LinkVance vs PiPYube
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
LinkVance
Monitor your child's device activity with AI-powered insights. See recent actions, timestamps, and screenshots, with AI identifying activities like gaming or web browsing. A history tab provides a detailed log of past usage.
- AI-based activity monitoring
- Timestamped activity logs
- Screenshot capture
- AI recognition of activities
- History tab for past usage
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Linkvance is an AI-based parental control application to help you monitor your child's device usage with greater efficiency and more transparency. With this application, you can see recent activity from your child on devices with the accompanying desktop application. See what your child was last seen doing with a timestamp and a screenshot. Our AI recognition software will also let you know what it recognizes, whether your child is playing a video game or surfing the web, so that you're always in the loop. You can also view a history tab to see the recent activity going on with your child and see previous timestamps in the system. Made by Darren Huang.
PiPYube
Enjoy uninterrupted video viewing with this tool that blocks all video and text advertisements. It offers picture-in-picture playback and allows you to bookmark favorite content, all while being lightweight and fast.
- Blocks YouTube video and text ads
- Picture-in-picture playback
- Bookmark favorite videos
- Lightweight and fast performance
- Toggle full-screen playback
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Always interrupted by annoying ads? Use PiPYube Video Ad Blocker for the best ad blocking app. PiPYube Ad Blocker can block all YouTube video and text ads, stopping those useless ads can save time Features - Picture-in-picture playback of YouTube videos - Block banner/text ads on YouTube - Add favorite videos to bookmarks - Switch off/ on Youtube Video full screen play - Ultra fast plus very lightweight, won't slow you down
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: LinkVance at none against PiPYube's 1. LinkVance also leads on update cadence (every 5 months vs every 31 months) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 16.6). 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
Both are free to download. PiPYube sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. LinkVance asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for LinkVance against 5.0 for PiPYube. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 3 respectively.
LinkVance ships an update every 5 months, PiPYube every 31 months. The most recent releases landed on October 16, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | LinkVance | PiPYube |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (2 ratings) | 5.0 (3 ratings) |
| Number of ratings | 2 | 3 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 5 months — better | Every 31 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 16.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 52 MB | 16 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Coding Minds, Inc. | 文姬 赵 |
Customer experience
LinkVance
PiPYube
In-app purchases
LinkVance
No in-app purchases
PiPYube
- Unlock Ad block$5.99
