yyb vs PaperVN
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
yyb
This app is a versatile media player that supports local file playback, network streaming, and file management. It offers advanced playback features like variable speed, looping, and subtitle support, along with organizational tools for playlists and file sorting. It also includes screen casting and picture browsing capabilities.
- Local and network media playback
- Variable speed and A/B looping
- Subtitle and LRC lyric support
- File management and sorting
- Screen casting and picture browsing
- Network streaming and SMB/FTP access
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影音宝Pro版具备如下特点: 1.播放本地文件,相册视频播放。 2.支持扫描二维码。 3.支持通过局域网上传文件(发现->WiFi 网页文件管理,电脑浏览器中打开提示的 IP 地址)。 4.支持大部分音视频格式,变速播放(1/8-8),A/B循环播放功能支持,定时停止播放;强大的播放列表管理功能,将喜爱的音视频文件收藏到列表里;视频播放,支持 1-8 倍双指缩放。 5.相册视频导入,删除,分享,编辑功能。 6.新增本地影音文件多点记忆播放功能,即标签功能;可以为选择的时间点增加标签说明,方便记录各种重点内容。 7.支持lrc歌词,支持迷你模式和全屏动画界面单行播放,支持列表歌词播放,双击某行歌词,即可跳到该时间点播放、支持ASS等字幕、轻松关联字幕 8.支持以文件名,添加时间,时长,文件大小及正反序排序。 9.播放列表加锁与解锁,应用加锁访问。 10.播放源导入m3u文件,网络订阅源,可手动更新,编辑功能。 12.SMB、ftp、WebDAV、NAS共享服务器访问和文件导入 13.投屏 14.视频浮窗播放 15.视频画中画(iOS14+) 16.支持图片浏览hevc|nrg|png|gif|jpg|jpeg|webp|psd|heic|tiff 17.支持解压缩支持rar、zip、7z
PaperVN
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PaperVN is a native VNDB client for iPhone, designed to help you discover visual novels, explore titles and characters in depth, and keep track of every journey.Browse, explore, and search VNDB’s public data without signing in. Connect your own VNDB token when you want to read or edit your library. Key features: • Search visual novels and characters with filters for language, platform, length, rating, and development status • Build compound searches using include, exclude, match any, and match all conditions • View synopses, tags, screenshots, releases, producers, staff, related titles, and external links • Explore character traits, voice actors, and appearances in one place • Browse by tags, traits, releases, staff, producers, and other categories • Get personalized discovery based on your VNDB library, calculated locally on your device • Update your play status, played release, rating, and start or finish dates • Use the app in Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, English, Japanese, or Korean, with your preferred title language • Translate synopses on device and browse multilingual support for more than 6,000 tags and character traits • Preview, zoom, share, and save screenshots to Photos PaperVN retrieves visual-novel data and images through the VNDB Kana API. This data is subject to the VNDB Data License and API terms of use. PaperVN is an unofficial third-party app and is not affiliated with or endorsed by VNDB. LICENSED APPLICATION END USER LICENSE AGREEMENT:https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: PaperVN at Free against yyb's $2.99. PaperVN also leads on update cadence (every 4 days vs every 3 weeks). yyb's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and iOS requirement (14.0 vs 26.0). On ads 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
PaperVN is free to download; yyb costs $2.99 up front. PaperVN sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. yyb asks for nothing beyond the download.
yyb ships an update every 3 weeks, PaperVN every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on September 18, 2026 and September 4, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | yyb | PaperVN |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $2.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 2.6 (13 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 66.7% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 13 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Every 4 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Paid | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 — better | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 160 MB | 39 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | 琪 齐 | 训杰 潘 |
In-app purchases
yyb
No in-app purchases
PaperVN
- PaperVN Premium$3.99





