Favorites Widget vs MKV PiP Player
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Favorites Widget
Quickly call or message your favorite contacts directly from your Lock or Home Screen. Customize widgets to perform actions like opening URLs or running shortcuts with a single tap.
- Call/message from Lock Screen
- Home Screen widgets
- Customizable tap actions
- Open URLs
- Run shortcuts
- Direct calling
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Call or message your favorite people directly from the Lock Screen or Home Screen. The widgets are customizable and you can even choose to open a URL or run a shortcut when tapping a widget. It also supports calling without a confirmation (must be enabled in setting). ■ Widget tap actions • Call • FaceTime • Send email • Send message • WhatsApp • Telegram • Open URL • Run shortcut ■ FAQ 〉How is it different from the built-in Contacts widget? This one is available on the lock screen, customizable, you can call or message by tapping the widget, and more. ■ Support You can contact me through the feedback button in the app.
MKV PiP Player
This video player supports a wide range of video and subtitle formats, offering picture-in-picture playback and TV casting capabilities. It allows for playback speed control, multi-track audio and subtitles, and integration with various network sources. Users can also manage recently played files and utilize a Safari extension.
- Picture-in-picture playback
- Supports numerous video and subtitle formats
- TV casting via DLNA
- Playback speed control
- Multi-track audio and subtitles
- Network source integration (Browser, SMB, WebDAV, AList)
- Recently played list
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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: Favorites Widget at none against MKV PiP Player's 1. Favorites Widget also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.7). MKV PiP Player's advantage is update cadence (every 9 days vs every 3 months) and price ($0.99 vs $3.00). On review sentiment, ads, monetization model and device support 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
Favorites Widget costs $3.00 and MKV PiP Player $0.99 up front. MKV PiP Player sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Favorites Widget asks for nothing beyond the download.
Favorites Widget holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 17 and 70 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of Favorites Widget's written reviews are positive against 94% of MKV PiP Player's.
Favorites Widget ships an update every 3 months, MKV PiP Player every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and November 7, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Favorites Widget | MKV PiP Player |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $3.00 | $0.99 — better |
| Rating | 5.0 (17 ratings) — better | 4.7 (70 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 94.2% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 17 | 70 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 9 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Paid | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 27.0 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 15 MB | 46 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Sindre Sorhus | Beijing Yima Network Technology Co., Ltd. |
Customer experience
Favorites Widget
MKV PiP Player
Bugs and requests
Favorites Widget
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
Favorites Widget
No in-app purchases
MKV PiP Player
- MKV PiP Player Pro$1.99
Questions
Is Favorites Widget free?
Is MKV PiP Player free?
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