Video Player vs RealPlayer
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Video Player
Play any video file format with this media player. It offers playback controls for speed, volume, and brightness, along with a lock mode to prevent interruptions. Organize your videos into personalized playlists.
- Supports all video formats (mkv, mov, mp4, avi, 3gp)
- Playback speed control
- Video lock mode
- Volume and brightness adjustment sliders
- Create and manage personalized video playlists
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This app helps you to play video with any video formats like mkv, mov, mp4, avi, 3gp and any other formats. This app also support volume adjustment, brightness adjustment, fast forward and backward and lock mode. Video Player allows you to create your own video playlists and manage videos with own personalize playlists. App Features:- - Support all video format - Playback speed control - Lock for for playing video - Volume control with slider - Brightness control with slider
RealPlayer
Seamlessly sync and transfer videos between your phone and PC. This media player, downloader, and streamer allows you to cast videos to your TV, access your PC library remotely, and watch content offline. Back up your media to the cloud for access on any device.
- Sync videos between phone and PC
- Remote PC library access
- Stream videos from PC or cloud
- Offline video playback
- Cast videos to TV (Chromecast/AirPlay)
- Cloud backup for videos
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Sync downloads between your phone and your PC and vice versa. Save videos on your phone to your computer seamlessly. Or transfer those downloaded videos on your PC to your phone in one click. RealPlayer Mobile is a fantastic media player, downloader, and streamer for all video lovers, and continues to be the must-have companion for PC users of RealPlayer! • Cast any video from your phone to the big screen with Chromecast or AirPlay. • Access your RealPlayer PC library from anywhere with secure remote access. • Stream videos from your PC or RealPlayer Cloud. • Sync videos to watch them offline when on the road. • Back-up your videos to the RealPlayer Cloud, and access them from any device. To get started simply sign-in with the same credentials on your device and PC, and you are on your way! RealPlayer mobile offers in-app subscription options to stream off-device content, get 25GB cloud storage, simultaneous and unlimited speed PC downloads from thousands of sites, remote access, library duplicate removal, DVD burning and more. Subscription prices vary from $4.99 to $2.99 per month and can be canceled at any time. Now available in English, Spanish, Japanese, French, German and Chinese! Terms of Service - https://realnetworks.com/terms Have feedback? Or feature suggestions? Ping us at realplayermobile@realnetworks.com. We care about all submissions.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: RealPlayer at none against Video Player's shown. RealPlayer also leads on ratings volume (1.5K vs 41) and update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 2 months). On price, rating, review sentiment 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. Video Player sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and RealPlayer sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
RealPlayer holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: RealPlayer has 1.5K ratings behind it against 41, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 50% and 50% positive.
Video Player ships an update every 2 months, RealPlayer every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Video Player | RealPlayer |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (41 ratings) | 4.8 (1.5K ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 50.0% of reviews | 50.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 41 | 1.5K — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 41 MB | 32 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Hiren Merja | RealNetworks LLC |
Customer experience
Video Player
RealPlayer
Bugs and requests
Video Player
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
RealPlayer
Reported bugs
2 issues- Downloading issues on iOS devices
- Unable to sign in on mobile devices
Requested features
3 requests- Ability to change video aspect ratio and crop
- Support for offline viewing on mobile devices
- Integration with popular platforms like TikTok
In-app purchases
Video Player
- Remove Ads$1.99
RealPlayer
- RealPlayer Mobile Premium$2.991 Month
- RealPlayer Mobile Premium$4.991 Month
- RealPlayer Mobile Premium$23.991 Year
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- RealPlayer Mobile Premium$47.991 Year
- RealPlayer Mobile Premium7 Days trial$47.991 Year
