Comparison

FST vs Vidnip

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

Head to head
About

FST

Features
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FST Smart Climate gets the cabin ready before you get in, and keeps adjusting while you drive. PRECONDITIONING • Set a target and precondition the cabin (precool or preheat) with Shortcuts or a tap. • Auto climate can start on its own. If nobody gets in within the countdown, climate turns off. LIVE ACTIVITIES • Cabin, outdoor, and target temperatures on the Lock Screen and Dynamic Island. • Watch the shutoff countdown while preconditioning. • See Camp Mode and temperature hold at a glance. SHORTCUTS • Run Smart Preconditioning with Siri or the Shortcuts app. • Add place and time rules, including scheduled climate routines. • Put the action on Control Center, Action Button, or Lock Screen. COMFORT • Learns from the temperatures you pick. • Tweaks the target as outdoor conditions change on the road. • Keeps a history of preconditioning and adjustments. PRIVACY Review data practices, export your data, withdraw vehicle authorization, or delete your account in the privacy center. REQUIREMENTS • Supported Tesla accounts and vehicles in mainland China use the China service. Supported accounts in North America and Asia Pacific, excluding mainland China, use the Tesla America API region (NA) service. • Languages: Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Japanese, and English. • Official Tesla authorization and virtual key pairing are required before vehicle control. • Feature availability depends on your Tesla account region, vehicle compatibility, connectivity, and Fleet API availability. SUBSCRIPTIONS FST offers automatically renewing monthly and annual subscriptions. Eligible new subscribers may start with a free trial; trial eligibility, trial length, prices, and currency are shown by your local App Store before you subscribe. Payments are charged to your Apple account. Subscriptions renew automatically unless canceled at least 24 hours before the current period ends; renewal is charged within 24 hours before that period ends. Any unused free trial is forfeited when a subscription is purchased. Manage or cancel in Settings → your name → Subscriptions. FST is an independent third-party app and is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by Tesla. Tesla is a trademark of its owner. Privacy policy: Mainland China: https://tesla.guzhentao.work/fst-platform/privacy North America and Asia Pacific: https://us.guzhentao.work/fst-platform/privacy Apple Standard EULA: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

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Vidnip

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Vidnip is an offline video and music player for iPhone. Import your own videos, music videos and songs — no Mac and no account needed. If you have a Mac, pair it with Vidnip for Mac: keep watching its downloads on your iPhone with the position in sync, sync songs, stream videos, control downloads, and send it links even when you’re away. YOUR VIDEOS, CONTINUED ANYWHERE • Import videos (MP4, M4V, MOV) from the Files app, Photos or a computer. Select several in Files or Photos and tap Share › Import to Vidnip to import them all at once. • Every video remembers where you stopped and continues from there. Finished videos are marked as watched; play from the start or mark them watched / unwatched at any time. • Full screen, Picture in Picture and AirPlay to your TV; rename, share or save to Photos. YOUR MUSIC, OFFLINE • Import MP3, AAC/M4A, ALAC, FLAC, WAV, AIFF and music videos with their artwork and lyrics; a matching .lrc file becomes timed lyrics that scroll with the music. • Queue, shuffle, repeat, playback speed and AirPlay, with controls on the Lock Screen and in Control Center. • Car Lyrics (Settings › Music): when audio plays over your car’s Bluetooth or CarPlay, the current lyric line appears where the car shows the song title, with the song and artist on the artist line. • Tag your songs and filter by tag — several at once, with Selected and Recently Used at the top of the panel. Search and sort; duplicates are skipped. • Imported files stay on this iPhone and are part of its backup. WITH VIDNIP FOR MAC: DOWNLOAD ON THE MAC, CONTINUE ON THE IPHONE • Mac › Videos shows what the Mac has downloaded, with a Continue Watching row at the top and series grouped by subscription or playlist. • Stop halfway on the Mac and pick up at the same spot on your iPhone; finish on the iPhone and it’s marked as watched on the Mac too (Vidnip for Mac 2.0). • Download to iPhone — copied over Wi‑Fi and verified with SHA‑256; watch offline anywhere, position kept. • Stream from the Mac — instant playback with seeking, speed, full screen and AirPlay; only a small temporary cache on the iPhone. • Remote control — open the video on the Mac’s screen and drive play, pause, seek, volume, speed and subtitles from your iPhone. SEND LINKS FROM ANYWHERE (with Vidnip for Mac) • Share a link from Safari or any app, or paste it in the app. Your Mac detects the videos on the page; if there are several, pick one by thumbnail, length and quality. • Follow the Mac’s downloads live and pause, resume or cancel them from your iPhone; links sent while the Mac is unreachable go out later. • Remote Send — away from home, send a link to your own Mac and it downloads automatically. The link is end-to-end encrypted and relayed through api.vidnip.com; we can’t read it; ciphertext is kept for at most 7 days. SYNC MUSIC FROM YOUR MAC • Browse the Mac’s music library and sync a song, an album or everything, with artwork and lyrics; optionally sync new songs automatically whenever the Mac connects. PRIVATE BY DESIGN • No account, no analytics, no ads. Vidnip never uploads your files anywhere. • Communication with your Mac stays on your local network, encrypted; videos never leave it, and Remote Send carries only the encrypted link. Pairing uses a one-time six-digit code shown on the Mac; revoke an iPhone from the Mac at any time. REQUIREMENTS • Importing and playing your own files needs nothing else. • Mac features: Vidnip for Mac 1.7.0 or later from vidnip.com (1.8.0 for music sync, 2.0 for position sync and Remote Send; macOS 14 or later, Apple Silicon) with “Allow iPhone to connect over the local network” on (plus Remote Receive for Remote Send), both on the same Wi‑Fi. • Downloads from the Mac run while the app is in front and resume when you return. Vidnip for iPhone never downloads media from websites: it has no built-in browser or site parser and does not bypass access controls or DRM. It plays files you already have and manages media on your own Mac.

Screenshots

FST4 screens
Vidnip4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Vidnip at none against FST's 2. Vidnip also leads on iOS requirement (17.0 vs 26.0). On price, update cadence, ads 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. FST sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $5.99 per month. Vidnip asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

FST ships an update every 2 days, Vidnip every 4 days. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.

Scorecard2 real differences · 4 level
FST versus Vidnip: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFSTVidnip
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 2 days — betterEvery 4 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS26.017.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size85 MB16 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developer振涛 顾MY ARCS CO., LTD.

In-app purchases

2 purchases

FST

Subscriptions2
  • FST Monthly7 Days trial$5.991 Month
  • FST Annual7 Days trial$49.901 Year
None

Vidnip

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is FST free?
FST is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Vidnip free?
Vidnip is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do FST or Vidnip have ads?
Neither FST nor Vidnip shows ads.
Which is updated more often, FST or Vidnip?
FST ships an update every 2 days, and Vidnip every 4 days. Most recently, FST was updated on October 24, 2026 and Vidnip on October 24, 2026.

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