Play Remote vs VidHub
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Play Remote
Control your DMP series Digital Audio Player from your mobile device. Manage music libraries, playlists, and player settings for a seamless listening experience.
- Mobile control for DMP audio players
- Music library management
- Playlist organization
- Favorite song management
- Working mode settings
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Play remote is the mobile control APP of DMP series Digital Audio Player. It working with the Audio Player to birng you a covenient music playing experience. Easily to the management of albums, files, music lists and favorites in the music player, quickly set the working mode of the player and a real faest for music lover.
VidHub
This app is a powerful media player and library manager for various video formats. It offers high-quality playback, subtitle support, and seamless integration with cloud storage and media servers. Organize and enjoy your entire video collection with customizable options.
- Supports numerous video formats
- High-quality playback (HD, 4K, HDR)
- Subtitle support (embedded & external)
- Cloud storage and media server integration
- Extensive media library management
- Customizable sorting and display options
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Looking for a feature-packed and efficient media player to manage, organize, and play different types of video content? Enter VidHub! As the newest and most popular media player, VidHub serves up more than just the ability to play all types of video formats. With extensive media library management, VidHub promises stable and speedy video playback for an exceptional user experience. Some of the key features that VidHub offers include: - Support iOS, Mac, Apple TV platform, data synchronization through iCloud - Support for a comprehensive range of video formats, including .mkv、.avi、.mp4、.mov、.rmvb、.wmv, and more - High-quality video playback for HD, 4K, HDR, and various other resolutions - The ability to enable and disable subtitles, with support for embedded and external subtitle formats such as SRT, SSA, and SUB - Access your personal media libraries through SMB/CIFS and WebDAV, or connect your authorized accounts from supported cloud storage services, including Dropbox, Google Drive, OneDrive, Baidu Netdisk, Aliyun Drive, China Mobile Cloud Drive, and 115. - Support renaming cloud files, support add character, replace character, regular expression renaming method. - Support direct-link to Emby, Jellyfin, Plex media server. - Built-in media library management tools, with an intuitive interface for displaying videos and customizable sorting options by type, date, rating, and more. All in all, VidHub offers a fully-featured and outstanding media player experience, delivering the smoothest and highest-quality viewing experience for all types of video content, with all the customizations and features one could desire. Note: The metadata and artwork are sourced from TMDB, a movie and TV show database that is maintained by the community. Privacy Policy and Terms of Use https://okaapps.com/privacy_vidhub https://okaapps.com/terms_vidhub
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: VidHub at 68% against Play Remote's 0%. VidHub also leads on rating (4.6 vs 2.3) and ratings volume (3.1K vs 3). Play Remote's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 10). On price, update cadence, 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. VidHub sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $1.49 per month. Play Remote asks for nothing beyond the download.
VidHub holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 2.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: VidHub has 3.1K ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 0% of Play Remote's written reviews are positive against 68% of VidHub's.
Play Remote ships an update every 10 days, VidHub fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and November 7, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Play Remote | VidHub |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.3 (3 ratings) | 4.6 (3.1K ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | 68.3% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 3 | 3.1K — better |
| Update frequency | Every 10 days — better | Fortnightly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple TV — better |
| Requires iOS | 15 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 50 MB | 176 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | +4 |
| Developer | Shenzhen Yuemei Technology Co.,Ltd | Nanjing Oumi Software Development Co., Ltd. |
Customer experience
Play Remote
VidHub
Bugs and requests
Play Remote
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
VidHub
Reported bugs
3 issues- Metadata information being lost or reset after rescanning files
- Playback issues with certain video files, especially high-bitrate 4K content
- Inconsistent behavior when dealing with external drives or network shares
Requested features
4 requests- Add support for Plex and other popular media servers
- Implement picture-in-picture mode
- Improve subtitle handling and selection options
- Provide better integration with cloud storage services like OneDrive for Business
In-app purchases
Play Remote
No in-app purchases
VidHub
- 1 Month7 Days trial$1.491 Month
- Monthly VIP$1.491 Month
- Yearly VIP$9.991 Year
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- 1 Year1 Month trial$9.991 Year
- Lifetime VIP(iPhone&iPad only)$14.99
- Lifetime VIP(Mac Only)$14.99
- Lifetime VIP(Apple TV only)$14.99
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- Lifetime VIP$25.99
- Lifetime VIP(Apple TV only)$29.99
- Lifetime$39.99
