Comparison

BoostyLink vs VisionPlay

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

Head to head
About

BoostyLink

Enhance your home internet reliability by using your smartphone's cellular data as a backup. This app ensures a seamless failover connection, keeping your online sessions active and your public IP address consistent, even when your primary broadband goes down. Set a data cap to avoid unexpected charges.

Highlights
  • Augments home broadband with cellular data
  • Seamless failover connection
  • Maintains public IP address
  • Prevents session disruption
  • Configurable data cap
Read full description

This app is a companion to your Hybrid/Boosty enabled home router, and will boost the reliability of your home broadband connection by augmenting it with the cellular on your smartphone. For those gamers who can't tolerate any disruption, or for people working from home and their broadband needs to always stay up, this is an invaluable solution to always keep you online. To get it to work there are a few simple steps: Ensure that your home router supports the Hybrid/Boosty functionality. Contact your ISP to check if it is Connect your smartphone to your home router's Wi-Fi connection as normal Turn on the app and confirm you want your smartphone to work in tandem with your home router That's it you're up and running! When your home broadband goes down this app will seamlessly kick in as a failover connection and will keep your existing sessions up and your public IP address the same. As soon as your home broadband comes back on-line we'll stop using your mobile data. To ensure you never get any surprise bills you can specify a data cap, after which we stop using your cellular data.

About

VisionPlay

Stream live TV, movies, and playlists from your own M3U links with this powerful IPTV player. Organize content with favorites, channel groups, and EPG for a customizable viewing experience on phones and tablets.

Highlights
  • Stream live TV and movies
  • Load M3U playlists
  • Favorites and channel groups
  • EPG support
  • Customizable themes
  • Ad-free playback (premium)
Read full description

VisionPlay is a powerful and easy-to-use IPTV player that lets you stream live TV, movies, and playlists using M3U links. Whether you have your own IPTV subscription or a personal playlist, VisionPlay gives you a smooth, customizable viewing experience. Load M3U playlists, switch between channels instantly, and enjoy high-quality streaming with a clean interface optimized for phones and tablets. Favorites, channel groups, and EPG (if available) make it easy to organize your content. VisionPlay does not provide any media or IPTV subscriptions. You must use your own content. Some advanced features — such as multiple playlist support, customizable themes, and ad-free playback — are available with a premium subscription. Download VisionPlay and enjoy IPTV your way. Privacy Policy: https://iced-gemini-98d.notion.site/Privacy-Policy-22ced00a56038052ad0dc69fd78e00c9 Terms of use: https://iced-gemini-98d.notion.site/Terms-of-use-22ced00a560380d18160c3678d995e79

Screenshots

BoostyLink4 screens
VisionPlay3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: BoostyLink at none against VisionPlay's 2. BoostyLink also leads on device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (14.0 vs 17.6). On price, rating, ratings volume and ads 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. VisionPlay sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per 7 days. BoostyLink asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for BoostyLink against 5.0 for VisionPlay. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 1 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 5 level
BoostyLink versus VisionPlay: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBoostyLinkVisionPlay
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings)
Number of ratings11
Update frequencyMonthly—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS14.0 — better17.6
Further details — not scored
Size4 MB60 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperHybrid Access Technologies LimitedGrace Stokes

In-app purchases

None

BoostyLink

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

VisionPlay

Subscriptions2
  • VisionPlay (weekly standart)$3.997 Days
  • VisionPlay (weekly trial)3 Days trial$3.997 Days

Questions

Is BoostyLink free?
BoostyLink is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is VisionPlay free?
VisionPlay is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, BoostyLink or VisionPlay?
BoostyLink and VisionPlay are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 1 and 1 ratings respectively.
Do BoostyLink or VisionPlay have ads?
Neither BoostyLink nor VisionPlay shows ads.

Other comparisons