Comparison

KingKiosk vs App Iris

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

Head to head
About

KingKiosk

Transform any iOS device into a customizable multi-window display. Compose, control, and orchestrate real-time content across various tiles using MQTT. Ideal for creating dynamic dashboards, interactive displays, and smart home control panels.

Highlights
  • Multi-window display system
  • Real-time MQTT control
  • 35+ built-in widgets
  • Deep Home Assistant integration
  • AI voice control
  • Intercom and broadcast features
  • Privacy-first, local-first design
Features
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King Kiosk is the world's first Programmable Display Runtime — turn any iPad or iPhone into a multi-window display surface you can compose, control, and orchestrate in real time over MQTT. It's not digital signage. It's not a kiosk. It's not a dashboard. It's all of those — and none of them — because you decide what every screen becomes by sending it instructions. A REAL WINDOWING SYSTEM ON iOS Run a clock, a weather widget, a live camera feed, a Home Assistant panel, and a media player on the same screen, each in its own resizable, independently controllable tile. Floating mode for pixel-perfect layouts, or tiling mode for automatic, non-overlapping grids. 35+ BUILT-IN WIDGETS Clocks, weather, media player, YouTube, image carousels, gauges, charts, maps, calendars, PDF viewer, animated text, RSS feeds, MQTT-driven images and buttons, an Alarmo security panel, an LED light panel, DLNA player, an intercom, games, and a real-time canvas widget for declarative graphics. MQTT-NATIVE FROM THE GROUND UP Every widget, every layout, every system setting is addressable over MQTT. 100+ commands. Build automations in Home Assistant, Node-RED, or any tool that speaks MQTT. Save entire layouts as named "screen states" and recall them on schedule. DEEP HOME ASSISTANT INTEGRATION Auto-discovers itself to Home Assistant. Publishes sensor data (battery, network, location, presence). Responds to automations. Bidirectional calendar sync. Person and object detection feeds straight into HA. AI VOICE CONTROL Connect to Home Assistant conversation agents, Anthropic Claude, OpenAI, Google Gemini, or local Ollama. Your displays can listen, understand, and respond. INTERCOM & BROADCAST Two-way WebRTC audio between devices, room-to-room paging, and full-fleet broadcast — built on the same engine as professional installed-audio gear. PRIVACY-FIRST, LOCAL-FIRST Your data stays on your network. Crash reports are off by default and explicitly opt-in. No analytics. No tracking. No cloud lock-in. GUIDED ACCESS KIOSK MODE Lock the device to King Kiosk for wall-mounted iPads, lobby displays, intercom stations, or smart-home control panels. Optional command signing (HMAC) for enterprise deployments. BUILT FOR FLEETS Deploy one device or a thousand. Replicate layouts across an entire fleet with a single MQTT message. Schedule layout changes by time of day or day of week. --- A new category for every screen. Visit kingkiosk.kallinnovations.com to see what's possible. Patent pending. Programmable Display Runtime™ is a trademark of Kall Innovations.

About

App Iris

Investigate your device's app activity with detailed logs. Uncover network connections, microphone/camera usage, and compare app behavior to privacy policies. Export data for analysis or network blocking.

Highlights
  • Search and filter app events
  • Correlate device and network activity
  • Identify connection ownership and location
  • Compare app behavior to privacy policies
  • Track microphone and camera usage
  • Export data for analysis and blocklists
Features
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Hidden in your device's App Privacy Report is a detailed record of what your device and apps have been doing. App Iris provides a clear, interactive picture of that activity — with insight that once required costly tools and expertise, right on your iPhone, iPad, or Mac. • See when your camera, microphone, photos, screen recording, location, and more were accessed by your installed apps. • Explore it all on a unique horizontal timeline view that lines up app activity side by side — so you can spot patterns and understand what was really happening on your device at any moment. • Discover the third-party services and hosting providers around the world your apps connect to. • Use Privacy Health Check to compare real-world app behavior against developer privacy claims — then decide what to keep, restrict, or delete. FOR IT & SECURITY TEAMS Correlate a security alert or network event to a specific app on a specific device — no lab required. Validate timing and behavior directly on the device, or send the user our shortcut to export and forward a report for offline analysis on your Mac. For deep analysis on a larger screen, use the iPad or Mac version. FILTERING & SEARCH • Search and filter events by app, category, date/time, duration, or domain. TIMELINE & CORRELATION • A dual-lane timeline shows each app's sensor access and network connections together, in sequence. • Surface related events across apps — for example, what else was active during a phone or video call. INTELLIGENCE & DOMAIN RANKING • Identify connection ownership, location, and provider type (e.g., hosting provider, VPN, mobile network). • Domain Ranking flags connections to rare domains — those outside common sites — and lets you quickly review and surface suspicious or unusual sites. • Look up domains against external threat intelligence services, and add your own (opens in your browser). REPORT INSIGHTS (Personal and Pro) • Plot connection history on a live map to see where your data may be going. • Break down app connections by country — see at a glance which apps talk to which parts of the world. • Tag and export events, and create DNS blocklists for Pi-hole or similar filters, or as CSV for offline analysis (Pro). PRIVACY FIRST • Your privacy reports stay private. App Iris processes reports locally on your device. • Optional online geolocation and intelligence lookups send only the individual domain or IP address being checked to an external provider — and can be disabled in Settings. SUBSCRIPTION TIERS • Basic — Explore the most recent 12 hours of activity in a report, with basic features. Currently Free. • Personal — Unlock complete report analysis, insights and reporting features, automatic geolocation, and global mapping. • Pro — Aggregate reports for extended timelines; tag, annotate, and export events and blocklists; use custom DNS resolvers; share App Iris with Family Sharing; and more. App Iris is available for iPhone, iPad, and Mac (macOS version in the Mac App Store). Terms of Use (Apple standard EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://auxiris.com/legal/appiris-privacy

Screenshots

KingKiosk4 screens
App Iris4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: KingKiosk at none against App Iris's 4. KingKiosk also leads on iOS requirement (15.6 vs 17.0). App Iris's advantage is update cadence (weekly vs monthly) and ratings volume (3 vs 1). On price, rating, ads 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. App Iris sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $5.99 per month. KingKiosk asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for KingKiosk against 5.0 for App Iris. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 3 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

KingKiosk ships an update monthly, App Iris weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
KingKiosk versus App Iris: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterKingKioskApp Iris
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings)5.0 (3 ratings)
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings13 — better
Update frequencyMonthlyWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, Mac
Requires iOS15.6 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size201 MB17 MB
Age rating17+12+
DeveloperKall Innovations, LLCAuxiris LLC

In-app purchases

None

KingKiosk

No in-app purchases

4 purchases

App Iris

Subscriptions4
  • Personal Edition (1 Month)$5.991 Month
  • Pro Edition (1 Month)$7.991 Month
  • Personal Edition (12 Months)$19.991 Year
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  • Pro Edition (Annual)$49.991 Year

Questions

Is KingKiosk free?
KingKiosk is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is App Iris free?
App Iris is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, KingKiosk or App Iris?
KingKiosk and App Iris are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 1 and 3 ratings respectively.
Do KingKiosk or App Iris have ads?
Neither KingKiosk nor App Iris shows ads.
Which is updated more often, KingKiosk or App Iris?
KingKiosk ships an update monthly, and App Iris weekly. Most recently, KingKiosk was updated on October 30, 2026 and App Iris on October 24, 2026.

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