Comparison

nPlayer Plus vs CMSPlayer

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

Head to head
About

nPlayer Plus

This app plays virtually any video and audio format without conversion. Stream media from various network sources and cloud services. Offers extensive subtitle support and playback controls for a personalized viewing experience.

Highlights
  • Plays all video and audio formats without conversion
  • Stream media from network devices and cloud services
  • Extensive subtitle format and customization support
  • Playback speed control and AB repeat
  • Hardware acceleration for H.264, HEVC, and AV1
  • File and playlist management
  • Gesture controls for playback and settings
Features
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** nPlayer officially supports DTS (DTS HD ), DTS Headphone:X, Dolby (AC3, E-AC3). ** nPlayer is the universal app. You can install it in any other iOS device without additional purchase. ** nPlayer Plus officially supports Dolby Audio codec and Dolby Sound Effect. But if you don't mind using Dolby Audio codec embedded in iOS, please update your iOS to 9.3 version or later and purchase nPlayer in the lower price. - You don't need to convert video files to MP4 to play them in your mobile device. nPlayer enable you to play all kinds of video formats and codecs without file converting efforts. - You don't need to store video files in your device with limited storage space. nPlayer's powerful and various network technologies will help you to stream them from remote devices. - With your finger tip, you can adjust playback position, move to previous and next subtitle position, adjust location and font size of subtitles, control volume and brightness. - Experience nPlayer, thousands of users recommendations. * Features - Supports officially DTS audio codec (DTS HD) - Supports officially Dolby audio codec (AC3, E-AC3) - Supports Dolby Mobile Surround Sound - Supports iXpand Drive - Supports Chromecast - Supports video cast for Smart TV - Supports HDMI output - Supports video files : MP4, MOV, MKV, AVI, WMV, ASF, FLV, OGV, RMVB, TP etc. - Supports audio files : MP3, WAV, WMA, FLAC, APE etc. - Supports subtitle files : SMI, SRT, SSA, IDX, SUB, LRC, SUP, MLP2 etc. - Supports image files : JPG, PNG, BMP, GIF, TIFF etc. - Supports playlist files : CUE, M3U, PLS - Supports WebDAV, FTP, SFTP, HTTP, SMB/CIFS, NFS - Supports UPnP/DLNA (supports subtitles if DLNA server provides subtitles information.) - Supports cloud service (Box, Dropbox, OneDrive, Yandex.Disk) - Supports in-app web browser - Supports iTunes video/audio play (except for DRM contents) - Supports videos and pictures in Album - Playback speed control : 0.5x ~ 4.0x - Resume playback - AB repeat(specific section repetition) - Screen lock - Supports AV1/HEVC/H.264/MPEG4 Hardware acceleration - Supports 3D video mode - Screen flip horizontally, vertically. brightness and saturation control - Aspect ratio : Default, 1:1, 3:2, 4:3, 5:3, 16:9, 1.85:1 etc - Supports multi-track audio - Supports audio boost - Supports audio sync - Supports lyrics display - Supports Dolby, DTS HDMI Bitstream (Passthru) - Supports embedded subtitles - Supports multi-track subtitles - Supports user’s selection of subtitle files - Supports addition of optional subtitle files while playback - Supports subtitles font, color, shadow, outline customization - Supports subtitles sync - Supports external subtitle fonts - Supports SAMI(SMI) tag - Supports SSA/ASS with full styling, embedded subtitles - File management : Delete, Move, Rename, Create a folder - Playlist management : Add, Delete, Modify - Supports recently played list - Folder lock - Supports Open-in - Supports UI theme * Gesture Features - Tap : Menu - Double tap : Pop-up play - Drag horizontally : Playback position adjustment - Drag vertically on right half of the screen : Volume control - Drag vertically on left half of the screen : Brightness control - Pinch on the screen : Screen size adjustment - Drag horizontally on subtitle text : Move to previous/next subtitle text - Drag vertically on subtitle text : Subtitle position adjustment - Pinch on subtitle text : Subtitle font size adjustment - Supports finger gesture customization

About

CMSPlayer

This app provides a seamless playback experience for VOD sources, offering features like playback speed adjustment, AirPlay, and Picture in Picture. It allows users to manage multiple sources, search for content, and track watch history. Optimized for Apple devices, it integrates with iCloud for cross-platform syncing.

Highlights
  • Seamless playback experience
  • Playback speed adjustment
  • AirPlay and Picture in Picture support
  • Manage multiple VOD sources
  • Aggregate search with history
  • iCloud sync across platforms
Features
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Cross-platform player for VOD sources. # Show and Episodes - Seamless play experience - Native app UI/UX, optimized for iPhone and iPad - Display shows in grid or list - Browse show details including actors and descriptions - Quickly navigate to an episode with segment or season selection - Sort episodes alphabetically or in reverse order # Play experience - Playback speed adjustment - AirPlay, Picture in Picture, SharePlay - Auto-play next episode - Pan horizontally to adjust playback progress - Pan vertically to adjust brightness and volume - Skip intro and outro with manual configuration - Auto-playback from last seen timestamp - tvOS/visionOS: Next episode button in info view # Search - Aggregate search - Search history - Option to enable exact match # Manage my stuff - Favorite - Watch history - Navigate to show from history # Source management - Manage multiple sources - Edit, delete or sort sources - Hide certain sources - Import sources from JSON - Export sources to JSON - Manually add source # Apple feature integration - iCloud sync across all platforms (can be disabled) - tvOS TopShelf Icon Attribution: Television icons created by Freepik - Flaticon https://www.flaticon.com/free-icons/television Disclaimer: This app doesn't provide, contain or distribute any VOD or video sources. All sources are provided and entered by the users. Users must provide copyright-free contents or ensure they have acquired the copyrights to play videos in CMSPlayer.

Screenshots

nPlayer Plus4 screens
CMSPlayer4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: CMSPlayer at none against nPlayer Plus's 1. CMSPlayer also leads on price ($2.99 vs $8.99) and review sentiment (80% vs 61%). nPlayer Plus's advantage is ratings volume (2.5K vs 158) and chart position (#52 vs unranked). On rating, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

nPlayer Plus costs $8.99 and CMSPlayer $2.99 up front. nPlayer Plus sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. CMSPlayer asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.7 for nPlayer Plus against 4.8 for CMSPlayer. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: nPlayer Plus has 2.5K ratings behind it against 158, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 61% of nPlayer Plus's written reviews are positive against 80% of CMSPlayer's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

nPlayer Plus ships an update every 10 days, CMSPlayer every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on October 12, 2026 and October 10, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 4 level
nPlayer Plus versus CMSPlayer: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameternPlayer PlusCMSPlayer
Price$8.99$2.99 — better
Rating4.7 (2.5K ratings)4.8 (158 ratings) — better
Positive reviews60.7% of reviews80.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings2.5K — better158
Update frequencyEvery 10 daysEvery 9 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases — betterPaid
Best chart rank#52 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, Apple TV, Vision Pro — better
Requires iOS13.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size62 MB5 MB
Age rating17+17+
DeveloperNewin Inc.Yuzhou Zhuang

Customer experience

nPlayer Plus

All ratings2,529 ratings
Positive92.9%
Neutral1.8%
Negative5.3%
Written reviews455 reviews
Positive60.7%
Neutral6.8%
Negative32.5%

CMSPlayer

All ratings158 ratings
Positive94.9%
Neutral0.6%
Negative4.4%
Written reviews25 reviews
Positive80.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative20.0%

User reviews

nPlayer Plus

From 2.5K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 Plays everything
  • 👍 Intuitive interface
  • 🔒 Robust codec support
  • 🔌 Seamless network streaming
  • 💡 Useful features (brightness/volume control, gestures)

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Crashes/freezes with certain video formats
  • 🔋 Battery drain issues
  • 🔒 DTS audio support removed (paid feature now)
  • 💰 Paid upgrades required for new features

CMSPlayer

From 158 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Simple, lightweight, excellent
  • 👍 Powerful app, has most things
  • 👍 Very easy to use
  • 👍 Solved Apple TV viewing issues
  • 👍 Great interface, powerful features

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Account banned inexplicably
  • 🐛 Few resources, inactive community
  • 🐛 Too many ads, intrusive
  • 🐛 App crashes on Apple TV
  • 🐛 App seems abandoned

Bugs and requests

nPlayer Plus

Reported bugs

7 issues
  • Issues with SMB/DLNA connectivity
  • Automatic decoder switching problems
  • Subtitles not displaying correctly
  • Keyboard shortcuts not working
  • Airplay/Chromecast issues
Show 2 more
  • Crashes on iOS 18 update
  • Inability to play certain video formats (e.g. .ts, .flv, .mov)

Requested features

8 requests
  • Chromecast support
  • Gapless playback
  • Ability to edit/delete playlists
  • Support for Dolby Vision
  • Sleep timer
Show 3 more
  • Ability to force delete folders/files
  • Improved SMB/DLNA support
  • Apple TV app

CMSPlayer

Reported bugs

5 issues
  • iOS 18.1 system crashes
  • Apple TV version keeps crashing
  • App keeps prompting for rating
  • Playback interface cannot switch episodes
  • Playback interface cannot adjust brightness

Requested features

8 requests
  • Add more high-quality, ad-free sources
  • Improve built-in player for smoother scrubbing
  • Support Android TV Box protocol
  • Add more protocols and fix UI
  • Add iOS 12 system version
Show 3 more
  • Add more high-quality web sources
  • Add new features
  • Add more high-quality web sources

In-app purchases

1 purchases

nPlayer Plus

One-time1
  • Upgrade (ONLY FOR 2.x VERSION USERS)$2.99
None

CMSPlayer

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is nPlayer Plus free?
nPlayer Plus costs $8.99, and also offers in-app purchases.
Is CMSPlayer free?
CMSPlayer costs $2.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, nPlayer Plus or CMSPlayer?
CMSPlayer is rated higher. nPlayer Plus averages 4.7 out of 5 from 2.5K ratings, while CMSPlayer averages 4.8 from 158 ratings.
Do nPlayer Plus or CMSPlayer have ads?
Neither nPlayer Plus nor CMSPlayer shows ads.
Which is updated more often, nPlayer Plus or CMSPlayer?
nPlayer Plus ships an update every 10 days, and CMSPlayer every 9 days. Most recently, nPlayer Plus was updated on October 12, 2026 and CMSPlayer on October 10, 2026.

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