Comparison

Video Player vs Lightphase

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

Head to head
About

Video Player

This app plays all video and audio formats, including HD and 4K content. It offers advanced playback controls like speed adjustment and a file manager to organize your media. You can also create playlists and play content directly from HTTP URLs.

Highlights
  • Plays all video and audio formats
  • Supports HD and 4K playback
  • Adjustable playback speed
  • File manager for media organization
  • Create video playlists
  • Direct HTTP URL playback
Features
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Video Player for Movies, Shows, Songs & Games Gold Player aka Maximum Gold Video Player. HD Player with speed control HD player helps you enjoy full hd playback with slow motion & fast motion advanced settings. You can change media speed from 0.5 to 2.0 easily with this HD Player. Files manager Identify ALL video files on your device and SD Card automatically. In addition, manage or share videos easily. All Format Video Player Play all format video, including MKV, MP4, M4V, AVI, MOV, 3GP, FLV, WMV, RMVB, TS etc. HD Video Player Play HD, full HD & 4k video smoothly, moreover play video in slow motion. Video cover (selection, viewer) MX HD Gold Video Player supports caf, ttml, au, ts, mqv, pls, flac, dv, amr, mp1, mp3, ac3, loas, 3gp, aifc, m2v, m2t, m4b, m2a, m4r, aa, webvtt, aiff, m4a, scc, mp4, m4p, mp2, eac3, mpa, vob, scc, aax, mpg, wav, mov, itt, xhe, m3u, mts, mod, vtt, m4v, 3g2, sc2, aac, mp4, vtt, m1a, mp2, avi format. Play Audio or video directly from the HTTP URL and manage its playing speed. Key Features : ● Video player supports all video formats including MP4, MOV, M4V, MKV, WMV, RMVB, FLV, AVI, 3GP, TS etc. ● Play HD and 4K videos. ● Create Video Playlist and add your favourite videos to it. ● Video Resume, Playback Speed. ● Fast forward ,fast backward. ● Multi-Select video files and play, share or delete. ● Rotate Video. ● Control Video player Speed. ● Landscape and Portrait video player. Refer a friend and enjoy a free month of premium Vance! Privacy Policy: https://fantasy-sportstv.blogspot.com/2022/04/privacypolicy.html Term of Service: https://sites.google.com/view/eulaapp

About

Lightphase

This app predicts and displays the timing of various light phases, including golden hour, civil twilight, and astronomical twilight. It helps photographers and outdoor enthusiasts plan their activities around optimal lighting conditions, offering detailed information and countdowns.

Highlights
  • Predicts golden hour and twilight times
  • Counts down to next light phase
  • Displays six distinct light phases
  • Visualizes the day's light curve
  • Interactive scrubbing through the day
  • Watch complications and widgets
  • Offline functionality
Features
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Lightphase is a clock for natural light. It tells you which light you are standing in, the minute it changes, and how long you have left. Shooting the overlook at golden hour? Lightphase gives you the minute it starts and the minute it ends. Hiking back after sunset? It tells you when Civil Twilight runs out, the last light you can walk by without a headlamp. Waiting for a dark sky? It shows when night begins, which is often more than an hour after sunset. Every phase of light, named Lightphase divides the day by the sun's angle into the phases photographers and hikers plan around, and names each one in plain words. Daylight. The sun is high, the light is flat and the shadows are short and hard. 35° Window. Low enough for directional light, with fuller color and more contrast than golden hour. The long, workable stretch of morning and afternoon. Golden Hour. Warm, low sun from the horizon to 6 degrees up. Long shadows and raking side light. Civil Twilight. The sun has set and the sky is still bright. Enough light to walk by, or to shoot handheld. Nautical Twilight. Deep blue sky over a faint horizon. Most of what people call blue hour happens here. Astronomical Twilight. The last glow before full dark. The stars are out, and a long exposure still picks up the horizon. Night. Full dark, with no usable light from the sun. The answer comes first The top of the screen holds the answer: the light you are in, when it began and ends, and how much of it is left. Below it sit the next golden hour and the next sunrise or sunset, with the time it gets dark or the first light before it. See the whole day at once Behind the answer, the screen takes the color of the sky at the sun's height where you are, with today's light drawn as a curve across it. Drag the sun along the curve and every reading follows your finger. Find out what the light will be doing at six before you decide where to be at six. Plan the light anywhere Search any place by name and choose any date, and Lightphase reads the light there, on that place's own clock. Save the spots you return to, so a trailhead or a favorite beach is one tap away. Searching needs a connection; saved places do not. Glance without opening anything The Home Screen widget shows the sky, the light you are in and how long it lasts. The medium size adds the next golden hour. On the Lock Screen, a widget shows the phase and when it changes. On your wrist, too The watch app comes with three complications. One names the light you are in and when it changes. One counts down to a light you choose, with a ring that empties as it runs. One draws today's arc with the sun where it stands right now. Readable in direct sun A light palette for bright sun and a dark one for dusk. Every phase is spelled out in words, so you never have to tell one color from another. Times that match the almanac Sunrise and sunset are timed to the sun's upper edge meeting the horizon, and the twilights use their standard angles. Almanacs use the same definitions, so the times agree with the ones you already trust, and the app shows where every number comes from. Works where the signal does not Lightphase works out the light on your iPhone from where you are and the time of day. It keeps working in airplane mode, in a canyon, and anywhere the bars run out. Your location stays on your iPhone, where only the latest position is kept for your widgets and complications. One price, everything in it One purchase covers the iPhone app, the watch app, every widget and every complication. There is no subscription and nothing to buy inside. The sun does not charge a monthly fee, so neither do we. Every light Lightphase tracks Sunrise, sunset, golden hour, blue hour, first light, last light, civil twilight, nautical twilight, astronomical twilight and night.

Screenshots

Video Player4 screens
Lightphase4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Video Player at Free against Lightphase's $4.99. Video Player also leads on ratings volume (69 vs 4) and iOS requirement (14.0 vs 17.0). Lightphase's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.5) and in-app purchases (none vs 3). On update cadence 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Video Player is free to download; Lightphase costs $4.99 up front. Video Player sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Lightphase asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Lightphase holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Video Player has 69 ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 89% of Video Player's written reviews are positive against 100% of Lightphase's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 27, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard8 real differences · 2 level
Video Player versus Lightphase: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterVideo PlayerLightphase
PriceFree — better$4.99
Rating4.5 (69 ratings)5.0 (4 ratings) — better
Positive reviews89.5% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings69 — better4
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeksEvery 2 weeks
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases — betterPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, Apple Watch
Requires iOS14.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size73 MB5 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperDarshan JasoliyaOnyx Mueller

Customer experience

Video Player

All ratings70 ratings
Positive82.9%
Neutral8.6%
Negative8.6%
Written reviews19 reviews
Positive89.5%
Neutral0.0%
Negative10.5%

Lightphase

All ratings4 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Video Player

Subscriptions2
  • 1 Month$1.991 Month
  • 3 Months$3.993 Months
One-time1
  • Life Time$39.99
None

Lightphase

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Video Player free?
Video Player is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Lightphase free?
Lightphase costs $4.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Video Player or Lightphase?
Lightphase is rated higher. Video Player averages 4.5 out of 5 from 69 ratings, while Lightphase averages 5.0 from 4 ratings.
Do Video Player or Lightphase have ads?
Video Player shows ads; Lightphase does not.
Which is updated more often, Video Player or Lightphase?
Video Player ships an update every 2 weeks, and Lightphase every 2 weeks. Most recently, Video Player was updated on October 24, 2026 and Lightphase on October 27, 2026.

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