MX Player vs OttPlayertv
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
MX Player
This app plays all audio and video file formats, including HD and ultra HD. It automatically scans your device for media, offers gesture controls for volume and brightness, and supports features like playlists and screen locking. Enjoy your favorite movies and music with enhanced playback.
- Plays all video and audio formats
- Automatic media scanning
- Gesture controls for volume and brightness
- Playlist creation
- Supports HD and ultra HD playback
- Screen locking feature
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MX Player: All Media Player is an excellent media player. Enjoy the audio and video files with all of the features such as play, pause, list creation, saving, and shortening by title, artist, album, and so on. MX Player: All Media Player is intended to improve the user experience when listening to and watching videos. MX Player: All Media Player-mp3 music app supports Next, Previous, Rewind, Pause, Fast Forward, and a Queue of songs. MX Player: All Media video player HD is used to play all videos in all formats. HD is used to play different types of video formats like AVI, MP3, WAV, AAC, MOV, MP4, WMV, RMVB, FLAC, 3GP, M4V, MKV, TS, MPG, FLV, etc. MX Player: All Media video player On startup, it automatically scans and displays all your videos from your phone. Using the MX Player: All Media video player, you can play your high-resolution HD movies without any quality loss. It is the most powerful and easy-to-use player that supports almost all types of video. Video Player HD is a really good app to control your video volume and brightness without any quality loss. It is the most powerful and easy-to-use player that supports almost all types of video. Max video player is a really good app to control your video volume and brightness. It supports auto-rotation, aspect-ratio adjustments, and gestures to control volume, brightness, and seeking. MX Player: All Media Show new web series and new action movies. Max Player HD displays the most recent shows, action movies such as Bollywood, and all of the most popular web series. Max Player downloads various video formats. Enjoy every moment of watching any video. Max Player High Quality supports all video formats, including ultra HD video files, and plays them within high-definition videos. Max Player Video is the best HD video player for iOS tablets and phones. Max Player Full is the best player for showing videos and movies in HD. ▶ Max Player HD Key Features lists all video files. ▶ Max player HD gets video directly from an SD card. ▶ Supports high-resolution HD video movies. ▶ Supports all popular video codec formats. ▶ Max Player HD searches all videos on your phone automatically. ▶ Swipe control for volume, brightness, and seeking ▶ You can lock and unlock the screen by pressing the icon. ▶ Displays Videos in Specific Folders ▶ Gesture Controls to Increase/Decrease Volume, Seek video Backwards or Forward. ▶ Supports auto-rotation and aspect-ratio adjustments. ▶ Plays all formats of videos. ▶ Video zoom options (aspect, full, custom) => Lock your screen when a video is playing. Search your favorite mp3 songs enjoy, listen, share this awesome app ▶ Developer's comment MX Player: All Media Player is the most complete video player. We listen to your feedback and develop it. Please give us many feature requests and feedback.
OttPlayertv
Stream IPTV content from your ISP or other sources on various devices. Manage your playlists and channel icons centrally through a website. Enjoy ad-free viewing of your favorite TV channels.
- Supports HLS, RTSP, TS by UDP, RTMP protocols
- M3U8 playlist support
- Easy playlist icon management
- Ad-free viewing
- Centralized control via website
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Watch IPTV from your ISP or from other sources on phones, tablets, set-top box or TV! And all this is with centralized control via the website! App features: . Supports protocols: HLS, RTSP, TS by UDP, RTMP . Playlist support M3U8 . Easy management of playlist icons for channels . No ads CAUTION THIS SOFTWARE DOES NOT CONTAIN TV CHANNELS AND IS AN INSTRUMENT FOR EASY VIEWING OF IPTV. To use, first of all you will need a list of channels (m3u8 playlist). You can get it from any your convenient source (your ISP, Internet Service Provider IPTV). 1. You need to create an account on the site https://ottplayer.tv; 2. Insert registration information in the application - login and password; 3. Download the playlist to the https://ottplayer.tv (previously downloaded from your source); 4. Snap the device to a playlist. 5. Enjoy watching!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: OttPlayertv at none against MX Player's shown. OttPlayertv also leads on review sentiment (48% vs 16%) and update cadence (fortnightly vs every 14 months). On price, rating, ratings volume 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.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.4 for MX Player against 4.5 for OttPlayertv. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 14K and 9.3K respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 16% of MX Player's written reviews are positive against 48% of OttPlayertv's.
MX Player ships an update every 14 months, OttPlayertv fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | MX Player | OttPlayertv |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.4 (14K ratings) | 4.5 (9.3K ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 16.0% of reviews | 47.8% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 14K — better | 9.3K |
| Update frequency | Every 14 months | Fortnightly — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple TV — better |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 14.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 92 MB | 94 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Gabriel Steven | OttPlayer |
Customer experience
MX Player
OttPlayertv
User reviews
MX Player
From 14K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Useful application
- 🚀 Great video player
Room to improve
- 🤬 Ads are out of control
- 🤯 Bombarded with ads
- 😡 Too many ads
- 😠 Ads overpower the app
- 🤖 Feels like a junk app
OttPlayertv
From 9.3K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 💎 Amazing app
- 🌟 Best in class
- 👍 Very good app
- 🎉 Excellent
- 🤩 Awesome
Room to improve
- 🐛 App crashes
- 🔧 Not working
- 🔍 Buggy
- 🔌 Player is not working
- 🔍 Unstable, too many interruptions
Bugs and requests
MX Player
Reported bugs
3 issues- Video player not working
- Can't play local media files
- App keeps crashing
Requested features
2 requests- Add background play option
- Add repeat button
OttPlayertv
Reported bugs
5 issues- Crashes when trying to favorite a channel
- Doesn't load M3U playlists
- Glitches when leaving a channel
- Crashes after update
- Doesn't work on some devices
Requested features
5 requests- Add ability to modify, arrange, and rename lists
- Add transfer between lists
- Add select or delete groups at once
- Add Chromecast support
- Add pop-up video view
In-app purchases
MX Player
No in-app purchases
OttPlayertv
No in-app purchases
Questions
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