Temby vs MKV PiP Player
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Temby
Access and manage your personal media library from Emby servers on your iPhone or iPad. Stream content, download for offline viewing, and enjoy a rich playback experience with subtitle and music support.
- Multi-server management
- Cross-server search
- Media library browsing
- HDR and Dolby Vision playback
- Offline downloads
- Picture in Picture mode
- Subtitle customization
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Temby is an iPhone and iPad client built for Emby media servers. Connect your servers to browse, play, download, and manage your personal media library wherever you go. Whether you are streaming at home or watching offline while traveling, Temby makes your private media collection easier to enjoy. Key features: - Multi-server management: Add and manage multiple Emby servers in one app. - Multi-server search: Search across multiple servers at once to quickly find movies, shows, episodes, music, and more. - Media library browsing: Explore movies, TV shows, seasons, episodes, albums, artists, and songs. - Video playback: Enjoy HDR and Dolby Vision content with a clear and immersive viewing experience. - Playback controls: Resume playback, adjust playback speed, fit or fill the screen, switch audio and subtitle tracks, rotate the screen, and skip intros. - Picture in Picture: Continue watching videos while using other apps. - Subtitle support: Supports text, image-based, and external subtitles, with controls for font, color, position, and timing offset. - Music playback: Enjoy albums, artists, songs, playback queues, repeat modes, shuffle, and background audio. - Offline downloads: Download videos and subtitles with queue management, pause, resume, retry, and local playback. - External players: Open content in players such as Infuse and nPlayer. - Privacy protection: Protect server access with a PIN, Face ID, or Touch ID. Temby does not provide media content or Emby servers. An accessible Emby server and account are required to use the app.
MKV PiP Player
This video player supports a wide range of video and subtitle formats, offering picture-in-picture playback and TV casting capabilities. It allows for playback speed control, multi-track audio and subtitles, and integration with various network sources. Users can also manage recently played files and utilize a Safari extension.
- Picture-in-picture playback
- Supports numerous video and subtitle formats
- TV casting via DLNA
- Playback speed control
- Multi-track audio and subtitles
- Network source integration (Browser, SMB, WebDAV, AList)
- Recently played list
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MKV PiP Player is a video player that Lets you play any videos picture-in-picture. - Supports video files : MKV, MP4, AVI, M4V, MOV, 3GP, TS, MTS, M2TS, WMV, FLV, F4V, ASF, WEBM, RM, RMVB, QT, DV, MPG, MPEG, MXF, VOB, GIF, OGV, OGM etc. - Supports subtitle files : ASS, SRT, SMI, SSA, IDX, SUB, SUP, VTT, SCC, MKS, JSS, JS, AQT, RT, UFT, UTF8, UTF-8 etc. - Supports playlist files : M3U - Supports Cast Web Videos to DLNA TV - Supports Browser, SMB, WebDAV, AList - Playback speed control : 0.25x ~ 4.0x - Supports multi-track audio - Supports embedded subtitles - Supports multi-track subtitles - Supports user’s selection of subtitle files - Supports recently played list - Supports Safari extension Disclaimer：MKV PiP Player does not provide any M3U playlists, users must use their own playlists containing legal content.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Temby at none against MKV PiP Player's 1. MKV PiP Player's advantage is review sentiment (94% vs 63%) and price ($0.99 vs $1.99). On update cadence, ads, monetization model 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
Temby costs $1.99 and MKV PiP Player $0.99 up front. MKV PiP Player sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Temby asks for nothing beyond the download.
Temby ships an update fortnightly, MKV PiP Player every 9 days. Both last shipped on November 7, 2026.
| Parameter | Temby | MKV PiP Player |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $1.99 | $0.99 — better |
| Rating | — | 4.7 (70 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 62.5% of reviews | 94.2% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | — | 70 — better |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly | Every 9 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Paid | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.4 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 172 MB | 46 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | 万龙 唐 | Beijing Yima Network Technology Co., Ltd. |
Customer experience
Temby
MKV PiP Player
Bugs and requests
Temby
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
MKV PiP Player
Reported bugs
14 issues- HD clarity cannot load
- DLNA cast to TV has no response
- Glitchy at times
- Frequent crashes, especially when initiating PiP
- M3U parsing needs to be faster and search needs to be smoother
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- Latest picture-in-picture fast forward/backward not working normally
- Freezes every few minutes, requires pause/play to resume
- External subtitles not working
- Crashes when clicking recent playback history
- Picture-in-picture playback crashes after about 10 seconds
- Default to landscape, cannot adjust
- File list automatically switches to date sorting upon reopening, causing disorder
- Cannot select files from external USB drive
- Cannot delete Alibaba Cloud Drive resources directly from the app
Requested features
41 requests- Add option to close transition animations
- Add vertical screen viewing function
- Support for Emby
- Add function to import video sources
- Support for ATV
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- Add pause/play with Airpod controls
- Allow listening to videos when phone is powered off (without PiP)
- Faster M3U parsing and smoother search
- Ability to display M3U contents in a list
- Ability to disable subtitles
- Add function to import letters
- Add function to import video sources or provide jump interface
- Support for ATV
- Add VOD URL function
- Add option to disable recent playback
- Add network movie posters and library
- Add background playback (not PiP)
- Add auto-play next episode
- Add grid layout
- Add background playback function
- Add option for automatic horizontal screen
- Add drag-and-drop sorting for playback list
- Support for ATV
- Add side-screen and vertical screen viewing options
- Add Apple TV support
- Add DLNA screen casting
- Allow screen-off playback for music
- Develop TV version
- Add cache function for large files
- Add screen casting function
- Add delete function for Alibaba Cloud Drive resources
- Add timer playback function
- Add screen lock function
- Display only one history record for the same folder
- Sync playback history data with Alibaba Cloud
- Add dark mode
- Add audiobook function
- Add cloud synchronization function across devices
- Allow lock screen playback and co-playback with other audio
- Add more detailed long-press speed options (e.g., 2.5x)
- Support downloading videos from the browser
In-app purchases
Temby
No in-app purchases
MKV PiP Player
- MKV PiP Player Pro$1.99
