DTNet vs MKV PiP Player
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
DTNet
Browse desktop versions of websites, including high-definition images and videos. Features include ad skipping for YouTube, Picture-in-Picture mode, and user script support for advanced customization. Offers privacy and dark modes for a tailored browsing experience.
- Desktop website rendering
- High-definition image and video browsing
- YouTube ad skipping
- Picture-in-Picture mode
- Tampermonkey user script support
- Privacy mode
- Multiple tabs
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DTNet is a browser that shows the desktop version of websites. You can browse high-definition pictures and videos .Eg. Youtube mobile website don't support selecting resolutions while DTNet does. It supports tampermonkey user scripts. • Images of websites: Filter by image type or size • Music of websites • Video of websites • Auto skip AD of youtube • Picture in Picture • JavaScript user scripts • Cookies of websites • Inspect network of web site, javascript Fetch/XHR. • Javascript network to cURL. eg. Graphql • Native iOS video player: Skip,Change play rate ,select resolutions (Youtube/Twitter) • Multiple tabs • Privacy mode. Disable Browsing history feature • User agent: Safari of iPhone iPad Mac • Dark mode and night mode Support tampermonkey Interface (iOS13+) - unsafeWindow - GM_getValue - GM_setValue - GM_deleteValue - GM_log - GM_addElement - GM_addStyle - GM_openInTab - GM_xmlhttpRequest You can find a lot of interesting tampermonkey user scripts from greasyfork.org
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.
- 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
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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.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: DTNet at none against MKV PiP Player's 1. MKV PiP Player's advantage is review sentiment (94% vs 78%). On price, rating, ratings volume and update cadence 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
DTNet costs $0.99 and MKV PiP Player $0.99 up front. MKV PiP Player sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. DTNet asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.7 for DTNet against 4.7 for MKV PiP Player. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 71 and 68 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 78% of DTNet's written reviews are positive against 94% of MKV PiP Player's.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly weekly. Both last shipped on October 27, 2026.
| Parameter | DTNet | MKV PiP Player |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $0.99 | $0.99 |
| Rating | 4.7 (71 ratings) | 4.7 (68 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 78.3% of reviews | 94.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 71 — better | 68 |
| Update frequency | Weekly | Weekly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Paid | Free with in-app purchases — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 10 MB | 42 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 17+ |
| Developer | 汝泉 张 | Beijing Yima Network Technology Co., Ltd. |
Customer experience
DTNet
MKV PiP Player
Bugs and requests
DTNet
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
DTNet
No in-app purchases
MKV PiP Player
- MKV PiP Player Pro$1.99
