Comparison

THLPlay vs iHide Photo

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

Head to head
About

THLPlay

This app enables ultra-low-latency wireless display and screen mirroring for Apple devices. It functions as a smart casting hub for presentations, home theater, and sharing media. Features include 4K video playback, multi-screen adaptation, and interactive annotation tools.

Highlights
  • Ultra-low-latency screen mirroring
  • 4K Ultra HD DLNA video player
  • Multi-screen and dual-screen adaptation
  • Interactive whiteboard and annotation
  • Privacy and local network security
  • Cross-platform multi-protocol support
Features
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THLPlay is a high-performance, ultra-low-latency wireless display and screen mirroring receiver designed for iOS, iPadOS, macOS, and tvOS. Whether you are hosting a business presentation, enjoying home theater streaming, or sharing photos and videos with family, THLPlay turns your device into an intelligent casting hub. Key Features: • Ultra-Low Latency Screen Mirroring: Experience smooth, real-time screen sharing with hardware-accelerated decoding (Metal & H.265). Perfect for presentations, demos, and interactive meetings. • 4K Ultra HD DLNA Video Player: Seamlessly cast your favorite movies, web videos, and music from apps on phones, tablets, and PCs directly to your screen with full playback controls. • Multi-Screen & Dual-Screen Adaptation: Optimized for the latest foldable and dual-screen devices (such as iPhone Duo) as well as iPad Pro split-screen layouts, delivering native multi-window workflows. • Interactive Whiteboard & Annotation: Annotate, highlight, and doodle directly over the mirrored screen during meetings or lectures to emphasize key insights with colleagues. • Privacy & Local Network Security: All audio and video streams are transmitted strictly over your secure local Wi-Fi network. No personal data is collected or uploaded to any external cloud servers. • Cross-Platform Multi-Protocol Support: Enjoy seamless compatibility across Apple TV, iPad, iPhone, and Mac with unified settings and clean, elegant designs. How to Connect: 1. Connect both devices to the same Wi-Fi network. 2. Swipe to open Control Center on your sending device and tap "Screen Mirroring", or tap the casting icon in your video app. 3. Select "THLPlay" from the device list to start enjoying large-screen wireless sharing instantly!

About

iHide Photo

Quickly obscure sensitive details in your images before sharing. This tool automatically finds text and offers various redaction options like blur, mosaic, or color blocks. Process images locally for enhanced privacy.

Highlights
  • Automatic text detection
  • Manual redaction areas
  • Color block, mosaic, and blur tools
  • Undo/redo functionality
  • Local image processing
  • Watermark removal (iHide Plus)
Features
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iHide is a simple and efficient photo privacy protection tool, designed to help you quickly cover sensitive information before sharing screenshots, bills, chat records, order details, or other images. You can select photos from your photo library or import images from files. iHide detects text in images directly on your device and provides multiple editing tools, including color blocks, mosaic, blur, and annotation, helping you quickly hide names, phone numbers, account numbers, order IDs, transaction times, and other private information. Key Features: - Select photos from your photo library or import images from files - Automatically detect text in images - Tap detected areas to quickly redact sensitive information - Drag to manually create redaction areas - Supports color block, mosaic, blur, and annotation tools - Supports undo, redo, and reset editing - Save edited images to your photo library - Supports Chinese and English interface - iHide Plus unlocks the ability to save images without the watermark iHide is designed with privacy in mind. Photo processing and text recognition are completed locally on your device. No account is required, and your images or private data are never uploaded.

Screenshots

THLPlay4 screens
iHide Photo4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: THLPlay at none against iHide Photo's 1. THLPlay also leads on update cadence (every 2 days vs monthly) and device support (3 vs 1). On price, rating, review sentiment and ratings volume 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. iHide Photo sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. THLPlay 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 THLPlay against 5.0 for iHide Photo. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 1 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

THLPlay ships an update every 2 days, iHide Photo monthly. The most recent releases landed on November 9, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
THLPlay versus iHide Photo: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTHLPlayiHide Photo
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings11
Update frequencyEvery 2 days — betterMonthly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple TV — betteriPhone
Requires iOS16.616.6
Further details — not scored
Size8 MB4 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developer享风 赵琦臻 王

Customer experience

THLPlay

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

iHide Photo

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

THLPlay

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

iHide Photo

One-time1
  • iHide Plus Lifetime$0.99

Questions

Is THLPlay free?
THLPlay is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is iHide Photo free?
iHide Photo is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, THLPlay or iHide Photo?
THLPlay and iHide Photo are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 1 and 1 ratings respectively.
Do THLPlay or iHide Photo have ads?
Neither THLPlay nor iHide Photo shows ads.
Which is updated more often, THLPlay or iHide Photo?
THLPlay ships an update every 2 days, and iHide Photo monthly. Most recently, THLPlay was updated on November 9, 2026 and iHide Photo on November 5, 2026.

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