Comparison

Obsidian Video vs Video Player & Editor

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

Head to head
About

Obsidian Video

Features
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Experience your videos the way they were meant to be seen. Obsidian Video is a premium, distraction-free media player designed exclusively for the modern iOS aesthetic. Wiping away the cluttered, decades-old interfaces of traditional players, Obsidian provides a stunning, obsidian-dark canvas that puts your content first. Why Obsidian Video? Pure Native Performance: Built entirely on Apple’s high-performance AV engine for smooth, hardware-accelerated playback. Edge-to-Edge Canvas: Fluid, responsive full-screen rotation that maximizes every single pixel of your device's screen. Intuitive Gestures: Seamlessly control your media using native iOS scrubbing and playback controls. Local File Freedom: Quickly load videos directly from your local storage or the Files app with a single tap. Upgrade your playback experience. Download Obsidian Video today. Supported video files are .mp4 (Standard MPEG-4) .mov (Apple QuickTime) .m4v (Apple Video)

About

Video Player & Editor

Features
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Every video format. One player. Fexo Video Player & Editor plays the MKV, AVI, FLV, WMV and HEVC files your iPhone refuses to open, straight from your Photos library. And when you want to change a video, you do not need a second app. Fexo trims, crops, rotates, filters, speeds up and compresses your clips right on your device, then saves the result back to Photos. Everything happens locally. No account, no sign-up, no cloud upload. Your videos never leave your phone, because Fexo was built privacy-first from the very first line of code. KEY FEATURES Plays nearly every format with a bundled FFmpeg engine: MKV, AVI, FLV, WMV, TS, HEVC and more Video library from Photos with albums and folders, search, and sorting by name, date, size or duration Multi-select and delete to tidy up your library in seconds Gesture controls: swipe for brightness and volume, double-tap to seek, pinch to zoom and pan, long-press to speed-hold Lockable controls so nothing moves while you watch Playback speed control, scaling modes, rotation and orientation lock Switch between embedded subtitle tracks and audio tracks Repeat one, repeat all, A-B repeat and a sleep timer Live audio enhancement while you watch: equalizer presets, volume boost, bass and treble Resume where you left off, plus Continue Watching, Recently Played and favorites Mini player keeps your video going in a docked bar while you browse Background playback with lock screen and Control Center controls Fexo video editor: trim, crop, rotate, flip, aspect ratio, filters with intensity control Color adjustments for brightness, contrast, saturation, exposure, gamma, temperature, sharpen, blur and vignette Speed change and reverse for short clips Audio editing: volume, mute, fade in and out, normalize, bass, treble and EQ Undo and redo, with auto-saved projects you can reopen, duplicate or delete Compress and export from 180p to 4K with quality presets and an estimated file size Hardware-accelerated encoding with live progress and cancel at any time Exports land in a Fexo album in Photos, ready to share Video info at a glance: resolution, codec, frame rate, duration and file size WHY CHOOSE FEXO Fexo does not ask you to convert a file before watching it, upload anything to a server, or create an account to edit a clip. It opens the video, it plays, and the tools are already there. The player is fast, the gestures feel natural, and the editor is powerful enough to finish a real edit without leaving your phone. Works fully offline, on iPhone and iPad. From the Fexo team: we build tools that respect your storage, your battery and your privacy. Download Fexo Video Player & Editor and open any video on your phone today.

Screenshots

Obsidian Video3 screens
Video Player & Editor4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Video Player & Editor at 14.0 against Obsidian Video's 26.4. On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.

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

CostPrice Β· In-app purchases Β· Ads Β· Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

Scorecard1 real difference Β· 4 level
Obsidian Video versus Video Player & Editor: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterObsidian VideoVideo Player & Editor
PriceFreeFree
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod β€” better
Requires iOS26.414.0 β€” better
Further details β€” not scored
Size4 MB90 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAlex SlemFexo FZC LLC

In-app purchases

None

Obsidian Video

No in-app purchases

None

Video Player & Editor

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Obsidian Video free?
Obsidian Video is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Video Player & Editor free?
Video Player & Editor is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Obsidian Video or Video Player & Editor have ads?
Neither Obsidian Video nor Video Player & Editor shows ads.

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