Comparison

External Display Video Player vs DreamPlayer

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

Head to head
About

External Display Video Player

Features
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External Display Video Player gives you full control over video playback on an external screen. Play movies and clips on your TV or monitor, control playback from your phone, and use a Bluetooth keyboard for fast shortcuts like play, pause, and seeking. It supports popular formats like MKV, MP4, AVI, and WMV. Freely reposition the video anywhere on the screen and resize it to best fit the display. Drag it with your finger, pinch to zoom, eliminate black bars, and get the most out of every inch of your external screen. By using this app, you agree to Apple's Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

DreamPlayer

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DreamPlayer โ€” the video player for your entire collection. Plays virtually any video and audio file you throw at it โ€” MKV, MP4, TS, AVI, WebM and more, with hardware decoding and a buttery native refresh rate. AUDIO THAT JUST PLAYS DTS, DTS-HD MA, TrueHD (incl. Atmos), E-AC3 JOC, AC3, FLAC, AAC. No codec hunting. YOUR FILES, WHERE THEY ARE โ€ข Local: Files app, SD card, USB โ€” add any folder to Your Library โ€ข NAS / Network: SMB, WebDAV, Jellyfin/Emby, FTP/SFTP, UPnP/DLNA, or direct http(s) URL โ€ข iPad: Files "Open with", bookmarked folders, WebDAV/Jellyfin/SMB โ€ข TMDB posters, backdrops, cast, trailers, season/episode stills โ€” cached offline PLAYER THAT STAYS OUT OF THE WAY โ€ข Gestures: brightness, volume, horizontal seek โ€ข Subtitles: embedded + sideloaded (SRT, ASS, VTT, TTML, SAMI, MPL2) โ€ข Continue watching, watched marks, Picture-in-Picture, background audio LIBRARY, NOT A FILE BROWSER Add folders once โ€” DreamPlayer groups series, fetches TMDB metadata and keeps resume state. Pull to refresh, manual groups, per-episode details. PRIVACY & NO ACCOUNT Passwords stored in Keychain, never logged. No login required โ€” core playback and all sources work free, connections are only to servers you own. DREAMPLAYER PREMIUM โ€” in-app purchase An optional subscription or one-time purchase unlocks extra features: Dolby Vision / HDR10+ playback, subtitle styling, playback speed, A-B loop, sleep timer, download to device, and online subtitle search. โ€ข Advanced Monthly โ€” auto-renewing subscription โ€ข Advanced Yearly โ€” auto-renewing subscription โ€ข Advanced Lifetime โ€” one-time purchase 7-day free trial for new users. Subscriptions auto-renew; cancel anytime in your Apple ID Settings. Free users can restore purchases anytime. Terms of Use: https://mangeshghodke.github.io/DreamPlayer/terms Privacy Policy: https://mangeshghodke.github.io/DreamPlayer/privacy

Screenshots

External Display Video Player4 screens
DreamPlayer2 screens

Verdict

The call

External Display Video Player and DreamPlayer are too close to call on the numbers: across 5 compared parameters โ€” price, ads, in-app purchases and device support among them โ€” neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

Scored on Price ยท Rating ยท Positive reviews ยท Number of ratings ยท Update frequency ยท Ads ยท In-app purchases ยท Monetization ยท Best chart rank ยท Devices ยท Requires iOS

CostPrice ยท In-app purchases ยท Ads ยท Monetization

Both are free to download. External Display Video Player sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per year and DreamPlayer sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
External Display Video Player versus DreamPlayer: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterExternal Display Video PlayerDreamPlayer
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyโ€”Every 9 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS17.6 โ€” better18.0
Further details โ€” not scored
Size41 MB66 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMarian-Daniel FilipoviciMangesh Ghodke

In-app purchases

2 purchases

External Display Video Player

Subscriptions1
  • Yearly3 Days trial$2.991 Year
One-time1
  • Lifetime$4.99
3 purchases

DreamPlayer

Subscriptions2
  • DreamPlayer Premium โ€” Monthly$1.991 Month
  • DreamPlayer Premium โ€” Yearly$14.991 Year
One-time1
  • DreamPlayer Premium โ€” Lifetime$49.99

Questions

Is External Display Video Player free?
External Display Video Player is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is DreamPlayer free?
DreamPlayer is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do External Display Video Player or DreamPlayer have ads?
Neither External Display Video Player nor DreamPlayer shows ads.

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