M3U8 Player Pro vs Mentive
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
M3U8 Player Pro
Easily play your own M3U8 video streams by pasting a direct link. This utility app offers a straightforward interface for immediate playback without managing playlists.
- Play M3U8 streams
- Paste direct links
- Simple playback interface
- User-provided content
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This app doesn't provide you list of M3U8 links, but you can use your own one that you may have. It's very easy to use, you can paste your link and click play button to play.
Mentive
Capture voice notes, meetings, and thoughts with AI-powered transcription and smart summarization. Turn your recordings into actionable tasks and manage them efficiently. Offers a voice-first approach to organization and productivity.
- Voice-first note recording
- AI-powered transcription
- Smart AI summaries
- Automatic task creation
- Centralized dashboard
- Offline note access
- Dark mode support
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Transform the way you handle voice notes, meetings, and daily thoughts. Menta listens, transcribes, and creates smart summaries and tasks for you — all powered by AI. Key Features • Voice-first notes: Record voice memos or conversations, and let Menta transcribe them automatically. • AI summaries: Get concise highlights of your recordings, tailored by type — meeting, to-do list, dialogue, or regular note. • Create tasks with AI: Instantly turn your notes into actionable tasks and manage them in one place. • Dashboard: See an overview of your notes, tasks, and progress at a glance. • Dark mode: Keep your eyes comfortable with a sleek dark theme for late-night sessions. • Multilingual: Supports English and Romanian, with more languages coming soon. • Offline-friendly: Your notes are cached locally for quick access anytime. • Secure & private: Your data is yours. We use modern encryption and secure cloud technologies. Why Menta? Whether you’re brainstorming, in a business meeting, or just capturing your daily thoughts, Menta helps you keep everything organized and actionable — without the clutter. Stay productive, focused, and never lose an important insight again. See our terms of use here: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Mentive at 5.0 against M3U8 Player Pro's 3.0. Mentive also leads on update cadence (weekly vs every 34 months). M3U8 Player Pro's advantage is monetization model (free vs freemium) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.6). On price, ratings volume, 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. M3U8 Player Pro sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Mentive sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Mentive holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 2 respectively.
M3U8 Player Pro ships an update every 34 months, Mentive weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 22, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | M3U8 Player Pro | Mentive |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.0 (2 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Number of ratings | 2 | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 34 months | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 15.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 8 MB | 37 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Ashen Ishanka Costha | Alexei Colosov |
Customer experience
M3U8 Player Pro
Mentive
In-app purchases
M3U8 Player Pro
- Save M3U8 Links in the list$0.99
Mentive
- Mentive Premium Subscription$2.991 Month
- Mentive 1-year subscription$29.991 Year
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