MX Player vs Tilus
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
MX Player
This app is a versatile media player and manager that supports a wide range of video and audio formats. It offers features like subtitle support, multi-audio playback, and a secure media library with passcode protection. Easily play all your mobile and gallery content with an optimized user interface.
- Plays all video formats
- Supports subtitle playback
- Multi-audio format support
- Media library with passcode security
- Optimized user interface
- Built-in music player
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MX Player video is a media player and media manager. MX Video Player plays almost all media & Movies files. MX Player HD is high quality media player. Max video player provided Easily Playing Videos & Audios. Full Hd Video , Audio songs, Subtitle Player, Multi Audio Player & movie subtitle Player quick player. This is a good video player available to fit your media player buzz your audio listening. The user experience has been optimised to allow you to quickly view all of your mobile and gallery videos through an attractive user interface. Full Hd Video player has features MX Player,Music Player Max Video Player is video player app, Lite Player classic hd video player for any iOS version,Full HD Video Player Good video player hd Oplayer Lite AVPlayer free version 3D Video Player is the most powerful media player in App store market that supports all the most popular video without any conversion. Max Player app is supported player video player.HD Video Player is the best HD Video Player. Enjoy for high quality videos plays smoothly.video to mp3. > PLAY ALL VIDEO FORMATS mp4 mpeg-4, mov quicktime movie file format, avi, m4a, m4v iTunes video file format, mpeg, mpeg-2-video, aifc-audio, aac-audio, mpeg-4, au-audio, aiff-audio, mp2, 3gpp2, ac3-audio, mp3, 3gpp, -audio and etc Mx Video player - Video Player Hd is support different types of video format Like AVI,MP4,3GP,MPEG,MKV and many more.MX Audio Video Player app is use to play video with amazing feature and its Music.full hd video player is max player high quality 1080p Multimedia Vidmate player. tube player hd download is Video Player app it's one of the Fastest, Light weight iOS app with less ads. MX Audio player built-in music Player to play music. Easy to support all music & audio file formats, max music player,Mp3 Player is One of the most gorgeous and powerful music player for iOS,Audio Player,Gallery Vault shared video what's App video & music files to play very easily & smoothly. Powerful and Fast Music Player with elegant design This audio Video player supports almost all types of mp3 with music player you will get the next level experience. The best free music player and media player! with smooth gesture. > SUBTITLES Support inbuild subtitle > MULTIAUDIO Support multiaudio formate video > FOLDER Can manage playlist by creating folder > SECURITY • Set Passcode on your library to restrict anyone from accessing your folders/files. • Set Passcode on individual folders • Can update password • Can disable password Features –––––––– -Plays both (mobile & gallery) videos. -Auto play option for videos works . -Resize your video display with single click if video aspect ratio is not compatible with your device screen. -Rewind and forward -Adjust volume by swiping up and down on right side of playback screen. -Control brightness by swiping up and down on left side of playback screen. -On screen button to turn off rotation. -On screen button to change rotation. -On screen button to lock orientation. -On screen button to change play rate(speed) -Optimised for retina display. -Shuffle and repeat option available for users -Screen capture and save it into phone gallery. -Lock the screen for smooth watch. - Gesture Controls - Continuous playback - Change audio by swiping left and right -MiniPlayer - Industry standard HD Audio support -Supports mirror mode, which allows you to switch between left and right sides of a movie. It helps to learn choreography by video. -Watch videos on both orientations (portrait, landscape). • Additional features - Rotation Lock / Aspect ratio:auto/16:9/4:3/Full screen - Folder Management:Pass code/Move/Rename/Create • Note 1. How to add video with USB - Run iTunes 9.1 or above - Device->My Device(My iPad)->Apps, drag and drop files to the MX Video Player Documents If you enjoy our app, please take a minute To reward our efforts with an excellent rating, it helps immensely!
Tilus
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Forget formats. Dolby Vision, Dolby Atmos and lossless 7.1 — from a USB drive, a NAS, Jellyfin, Plex or the cloud, on iPhone, iPad, Mac and Apple TV. Played by an engine of our own. Nothing converted. Frame for frame. 35 YEARS OF VIDEO. ONE ENGINE. • Dolby Vision profiles 5 and 8. Profile 7 from UHD Blu-ray is converted to 8.1 on the fly. • Dolby Atmos in Dolby Digital Plus plays as Atmos — in AirPods, on speakers that support it, on your TV over AirPlay. • Dolby TrueHD, DTS-HD MA and FLAC — every channel up to 7.1, lossless, to your TV over AirPlay. • HDR10, HDR10+ and HLG. 4K and 8K, 120 fps, 10-bit. • H.264 and HEVC on Apple's hardware decoders. AV1 in hardware where the chip has it, in software up to 4K everywhere else. • Deinterlacing for broadcast recordings, DVDs and digitised tapes. WHEREVER YOUR FILMS LIVE • On your device: Files, Photos, USB drives, external SSDs, SD cards. • Network storage: SMB and WebDAV — Synology, QNAP, TrueNAS, Unraid, Nextcloud, ownCloud, Windows, macOS. Servers on your network are found automatically. • Media servers: Jellyfin, Emby, Plex. • Cloud: Dropbox, OneDrive, Google Drive, Yandex Disk, pCloud, Box, Mail.ru Cloud, Koofr — no full download first. • Links: direct links, HLS streams, live HLS. • Works with: OpenSubtitles, Simkl, TheTVDB, iCloud, Google Gemini. Your server stops transcoding: every file plays exactly as it is stored, and your NAS stays cool and quiet. EVERY SCREEN. NATIVE. System menus, gestures, Liquid Glass — Tilus looks and responds as if it came with the device. • iPhone: a season from your NAS, downloaded for the road. • iPad: Picture in Picture with any file — episode after episode, over your library or other apps. • Mac: keyboard, pointer and windows. • Apple TV: your TV matches each film's frame rate and HDR. Made for the Siri Remote, with Continue Watching on the Top Shelf. • AirPlay and HDMI: iPhone and iPad become the remote. Library, sources and progress sync through iCloud — pick up on any screen from the same frame. A LIBRARY THAT SORTS ITSELF Shows, seasons and episodes in order, with cover art and descriptions. Continue Watching gathers every source on one shelf. Skip Intro, chapters and bookmarks. Downloads resume from the last byte. SUBTITLES THAT WEREN'T THERE • From speech: no subtitles? Tilus transcribes the speech on device with Apple's latest models — a whole episode in about half a minute. • In your language: any track, translated. It appears right next to the others. • One tap: tap any word to see its translation — offline, on device. • Matched by ear: subtitles from another release line up with the speech. EVERY FORMAT, BY NAME Video: H.264, Hi10P, HEVC, ProRes, AV1, VP9, VP8, MPEG-4 (Xvid, DivX), DivX 3, MPEG-2, MPEG-1, VC-1, WMV, RealVideo, DV, MJPEG, Cinepak, Microsoft Video 1, H.263, Sorenson Spark, VP6. Picture: 4K, 8K, 120 fps, 10-bit, HDR10, HDR10+, HLG, Dolby Vision 5, 7 and 8, deinterlacing, anamorphic. Audio: up to 7.1, Dolby Atmos, APAC, Dolby TrueHD, Dolby Digital Plus, Dolby Digital, DTS-HD MA, DTS, FLAC, ALAC, PCM, G.711, AAC, HE-AAC, MP3, MP2, Opus, Vorbis, WMA, RealAudio, ATRAC3, AMR, QCELP, Nellymoser, ADPCM, GSM, separate audio files. Containers: MKV, MP4, MOV, M4V, AVI, TS, M2TS, WebM, MPEG, VOB, DVD, ASF, FLV, RealMedia, 3GP, DV, Blu-ray, ISO, Video CD. Subtitles: SRT, ASS/SSA, WebVTT, PGS, VobSub, DVB, Teletext, CEA-608, MicroDVD, MPL2, TMPlayer, SAMI, TX3G, separate subtitle files. Nothing plays like Tilus. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Tilus at weekly against MX Player's monthly. MX Player's advantage is iOS requirement (12.0 vs 18.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases 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. MX Player sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Tilus sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
MX Player ships an update monthly, Tilus weekly. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | MX Player | Tilus |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (4.3K ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 34.1% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 4.3K — better | — |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, Apple TV |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 22 MB | 40 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Sakib Musharraf | Kirill Ustiuzhanin |
Bugs and requests
MX Player
Reported bugs
3 issues- Speed control resets on rewind/skip
- Playback speed not changing as expected
- Crashes on launch for some users
Requested features
4 requests- Add support for more video formats
- Implement video speed control persistence
- Allow loading videos from external folders
- Add subtitle support
Tilus
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
MX Player
- Ad free$1.99
Tilus
- AI Services$2.991 Month
- Full Player$24.99









