Subtitles Player vs Video Subtitle Hardcoder
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Subtitles Player
Play all video formats and various subtitle files directly on your iPhone or iPad without conversion. Sync movies via USB or stream from your computer and network drives. Customize appearance with dark and white themes.
- Plays all video formats
- Supports SRT, SUB, and TXT subtitles
- Subtitle time shifting and FPS adjustment
- Download subtitles from OpenSubtitles.org
- Stream from Samba/DLNA network sources
- USB iTunes sync for movie transfer
- Customizable dark and white themes
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"Subtitles Player" is an application that allows play all video formats directly on iPhone / iPad without converting. Major functions of Subtitles Player: * universal app that supports iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch * allows to play movies with subtitles from seperate files * opens subtitles in .srt, .sub and .txt formats (mDVD frame format, mplayer2 time format, tmp time format and srt format) * supports different code pages. * allows to shift subtitles in time, to perfect fit movie dialogues * allows to change fps (frame per second) rate in imported subtitles * allows to download subtitles directly from OpenSubtitles.org * built in SAMBA (SMB) client which allows you to play movies directly from any windows or mac computer * built in DLNA (UPnP) client which allows you to play movies directly from the most of popular local network disks. * USB iTunes sync allows to fast download movies to your iOS device. * ability to change application appearance. App contains two different themes: dark and white Supported File Format Extension - movies: XVID/DIVX AVI, MKV, TS, WMV, RMVB, ASF, H264, M2TS etc. - subtitles: SUB, SRT, TXT, ASS, SSA
Video Subtitle Hardcoder
Permanently embed subtitles into videos for better engagement on social media. Supports SRT/ASS files or allows in-app subtitle creation with customizable font, size, location, and timing.
- Hardcode subtitles into videos
- Supports SRT and ASS subtitle files
- In-app subtitle editor
- Customizable font, size, and color
- Adjust subtitle display location (top, bottom, middle)
- Set subtitle start time and duration
- Inbuilt video previewer
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Hardcode subtitles into a video. When a subtitle is hardcoded, it is permanently written into a Video and it is displayed whenever the video plays on any device or social media websites. Since videos autoplay without sound on social platforms, most of the viewers watch videos without sound. By uploading videos with hardcoded subtitles, you’ll get more engagement and higher viewer retention rates. The application provides two ways to hardcode the subtitles. ** Inbuilt support for SRT and ASS files : If you already have a SRT or ASS file, you could directly hardcode it to the video. In this case, the application will automatically take all formatting, font and location settings from the SRT/ASS files and hardcode it directly to the video. ** You could also create your own subtitles and merge them into the video right from the application. The application comes with its own editing interface. On this interface the video preview is displayed. You could traverse through the video and add the subtitle lines wherever required. ** Font, Size and Location : When you are defining your own subtitle lines, there is an option to set the font name, font size and the text color. These settings are universally applied to all subtitles lines that are added. ** Subtitle display location : For each subtitle line, you could specify whether that line should appear at Top, Bottom or Middle. These settings could be specified for individual lines. ** Start Time and duration to display subtitles : You could define the start time from which the subtitle should start displaying and the duration till which it should be displayed. This will ensure that the subtitles are displayed at exactly the right moment in your video. The application has its own inbuilt previewer where you could directly preview the created video with subtitles.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Video Subtitle Hardcoder at 4.2 against Subtitles Player's 2.8. Video Subtitle Hardcoder also leads on review sentiment (50% vs 42%). Subtitles Player's advantage is update cadence (every 2 months vs every 17 months) and price ($1.99 vs $3.99). On ratings volume, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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
Subtitles Player costs $1.99 and Video Subtitle Hardcoder $3.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Video Subtitle Hardcoder holds the better App Store score, 4.2 against 2.8. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4 and 5 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 42% of Subtitles Player's written reviews are positive against 50% of Video Subtitle Hardcoder's.
Subtitles Player ships an update every 2 months, Video Subtitle Hardcoder every 17 months. The most recent releases landed on October 22, 2026 and October 16, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Subtitles Player | Video Subtitle Hardcoder |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $1.99 — better | $3.99 |
| Rating | 2.8 (4 ratings) | 4.2 (5 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 41.7% of reviews | 50.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 4 | 5 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months — better | Every 17 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple TV — better | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 9.3 — better | 11.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 33 MB | 356 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Peritum.Net | Nikhil Anshuman |
Customer experience
Subtitles Player
Video Subtitle Hardcoder
In-app purchases
Subtitles Player
No in-app purchases
Video Subtitle Hardcoder
No in-app purchases
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