Split screen Player vs Speed Player for Safari
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Split screen Player
Play multiple local videos or pictures simultaneously on one screen. Supports various grid layouts and offers individual video controls like playback speed, volume, and looping. Save recordings and lock the screen to prevent accidental touches.
- Play multiple local videos/pictures
- Multiple grid layouts (1-16)
- Single video playback controls
- Video recording and saving
- Screen lock functionality
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• Multiple different or identical local videos or pictures playing on the same screen • Can be increased to 1 grid, 2 grids, 3 grids, 4 grids, 9 grids, 16 grids (horizontal and vertical screen) • Support for single video operation (Sliding screen controls playback frameand volume, video loop, fast play, slow play, pause) • Support Recording saving; • Support screen lock to prevent clicks and fineSimple mode of operation
Speed Player for Safari
Easily adjust the playback speed of web videos. Speed up lectures or slow down movies with customizable settings and keyboard shortcuts. This extension works without collecting your browsing data.
- Change video playback speed
- Set default speeds
- Apply speeds to longer videos
- Customizable keyboard shortcuts
- No data collection
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Speed Player is a Safari extension that allows you to easily change the playback speed for any video on the web. Whether you need to speed up lectures or slow down international movies, Speed Player has got you covered. Speed Player does not access or collect any data from websites you visit. It requires access to read and modify websites you visit to change the speed of videos. With Speed Player you can set a default playback speed which will be applied to every video, or videos that exceed a certain length. You can also use customisable keyboard shortcuts to quickly increase or decrease the playback rate.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Speed Player for Safari at none against Split screen Player's shown. Speed Player for Safari also leads on update cadence (daily vs every 3 weeks) and rating (4.2 vs 3.7). On price, review sentiment, ratings volume and in-app purchases 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. Split screen Player sells 2 one-off in-app purchases and Speed Player for Safari sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Speed Player for Safari holds the better App Store score, 4.2 against 3.7. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 51 and 45 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 66% of Split screen Player's written reviews are positive against 59% of Speed Player for Safari's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Split screen Player ships an update every 3 weeks, Speed Player for Safari daily. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and November 11, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Split screen Player | Speed Player for Safari |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.7 (51 ratings) | 4.2 (45 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 65.9% of reviews — better | 58.8% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 51 — better | 45 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Daily — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, Mac |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 89 MB | 7 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | 长超 韩 | William Taylor |
Customer experience
Split screen Player
Speed Player for Safari
Bugs and requests
Split screen Player
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Speed Player for Safari
Reported bugs
27 issues- Doesn't work in full-screen mode without prior adjustment
- Playback slower than 0.25x doesn't work on some sites
- App stops working completely, requires reinstallation
- YouTube shorts and Instagram reels don't play if enabled before starting
- No speed player found on YouTube after installation
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- Laggy and unresponsive beyond 2.0x speed
- Skips through video instead of smooth playback at higher speeds
- Not working on Crunchyroll
- Not working on web.careerwill.com at 3x, skips frames
- Manual speed tab creates a buggy tab that cannot be closed without force quitting Safari
- Mac version cannot set custom speed for automatic speed
- Doesn't work on iPad
- Preserves pitch option no longer works on newest iOS
- Pitch shift has stopped working on iOS 18
- Updating iPad breaks the extension, requires resetting permissions
- Doesn't work with Disney+
- Freezes Safari when running, requires force closing Safari
- Stops working all the time, requires Safari restart
- Does not work automatically even when option is selected
- Customize speed will let Safari break down
- No functioning keyboard shortcuts
- Lags computer so much that no buttons work
- YouTube subtitles going out of sync when used
- Set speed automatically never works
- Custom speed (e.g., x2.5) is never displayed
- Manual set of speed every time via many clicks
- Safari opens search bar and becomes unresponsive when choosing custom speed
Requested features
13 requests- Display current playback speed on add-in icon
- Indicate if speed resets on browser restart
- Add pre-set options beyond 0.5-2x
- Ability to add custom speed options to menu
- Smaller step increments (0.1x) for speed adjustment
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- Option to set custom speed increments
- Transparent speed indicator over full-screen videos
- Reset speed option
- Preferred speed option
- Option to set speed for specific websites
- Rewind feature
- Shortcut to set preferred speed
- Chinese language version
In-app purchases
Split screen Player
- No Watermark$0.99
- Fluent No Ads$5.99
Speed Player for Safari
- Generous Tip$0.99
- Amazing Tip$1.99
- Legendary Tip$3.99
Questions
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