Comparison

Eye Video Player vs FloatPlayer

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

Head to head
About

Eye Video Player

This video player pauses playback when you look away or if someone else is looking at your screen. It offers privacy features to hide sensitive videos when others are present. You can play videos from your camera roll or stream them from the internet.

Highlights
  • Pause playback when looking away
  • Privacy mode to hide videos
  • Plays videos from camera roll
  • Streams videos from internet URLs
  • Adjustable look-away feature
Features
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Eye Video checks that you are looking at your screen to play your video; Look away and Eye Video stops playing your video until you look at your screen again. Safely watch your personal or sensitive videos with Eye Video: the app plays your videos only if there is no one else looking at your screen, and hides the videos if someone else tries to look at them. Features: - Look away: the player plays when you look at you screen and pause when you look away, or if someone hide your eyes. You can disable or enable this feature. - Privacy: the player plays when you are alone in front of your screen, and pause and hide the video if someone else look at your screen. You can enable or disable this feature. - Watch all the videos of your camera roll - Stream videos from internet by entering the URL videos If you have any issue, questions, suggestions about the app, just send us an email at support@seb-appstore.com. We can't contact you and help you if you put your questions or bugs in your reviews. Check out many great other iPhone and iPad apps at www.seb-appstore.com

About

FloatPlayer

Features
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FloatPlayer turns any video into a floating window. Play a video, swipe home, and it keeps playing in a draggable, resizable Picture-in-Picture window over whatever you are doing. BUILT FOR MULTITASKING - Follow a tutorial while you work in another app - Keep a lecture or talk playing while you take notes - Watch while you message, browse, or read YOUR VIDEOS, FLOATING - Import video files from the Files app - Paste a direct MP4 or HLS (.m3u8) stream link - Native Picture in Picture: drag it anywhere, pinch to resize - Keeps playing across app switches and screen locks FIND YOUR MOMENT AGAIN - Timestamped bookmarks with notes - tap to jump back to the exact second - Resume where you left off, per video - Playback speed from 0.5x to 2x A companion Watch tab lets you play web video in its own player, with the same quick-access recents. Free. No account. No ads. No tracking - your videos and bookmarks stay on your device.

Screenshots

Eye Video Player4 screens
FloatPlayer3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: FloatPlayer at none against Eye Video Player's 1. FloatPlayer also leads on update cadence (every 5 weeks vs every 61 months). Eye Video Player's advantage is iOS requirement (8.0 vs 17.0). On price, 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. Eye Video Player sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. FloatPlayer asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Eye Video Player ships an update every 61 months, FloatPlayer every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Eye Video Player versus FloatPlayer: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterEye Video PlayerFloatPlayer
PriceFreeFree
Rating1.0 (4 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews40.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings4 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 61 monthsEvery 5 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS8.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size13 MB1 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperSebastien BUETisaiah dupree

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Eye Video Player

One-time1
  • Pro Version$0.99
None

FloatPlayer

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Eye Video Player free?
Eye Video Player is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is FloatPlayer free?
FloatPlayer is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Eye Video Player or FloatPlayer have ads?
Neither Eye Video Player nor FloatPlayer shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Eye Video Player or FloatPlayer?
Eye Video Player ships an update every 61 months, and FloatPlayer every 5 weeks. Most recently, Eye Video Player was updated on November 1, 2026 and FloatPlayer on October 31, 2026.

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