Comparison

Kino! vs Matchinée

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

Head to head
About

Kino!

This app allows you to play video files from your device and offers a unique social feature to pick movies with friends online. Organize your video library and enjoy an intuitive player with Picture-in-Picture mode.

Highlights
  • Play videos from gallery and files
  • Supports multiple video formats
  • Organize and sort video library
  • Intuitive video player with PIP
  • Social mini-game for picking movies
  • Swipe and match movie suggestions
Features
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Watch videos your way! Kino Box lets you play videos from your gallery, files and other sources in many formats. Why You’ll Love It: - Play Any Kind of Video Content: Easily load video files to watch your favorite video content. - Watch Your Videos: Open video files from your gallery in different formats. - Easy to Use: Simple design makes watching videos easy. - Organize and Sort Your Video Content: Easily manage and categorize your video library for quick access. - Intuitive Video Player: Features a sleep timer, aspect ratio settings, and Picture-in-Picture (PIP) mode for a great viewing experience. Mini-Game Feature: - Pick Movies with Friends: Create a mini-game session, share a unique ID with friends, and play together online. - Swipe & Match: Choose movie genres, release years, and swipe through movie posters to decide what to watch. Read descriptions, view trailers, check ratings, cast details, and more. - Match with Friends: If everyone likes the same movie, the app notifies you of a match, so you can all enjoy watching it (outside of the app). Try Kino Box now for a great way to enjoy video content! - IMPORTANT NOTICE: Kino Box only plays content added by you. It does not come with its own content or playlists. Please use Kino Box with your own content or legal playlists. Kino Box does not support watching copyrighted material without permission.

About

Matchinée

Stop endless scrolling and start watching. This app helps you and your friends agree on movies and shows by swiping through titles together. When you both like the same one, it's a match and added to a shared list for easy planning.

Highlights
  • Swipe on movies and shows
  • Match titles with friends
  • Shared watchlist creation
  • In-app chat for planning
  • See taste-match with friends
  • Add friends via contacts or link
Features
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Stop scrolling. Start watching. Matchinée is how you and your friends finally agree on what to watch. Swipe through movies and shows. When you both like the same one, it's a match, and it lands on a shared list you can plan a night around. No more "I don't know, what do YOU want to watch?" No more twenty minutes lost to the endless scroll. Just the stuff you both actually want to see. HOW IT WORKS • Swipe on movies and shows — solo, or in a deck tuned to you and a friend. • When you both like the same title, it's a match on your shared watchlist. • Plan a movie night and chat about it, right in the app. • Add friends from your contacts, or share an invite link. WHY IT'S DIFFERENT • Your likes are saved from day one — the moment a friend joins, everything you both already liked matches instantly. • See your taste-match with each friend, so you know who to plan with. • A shared list that's actually shared — not two people guessing. Matchinée uses catalog data from The Movie Database (TMDB). It's a discovery app that helps you decide what to watch — it doesn't stream video. Free to use. Bring a friend.

Screenshots

Kino!3 screens
Matchinée4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Matchinée at 5.0 against Kino!'s 4.0. Matchinée also leads on iOS requirement (15.1 vs 17.6). Kino!'s advantage is ratings volume (63 vs 1). 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Matchinée holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Kino! has 63 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Kino! versus Matchinée: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterKino!Matchinée
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.0 (63 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews8.7% of reviews—
Number of ratings63 — better1
Update frequencyMonthly—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS17.615.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size18 MB29 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperIrina ScelcunovaCHLOE LEE YACHANIN

Customer experience

Kino!

All ratings62 ratings
Positive74.2%
Neutral0.0%
Negative25.8%
Written reviews46 reviews
Positive8.7%
Neutral4.3%
Negative87.0%

Matchinée

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Kino!

No in-app purchases

None

Matchinée

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Kino! free?
Kino! is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Matchinée free?
Matchinée is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Kino! or Matchinée?
Matchinée is rated higher. Kino! averages 4.0 out of 5 from 63 ratings, while Matchinée averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Kino! or Matchinée have ads?
Neither Kino! nor Matchinée shows ads.

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