AllPlayer Pro vs Aether Player

AllPlayer is a media player and manager for iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple TV, and Apple Vision Pro. Play local files, Photos, NAS, cloud media, and online streams. Bring your movies and shows together with Movie Wall, iCloud sync, and cross-device playback. -- Main Features -- -- Media Library and Movie Wall -- Index local, LAN, and cloud folders. Match movies and shows, browse seasons and episodes, and search by title, cast, or filename. Group versions, choose preferred sources, correct matches, and organize favorites, Watch Later, and viewing progress. Customize home sections and browse posters, ratings, and cast. -- iCloud Sync and Cross-Device Playback -- Sync indexed folders, metadata, artwork, and progress through iCloud. On the same iCloud account and local network, resume authorized, previously played local videos from another device. Enable iCloud sync and cross-device playback on both devices; initial setup needs internet access. Keep AllPlayer in the foreground on the source iPhone or iPad, or running on an awake Mac. Video transfers are encrypted; video files are not uploaded to iCloud. Photos, disc content, external subtitles, and transcoding are not supported for cross-device playback. -- High-Quality Picture and Sound -- Enjoy HDR, Dolby Vision, and Dolby Atmos with compatible content and equipment. Choose decoders and audio tracks, adjust brightness, contrast, and saturation, and fine-tune sound with a 10-band equalizer. -- Media Formats -- Play MP4, MOV, MKV, AVI, FLV, WMV, TS, M2TS, MPEG, VOB, RMVB, WEBM, and more. Supports MP3, AAC, FLAC, WAV, ALAC, and other audio formats, plus common images and Photos browsing. Play ISO images and Blu-ray / BDMV or DVD / VIDEO_TS folders. -- Servers and Cloud Storage -- Connect SMB, WebDAV, FTP, SFTP, NFS, DLNA / UPnP, Plex, Jellyfin, and Emby. Access OneDrive, Google Drive, Dropbox, Box, pCloud, Yandex.Disk, Baidu Netdisk, Quark Drive, MEGA, Synology NAS, and fnOS. Discover LAN servers and use fnOS direct connections with FN Connect fallback. -- Remote Access and Speed Tests -- Use Tailscale to reach private-network media. Test internet upload and download speeds and LAN or cloud read speeds. -- Streams, Chat, and Multiple Views -- Add stream URLs and supported live-room links. Group, search, sort, and share lists, select available quality levels, and save authorized streams. View stream chat from multiple platforms. Watch up to four streams in five layouts with adjustable splits and independent audio controls. Access layout and automatic floating playback options from stream menus on supported platforms. -- Subtitles and Playback -- Load SRT, VTT, ASS, and SSA subtitles, including matching files in the same folder. Find online subtitles with OpenSubtitles. Use speed controls, A-B repeat, aspect ratios, playlists, resume, and autoplay next. AirPlay, Picture in Picture, and background playback are available where supported. Receive DLNA / UPnP casts; iPhone, iPad, and Mac also support AirPlay reception. -- Files and Sharing -- Copy, move, rename, delete, and download files. Preview supported remote files and remember a download folder on Mac. Import files and links from the share sheet, and import, export, or sync connection and stream configurations. -- Widgets, Search, and Apple Devices -- Use library widgets, Spotlight search, and Shortcuts on supported platforms. Apple TV offers remote-friendly playback, QR-assisted setup, and Top Shelf library access. Apple Watch provides library picks, Smart Stack access, and paired iPhone playback controls. Apple Vision Pro offers immersive cinema, adjustable screens, and side-by-side or over-under 3D video. Feature availability depends on the platform, media format, decoder, connected service, and audio/video output equipment.

Aether is a personal media player for Plex, Jellyfin, Emby and your own files — built natively for every Apple screen. Connect your server and your whole library appears: movies, shows, music, Continue Watching, Recently Added. Add a second server and both merge into one deduplicated view, with a picker that tells you which copy is the better file. Your media, not theirs. PLAY ANYTHING • Direct play or server-transcoded — Aether follows the best path automatically, per title. • MKV, HEVC, Dolby Vision, DTS: formats other players choke on play through a modern engine, GPU-accelerated for smooth 4K. • Picture in Picture, AirPlay, Dolby Atmos, lock-screen controls. • Switch audio and subtitle tracks mid-playback on every platform. • Offline downloads, including whole seasons — and Smart Downloads that keep the next unwatched episodes ready. EVERYONE IN THE HOUSE • Profiles: separate Continue Watching, watchlist, ratings, Home rails and trackers, with a PIN on the way in and per-profile library visibility. • A child's profile can be held to an age rating. • Pair a profile to your Plex Home profile, or to its own Jellyfin or Emby user, so watched state stays separate on the server too. • Two profiles are included; up to five with Supporter. SUBTITLES, DONE PROPERLY • Aether reads subtitle files itself and times them against the picture, so they sit where you put them — in the black bars or over the video, in your own style, with sync and size adjustable in the player. • Search OpenSubtitles from a title's own page in thirty-one languages, ranked against the exact file you're playing. YOUR LIBRARY, YOUR WAY • One library across every connected source, filtered by genre, year, rating, country, audio language, server or the libraries you curated on them. • Continue Watching, Up Next and a Discover tab with trending titles and Where to Watch availability in your region. • Person pages, franchise collections, and ratings from IMDb, Rotten Tomatoes, Metacritic and TMDb. • Music as its own tab — artists, albums, playlists, and a player built for it, with the catalog kept on disk so it opens offline. • Live TV from a playlist you already have, with a full guide, categories you make yourself, Xtream Codes accounts and HDHomeRun tuners. Bring-your-own: Aether provides no channels. BEAUTIFUL ON EVERY SCREEN • iPhone and iPad: cinematic hero art, a page that grows out of the poster you tapped. • Apple TV: precision focus design, and your Continue Watching in the top shelf. • Apple Vision Pro: an auditorium around the picture — raked seating, masking walls, house lights down. • Mac: a native app with a menu-bar mode, a series browser, and Apple's own decoder for what it can play. PRIVATE BY DESIGN Aether connects only to the servers you configure. No account of ours, no cloud, no ads, no cross-app tracking. Your ratings, watchlist and resume positions live on your devices and in your own iCloud. Optional anonymous usage statistics can be turned off any time. SOURCES • Plex (multi-server, multi-account) • Jellyfin (multi-server) • Emby (multi-server, Live TV, music) • Silo • SMB / network shares, with Bonjour discovery • WebDAV • Local files Optional, all bring-your-own: connect your own Seerr to request what you don't have, your own Trakt or Simkl account to track what you watch, and your own OpenSubtitles account for subtitle search. Aether requires a Plex, Jellyfin, Emby or Silo media server, an SMB or WebDAV share, or local video files. It is not a streaming service and does not provide any content. Plex, Jellyfin, Emby, Silo, Trakt, Simkl and OpenSubtitles are trademarks of their respective owners. Aether is an independent, third-party client and is not affiliated with, sponsored or endorsed by them. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://aetherplayer.com/privacy