Comparison

Flux Player vs Screen Time Next

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

Head to head
About

Flux Player

Access and manage various content types like videos, audiobooks, music, and ebooks on your iPhone or iPad. It supports content from commercial services and provides cloud-based access, syncing your progress and bookmarks across devices.

Highlights
  • Download and access content
  • Supports DVDs, videos, audiobooks, music, ebooks
  • Access commercial content
  • Local and cloud content management
  • Syncs activities and bookmarks
  • Tracks recently used content
Features
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With Flux Player you can use your iPhone, iPad or iPod touch for download and access of content such as DVDs, videos, audio books, music, ebooks and packaged content. The content may be obtained from commercial services, products. Flux Player offers full access and different views for both local and cloud based content. It keeps track of your most recently used content and syncs your activities and bookmarks with other devices you may own.

About

Screen Time Next

This app helps manage children's screen time by providing a visible countdown and a calm transition to the next activity. It allows parents to set limits on apps and web browsing, with clear warnings before time expires. Children are prompted to choose their next activity, making screen time endings more predictable and less confrontational.

Highlights
  • Visible countdown timer
  • App and web browsing limits
  • Customizable next activities
  • Parent dashboard
  • Earned time additions
  • Privacy-focused design
Features
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Screen time doesn't have to end in a fight. ScreenTimeNext gives that moment a countdown your child can see, a warning before the end, and a screen that asks one question: what are we doing next? Choosing is what closes the screen — so the ending has a destination, not just a stop. HOW IT WORKS 1. You pick what to limit. Apps, categories, or all web browsing — chosen with Apple's own Screen Time picker, so your child's app list never leaves their device. 2. You set the time. Start a session from the dashboard and a countdown begins, with a live timer on the Lock Screen and in the Dynamic Island. 3. A warning arrives before the end. Not a wall — a full-screen message inside the app they are using, telling them how long is left. 4. Your child chooses what's next. Family time, outside, free time, clean up, or a meal. Choosing is what closes the screen, so the ending has somewhere to go. FOR THE PARENT - One dashboard: how much time is left, what your child chose, and a tap to add or take back minutes - Add time when it's earned. Taking minutes back also shortens today's budget, so a longer session doesn't quietly become a longer day - Decide what's next yourself when the day calls for it, instead of asking - Add your own activities — piano, the dog walk, Nana's house - Slide to remove every restriction for the rest of the day — one deliberate gesture, never a stray tap - A parent PIN, with Face ID if you want it PRIVACY ScreenTimeNext uses Apple's Screen Time framework. Your child's app selections are handled by iOS as opaque tokens: the app cannot read which apps they are, and never stores, logs, or transmits them. There are no accounts, no servers, and no analytics. Nothing leaves the device. WHAT YOU NEED - Screen Time permission, granted once by a parent - ScreenTimeNext limits the device it is installed on ScreenTimeNext is not a monitoring tool. It doesn't report where your child goes or what they type. It does one thing: it makes the end of screen time predictable, and gives it somewhere to go.

Screenshots

Flux Player2 screens
Screen Time Next4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Screen Time Next at 5.0 against Flux Player's 1.8. Screen Time Next also leads on update cadence (weekly vs every 2 months). Flux Player's advantage is ratings volume (45 vs 1) and device support (4 vs 2). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Screen Time Next holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 1.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Flux Player has 45 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Flux Player ships an update every 2 months, Screen Time Next weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 15, 2026 and October 1, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Flux Player versus Screen Time Next: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFlux PlayerScreen Time Next
PriceFreeFree
Rating1.8 (45 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews22.4% of reviews—
Number of ratings45 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple TV — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size42 MB7 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperFlux Digital GmbHXIACHEN GUO

Customer experience

Flux Player

All ratings45 ratings
Positive17.8%
Neutral2.2%
Negative80.0%
Written reviews143 reviews
Positive22.4%
Neutral4.9%
Negative72.7%

Screen Time Next

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

Flux Player

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Login failures
  • Incompatibility with newer iOS versions
  • Freezing and white screens
  • Inconsistent video playback quality

Requested features

4 requests
  • Add printing capability
  • Improve highlighting and annotation tools
  • Integrate with iTunes for seamless content management
  • Implement sleep timer and bookmarking features

Screen Time Next

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Flux Player

No in-app purchases

None

Screen Time Next

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Flux Player free?
Flux Player is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Screen Time Next free?
Screen Time Next is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Flux Player or Screen Time Next?
Screen Time Next is rated higher. Flux Player averages 1.8 out of 5 from 45 ratings, while Screen Time Next averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Flux Player or Screen Time Next have ads?
Neither Flux Player nor Screen Time Next shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Flux Player or Screen Time Next?
Flux Player ships an update every 2 months, and Screen Time Next weekly. Most recently, Flux Player was updated on October 15, 2026 and Screen Time Next on October 1, 2026.

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