FlipFlop Mobile vs Streambox Media Player
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
FlipFlop Mobile
This app allows field crews, freelancers, and viewers to send breaking content directly to their station, network, or affiliates. It acts as a media ingest system for real-time content delivery.
- Direct content pipeline
- For field crews
- For freelancers
- For viewers
- Breaking content submission
- Station/network delivery
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FlipFlop provides a direct pipeline for field crews, freelancers, and viewers to send breaking content back to their station, network, and affiliates.
Streambox Media Player
This app plays HD/HDR IP video streams from encoders or cloud services. It's ideal for content providers to review live feeds and for post-production teams to collaborate remotely on video projects.
- HD/HDR playback
- IP video stream support
- Streambox encoder integration
- Streambox Cloud Services compatibility
- Remote live stream review
- Collaborative post-production workflows
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Streambox® Media Player is an HD/HDR player for IP video streams arriving from Streambox encoders or from the Streambox Cloud services. The Media Player is well suited for streams being pushed (routed to) or pulled from the Streambox Cloud Services. This media player is used by media content providers (e.g., news services) to remotely review live streams, and by post-production services for collaborative workflows with colorist, editors, and producers, and by media producers for on-site or on-location monitoring.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: FlipFlop Mobile at 5.0 against Streambox Media Player's 4.2. FlipFlop Mobile also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 67%). Streambox Media Player's advantage is ratings volume (93 vs 2) and update cadence (every 6 weeks vs every 6 months). 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
FlipFlop Mobile holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Streambox Media Player has 93 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of FlipFlop Mobile's written reviews are positive against 67% of Streambox Media Player's.
FlipFlop Mobile ships an update every 6 months, Streambox Media Player every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and November 2, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | FlipFlop Mobile | Streambox Media Player |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better | 4.2 (93 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 66.7% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 2 | 93 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 6 months | Every 6 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac, Apple TV — better |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 13.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 17 MB | 50 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Charles McCrary | Streambox Inc. |
Customer experience
FlipFlop Mobile
Streambox Media Player
In-app purchases
FlipFlop Mobile
No in-app purchases
Streambox Media Player
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is FlipFlop Mobile free?
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