KystarBox vs ServerBox
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
KystarBox
Manage and control multimedia players remotely. Edit programs, replace materials, and adjust display settings like brightness and volume wirelessly. Supports iPhone and iPad with iOS 10.0 or higher.
- Remote wireless program distribution
- Program editing and reconstruction
- Material replacement on display
- Real-time program switching
- Brightness, color temperature, and volume adjustment
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The Kystar Box app is a mobile app provided by Beijing KYSTAR Technology Co.,Ltd for remote wireless program distribution, management and control of Kystar Box's multimedia player program. Realize editing and reconstruction of the program, material replacement on the display side, real-time program switching; real-time adjustment of brightness, color temperature, volume, etc. The current version supports iPhone and iPad, and the iOS system version needs 10.0 or more.
ServerBox
Manage your Linux servers remotely with SSH and SFTP. Control Docker containers and utilize experimental snippet features. Ping your servers to check connectivity.
- SSH client
- SFTP client
- Docker/Podman management
- Snippet feature (experimental)
- Ping utility
- Open Source
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This project is completely OPEN SOURCE. You can click the "App Support" button near the score below to download other system versions or compile them by yourself. Support for major Linux distributions. Support SSH, SFTP, docker/podman management, snippet.(experimental feature) Support Ping.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ratings volume: ServerBox at 90 against KystarBox's 1. ServerBox also leads on update cadence (fortnightly vs every 3 months) and device support (5 vs 3). KystarBox's advantage is iOS requirement (10.0 vs 15.0). On price, rating, ads 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for KystarBox against 4.9 for ServerBox. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: ServerBox has 90 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
KystarBox ships an update every 3 months, ServerBox fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on September 15, 2026 and September 16, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | KystarBox | ServerBox |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | 4.9 (90 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | — | 91.1% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 90 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Fortnightly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac, Apple Watch — better |
| Requires iOS | 10.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 84 MB | 79 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | 北京凯视达科技有限公司 | 吐司工作室 |
Customer experience
KystarBox
ServerBox
In-app purchases
KystarBox
No in-app purchases
ServerBox
No in-app purchases
