Comparison

Apip vs Karui Notifications

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

Head to head
About

Apip

Features
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Master your Apip viewing experience with precision remote control. Apip Remote is the essential companion for users of the Apip TV app. Transform your iPhone into a powerful control center to manage your TV’s Picture-in-Picture (PiP) streams, playlists, and layouts with a single tap. SEAMLESS APIP SYNC Using advanced mDNS auto-discovery, Apip Remote automatically finds your Apip TV instance on your local network. No complex setup or manual IP entry required—just open the app and take control. ADVANCED PiP LAYOUT MANAGEMENT Customize exactly how you watch. Apip Remote gives you exclusive control over the Apip TV PiP window: Dynamic Positioning: Instantly move your PiP window to any corner of the screen or center it with dedicated anchor presets. Fluid Scaling: Use the precision slider to resize the PiP window from 15% to 50% of your TV screen. One-Tap Toggle: Switch between Fullscreen and PiP modes instantly without interrupting your navigation. SMART CONTENT IMPORT Manage your library from your phone and push it to the big screen: M3U/M3U8 Support: Import and parse large playlists directly into Apip. Link Handling: Open stream links from other iOS apps directly into your Apip TV app. Library Management: Save your favorite RTSP and HTTP sources for quick access. REAL-TIME MONITORING Stay in sync with your TV. Apip Remote fetches live status updates from the Apip app, showing you the current stream, active volume levels, and layout settings in real-time. MODERN & FAST Built with a sleek, dark-themed Material 3 interface, Apip Remote is designed for high performance and low latency, ensuring your TV responds to your commands instantly. Requirements: Must have the Apip app installed and running on a compatible TV. Your iPhone and TV must be connected to the same local Wi-Fi network.

About

Karui Notifications

This app provides a unified notification history for all your applications, allowing you to view deleted messages and filter out spam. It offers VIP contact prioritization, emergency alarms, and auto-replies for specific situations. The app processes notifications privately on your device, ensuring your data remains secure.

Highlights
  • View unsent messages
  • Unified notification history
  • VIP contact prioritization
  • Emergency alarm feature
  • Spam and promotion filtering
  • Auto-reply functionality
  • Notification translation
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Read unsent messages: when someone takes a message back, it’s still in Karui. Takes about a minute to set up. Every app’s notifications in one searchable history. Your VIP contacts always get through your Focus, from any app. Wake Me: people you choose can ring an alarm in an emergency, even when your iPhone is silenced. Spam and promotions are silenced, judged by the actual message, not the app. One-time codes are never silenced. Several quick messages from one person arrive as one notification. Auto Reply: tells your VIPs you’re driving, in a meeting, or asleep, and that you’ll reply later. Automatically translate notifications into your language. Deadline reminders: when a notification asks for something by a certain day, Karui reminds you the day before. How it works: Karui evaluates notifications privately on your iPhone, using your important contacts and calendar info, and decides whether to show them or hide them. Setup: you add the Karui Shortcut from a link, which takes about a minute and is all you need to read unsent messages. To filter spam, you also choose a Focus that keeps your other apps quiet. Karui guides you through both. Spam filtering and deadline reminders require Apple Intelligence to be supported and turned on. Viewing unsent messages works without it. Privacy: Karui runs privately on your iPhone with Apple Intelligence, using Apple’s on-device model, so your notifications stay on your device. The optional Second Opinion feature, off by default, sends a notification’s text to Apple’s Private Cloud Compute when you turn it on. Karui has no server, does not require an account, and sends zero analytics.

Screenshots

Apip3 screens
Karui Notifications3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Karui Notifications at daily against Apip's weekly. Apip's advantage is device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 27.0). On price, ads and in-app purchases 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

Apip ships an update weekly, Karui Notifications daily. The most recent releases landed on October 7, 2026 and October 14, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 6 level
Apip versus Karui Notifications: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterApipKarui Notifications
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (3 ratings) — better
Number of ratings—3 — better
Update frequencyWeeklyDaily — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
Monetization—Free
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS13.0 — better27.0
Further details — not scored
Size22 MB16 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperLucian ZavoianuJustin Henry Garcia

In-app purchases

None

Apip

No in-app purchases

None

Karui Notifications

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Apip free?
Apip is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Karui Notifications free?
Karui Notifications is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Apip or Karui Notifications have ads?
Neither Apip nor Karui Notifications shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Apip or Karui Notifications?
Apip ships an update weekly, and Karui Notifications daily. Most recently, Apip was updated on October 7, 2026 and Karui Notifications on October 14, 2026.

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