Comparison

PotPlayer vs ViewItOnce

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

Head to head
About

PotPlayer

This app plays HD videos and music, supporting various formats and offering advanced playback controls. It also includes a private vault for sensitive videos and a music player with playlist functionality.

Highlights
  • HD video and music playback
  • Supports MP4, MKV, AVI, MOV
  • Picture in Picture and AirPlay
  • Background music playback
  • Encrypted private video vault
  • Playlist management
Features
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Pot Player is the all-in-one video and music player for watch HD videos. movies, play music, organize your library, and keep sensitive videos locked away in a secure vault. Pot Player supports the formats you actually use, with advanced controls that go beyond the default player. Features: - Play videos from your Photos library or imported library - Support for MP4, MKV, AVI, MOV, and more - Subtitles, Picture in Picture, AirPlay, and speed control - Music player with playlists and background playback - Continue watching and video folders - Private Vault: encrypted Private videos with Face ID and passcode. About Subscription: - Subscription Plans: Weekly and Yearly Subscription. - Subscription automatically renews unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24-hours before the end of the current period. - Payment will be taken from your iTunes account after you confirm the purchase. - Subscriptions may be managed by the user and auto-renewal may be turned off by going to the user's Account Settings after purchase PRIVACY POLICY: https://www.yanappslab.com/p/privacy-policy.html TERMS OF USE: https://www.yanappslab.com/p/terms-of-users.html

About

ViewItOnce

Features
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ViewItOnce sends photos that actually disappear, right inside your iMessage conversations. Most "disappearing photo" apps still keep a copy somewhere. ViewItOnce doesn't. Your photo is encrypted on your phone before it leaves, our servers only ever hold scrambled bytes they can't read, and the moment your photo has been seen, it's deleted. Not hidden. Deleted. HOW IT WORKS Open a chat in Messages, tap the apps button next to the text field, and pick ViewItOnce. Choose a photo, pick how long it lives, and send. Your friend gets a card in the conversation; when they tap it, the photo appears for one look and then burns. One button switches between "View once", "One replay" for people who blink at the wrong moment, and "Keep in chat" when you just want to send a normal photo. THE APP IS FOR PAIRING Open the ViewItOnce app to connect with someone using a QR code or a six-digit code. You don't need an account, a phone number, or an email. Pairing is optional for sending, but it's how you and one specific person confirm you're talking to each other and nobody in between. WHAT MAKES IT DIFFERENT The photo itself never travels through the message. Your recipient gets a small card in the chat; the actual photo sits encrypted on our servers, gets fetched when they tap, and is destroyed after viewing. Nothing usable is left behind in the conversation, in backups, or with us. Photos are never saved to disk unencrypted on either phone. Location data and other photo metadata are stripped before sending. A word of honesty: no app can stop someone from taking a screenshot, and nothing stops a person from pointing another camera at their screen. ViewItOnce keeps copies of your photo from existing; it can't control the person you sent it to. Send accordingly. WHAT WE KNOW ABOUT YOU Almost nothing, by design. No accounts. Your device makes up a random ID and cryptographic keys on first launch, and that's all we ever see. We can't read your photos even if we wanted to. VIEWITONCE PLUS Sending disappearing photos is a subscription: ViewItOnce Plus costs $9.99 a year and starts with a free week. Opening photos other people send you is free and always will be, as is pairing and the "Keep in chat" option. Payment is charged to your Apple Account at confirmation of purchase. The subscription renews automatically unless you turn off auto-renew at least 24 hours before the period ends, and you can manage or cancel it any time in your Apple Account settings. Any unused part of a free trial is forfeited if you buy a subscription during the trial. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://viewitonce.pawels-apps.workers.dev/privacy

Screenshots

PotPlayer4 screens
ViewItOnce4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: ViewItOnce at none against PotPlayer's shown. PotPlayer's advantage is update cadence (every 3 days vs monthly) and iOS requirement (17.0 vs 26.0). On price, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. PotPlayer sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per 7 days and ViewItOnce sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $9.99 per year. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

PotPlayer ships an update every 3 days, ViewItOnce monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 25, 2026 and October 19, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 6 level
PotPlayer versus ViewItOnce: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPotPlayerViewItOnce
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.0 (2 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings2 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 days — betterMonthly
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhoneiPhone
Requires iOS17.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size8 MB3 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperYANAPPS LAB LLCPawel Szydlowski

In-app purchases

2 purchases

PotPlayer

Subscriptions2
  • Weekly Subscribtion3 Days trial$2.997 Days
  • Yearly Subscribtion$19.991 Year
1 purchases

ViewItOnce

Subscriptions1
  • ViewItOnce Plus7 Days trial$9.991 Year

Questions

Is PotPlayer free?
PotPlayer is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is ViewItOnce free?
ViewItOnce is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do PotPlayer or ViewItOnce have ads?
PotPlayer shows ads; ViewItOnce does not.
Which is updated more often, PotPlayer or ViewItOnce?
PotPlayer ships an update every 3 days, and ViewItOnce monthly. Most recently, PotPlayer was updated on October 25, 2026 and ViewItOnce on October 19, 2026.

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