Ulearn vs Just A Player
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Ulearn
This app acts as a comprehensive local media and file manager, supporting various video, audio, and document formats. It offers features like file transfer, privacy encryption, format conversion, and a QR scanner to organize your local files efficiently.
- Local video and audio playback
- Document viewer for office files
- Privacy protection with encryption
- Multi-way file transfer
- Audio & video format converter
- QR and barcode scanner
- Archive compression and extraction
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An all-in-one local media & file manager, centralize all your local videos, audio, documents, images and ZIP archives. Equipped with file transfer, privacy encryption, format converter and QR scanner to organize local files effortlessly. Core Features ● Local Video Player: Offline files only. Supports MP4, MOV, MKV, AVI, FLV, M2TS, M4V, TS, VOB, WMV, MPEG and more mainstream formats; ● Local Audio Player: Full format support including MP3, FLAC, APE, AAC, OGG, WAV, WMA for lossless local music playback; ● Document Viewer: Open PDF, Word, TXT, HTML, PPT, Numbers, Pages, Keynote office files; ● Privacy Protection: Fingerprint / gesture lock, file encryption & decryption for private data; ● Local image browsing & editing; ● Archive tools: ZIP compression; extraction supports ZIP, RAR, 7Z, TAR, TAR.GZ, TAR.BZ2, GZ, BZ2 (incl. password-protected archives); ● Multi-way file transfer: Wi-Fi LAN transfer, iTunes wired transfer, device-to-device sharing; ● Local audio & video format converter; ● QR & barcode scanner, QR code generator; ● Playback history, incognito local playback, custom skip intro/outro for media files; ● Markdown preview & editing support. All core features above are available for free users. Subscribe to unlock all premium perks, remove in-app ads and access batch encryption, incognito playback and other advanced tools. Auto-Renewable Membership Terms Auto-renew subscriptions: Monthly $0.99 / Month, Yearly $7.99 / Year Lifetime one-time purchase: $9.99. One single payment for permanent full premium access, no recurring charges. Subscription Rules Payment will be charged to your Apple Account upon purchase confirmation. Subscriptions auto-renew, and renewal fees will be charged 24 hours prior to the end of each billing cycle. To turn off auto-renewal, go to [Settings > Apple Account > Subscriptions] at least 24 hours before your current period expires. Your membership access remains active until the end of the paid billing cycle after cancellation. If you reinstall the app or switch devices, log in with your original purchase Apple ID and tap [Restore Purchase] to recover your membership at no extra cost. Support & Legal Links For billing issues, missing premium access or function errors, visit our official support page or email us: xiaodeve@163.com Terms of Use: https://xiaodev.com.cn/terms.html Privacy Policy: https://xiaodev.com.cn/privacy.html App Support Page: https://xiaodev.com.cn/support.html This app only processes locally stored files and provides offline media & file management functions solely. Report bugs or compatibility issues via email: xiaodeve@163.com.
Just A Player
This application functions as a dedicated MP3 player, allowing users to control playback speed and set specific playback ranges. It includes a smart repeat feature for easily looping sections of audio, making it ideal for repetitive learning tasks.
- MP3 playback
- Adjustable playback speed
- Set playback range
- Smart repeat function
- Loop audio sections
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This is a pure MP3 player. You can set the playback speed and playback range. Easily loop a section of audio. It is a good helper for repeated learning audio. We have a smart repeat function, only need a button, you can easily repeat part of the content in the audio.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Ulearn at 4.6 against Just A Player's 2.7. Ulearn also leads on update cadence (every 5 days vs every 14 months) and ratings volume (237 vs 3). Just A Player's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 5) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.0). On price, ads 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
Both are free to download. Ulearn sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Just A Player asks for nothing beyond the download.
Ulearn holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 2.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Ulearn has 237 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Ulearn ships an update every 5 days, Just A Player every 14 months. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Ulearn | Just A Player |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (237 ratings) — better | 2.7 (3 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 68.3% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 237 — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 days — better | Every 14 months |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Ad-supported — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 150 MB | 28 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 17+ |
| Developer | 景元 肖 | 薛琦 高 |
Customer experience
Ulearn
Just A Player
Bugs and requests
Ulearn
Reported bugs
13 issues- 🐛 App crashes when adding files to zip archive
- 🐛 Browser's top buttons obstruct website headers
- 🐛 Video freezes with only audio
- 🐛 Overlapping audio when connected to Bluetooth speaker
- 🐛 App does not detect internal subtitles within MKV files
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- 🐛 Ads can be annoying with small close buttons
- 🐛 Encrypted folders cannot be decrypted, showing decryption failure
- 🐛 Cannot play .swf files
- 🐛 Cannot decide between hardware or software decoder
- 🐛 Some users report issues with deleting imported files
- 🐛 Glitchy performance
- 🐛 Poorly designed browser
- 🐛 Video playback issues
Requested features
21 requests- 💡 Adblock functionality
- 💡 Tab management for browser
- 💡 Script capabilities (like Tampermonkey)
- 💡 Full resolution photo and media extraction
- 💡 Feature to play videos using the app's player
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- 💡 Ability to copy m3U8 link and download to library
- 💡 More features for the video player
- 💡 History playback record
- 💡 AB repeat function for listening/watching
- 💡 Multilingual support
- 💡 Dark mode option
- 💡 Ability to delete imported files
- 💡 Option to disable network signal
- 💡 Folder sorting with folders at the front
- 💡 Grid preview for all folders
- 💡 Cast photos and videos to TV
- 💡 Improved browser functionality
- 💡 Better handling of website headers
- 💡 Support for .swf files
- 💡 Improved subtitle handling
- 💡 Better decoder selection
Just A Player
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Ulearn
- Ulearn Monthly Member$0.991 Month
- Ulearn Annual Membership$7.991 Year
- File encryption$2.99
- Block Ads$2.99
- Longest Member$9.99
Just A Player
No in-app purchases
