PickFlick vs HANAplay
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
PickFlick
This app unifies movie tracking, TV show management, and live sports monitoring across Apple devices. It acts as a playback engine, allowing users to stream content from their own sources with a comprehensive TV guide and real-time scores. Users are responsible for providing their own legal content.
- Unified movie and TV show tracking
- Live sports monitoring with real-time scores
- Universal iCloud sync across Apple devices
- Customizable release alerts
- Playback engine for M3U, M3U8, and Xtream Codes
- AirPlay and casting support
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PickFlick is your media companion that bridges the gap between discovery and playback. Designed exclusively for the Apple ecosystem, it unifies your movie tracking, TV show management, and live sports monitoring into a single experience across iPhone, iPad, Mac, and Apple TV. Whether you are planning your week of entertainment on your phone, managing your library on Mac, or immersing yourself in spatial computing on Apple Vision Pro, PickFlick keeps everything in sync and ready to play. Beyond just a watchlist, PickFlick is a powerful playback engine and live sports hub. Connect your own media sources to stream directly within the app, complete with a comprehensive TV guide that puts every game and premiere at your fingertips. PICKFLICK FEATURES: Watchlist and Tracker Unified Database: Browse millions of movies and TV shows with rich metadata, cast details, trailers, and ratings powered by TMDB. Smart Release Alerts: Customized notifications ensure you never miss a season premiere or theatrical release. Universal iCloud Sync: Your library flows with you across iPhone, iPad, Mac, and Apple TV. Discovery Tools: Explore curated collections and find where your favorite content is available to stream. Live Sports and TV Guide Real-Time Scores: View live scoreboards and game statuses for major leagues and tournaments globally. Dynamic TV Guide: Visualize what is airing now with a beautiful, timeline-based EPG that supports multiple playlist sources. Team Matchups: Deep dive into game details with schedule integration to know exactly when your team is playing. Multi-Stream Viewing: Watch multiple events simultaneously with advanced picture-in-picture and split-view capabilities. Powerful Playback Engine Universal Streaming: Native support for OTT playlists (M3U, M3U8), Xtream Codes, and custom media URLs. AirPlay and Casting: Effortlessly cast your streams to AirPlay-enabled speakers and displays. IMPORTANT DISCLAIMER: PickFlick is a media management and playback tool. The application itself is empty and does not contain any pre-loaded video content, channels, or streams. Users are solely responsible for providing their own content. You must supply your own legal playlists, streaming URLs, or content files. PickFlick has no affiliation with any third-party providers and does not endorse the streaming of copyright-protected material without permission. Use PickFlick to organize and enjoy the content you legally own or subscribe to. Unlock the full potential of your media life. Download PickFlick today and experience the future of tracking, watching, and cheering. https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
HANAplay
Browse and play media from your personal servers on Apple devices. Enjoy a cinematic home screen, continue watching, and access rich metadata. Control playback natively on iPhone and iPad.
- Browse personal media servers
- Cinematic home screen
- Continue watching feature
- Rich metadata and ratings
- Select audio tracks and subtitles
- Picture in Picture support
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HANAplay is a native app for browsing and playing media from your personal media servers on iPhone, iPad, and Apple TV. Choose Plex or Silo directly from the first-run screen, or connect Jellyfin and Emby through More. Browse a cinematic home screen, continue watching, search your library, explore collections and curated rows, view rich metadata and ratings, and choose available media versions, audio tracks, and subtitles. On iPhone and iPad, play compatible media, use Picture in Picture on supported routes, view Live Activities, and control playback with native system controls. Playback capabilities depend on your media, server, device, display, and audio equipment. HANAplay does not provide, host, sell, or include media. You supply access to a compatible personal media server and are responsible for the media you access. HANAplay is an independent client and is not affiliated with or endorsed by Plex, Silo, Jellyfin, or Emby. All product names and trademarks belong to their respective owners.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: HANAplay at none against PickFlick's 3. PickFlick's advantage is iOS requirement (18.0 vs 27.0). On price, rating, ratings volume and update cadence 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
Both are free to download. PickFlick sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. HANAplay asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for PickFlick against 5.0 for HANAplay. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 1 respectively.
PickFlick ships an update every 2 days, HANAplay every 4 days. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.
| Parameter | PickFlick | HANAplay |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (2 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) |
| Number of ratings | 2 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 days — better | Every 4 days |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Apple TV | iPhone, iPad, Apple TV |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 — better | 27.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 95 MB | 56 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | PickFlick | Manav Agarwal |
Customer experience
PickFlick
HANAplay
In-app purchases
PickFlick
- Monthly$1.991 Month
- Annual$12.991 Year
- Lifetime Premium - Early Adopter$39.99
HANAplay
No in-app purchases









