Comparison

MotionMonkey vs Plain Player

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

Head to head
About

MotionMonkey

This video player streams internet videos using text queries, acting as a multi-service search and streaming application. It can transform your desktop into a remote screen when paired with tevolution. Developed by a creator of VLC Media Player.

Highlights
  • Stream internet videos via text queries
  • Multi-service video searching
  • Supports various video backends
  • Desktop remote screen functionality with tevolution
  • Developed by a VLC Media Player contributor
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MotionMonkey is a semantic video player designed to stream Internet videos from text queries. It's a multi-service video searching and streaming application that supports a variety of video backends. Coupled with tevolution it turns your desktop computer into a remote video screen. All of this while serving the end user at all time. This application is designed by a developer of VLC Media Player. --- https://omega.gg/MotionMonkey

About

Plain Player

Features
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Plain player: a simple, convenient and very lite video & audio player. It can play many popular video formats like avi, mp4, mkv… and almost audio formats. It has various settings that can help you easily to watch videos & audio in the way you want. It supports many gestures like double-tap, swipe to seek, change brightness, volume and zoom. You can easily choose the orientation of the video, so that you don’t need to change your device orientation setting whenever watching movie. It can also support local subtitle. You can transfer subtitle file with the same name of the video to the same folder, and it will automatically show when you play video. Currently it only support srt format, but in the future, it can support other formats, too. You can import video & audio files using a computer, or using app Files or Photos to copy video & audio files on your device to the app. The app interface is very simple, plain and intuitive, so you can easily know how to use all the features of app on the first sight. It has some sort options and search function to help you find the video & audio you want. You can also edit metadata of mp3 files. It even has a web view inside used to watch YouTube videos without ads. On iPad, you can watch up to 4K videos. So you don’t need to open your browser app when you need to watch YouTube videos. The youtube player also supports some gestures like swipe to seek, change brightness and volume. Now you can listen to your youtube video/music while screen is turned off with picture in picture mode.

Screenshots

MotionMonkey4 screens
Plain Player4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: MotionMonkey at none against Plain Player's 1. MotionMonkey also leads on ads (none vs shown). Plain Player's advantage is update cadence (every 8 days vs every 4 weeks). On price, device support and iOS requirement 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. Plain Player sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. MotionMonkey asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

MotionMonkey ships an update every 4 weeks, Plain Player every 8 days. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
MotionMonkey versus Plain Player: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMotionMonkeyPlain Player
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (8 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews66.7% of reviews—
Number of ratings8 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 4 weeksEvery 8 days — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS1616.0
Further details — not scored
Size79 MB47 MB
Age rating17+17+
DeveloperBenjamin ArnaudSon Hoang Thai

In-app purchases

None

MotionMonkey

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Plain Player

One-time1
  • Remove ads forever$4.99

Questions

Is MotionMonkey free?
MotionMonkey is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Plain Player free?
Plain Player is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do MotionMonkey or Plain Player have ads?
Plain Player shows ads; MotionMonkey does not.
Which is updated more often, MotionMonkey or Plain Player?
MotionMonkey ships an update every 4 weeks, and Plain Player every 8 days. Most recently, MotionMonkey was updated on October 30, 2026 and Plain Player on October 25, 2026.

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