nPlayer vs CatFX
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
nPlayer
Play virtually any video or audio file format without conversion. Stream media from remote devices and cloud services, and control playback with intuitive gestures. Offers extensive subtitle and audio codec support for a seamless viewing experience.
- Plays all video and audio formats without conversion
- Streams media from network devices and cloud services
- Supports DTS and Dolby audio codecs
- Advanced subtitle customization and synchronization
- Gesture-based playback controls
- Hardware acceleration for H.264, HEVC, AV1
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** nPlayer officially supports DTS (DTS HD ), DTS Headphone:X. ** nPlayer supports Dolby (AC3, E-AC3). ** nPlayer is the universal app. You can install it in any other iOS device without additional purchase. - You don't need to convert video files to MP4 to play them in your mobile device. nPlayer enable you to play all kinds of video formats and codecs without file converting efforts. - You don't need to store video files in your device with limited storage space. nPlayer's powerful and various network technologies will help you to stream them from remote devices. - With your finger tip, you can adjust playback position, move to previous and next subtitle position, adjust location and font size of subtitles, control volume and brightness. - Experience nPlayer, thousands of users recommendations. * Features - Supports officially DTS audio codec (DTS HD) - Supports Dolby audio codec (AC3, E-AC3) - Supports iXpand Drive - Supports Chromecast - Supports video cast for Smart TV - Supports HDMI output - Supports video files : MP4, MOV, MKV, AVI, WMV, ASF, FLV, OGV, RMVB, TP etc. - Supports audio files : MP3, WAV, WMA, FLAC, APE etc. - Supports subtitle files : SMI, SRT, SSA, IDX, SUB, LRC, SUP, MLP2 etc. - Supports image files : JPG, PNG, BMP, GIF, TIFF etc. - Supports playlist files : CUE, M3U, PLS - Supports WebDAV, FTP, SFTP, HTTP, SMB/CIFS, NFS - Supports UPnP/DLNA (supports subtitles if DLNA server provides subtitles information.) - Supports cloud service (Box, Dropbox, OneDrive, Yandex.Disk) - Supports in-app web browser - Supports iTunes video/audio play (except for DRM contents) - Supports videos and pictures in Album - Playback speed control : 0.5x ~ 4.0x - Resume playback - AB repeat(specific section repetition) - Screen lock - Supports AV1/HEVC/H.264/MPEG4 Hardware acceleration - Supports 3D video mode - Screen flip horizontally, vertically. brightness and saturation control - Aspect ratio : Default, 1:1, 3:2, 4:3, 5:3, 16:9, 1.85:1 etc - Supports multi-track audio - Supports audio boost - Supports audio sync - Supports lyrics display - Supports Dolby, DTS HDMI Bitstream (Passthru) - Supports embedded subtitles - Supports multi-track subtitles - Supports user’s selection of subtitle files - Supports addition of optional subtitle files while playback - Supports subtitles font, color, shadow, outline customization - Supports subtitles sync - Supports external subtitle fonts - Supports SAMI(SMI) tag - Supports SSA/ASS with full styling, embedded subtitles - File management : Delete, Move, Rename, Create a folder - Playlist management : Add, Delete, Modify - Supports recently played list - Folder lock - Supports Open-in - Supports UI theme * Gesture Features - Tap : Menu - Double tap : Pop-up play - Drag horizontally : Playback position adjustment - Drag vertically on right half of the screen : Volume control - Drag vertically on left half of the screen : Brightness control - Pinch on the screen : Screen size adjustment - Drag horizontally on subtitle text : Move to previous/next subtitle text - Drag vertically on subtitle text : Subtitle position adjustment - Pinch on subtitle text : Subtitle font size adjustment - Supports finger gesture customization
CatFX
Record and play custom sounds directly from your watch face complication. Add humor to any situation with quick access to your favorite audio clips. Easily record and manage sounds for instant playback.
- Record custom audio clips
- Six programmable buttons
- Watch face complication access
- Quick playback
- Sound management
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CatFX is a fun custom soundboard app that lets you record an audio sample in each of the six buttons that are quickly accessible through a watch face complication! Make any situation fun by queueing your own sounds - crickets chirping, cartoon boink or throwing something on the ground! Swipe left to record sounds to all of the board buttons, then play them back in seconds!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: CatFX at 100% against nPlayer's 54%. CatFX also leads on price ($0.99 vs $4.99). nPlayer's advantage is rating (4.7 vs 4.0) and update cadence (every 9 days vs every 21 months). On ads, in-app purchases, monetization model 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
nPlayer costs $4.99 and CatFX $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
nPlayer holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: nPlayer has 1.9K ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 54% of nPlayer's written reviews are positive against 100% of CatFX's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
nPlayer ships an update every 9 days, CatFX every 21 months. The most recent releases landed on October 15, 2026 and September 28, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | nPlayer | CatFX |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $4.99 | $0.99 — better |
| Rating | 4.7 (1.9K ratings) — better | 4.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 53.7% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 1.9K — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 9 days — better | Every 21 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Paid |
| Best chart rank | #41 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPod, Apple Watch |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 61 MB | 1 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Newin Inc. | Simo Virokannas |
Customer experience
nPlayer
CatFX
Bugs and requests
nPlayer
Reported bugs
4 issues- Playback position not saved after app exit
- Inability to connect to some network drives
- Inconsistent behavior when playing certain video formats
- Subtitles not displayed correctly in some cases
Requested features
6 requests- Add support for Apple TV
- Improve Chromecast support
- Implement sleep timer for audio
- Allow customization of subtitle size/color
- Add option to disable metadata fetching
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- Improve file sorting and playlist management
CatFX
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
nPlayer
No in-app purchases
CatFX
No in-app purchases









