Comparison

Matrix Media Project vs Ultimate Media Player

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

Head to head
About

Matrix Media Project

Experience live video streaming and community interaction on an open, decentralized network. Broadcast your moments, watch live and past streams, and connect with others through channels, messages, and calls.

Highlights
  • Live video broadcasting
  • Watch live and past streams
  • Join channels and send messages
  • One-to-one voice and video calls
  • Home feed for updates
  • Creator tools with tiers and analytics
Features
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MatrixMedia is a hands-on demo of live video and community on the open Matrix network. Please read first This is a demo app. It connects to our publicly hosted demo server so you can explore the experience for yourself. Because it's a shared demo environment, accounts and content may be reset at any time, and nothing is guaranteed to persist or stay available. Please use it to look around — not for anything you need to keep. What you can try • Go live — start a broadcast and share the moment with your community in real time. • Watch broadcasts — tune into live streams, or catch up on past broadcasts whenever it suits you. • Channels & messages — join channels and send direct messages to stay connected. • Voice & video calls — start a one-to-one call right from a conversation. • Home feed — keep up with what's new at a glance. • Creator tools — preview the creator experience, including tiers and analytics. Built on Matrix MatrixMedia is built on Matrix, an open standard for open, decentralized communication. This demo is a preview of where we're headed, and your feedback genuinely helps shape what comes next. A note on this build This is an early demo, provided for evaluation only. Features may change, the demo server may be unavailable at times, and data may be cleared without notice. We don't make any guarantees about availability, data retention, or fitness for any particular purpose. Thanks for taking a look — we're glad you're here.

About

Ultimate Media Player

Features
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Ultimate Media Player plays the media you already own. Point it at your own Jellyfin or Plex server, or an SMB, FTP or WebDAV share, and it builds a browsable library with artwork, cast, ratings and subtitles — with resume positions that follow you between your iPhone, iPad and Apple TV. Ultimate Media Player includes no content of its own and streams nothing from us. Everything you watch comes from a server or share that you control.

Screenshots

Matrix Media Project4 screens
Ultimate Media Player4 screens

Verdict

The call

Matrix Media Project and Ultimate Media Player are too close to call on the numbers: across 5 compared parameters — price, ads, in-app purchases and device support among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
Matrix Media Project versus Ultimate Media Player: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMatrix Media ProjectUltimate Media Player
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequency—Every 3 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, Apple TV — better
Requires iOS18.018.0
Further details — not scored
Size190 MB32 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperArtem Mkrtchyanvishal singh

In-app purchases

None

Matrix Media Project

No in-app purchases

None

Ultimate Media Player

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Matrix Media Project free?
Matrix Media Project is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Ultimate Media Player free?
Ultimate Media Player is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Matrix Media Project or Ultimate Media Player have ads?
Neither Matrix Media Project nor Ultimate Media Player shows ads.

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