RC Slate vs Direct Player Tools
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side β with what reviewers say about each.
RC Slate
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**RC Slate β the browser that opens your documents, built for people who work with AI.** Tap a document link while browsing β Markdown, DOCX (Word), PDF, JSON, YAML, images β and it opens right there, rendered as a clean page. No downloading, no switching to another app, no wondering what a file looks like before you can see it. **Convert anything to Markdown for AI** Turn documents and web pages into clean, token-efficient Markdown β the same content in a fraction of the prompt size. DOCX converts through the app's own parser; web pages by pulling out the article text. Need the images too? Embed them into a single self-contained Markdown file, with quality presets and a live token estimate. Export any view as PDF, PNG, or HTML. (Markdown conversion is not lossless; full page layout is not preserved.) **Read your Obsidian vault** Add a vault folder and read it as it was written β wikilinks between notes and embedded images. Links resolve inside the folder you added, so a note opens the note it points to. And a vault note leaves as one piece: export it as a single self-contained Markdown file with its images embedded, or as HTML, PNG, or PDF β ready to hand to an AI. Reading only; RC Slate never edits or syncs your vault. **A real browser underneath** Documents are grouped by the site they came from. Switch any article to Reader Mode for a clean, distraction-free reading layout with dark mode. iPhone and iPad layouts, with a sidebar and tab strip on iPad. **Clean pages for every format** - Markdown with tables, syntax highlighting, Mermaid diagrams, and LaTeX math - JSON and YAML: colour-coded, with their keys in the table of contents so you can jump straight to one - DOCX (Word) page by page, view-only (the document's own fonts are not included) - PDF and images **Open files from anywhere** Files on your device open from the Files app β or send a file from any app through the share menu, straight to RC Slate. SelfDrop syncs a file across your devices (up to 20 MB per file). **Works offline** Viewing local files works offline on your device.
Direct Player Tools
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Direct Player is a focused utility for opening Dailymotion videos in Dailymotionβs lightweight embedded player. Open the Safari extension while viewing a Dailymotion page, or paste a Dailymotion URL or video ID. It recognizes standard video pages, embed URLs, player URLs, and dai.ly short links. Privacy is built in: no analytics, advertising, account, registration, browsing-history collection, content scripts, remote code, or background tracking. The extension requests only temporary access to the active tab after you invoke it. Playback remains provided by Dailymotion, so availability, advertisements, geographic restrictions, login requirements, and removals are controlled by Dailymotion. Direct Player is an unofficial utility and is not affiliated with or endorsed by Dailymotion.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Direct Player Tools at none against RC Slate's shown. Direct Player Tools also leads on device support (4 vs 2) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 18.0). On price and in-app purchases there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price Β· Rating Β· Positive reviews Β· Number of ratings Β· Update frequency Β· Ads Β· In-app purchases Β· Monetization Β· Best chart rank Β· Devices Β· Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
| Parameter | RC Slate | Direct Player Tools |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | Every 10 days | β |
| Ads | Yes | No β better |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac β better |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 15.0 β better |
| Further details β not scored | ||
| Size | 20 MB | 4 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Jaehong Lim | Chanakya Thotakura |
In-app purchases
RC Slate
No in-app purchases
Direct Player Tools
No in-app purchases
Questions
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