AV Aid toolkit vs ViplexHandy
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
AV Aid toolkit
This app provides essential tools for Audio Visual technicians. It helps detect and set custom display resolutions, generates various audio and video test patterns, and includes helpful references for AV systems. It can also function as a document camera.
- Display resolution detection
- Custom resolution output
- Color bar and test pattern generation
- Extensive audio test generator
- Customizable test song playback
- Dolby 5.1/7.1 surround sound test
- AV system troubleshooting tools
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Useful tools for the Audio Visual technician! When you connect your device with a VGA adapter, HDMI adapter, or Airplay to a projector or flatscreen monitor, AV Aid will detect and display all available output resolutions for your device. (Even 4K!) You can then select one of these custom resolutions and AV Aid will generate and output color bars or mirror test patterns onto your display. The audio test generator is also expansive, including left, right, center, phase test, pink noise, white noise, sweep, a test song and more. You can also designate your own custom test song from your own music library or via Apple Music. *AV Aid now features a Dolby 5.1 and 7.1 surround sound test using ec-7 (enhanced ac-3) encoding! There are several other handy AV features like flashlight, IR detector, TRS, XLR, CAT-5 Pinout reference, cable connector resource guide, and additional tips for troubleshooting Audio Visual systems. We have now also added a full screen front and back camera view if you would like to use your mobile device as a document camera during online meetings.
ViplexHandy
Manage and control Taurus series multimedia players for LED displays. Design playlists, configure screens, and manage media files directly from your iOS device. This app offers comprehensive control for asynchronous full-color LED displays.
- Screen management
- Solution editing
- System settings
- Media library
- Quick screen configuration
- Real-time control
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ViPlex Handy, designed for the Taurus series products, is an application for the iOS platform. Launched by NovaStar, the Taurus series products are the second generation of multimedia players for small and medium-sized asynchronous full-color LED displays. This application supports functions like screen management, solution editing, system settings, and media library. Screen management: Allows you to manage the Taurus series products in the LAN and supports quick screen configuration, real-time control, playback management, cloud server binding and so on. Solution editing: Allows you to quickly design various playlists which will be sent to the Taurus series products for playback. System settings: Includes software language settings and help documentation. Media library: Allows you to browse the multimedia files on your mobile phone.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: AV Aid toolkit at 92% against ViplexHandy's 12%. AV Aid toolkit also leads on rating (4.7 vs 2.4) and ratings volume (94 vs 28). ViplexHandy's advantage is price (Free vs $0.99) and update cadence (every 6 weeks vs every 3 months). On ads, in-app purchases, 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
ViplexHandy is free to download; AV Aid toolkit costs $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
AV Aid toolkit holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 2.4. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 94 and 28 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 92% of AV Aid toolkit's written reviews are positive against 12% of ViplexHandy's.
AV Aid toolkit ships an update every 3 months, ViplexHandy every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | AV Aid toolkit | ViplexHandy |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $0.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 4.7 (94 ratings) — better | 2.4 (28 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 92.0% of reviews — better | 11.9% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 94 — better | 28 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 6 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 75 MB | 212 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Dave Levy | Xi'an NovaStar Tech Co.,Ltd |
Customer experience
AV Aid toolkit
ViplexHandy
In-app purchases
AV Aid toolkit
No in-app purchases
ViplexHandy
No in-app purchases
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