Comparison

Pip vs Purchase Locker

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

Head to head
About

Pip

This app provides a full-featured video player for your device's files. It supports both foreground and background Picture-in-Picture modes, making it convenient for managing and watching your video collection.

Highlights
  • Picture-in-Picture mode
  • Foreground video playback
  • Background video playback
  • Plays device video files
  • Full-featured player
Features
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This little pretty app adds one of the most important feature for your Files - fullfeatured video player that works in foreground and background Picture in Picture mode. If you have a collection of videos on your devices this app can be VERY handy!

About

Purchase Locker

Features
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Save the receipt. Never miss a deadline. Purchase Locker scans your receipts and keeps return deadlines, warranties, and ownership details in one place—synced privately through your own iCloud. No account to create. No server reading your records. Scan once. Find it later. Point your camera at a receipt and the store, date, and total fill themselves in. The scanning happens on your iPhone—the image is never sent to us. Prefer a photo you already took? Add photos works too. More than just the receipt Attach multiple photos—the receipt, the product, the serial-number label—so a warranty claim has everything it needs. Add a return deadline, warranty expiration date, and notes to each purchase. Never miss a deadline The Locker tab highlights returns closing within 14 days and warranties expiring within 30. Add the home screen widget to see them without opening the app, and turn on reminders in Privacy to be notified beforehand. Find what you need fast Search by product, store, category, or serial number. Filter to what's expiring or missing a receipt. Sort by price, purchase date, or nearest deadline. Locked and private Turn on Face ID, Touch ID, or your passcode to hide the locker whenever the app leaves the foreground. Your records sync through your own private iCloud account—encrypted by Apple, controlled by you, not readable by us. Take it with you Sign in to the same iCloud account on a new phone and your locker syncs across. Or export a portable backup at any time and restore it whenever you need to.

Screenshots

Pip1 screens
Purchase Locker4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Purchase Locker at none against Pip's shown. Purchase Locker also leads on update cadence (every 9 days vs every 4 weeks). On price, in-app purchases, device support and iOS requirement 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.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Pip ships an update every 4 weeks, Purchase Locker every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on October 27, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Pip versus Purchase Locker: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPipPurchase Locker
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (1.5K ratings) — better—
Positive reviews41.4% of reviews—
Number of ratings1.5K — better—
Update frequencyEvery 4 weeksEvery 9 days — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationAd-supported—
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS16.6 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size72 MB4 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperHamza van der MeerJuan Martinez

Bugs and requests

Pip

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Subtitles turning on by themselves
  • Videos not playing or showing black screen
  • Inconsistent behavior across devices

Requested features

3 requests
  • Option to play videos at custom speeds
  • Ability to remember video playback position
  • Support for more video file formats

Purchase Locker

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Pip

No in-app purchases

None

Purchase Locker

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Pip free?
Pip is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Purchase Locker free?
Purchase Locker is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Pip or Purchase Locker have ads?
Pip shows ads; Purchase Locker does not.
Which is updated more often, Pip or Purchase Locker?
Pip ships an update every 4 weeks, and Purchase Locker every 9 days. Most recently, Pip was updated on October 27, 2026 and Purchase Locker on October 24, 2026.

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