Comparison

Flex Scanner vs MKV PiP Player

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

Head to head
About

Flex Scanner

Transform your smartphone into a portable scanner with advanced OCR technology. Capture, store, and share documents in various formats like PDF, JPG, and TXT. Organize, edit, and secure your files with ease.

Highlights
  • Mobile document scanning
  • OCR text recognition
  • Multiple export formats (PDF, JPG, TXT)
  • Document collaboration and sharing
  • File organization and password protection
  • Electronic signature integration
Features
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Your Ultimate Mobile Scanning Solution Empowering Over 500 Thousands Users Worldwide Introducing FlexScanner: the ultimate mobile scanning app that transforms your smartphone into an advanced portable scanner. Equipped with cutting-edge OCR technology, FlexScanner enhances your efficiency by automating text recognition, saving you valuable time. Get ready to elevate your document management experience with FlexScanner, available for free download. Instantly capture, store, and share documents in multiple formats including PDF, JPG, Word, and TXT. Transform Your Smartphone into a Mobile Office Increase your work productivity and keep your office in your pocket with FlexScanner. Say farewell to bulky scanning machinery and embrace the convenience of this swift scanning solution at no cost. POWERFUL DOCUMENT SCANNING Essential for both students and professionals alike, such as accountants, real estate agents, managers, and attorneys, FlexScanner is your go-to PDF scanner. Effortlessly scan anything from receipts, agreements, notes, fax papers, books, and more, saving them as either multipage PDF or JPG files. DIVERSE SCANNING OPTIONS ID & DOCUMENT MODE: Tailored for quick scans of identification documents. QR CODE SCANNING: Easily capture any QR code with your device's camera. PDF TRANSFORMATION TOOL PDF Conversion: Transform web pages into PDFs and convert files across a broad range of formats into PDF. Supported formats include: PDF, JPG, DOC, DOCX, TXT, XLS, XLSM, XLSX, CSV, PPT, PPTM, PPTX. COLLABORATE AND SHARE Seamlessly share documents for review or viewing via WhatsApp, iMessage, Microsoft Teams. Gather feedback from numerous contributors in a single document. Expedite document reviews through interactive comment exchanges. Stay updated with notifications for shared document activities. STATE-OF-THE-ART PDF SCANNER Scan to PDF, JPG, or TXT formats with ease. Combine multiple pages into a single document. Utilize OCR to extract text from scans. Personalize documents with your electronic signature. CONVENIENT EDITOR & FILE MANAGEMENT Enhance scans with filter applications and noise reduction. Organize files with ease using folders, drag & drop sorting, and more. Secure your sensitive documents by locking folders and files with passwords. SIMPLIFIED DOCUMENT SHARING Quickly scan, save, and dispatch documents. Share via email attachments or document links. Integrate with cloud services such as Dropbox, Google Drive, Evernote, and OneDrive. Directly print PDFs from the app. Ensure secure and private document sharing and storage, without third-party access. UNLIMITED ACCESS SUBSCRIPTION Opt for a subscription to unlock all features without limits. Subscription plans available: weekly, monthly, quarterly, or yearly. Auto-renewal feature ensures uninterrupted access. Manage subscriptions and auto-renewal through user account settings. Visit our Terms of Use and Privacy Policy for more information: Privacy Policy: https://coftivo.com/privacy-policy Terms: https://coftivo.com/terms-of-service

About

MKV PiP Player

Play any video file format with picture-in-picture functionality. Supports a vast array of video and subtitle formats, M3U playlists, and casting web videos to DLNA TVs. Offers playback speed control and multi-track audio/subtitle options.

Highlights
  • Picture-in-picture playback
  • Supports over 30 video formats
  • Supports 20+ subtitle formats
  • M3U playlist support
  • DLNA TV casting
  • Playback speed control
  • Multi-track audio and subtitles
Features
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MKV PiP Player is a video player that Lets you play any videos picture-in-picture. - Supports video files : MKV, MP4, AVI, M4V, MOV, 3GP, TS, MTS, M2TS, WMV, FLV, F4V, ASF, WEBM, RM, RMVB, QT, DV, MPG, MPEG, MXF, VOB, GIF, OGV, OGM etc. - Supports subtitle files : ASS, SRT, SMI, SSA, IDX, SUB, SUP, VTT, SCC, MKS, JSS, JS, AQT, RT, UFT, UTF8, UTF-8 etc. - Supports playlist files : M3U - Supports Cast Web Videos to DLNA TV - Supports Browser, SMB, WebDAV, AList - Playback speed control : 0.25x ~ 4.0x - Supports multi-track audio - Supports embedded subtitles - Supports multi-track subtitles - Supports user’s selection of subtitle files - Supports recently played list - Supports Safari extension Disclaimer:MKV PiP Player does not provide any M3U playlists, users must use their own playlists containing legal content.

Screenshots

Flex Scanner4 screens
MKV PiP Player4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: MKV PiP Player at 94% against Flex Scanner's 33%. MKV PiP Player also leads on rating (4.7 vs 4.5). Flex Scanner's advantage is price (Free vs $0.99). On ratings volume, update cadence, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Flex Scanner is free to download; MKV PiP Player costs $0.99 up front. Flex Scanner sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per 7 days and MKV PiP Player sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

MKV PiP Player holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 25 and 68 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 33% of Flex Scanner's written reviews are positive against 94% of MKV PiP Player's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Flex Scanner ships an update every 9 days, MKV PiP Player weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 14, 2026 and October 18, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Flex Scanner versus MKV PiP Player: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFlex ScannerMKV PiP Player
PriceFree — better$0.99
Rating4.5 (25 ratings)4.7 (68 ratings) — better
Positive reviews33.3% of reviews94.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings2568 — better
Update frequencyEvery 9 daysWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemiumFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.015.0
Further details — not scored
Size32 MB42 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperCoftivo Teknoloji LTD北京伊码网络科技有限公司

Customer experience

Flex Scanner

All ratings25 ratings
Positive88.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative12.0%
Written reviews6 reviews
Positive33.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative66.7%

MKV PiP Player

All ratings68 ratings
Positive95.6%
Neutral0.0%
Negative4.4%
Written reviews67 reviews
Positive94.0%
Neutral3.0%
Negative3.0%

Bugs and requests

Flex Scanner

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

MKV PiP Player

Reported bugs

14 issues
  • HD clarity cannot load
  • DLNA cast to TV has no response
  • Glitchy at times
  • Frequent crashes, especially when initiating PiP
  • M3U parsing needs to be faster and search needs to be smoother
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  • Latest picture-in-picture fast forward/backward not working normally
  • Freezes every few minutes, requires pause/play to resume
  • External subtitles not working
  • Crashes when clicking recent playback history
  • Picture-in-picture playback crashes after about 10 seconds
  • Default to landscape, cannot adjust
  • File list automatically switches to date sorting upon reopening, causing disorder
  • Cannot select files from external USB drive
  • Cannot delete Alibaba Cloud Drive resources directly from the app

Requested features

41 requests
  • Add option to close transition animations
  • Add vertical screen viewing function
  • Support for Emby
  • Add function to import video sources
  • Support for ATV
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  • Add pause/play with Airpod controls
  • Allow listening to videos when phone is powered off (without PiP)
  • Faster M3U parsing and smoother search
  • Ability to display M3U contents in a list
  • Ability to disable subtitles
  • Add function to import letters
  • Add function to import video sources or provide jump interface
  • Support for ATV
  • Add VOD URL function
  • Add option to disable recent playback
  • Add network movie posters and library
  • Add background playback (not PiP)
  • Add auto-play next episode
  • Add grid layout
  • Add background playback function
  • Add option for automatic horizontal screen
  • Add drag-and-drop sorting for playback list
  • Support for ATV
  • Add side-screen and vertical screen viewing options
  • Add Apple TV support
  • Add DLNA screen casting
  • Allow screen-off playback for music
  • Develop TV version
  • Add cache function for large files
  • Add screen casting function
  • Add delete function for Alibaba Cloud Drive resources
  • Add timer playback function
  • Add screen lock function
  • Display only one history record for the same folder
  • Sync playback history data with Alibaba Cloud
  • Add dark mode
  • Add audiobook function
  • Add cloud synchronization function across devices
  • Allow lock screen playback and co-playback with other audio
  • Add more detailed long-press speed options (e.g., 2.5x)
  • Support downloading videos from the browser

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Flex Scanner

Subscriptions2
  • Weekly3 Days trial$0.997 Days
  • Monthly$1.991 Month
One-time1
  • Life Time$9.99
1 purchases

MKV PiP Player

One-time1
  • MKV PiP Player Pro$1.99

Questions

Is Flex Scanner free?
Flex Scanner is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is MKV PiP Player free?
MKV PiP Player costs $0.99, and also offers in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Flex Scanner or MKV PiP Player?
MKV PiP Player is rated higher. Flex Scanner averages 4.5 out of 5 from 25 ratings, while MKV PiP Player averages 4.7 from 68 ratings.
Do Flex Scanner or MKV PiP Player have ads?
Neither Flex Scanner nor MKV PiP Player shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Flex Scanner or MKV PiP Player?
Flex Scanner ships an update every 9 days, and MKV PiP Player weekly. Most recently, Flex Scanner was updated on October 14, 2026 and MKV PiP Player on October 18, 2026.

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