Comparison

ARC Player vs AlphaX Player

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

Head to head
About

ARC Player

A fast and smart media player that organizes live streams, VOD, and series from your m3u/m3u8 playlists. Enjoy high-quality playback with features like EPG, subtitles, and parental lock.

Highlights
  • Supports multiple m3u and m3u8 playlists
  • Organizes content into live, VOD, series, and replay
  • Fast channel switching
  • Electronic Programming Guides (EPG)
  • Video subtitle and language switching
  • Parental lock
  • TV archive (timeshift)
Features
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ARC Player is a fast, smart media player that supports multiple playlists in m3u and m3u8 formats. ARC Player organizes the playlist into live streaming channels, VOD (Video On Demand), series, and replay. You can watch your favorite videos, streaming channels, and TV programs in high-quality formats. Main features of the ARC Player App: support for multiple playlists, fast channel switching, favorite lists, EPG (Electronic Programming Guides), video subtitles, video language switching, a user-friendly interface, TV archive (timeshift), parental lock, and multiple languages (English, French, Arabic, Spanish, Portuguese, Turkish, German, Russian, Italian, Chinese). ARC Player is just a media player and is provided without any playlist or content. Disclaimer: ARC Player is a media player application and does NOT provide or include any playlist or channel content. We do not sell or provide any OTT playlists, IPTV subscriptions, or streams. The player is provided empty, without any playlist. For more information, visit www.arcplayer.com

About

AlphaX Player

This media player allows you to connect your own content sources, like server credentials or M3U playlists. Browse channels, movies, and series from your provided sources with a native iOS experience. It offers local favorites, continue-watching, and parental controls.

Highlights
  • Connect own media sources
  • Browse channels, movies, series
  • Native iOS playback
  • Local favorites
  • Continue watching
  • Local parental controls
Features
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AlphaX Player is a general-purpose media player utility built on a BYOC (Bring Your Own Content) model. The app does not host, distribute, recommend, or sell third-party content. Users can connect their own media sources, such as direct server credentials or M3U playlist URLs. Key capabilities: - Demo mode available without account - Connect your own media source - Browse channels, movies, and series from user-provided sources - Native iOS playback experience - Local favorites and continue-watching - Local parental-control features Important: - No proprietary hosted media catalog - No built-in third-party provider marketplace - No default third-party branded catalog - App Review can validate the UI without login This app requires a one-time in-app purchase to unlock AlphaX features.

Screenshots

ARC Player4 screens
AlphaX Player4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: AlphaX Player at 100% against ARC Player's 60%. ARC Player's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and iOS requirement (13.4 vs 16.0). On price, 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

Both are free to download. AlphaX Player sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. ARC Player asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
ARC Player versus AlphaX Player: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterARC PlayerAlphaX Player
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (3 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews60.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings3 — better—
Update frequency—Every 10 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS13.4 — better16.0
Further details — not scored
Size93 MB45 MB
Age rating17++4
DeveloperWEBHI TECHNOLOGYJohn Santos

Customer experience

ARC Player

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews5 reviews
Positive60.0%
Neutral20.0%
Negative20.0%

AlphaX Player

Written reviews4 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

ARC Player

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

AlphaX Player

One-time1
  • Unlock AlphaX$4.99

Questions

Is ARC Player free?
ARC Player is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is AlphaX Player free?
AlphaX Player is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do ARC Player or AlphaX Player have ads?
Neither ARC Player nor AlphaX Player shows ads.

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