Compare Kinosign and Yodeck for your screens
Yodeck is worth considering for digital signage. Kinosign brings menus and screen updates together with tools to produce your own channel.
Written by Kinosign, which makes a competing product. Sources checked 5 November 2026. This is a comparison of public documentation and the proposed Kinosign offer. It is not a completed hands-on benchmark. Kinosign pricing and player tests remain pending.
Playing a stream and making a channel are different jobs.
Yodeck documents playback of an existing live-stream URL. Kinosign’s intended offer includes producing and managing the channel alongside your signage: scheduling videos, adding live events and choosing the screens that show it.
If your main job is a menu on one screen, compare that everyday workflow first. Consider a channel when you have videos or live events to show.
Read Yodeck’s stream-playback documentation- 07:00 · Morning at the roastery
- 11:00 · Meet the bakers
- 20:00 · A conversation, live
Compare screen plans and channel workflows
Yodeck has a free single-screen plan, a broad app library and AI screen control. Those are real reasons to consider it.
| Your question | Kinosign | Yodeck |
|---|---|---|
| One menu screen? | Proposed first 3 screens free. The local menu maker and PNG export work on this site. | Public free single-screen plan. Review the current free-plan limits. |
| More screens? | Proposed $6 per extra screen/month, first 3 screens stay free. Monthly billing. | Basic starts at a displayed $8 per screen/month. Plan, billing term, own-device discounts and hardware affect the bill. |
| Create a channel? | Planned channel production and management as a separate account-level add-on, quoted for your usage. | Documents playback of a live stream you provide. Check any separate production tools your workflow needs. |
| AI screen control? | MCP control is in the launch plan. The marketing-site tool handles menu drafts and export. | Markets an AI Agent for screen, schedule and content tasks. Check plan eligibility. |
| Device choice? | Fire TV, Android TV and web player are launch targets; exact model tests pending. No hardware sold. | Several player options and annual hardware offers. Check the model and terms for your selected plan. |
Official sources: Yodeck pricing, AI Agent and live streaming support. Prices are displayed rates, not checkout quotes.
Compare the whole bill.
Kinosign’s proposed three-screen subscription is $0/month: the first three screens are free. That excludes hardware, taxes and channel production.
Get a qualifying three-screen quote from Yodeck using the plan and billing period you would actually buy. Include player costs, annual commitments, discounts and any separate channel service.
Neither product is always cheaper. Compare the full cost of the setup you need and the work it takes to update a screen.
Price the three screens you actually need
Annual figures are monthly equivalents with a yearly commitment. Hardware, tax and optional services need separate lines on your quote.
| Option | Plan and price | Three screens | Term | Included features | Condition to check |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yodeck | Basic, $8 per screen/month | $24/month | Monthly, or annual at the same headline rate | Layouts and basic scheduling | Annual hardware offer differs from monthly |
| OptiSigns | Standard, $10 per screen/month | $30/month | Monthly | Designer and playlists | Annual Standard is $9, billed yearly |
| OptiSigns | Free, $0 | $0 if eligible | Free plan | Basic content tools | Supported device types only; vendor logo |
| Screenly | Starter, $15 per screen/month | $45/month equivalent, $540/year | Annual | Scheduling and API access | Players sold separately; maximum five screens |
| Kinosign | First 3 free, extras $6/month | Proposed $0/month | Planned monthly | Menu-focused launch scope | Pre-launch |
Sources: Yodeck pricing, OptiSigns pricing, Screenly pricing and Kinosign’s proposed pricing. OptiSigns Free is limited to eligible device types, including OptiSigns devices, Windows, Linux and Raspberry Pi, with its logo and 1GB storage.
Yodeck upgrades apply across the account
Yodeck’s billing documentation says every registered screen becomes billable when an account has two or more screens. Three Basic screens cost $24/month, rather than $16. Adding a second screen takes the Basic software bill from $0 to $16/month.
Its plan documentation also states:
All the screens will need to be on the same plan.
If one screen needs a higher-tier feature, upgrade the account or put those screens in another account. A separate account adds another place to manage content. Scheduling is available across Yodeck’s plans, so a breakfast-to-lunch changeover alone does not require a Premium upgrade.
Review Kinosign pricingWho should stay with Yodeck?
Stay if one free screen is enough, or your existing integrations and annual player offer justify the bill. A small subscription saving may not cover rebuilding your content and schedules.
A practical comparison checklist
- Make the same menu in each product. Change one price.
- Schedule breakfast to switch to lunch. Check the time zone.
- Pair the exact player you plan to use.
- Disconnect it, reconnect it and inspect recovery.
- If you need a channel, compare its production and playback together.
- Record the full bill, support route and cancellation terms.
Switch one screen before you switch every screen.
Export content you own from your current system. Check fonts, file sizes and schedules. Run a small pilot while your existing setup is still available, then decide whether the new workflow fits.
Before moving an account, try your PDF menu in the free menu maker. It reads the file in your browser, lets you check the items and redraws them as a Kinosign design. You can also start from an editable template.