Best UnPlay alternatives: apps like UnPlay

10+ similar apps compared and reviewed

4.3 avg rating
8 free apps
Updated November 2026
UnPlay
UnPlay
Changzhou Yizhong Yijia Health Management Co., Ltd.

UnPlay is great, but it's not the only option. Explore 10+ similar apps for iPhone and iPad, each reviewed and rated by real users. Find free alternatives, premium upgrades, and hidden gems.

Top Alternatives to UnPlay

CMSPlayer#1

CMSPlayer by Yuzhou Zhuang

Player for CMS VOD systems
Editor's Choice
🎬 Entertainment
4.7😐(160 ratings)
$2.99
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This app provides a seamless playback experience for VOD sources, offering features like playback speed adjustment, AirPlay, and Picture in Picture. It allows users to manage multiple sources, search for content, and track watch history. Optimized for Apple devices, it integrates with iCloud for cross-platform syncing.

What We Love

  • 👍 Simple, lightweight, excellent
  • 👍 Powerful app, has most things
  • 👍 Very easy to use
  • 👍 Solved Apple TV viewing issues
  • 👍 Great interface, powerful features
  • 👍 Good app, developer support
  • 👍 Highly recommended app
  • 👍 YYDS (Eternal God)
  • 👍 Good app, developer support
  • 👍 Good app, developer support

Room to Improve

  • 🐛 Account banned inexplicably
  • 🐛 Few resources, inactive community
  • 🐛 Too many ads, intrusive
  • 🐛 App crashes on Apple TV
  • 🐛 App seems abandoned
  • 🐛 Selection inconvenient
  • 🐛 Frequent rating prompts
  • 🐛 Playback experience needs optimization
  • 🐛 No brightness control
  • 🐛 No episode switching in playback
HamHub - Your Personal Cinema#2

HamHub - Your Personal Cinema by 玲丽 吴

Cloud, NAS & Media Player
Strong Contender
🎬 Entertainment
4.6😐(230 ratings)
FreeIn-App Purchases
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Organize and play your video collection from cloud drives and media servers in one unified library. Enjoy features like automatic media details, watch progress syncing, and powerful playback options across multiple devices.

What We Love

  • 🎨 Beautiful and elegant UI design
  • ⚡ Fast metadata scraping
  • 📺 Good HDR support on iPad
  • 💰 Powerful features in free version
  • 🎬 Support for multiple media sources (SMB, Emby, Jellyfin, IPTV)
  • 👍 Smooth interaction and intuitive operation
  • 🖥️ Works well on iOS devices

Room to Improve

  • 🐛 Frequent crashes and freezes
  • ⏱️ UI lag during video playback
  • 🔧 macOS version is half-baked
  • 📱 Apple TV version has multiple issues
  • 🎯 Click position misalignment
  • 🔌 SMB buffering is slow
  • 🌐 Poor localization (incomplete English translation)
  • 🪟 Window scaling issues on small displays
  • 🔥 High CPU usage and heat generation
SenPlayer - Media Player#3

SenPlayer - Media Player by 军 王

Media Library & NAS, Local
Worth Considering
🎬 Entertainment
4.7😊(1.3K ratings)
FreeIn-App Purchases
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This app is a powerful multimedia player supporting 4K/8K video, high frame rates, and HDR. It streams from various cloud services and media servers, offering a seamless playback experience with custom controls and advanced subtitle support.

What We Love

  • 👍 Great app with many features
  • 🚀 Smooth and fast playback
  • 💡 Highly customizable interface
  • 🔒 No ads or data collection
  • 🔥 Excellent Jellyfin/Emby support

Room to Improve

  • 🐛 Occasional crashes or playback issues
  • 🔋 High battery consumption on some devices
  • 💤 Lack of AirPlay support
  • 📚 Limited subtitle customization options

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VidHub -Video Library & Player
VidHub -Video Library & Player
VidHub -Video Library & Player
Manage and enjoy TV & Movies
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This app is a powerful media player and library manager for various video formats. It offers high-quality playback, subtitle support, and seamless integration with cloud storage and media servers. Organize and enjoy your entire video collection with customizable options.

Supports numerous video formatsHigh-quality playback (HD, 4K, HDR)Subtitle support (embedded & external)
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CastFlow
CastFlow
CastFlow
DLNA・IPTV・Media Servers
$0.99

Stream media from various platforms to your device using DLNA protocol. Supports a wide range of media formats for seamless playback.

DLNA streamingCross-device castingWide media format support
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6
Lenna - Video Library Player
Lenna - Video Library Player
Lenna - Video Library Player
HDR Media Player
Free

A media player for movie and TV enthusiasts, ideal for users with home NAS storage. It connects to Emby/Jellyfin servers and plays directly from WebDAV/SMB. Enjoy high-quality playback with HDR support, library management, and seamless syncing.

Connects to Emby, Jellyfin, WebDAV, SMBBrowse poster walls and search mediaBackground and PiP playback
🎬 Entertainment
(119)
free with in-app purchases
7
Reflix - Emby Video Player
Reflix - Emby Video Player
Reflix - Emby Video Player
Movie & TV Tracker with Recaps
Free

Discover trending movies and shows, track your viewing progress, and get smart recommendations. Seamlessly switch between Emby services, sync history across devices, and manage your favorites in one place. Enjoy an enhanced audio-visual experience with third-party player support.

Discover trending movies and showsTrack viewing progressConnect multiple Emby services
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8
BeeJoy
BeeJoy
BeeJoy
NAS & Blu-ray Video Player
Free

This app offers advanced playback for local, network, and media server content, including Blu-ray ISOs and BDMV folders. It supports HDR video, Dolby Atmos audio, and various network streaming protocols for a flexible, high-quality viewing experience on Apple devices.

Blu-ray ISO and BDMV playbackNetwork streaming (SMB, WebDAV, FTP, SFTP, NFS)Media server integration (Emby, Jellyfin, Plex)
🎬 Entertainment
(15)
free with in-app purchases
9
网易爆米花-智能媒体库,全能云盘网盘播放器
网易爆米花-智能媒体库,全能云盘网盘播放器
网易爆米花-智能媒体库,全能云盘网盘播放器
智能播放器,可聚合网盘/NAS/本地视频,轻松搭建个人影院
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This app acts as a smart media library and versatile cloud drive player. It intelligently identifies video resources from cloud drives and local storage, automatically matching them with posters and summaries to create a personalized media collection. Enjoy a cinema-like viewing experience with support for high-definition formats and seamless cross-platform synchronization.

Intelligent media library creationConnects to multiple cloud drives (Ali, Baidu, 115, etc.)Supports WebDAV/SMB/NAS protocols
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nanoTV
nanoTV
nanoTV
A powerful media player.
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A powerful media player for Apple devices that offers real-time subtitle generation and translation, multi-format playlist support, and hardware-accelerated playback for a superior viewing experience.

Real-time subtitles and translationMulti-format playlist support (M3U/TXT, tvHeadend, Xtream Codes)Hardware-accelerated playback
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(13)
free with in-app purchases