison

IFI Archive Player vs LaughBox

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

Head to head
About

IFI Archive Player

Explore a vast collection of Irish film heritage with this app. Stream documentaries, short films, and home movies from the Irish Film Institute's archives directly to your device. Discover unique content regularly updated to showcase Ireland's cinematic history.

Highlights
  • Virtual viewing room of Irish film archives
  • Global access to rich film heritage
  • Browse by category and collections
  • Search by date, location, and interest
  • Regularly updated content
  • Supports Airplay for Apple TV streaming
Features
Read full description

The IFI Player app is a virtual viewing room of treasures from the Irish Film Institute’s (IFI) remarkable moving image collection in our Archives in Dublin, Ireland. This free app will give audiences across the globe instant and exclusive access to this rich heritage. The material on the IFI Player has been carefully selected to give audiences a taste of the breadth and depth of the collections preserved by the IFI Archive. You can browse by category and by specific collections as well as searching by date, location and area of interest. Contemporary short films, newsreels, travelogues, animation, public information films, home movies and documentaries have been included, as we want to reflect all aspects of indigenous amateur and professional film production in Ireland in the past 100 years. New content is uploaded regularly ensuring there is always something unique to discover from the IFI Irish Film Archive anytime and anywhere you want. The IFI Player App uses streaming technology, which means that you must be connected to the Internet in order to watch content. The IFI Player App supports Airplay so you can watch content on your Apple TV from any IOS device.The IFI Player is available worldwide from the App Store We hope you enjoy discovering Ireland’s rich film heritage

About

LaughBox

Features
Read full description

LaughBox is a fun joke and riddle app for kids and families! Browse hundreds of jokes and riddles in 8 languages: English, Danish, Swedish, Norwegian, Finnish, German, Spanish and French. Tap to reveal the answer and keep the laughs going. Perfect for sharing with friends and family!

Screenshots

IFI Archive Player4 screens
LaughBox3 screens

Verdict

The call

IFI Archive Player and LaughBox are too close to call on the numbers: across 5 compared parameters — price, ads, in-app purchases and device support among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

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.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
IFI Archive Player versus LaughBox: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterIFI Archive PlayerLaughBox
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (5 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews50.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings5 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 months—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple TV — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS17.016.2 — better
Further details — not scored
Size9 MB0 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperIrish Film InstituteGaurav Saxena

In-app purchases

None

IFI Archive Player

No in-app purchases

None

LaughBox

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is IFI Archive Player free?
IFI Archive Player is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is LaughBox free?
LaughBox is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do IFI Archive Player or LaughBox have ads?
Neither IFI Archive Player nor LaughBox shows ads.

Other comparisons