Comparison

It's Playing vs EQ Network

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

Head to head
About

It's Playing

Stream videos directly from cloud storage or local network devices without conversions. Enjoy high-performance playback, subtitle search, and advanced playback controls. Supports a wide range of audio and video formats for a seamless entertainment experience.

Highlights
  • Direct cloud and local network streaming
  • High-performance 1080p playback
  • Direct subtitle search and download
  • Support for MP4, MOV, MKV, AVI, WMV, VOB, RMVB
  • One-click access to Dropbox, OneDrive, Google Drive
  • Background playback and earbud controls
  • Frame by frame video navigation
Features
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Every video, no conversions, pure entertainment. Direct cloud and local network media streaming, anywhere you are. Featured in Wired, Gizmodo, Cult of Mac, TUAW with brand new features in each update. • Spotlight · High performance playback, up to 1080p; · Direct subtitle search and download; · TV-Out and Air Play; · Easy gestures, including pinch-to-zoom. • Formats · Video playback for MP4, MOV, MKV, AVI, WMV, VOB, RMVB; · Audio playback for MP3, M4A, WMA, OGG, FLAC; · Consult the detailed format list on our website. • Cloud · PUT.IO® enables background downloading and cloud hosting (Pro); · Dropbox® one click access to over-the-air movie playback; · OneDrive, Google Drive one click access to over-the-air movie playback (Pro); · Youtube® video playback (Pro); · HTTP media file playback (Pro); · and It's playing videos cloud channel. • Network · Access Macs, NAS (network disks), Windows, Ubuntu, Airport disks, etc; · Native support for SanDisk Connect™ Wireless Media Drive (Pro); · Native support for SanDisk Connect™ Wireless Flash Drive (Pro); · Native support for SanDisk iXpand™ Flash Drive (Pro); · Native support for Maxell Airstash® (Pro); · Native support for Seagate Satellite™ (Pro); · Native support for iUSBport Mini (Pro); · It's playing Desktop Helper is the easiest path to stream from your media library. • Playback · Background playback and earbud controls; · Auto-advance/playlist within folders; · Auto-repeat mode; · Audio gain; · Playback speed, from 1/8x to 8x adjustments; • Video forensics · Frame by Frame video image navigation; · Photographic pinch-to-zoom gestures; · Image contrast, brightness and saturation adjustments; • International features · multi language audio tracks; · multi channel audio support; · fetch subtitles for any movie with one tap; backed by OpenSubtitles.org. • Files management · user friendly, cut, copy, paste & rename controls; · you can also choose to store files in a secured private folder. (Pro) Only available in Pro In-app purchase. (*) It's playing aims at handling every video from anything around your iPhone/iPod/iPad. You'll always be able to find videos that surpass your devices processing capabilities or which are encoded in unsupported audio or video formats. (**) DTS playback is currently unavailable, check our website for updates or use the helper app. •• Check out http://itsplayingapp.com for demonstration videos and detailed information •• Contact us at support@itsplayingapp.com

About

EQ Network

This app provides a professional-grade video network for uploading, managing, and sharing high-definition content. It allows for the creation of customizable public and private channels, with features for batch management, API integration, and direct publishing to social media platforms.

Highlights
  • High-definition 4K video upload
  • Customizable public and private video channels
  • Batch channel management
  • Direct publishing to social media
  • Full API integration
  • Friend following and invitation system
  • DVR-like recording of subscribed channels
Features
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EQ Network is the high definition video network with professional channel and batch management features. A social video network where you can upload original uncompressed quality 4k videos directly from your camera captures or from your photo library into customizable private and public video channels and automatically publish them to all who subscribe. Full Friend Following and Invitation Capability - Follow all of a corporation, group, individual or brand's complete channel list with a single click! Create managed links (on eqnetwork.com) and private/public channel follow/contribute links to invite others to contribute to a specific channel (app and website). Full API's for integrating anywhere and 4k video ingest (up to 10mins at uncompressed quality using the camera). The length of the video is only limited by your storage and phone's capabilities. With the API's you can create your own apps or web apps and use our complete back end for your video without having to build your own video ingestion, account management or channelized infrastructure. This is an all-in-one solution. This ties into Equilibrium's EQ Enterprise Solutions enabling any existing DAM, SharePoint, open source system to have instant video support at-scale. Powerful automation features enables direct-to-website publishing or direct to the Facebook App. You can also share your videos instantly to Facebook, Twitter, email and SMS and set up the App to do this automatically to make it easy. You can search, subscribe, invite others to follow your public video channels or to contribute to your channels. Manage your entire list of video channels everywhere, modify your associated metadata content and make channels public and private. All, on-the-go or wherever you log in. Upload videos of any size or type to your EQ Network account from the web or from within the App. You can also upload and manage channels, create and send private invitations, upload files of any type and size at the EQ Network website here: https://eqnetwork.com. All subscribers of your channel will get notified of the new video and can play them whenever they want. Edit your invite list of viewers per channel at any time. Record "like a DVR" subscribing to complete channels which automatically synchronize into all devices. Up-res your video feed if higher quality is available and display on Apple Airplay or with a converter cable to any screen. Effectively a DVR in your pocket from all video sources that you subscribe or create! Create private channels for your own reference at any time. EQ Network - the high definition video network

Screenshots

It's Playing4 screens
EQ Network4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: EQ Network at 100% against It's Playing's 52%. EQ Network also leads on rating (4.5 vs 4.0) and monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases). It's Playing's advantage is ratings volume (69 vs 2). On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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. It's Playing sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and EQ Network sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

EQ Network holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: It's Playing has 69 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 52% of It's Playing's written reviews are positive against 100% of EQ Network's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

It's Playing ships an update every 2 months, EQ Network every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 1, 2026 and October 2, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
It's Playing versus EQ Network: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterIt's PlayingEQ Network
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.0 (69 ratings)4.5 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews52.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings69 — better2
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 5 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS13.411.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size33 MB22 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperAddition, LdaAutomated Media Processing Solutions, Inc.

Customer experience

It's Playing

All ratings69 ratings
Positive73.9%
Neutral4.3%
Negative21.7%
Written reviews227 reviews
Positive52.0%
Neutral9.7%
Negative38.3%

EQ Network

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews5 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

It's Playing

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Crashes when playing certain video files
  • Playback freezes or stutters on high-bitrate content
  • Issues with audio/video sync and codec compatibility

Requested features

4 requests
  • Add support for Chromecast and AirPlay
  • Implement a queue/playlist feature
  • Improve file management with better folder support
  • Provide better integration with cloud storage services

EQ Network

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

1 purchases

It's Playing

One-time1
  • Pro$9.99
1 purchases

EQ Network

One-time1
  • Pro Access 15G$69.99

Questions

Is It's Playing free?
It's Playing is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is EQ Network free?
EQ Network is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, It's Playing or EQ Network?
EQ Network is rated higher. It's Playing averages 4.0 out of 5 from 69 ratings, while EQ Network averages 4.5 from 2 ratings.
Do It's Playing or EQ Network have ads?
Neither It's Playing nor EQ Network shows ads.
Which is updated more often, It's Playing or EQ Network?
It's Playing ships an update every 2 months, and EQ Network every 5 weeks. Most recently, It's Playing was updated on October 1, 2026 and EQ Network on October 2, 2026.

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