Streambox Media Player vs NewsCloud Mobile
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Streambox Media Player
This app plays HD/HDR IP video streams from encoders or cloud services. It's ideal for content providers to review live feeds and for post-production teams to collaborate remotely on video projects.
- HD/HDR playback
- IP video stream support
- Streambox encoder integration
- Streambox Cloud Services compatibility
- Remote live stream review
- Collaborative post-production workflows
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Streambox® Media Player is an HD/HDR player for IP video streams arriving from Streambox encoders or from the Streambox Cloud services. The Media Player is well suited for streams being pushed (routed to) or pulled from the Streambox Cloud Services. This media player is used by media content providers (e.g., news services) to remotely review live streams, and by post-production services for collaborative workflows with colorist, editors, and producers, and by media producers for on-site or on-location monitoring.
NewsCloud Mobile
This app enables journalists and content creators to securely upload news content from their mobile devices to a central cloud platform. It streamlines the process of submitting stories and media for distribution.
- Secure content submission
- Mobile-to-cloud upload
- Journalist-focused tool
- Content creation support
- Global journalism hub
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The Essential Mobile Newsgathering App The NewsCloud app allows journalists and content creators to quickly and securely submit content from mobile devices to the cloud.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: NewsCloud Mobile at 5.0 against Streambox Media Player's 4.2. Streambox Media Player's advantage is ratings volume (87 vs 2) and device support (5 vs 3). On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
NewsCloud Mobile holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Streambox Media Player has 87 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Streambox Media Player ships an update every 6 weeks, NewsCloud Mobile every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on September 18, 2026 and September 9, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Streambox Media Player | NewsCloud Mobile |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.2 (87 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 66.7% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 87 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac, Apple TV — better | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.1 — better | 15.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 50 MB | 42 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Streambox Inc. | NewsCloud LLC |
Customer experience
Streambox Media Player
NewsCloud Mobile
In-app purchases
Streambox Media Player
No in-app purchases
NewsCloud Mobile
No in-app purchases
Questions
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