Comparison

MWPlay vs VZTA

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

MWPlay

This media player app integrates with a central server to provide extensive viewing capabilities. It offers quick channel changes, multi-language support, and real-time updates for a seamless entertainment experience.

Highlights
  • Quick channel change
  • Multi-language subtitles and audio
  • Real-time updates and controls
  • Channel search and filter
  • Electronic programme guide (EPG)
  • Centralised control integration
Features
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The latest addition to the MW family, this iOS app integrates tightly with all of the channel and permission controls of MWCore. MWPlay allows quick and extensive rollout of viewing capability without losing the ease of command and control offered by the MWCore central server. MWPlay has all of the multi-language subtitle and audio, quick channel change and real-time updates and controls you would expect. Supported video codecs: • MPEG-2 • MPEG-4 • HEVC Supported transports: • UDP (Multicast/Unicast) • RTP • RTSP • RTMP • HLS • VTTP • SRT Extra features: • Channel search and filter • Favorite channels • Quick swipe channel change • EPG (Electronic programme guide) • DVB/Teletext subtitles • Multiple audio languages • Centralised control (MWCore) • Authentication (SAML/LDAP) • Customisable target latency settings • Live media information and statistics

About

VZTA

Connect with local businesses and discover community events in your town. This platform helps you find shops, restaurants, and cultural attractions, fostering a thriving local economy. Explore hidden gems and support independent businesses.

Highlights
  • Connect with local businesses
  • Discover community events
  • Find shops and restaurants
  • Explore arts and culture
  • Support independent businesses
  • Digital sense of place
Features
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The VZTA app is part of the wider suite of tools that form the VZTA Smart Towns Ecosystem. If the app doesn’t currently exist in your town, your town leaders can request a demonstration from our VZTA team and find out how your town can join our Smart Towns Ecosystem. The VZTA Smart Towns app has been built to connect whole communities of businesses with their customers in one place to create thriving, sustainable places to shop, work and live, creating future proof high streets for future generations. VZTA allows businesses to unite in one platform, likened to social media for the high street, without the messy algorithms and the noise. When other towns come on board, VZTA will recognise the new location and it will transform into the app for that town making it even easier to support your local high street more often and explore hidden independent businesses when you visit new places. VZTA will help you see what’s happening by placing the high street in the palm of your hand. From shopping and product information to finding the perfect gift or place to eat. For things to see and places to go, VZTA brings your town together, making it quick and easy for you to find tourism and arts and culture opportunities, that exist in the town and the surrounding area. VZTA will help you understand the unique identity of the places and businesses you visit; creating a digital sense of place; understanding the local heritage and the people who live and work in the town.

Screenshots

MWPlay4 screens
VZTA3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: MWPlay at 80% against VZTA's 0%. MWPlay also leads on update cadence (fortnightly vs every 4 months) and iOS requirement (11.2 vs 13.0). On price, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

MWPlay ships an update fortnightly, VZTA every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on October 13, 2026 and October 22, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
MWPlay versus VZTA: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMWPlayVZTA
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.0 (2 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews80.0% of reviews — better0.0% of reviews
Number of ratings2 — better—
Update frequencyFortnightly — betterEvery 4 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS11.2 — better13.0
Further details — not scored
Size37 MB24 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperTechexNear Me Now Ltd

Customer experience

MWPlay

All ratings2 ratings
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%
Written reviews5 reviews
Positive80.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative20.0%

VZTA

Written reviews2 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral50.0%
Negative50.0%

In-app purchases

None

MWPlay

No in-app purchases

None

VZTA

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is MWPlay free?
MWPlay is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is VZTA free?
VZTA is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do MWPlay or VZTA have ads?
Neither MWPlay nor VZTA shows ads.
Which is updated more often, MWPlay or VZTA?
MWPlay ships an update fortnightly, and VZTA every 4 months. Most recently, MWPlay was updated on October 13, 2026 and VZTA on October 22, 2026.

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