Comparison

CMSPlayer vs Cinemore Player

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

Head to head
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.

About

Cinemore Player

This app offers a premium media playback experience with support for high-quality video and audio formats, advanced subtitle options, and intuitive gesture controls. It also features a comprehensive media library that integrates content from various sources, automatically organizing and enriching it with metadata.

Highlights
  • High-quality HDR video playback
  • Spatial audio support
  • Full format video decoding
  • Customizable subtitles with translation
  • Unified media library from multiple sources
  • Automatic metadata and poster acquisition
  • Anime4K super-resolution enhancement
Features
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Player: - Picture Quality: HLG, HDR10, HDR10+, Dolby Vision - Audio: Stereo, multi-channel, spatial audio - Full Format Playback: H.264, H.265, VP9, AV1 hardware decoding - Gestures & Shortcuts: Fast forward/backward, play/pause, playback speed adjustment - Subtitles: Embedded & external subtitles, fully customizable styles, HDR subtitles, subtitle translation - Playback Experience: Progress bar drag with thumbnail preview, portrait/landscape orientation, picture fill, picture-in-picture, fullscreen, playback speed control - Control Center: Now Playing control - Blu-ray Disc: ISO, BDMV - Track & Media Information: Quick switching between audio/video/subtitle tracks; detailed media info card - Picture Enhancement: Anime4K anime super-resolution (multiple presets with optional A/B comparison) - Seek Algorithm Optimization: Instant playback, opens within seconds after dragging the progress bar Media Library: - Multi-Source Integration: Cinemore integrates videos from multiple storage locations including Mac, PC, NAS, and cloud services like Aliyun Cloud Drive and 115 Cloud Drive, displaying all media files in a unified library. - Personal Movie Library: Instantly performs name-based scraping and recognition, matching video files with poster and metadata information, automatically organizing by category. Movies and TV shows are displayed by season/episode/series. Supports global search by title and quick filtering by category, region, rating, and more — build your own personal movie library. - Metadata Acquisition: Intelligently reads file names to obtain corresponding video details and posters. - Video Information: Reads video file headers to retrieve audio/video encoding, duration, resolution, and other information. - History, Offline Caching, Watch Later - Movie List: Not sure what to watch? Just open the Movie List Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://cinemore.com.cn/privacy Contact Us: https://cinemore.com.cn/support

Screenshots

CMSPlayer4 screens
Cinemore Player4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Cinemore Player at Free against CMSPlayer's $2.99. CMSPlayer's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 8) and review sentiment (80% vs 47%). On ads, 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

Cinemore Player is free to download; CMSPlayer costs $2.99 up front. Cinemore Player sells 8 in-app purchases, starting at $0.49 per month. CMSPlayer asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

CMSPlayer ships an update every 9 days, Cinemore Player every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 14, 2026 and October 10, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
CMSPlayer versus Cinemore Player: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCMSPlayerCinemore Player
Price$2.99Free — better
Rating4.8 (158 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews80.0% of reviews — better46.7% of reviews
Number of ratings158 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 9 days — betterEvery 3 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationPaidFree with in-app purchases — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple TV, Vision ProiPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple TV
Requires iOS17.016.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size5 MB103 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperYuzhou ZhuangShenzhen Youduohong Information Technology Co., Ltd.

Customer experience

CMSPlayer

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

Cinemore Player

Written reviews45 reviews
Positive46.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative53.3%

Bugs and requests

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
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  • Add more high-quality web sources
  • Add new features
  • Add more high-quality web sources

Cinemore Player

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

CMSPlayer

No in-app purchases

8 purchases

Cinemore Player

Subscriptions5
  • 包月(5折)$0.491 Month
  • 包月$0.991 Month
  • 包年(5折)$4.991 Year
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  • 包年(7折)$6.991 Year
  • 包年$9.991 Year
One-time3
  • 永久(5折)$19.99
  • 永久(7折)$24.99
  • 永久$39.99

Questions

Is CMSPlayer free?
CMSPlayer costs $2.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Cinemore Player free?
Cinemore Player is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do CMSPlayer or Cinemore Player have ads?
Neither CMSPlayer nor Cinemore Player shows ads.
Which is updated more often, CMSPlayer or Cinemore Player?
CMSPlayer ships an update every 9 days, and Cinemore Player every 3 weeks. Most recently, CMSPlayer was updated on October 14, 2026 and Cinemore Player on October 10, 2026.

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