UniKioskWhere UniKiosk wins
There is no CMS to install, patch or back up. Each panel is complete on its own, which is the right shape for one screen in a shop and the wrong shape for four hundred in an estate.
Comparison
UniKiosk vs Xibo
Xibo is the serious open-source answer in this category and has been for well over a decade. If you want to self-host and you have someone to run a server, it is a strong choice. UniKiosk removes the server.
Where Xibo wins
Xibo is genuinely open source, self-hostable, deep in scheduling and campaigns, and has clients for Android, Windows and Linux. Its CMS gives you one place to manage hundreds of displays.
Straight answer
Which one you should pick.
Choose UniKiosk if
- You do not want to run, patch and back up a CMS.
- The estate is a handful of screens, not hundreds.
- You want kiosk lockdown in the same product.
- You want it working this afternoon rather than after a server build.
Choose Xibo if
- You want the source, and the licence guarantees that come with it.
- You already run servers and want central scheduling across sites.
- You need Windows or Linux players as well as Android.
- You need campaign scheduling, dayparting and reporting.
Side by side
The whole field.
Figures from published pricing pages, August 2026. Check them before you decide — they move.
| Feature | UniKiosk | Yodeck | Xibo | OptiSigns | ScreenCloud |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Price, 10 screens, 1 year | £0 | ~$1,199 | £0 self-hosted, ~£1,080 cloud | ~$1,200 | ~$2,400 |
| Account required | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Runs with no internet | Yes | Partial | Partial | Partial | Partial |
| Content stored on device | Yes | No | No | No | No |
| Admin console on the device | Yes | No | No | No | No |
| Kiosk lockdown included | Yes | Partial | No | No | No |
| Fleet management | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Scheduling by day and hour | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Proof of play reporting | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Right-to-left languages | Yes | Partial | Yes | Partial | Partial |
| Free template library | 451 | Yes | Partial | Yes | Yes |
| Open source | No | No | Yes | No | No |
| Runs on Android | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Runs on Raspberry Pi | No | Yes | Yes | No | Partial |
Questions
On this comparison.
Is UniKiosk open source?
Not today. The APK is free to use with no restrictions on screen count, but the source is not published. Xibo is the better choice if an open licence is a requirement rather than a preference.
Xibo is free to self-host — why would I pay nothing here instead of nothing there?
You would not, on price. You would choose on operations: Xibo self-hosted means a server, a database, updates and backups. UniKiosk means an APK.
Can UniKiosk act as an Xibo player?
No. They are separate products with separate layout formats.
Test it against your bill.
Put UniKiosk on one spare screen for a week. 451 boards are already written, and there is nothing to cancel afterwards.