Kaleidescape Second Screen vs Dolby XP
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Kaleidescape Second Screen
Enhance your home entertainment system by browsing and controlling your movie and music library. Discover details about titles, cast, and scenes, and instantly play content on your TV.
- Browse movie and music libraries
- High-resolution cover art display
- Instant playback of scenes and songs
- Create favorite scenes
- View movie ratings and details
- Control Kaleidescape players
- Create and save mix albums
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Kaleidescape Second Screen is the perfect addition to your Kaleidescape system! NOTE: This app is for Kaleidescape system owners. Learn more about the Kaleidescape System at www.kaleidescape.com. Kaleidescape Second Screen provides an immersive experience for browsing and searching your collection of movies and music, and controlling any player in your Kaleidescape system. The app extends the Kaleidescape experience to the iPad, displaying your movie collection with vivid high-resolution cover art, synopses, and other details. It even puts the most memorable moments in movies right at your fingertips - just select a scene or song marked by Kaleidescape, and it plays instantly on your TV. Features: • Browse your movie library by title, cast, director, genres and ratings without interrupting playback on your TV • Browse through a beautiful display of your movies and albums with the signature Kaleidescape Covers View • Select a movie or album and watch the covers shuffle to reveal related titles, or press the Shuffle button or just shake the iPad to watch the covers shuffle • View covers of a particular collection, genre, actor, director or rating to help you find the perfect movie to watch • View your movie collections along with movie cover art, synopses, cast, and director listings • Select a movie, scene, song or episode and it plays instantly on your TV • Create your own favorite scenes in movies and musicals • View movie ratings from Rotten Tomatoes and Common Sense Media, and learn more about your favorite movie, actor and director with the “Web Search” button • Browse your music library by artist, title, recently imported and genres • Play individual songs, albums, collections and mix albums • Create and save mix albums • Use the search feature to quickly find a movie you want to watch or an album you want to listen to • Control any Kaleidescape movie or music player in your home • Adjust the volume in any Kaleidescape zone (requires supported control system and software module)
Dolby XP
This invite-only application is designed for authorized partners and content creators to explore curated Dolby Vision and Dolby Atmos experiences. It offers tailored demos and showcases the full potential of Dolby's immersive audio and video technologies across various entertainment categories.
- Showcases Dolby Vision experiences
- Demonstrates Dolby Atmos experiences
- Curated content for partners
- Tailored demos for creators
- Explores entertainment categories
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Dolby XP is an invite-only app, currently only available to authorized partners and content creators. It showcases Dolby Vision and Dolby Atmos experiences across all entertainment categories. Explore the world of Dolby. Content creators and partners can view curated Dolby content experiences (by invitation) as well as tailored demos. *This app is currently unavailable to the general public. If you’d like to learn more about how Dolby can elevate your entertainment, please visit our Dolby Experience Finder at: https://www.dolby.com/experience/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Kaleidescape Second Screen at 75% against Dolby XP's 6%. Kaleidescape Second Screen also leads on rating (4.2 vs 2.3) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.1). Dolby XP's advantage is update cadence (every 2 months vs every 8 months) and ratings volume (52 vs 6). 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Kaleidescape Second Screen holds the better App Store score, 4.2 against 2.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Dolby XP has 52 ratings behind it against 6, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 75% of Kaleidescape Second Screen's written reviews are positive against 6% of Dolby XP's.
Kaleidescape Second Screen ships an update every 8 months, Dolby XP every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on September 23, 2026 and October 16, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Kaleidescape Second Screen | Dolby XP |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.2 (6 ratings) — better | 2.3 (52 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 75.0% of reviews — better | 5.6% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 6 | 52 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 8 months | Every 2 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple TV — better |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 15.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 17 MB | 28 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Kaleidescape, Inc. | Dolby Laboratories |
Customer experience
Kaleidescape Second Screen
Dolby XP
In-app purchases
Kaleidescape Second Screen
No in-app purchases
Dolby XP
No in-app purchases
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