Comparison

Video Playlist Manager Lite vs Side

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

Head to head
About

Video Playlist Manager Lite

Create and manage custom video playlists for continuous playback on your iOS device. Ideal for presentations, trade shows, or displaying portfolios. Offers features like password protection and external display support.

Highlights
  • Create and edit multiple video playlists
  • Continuous playback loop (in full version)
  • Password protection for playlists and app access
  • Kiosk mode with simplified UI
  • External display support with overscan controls
  • Branding with floating logos or transition images
Features
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Video Playlist Manager for iPad, iPhone and iPod is a professionally designed, stand-alone video playback system for creating and editing multiple playlists directly on your iOS device. Playlists play in a continuous loop, and can be optionally password protected. Clear controls for starting & stopping playback, skipping forward and back in a playlist, along with fullscreen support and the iPad’s famously long battery-life, combine to make this app part of an ideal solution for creating elegant, self-contained video displays at trade shows and other events. Simply prop up the iPad, hit play, and walk away. VPM is a powerful advertising tool for professionals in many situations, including:  • as a self-contained display at a trade show or conference • realtors can have a video playlist of their available homes playing on the welcome table, in their office or at an open house • artists can display a video playlist of their work at a gallery, looping indefinitely Unique branding features: You can feature your logo floating in front of the video at whatever size and location you wish. Similarly, you can choose to display your logo or any other image in between each video. Playback and management are easy and intuitive: By default, videos are played in a continuous loop, and may be paused and restarted at any time. Clips may also be rearranged on the fly, with chosen videos skipped or played.   Finally, you may also organize different groups of clips into separate playlists and save them independently. Password protection: You may assign a password to prevent the editing of an existing playlist, or even to prevent the launching of the app at all by an unauthorized person. Kiosk mode: VPM offers an optional Kiosk presentation mode that sports a simplified UI that hides most management controls. External displays: VPM doesn't just support external displays; it also offers overscan controls to match the video output of most displays and projectors. In this Lite version, looped playback is not supported, and the number of videos is limited to 10. These features may be added via in-app purchase, or you may simply purchase the full version from the app store, which supports looping and unlimited video clips. NOTE: this is not an app to organize existing videos in your iTunes library!

About

Side

Features
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Side-Note instantly transforms your spoken ideas into organised, actionable text. Speak your thoughts and watch them become clear notes, ready to transform into content, summaries, or task lists. With Side-Note, you can: * Capture ideas instantly with one-tap recording * Get accurate transcriptions in 34 languages * Organize notes with titles, tags, and dates * Transform ideas into blogs, scripts, and custom AI outputs * Create personalized AI transformation styles Who’s This For: Anyone who wants to capture ideas on the go — creators, students, professionals, or anyone who needs to remember and organise thoughts quickly. Privacy First: Your audio is never stored, and all transcriptions are end-to-end encrypted. Why Side-Note: Stop losing ideas. Stop fighting the blank page. Speak your mind, and let Side-Note handle the rest. Subscription Required: Side-Note is a subscription-based service. All features require an active subscription with flexible weekly, monthly, or yearly plans.

Screenshots

Video Playlist Manager Lite1 screens
Side4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Side at daily against Video Playlist Manager Lite's every 6 weeks. Video Playlist Manager Lite's advantage is iOS requirement (9.3 vs 15.1). On price, ads, in-app purchases 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Video Playlist Manager Lite sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Side sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Video Playlist Manager Lite ships an update every 6 weeks, Side daily. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 6, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Video Playlist Manager Lite versus Side: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterVideo Playlist Manager LiteSide
PriceFreeFree
Rating1.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews21.7% of reviews—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeksDaily — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS9.3 — better15.1
Further details — not scored
Size18 MB36 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMatia labs, inc.Adam Southey

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Video Playlist Manager Lite

One-time1
  • Video Playlist Manager Upgrade$9.99
3 purchases

Side

Subscriptions3
  • Side Note Pro Access (Weekly)$4.997 Days
  • Side Note Pro Access (Monthly)$14.991 Month
  • Side Note Pro Access (Annual)$119.991 Year

Questions

Is Video Playlist Manager Lite free?
Video Playlist Manager Lite is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Side free?
Side is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Video Playlist Manager Lite or Side have ads?
Neither Video Playlist Manager Lite nor Side shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Video Playlist Manager Lite or Side?
Video Playlist Manager Lite ships an update every 6 weeks, and Side daily. Most recently, Video Playlist Manager Lite was updated on October 23, 2026 and Side on October 6, 2026.

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