PickFlick vs Mulux
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 powerful playback engine, allowing users to stream their own content via playlists and URLs, complete with a dynamic TV guide and real-time scores.
- Unified movie and TV show tracking
- Live sports monitoring with real-time scores
- Universal iCloud sync across Apple devices
- Customizable release alerts
- Direct streaming from playlists and URLs
- Dynamic TV guide with timeline view
- Multi-stream viewing capabilities
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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/
Mulux
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Mulux Cinema Bring your favorite films into your own cinema. Open your library on iPhone, iPad, Apple TV, or Apple Vision Pro, pick up where you left off, and settle in for a movie. Understand the Story, Even Without Subtitles Found a film without subtitles? You no longer have to wait for someone to create them. Mulux Cinema uses AI speech recognition to generate subtitles from the dialogue and translate them into your preferred language. Already have subtitles? Use AI subtitle translation to make foreign-language dialogue easier to follow. Generated AI subtitles can also sync across devices, so you can create them on a supported device and use them on your other devices. Your Films, Wherever You Keep Them Play local files in a wide range of common video formats, or connect to network shares and media servers. Supports SMB, WebDAV, and FTP, along with Emby, Jellyfin, and Plex libraries. Whether your films are stored on your device, computer, or NAS, browse them in one place and find your next watch by its poster. Switch Devices. Keep Watching. Sync playback progress, library information, AI subtitles, and more through iCloud. Watch on your iPhone while you’re out, then switch to your iPad or TV at home. As long as both devices can access the same video source, you can continue where you left off. SharePlay lets you watch in sync with friends and family, so you can enjoy a movie together even when you’re apart. A Viewing Experience for Every Screen Portrait playback on iPhone and iPad uses a split layout: watch the video at the top, with playback, subtitle, and audio controls below. View the synopsis and technical details, or browse your library while watching. When chapter or episode information is available, jump to a chapter or choose another episode with ease. The layout also adapts to different iPhone Duo screen configurations. Picture in Picture on iOS lets you keep watching while replying to messages or using other apps. On Apple TV, an interface designed for the big screen and remote control turns your living room into your everyday cinema. An Immersive Cinema, Exclusively on Apple Vision Pro Step into an immersive cinema and let the film take center stage. Choose your cinema environment and seat, then enjoy the big-screen experience in your own viewing space. Subtitles and Playback, Your Way Adjust subtitle fonts, size, color, and position. Switch audio tracks and choose how the video fits the screen. Resume where you left off, play videos in sequence, and skip intros when the relevant information is available. Set things up the way you like, then enjoy the movie. Choose from Apple’s built-in translation, Apple Intelligence translation, or translation through a large language model API that you configure. Some AI features depend on your device model, system version, language, and the availability of Apple services. Speech recognition and translation accuracy may vary depending on the source content. Cross-device sync requires the same Apple Account and the relevant sync settings to be enabled. Local video files are not transferred automatically. The app does not provide movies or TV shows. Please use content you are authorized to access.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is iOS requirement: PickFlick at 18.0 against Mulux's 26.0. On price, ads, in-app purchases 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
Both are free to download. PickFlick sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month and Mulux sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
| Parameter | PickFlick | Mulux |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better | — |
| Number of ratings | 2 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 2 days | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Apple TV | iPhone, iPad, Apple TV, Vision Pro — better |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 — better | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 95 MB | 96 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | PickFlick | 志凌 方 |
In-app purchases
PickFlick
- Monthly$1.991 Month
- Annual$12.991 Year
- Lifetime Premium - Early Adopter$39.99
Mulux
- Mulux Player Full Version$19.99









