Leaf Player vs MediaRoam
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side ā with what reviewers say about each.
Leaf Player
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Leaf Player brings audio and video together in a refined, meticulously crafted player. Enjoy fluid playback, effortless access across sources, offline freedom, and an experience that stays completely free from ads. VIDEO PLAYBACK - Play MP4, MOV, M4V, MKV, AVI, and more - Enjoy smooth, immersive fullscreen playback - Open the full playlist at any moment - Jellyfin supported AUDIO PLAYBACK - Enjoy music, audiobooks, podcasts, lectures, and more - Move seamlessly through a complete playback queue - Settle into long, uninterrupted listening sessions EVERY SOURCE IN ONE PLACE - Play directly from local folders - Connect One Drive, Google Drive, Jellyfin, SMB, and WebDAV, move remote sources are coming soon - Browse folders and start playing instantly - Send audio and video from a computer with Wi-Fi Transfer - Move between local, cloud, and network media effortlessly OFFLINE, ANYTIME - Download folders for offline playback - Keep watching and listening without a connection - Follow download progress at a glance - Bring entire collections anywhere CONTINUE INSTANTLY - Automatically remember playback progress - Return through Continue Watching and Continue Listening NO ADS, EVER - No ads for all users LOCALIZATION - 16+ language supported Leaf Player does not include media, ads, tracking, or a developer-run media server. Your files remain yours. LEGAL LINKS Privacy Policy: https://leafplayer.cuixiaochen.com/privacy/ Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
MediaRoam
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MediaRoam brings your own videos, photos, documents, PDF-compatible AI files and static USDZ/STL models to iPhone and iPad. Connect a NAS or supported cloud source, play videos with subtitles, and edit supported files as copies. Apple TV focuses on big-screen playback and reading. YOUR OWN MEDIA Connect SMB (Windows computers and NAS), pCloud, WebDAV, Jellyfin, system Files and supported direct HTTPS media links. The searchable source catalog explains which connections require other apps or service permissions. MediaRoam does not supply video content or require uploading your media to a MediaRoam server. VIDEO AND SUBTITLES Playback, seeking, resume, favorites, offline copies, multiple audio tracks and external subtitles. Availability depends on the file, server and device. iPHONE AND iPAD FILE TOOLS ⢠AI: read-only pages from files containing compatible PDF content, with page navigation, zoom and reset. Unencrypted files only, up to 32 MiB and 200 pages. No layer, text or dieline editing, or print/color/scale proofing. ⢠USDZ: view compatible static models, rotate, zoom and reset without AR or camera access. ⢠STL: compatible ASCII/binary meshes, rotation, zoom and reset. Up to 8 MiB and 100,000 triangles; monochrome and read-only, without materials, unit validation, repair or editing. ⢠Text: search, replace, undo/redo the last Replace All, encoding and line-ending options, JSON validation and save a copy. ⢠SRT/VTT: edit basic cue text, start/end times and a common timing offset. ⢠CSV/TSV: edit cells, search rows, append or duplicate rows/columns, confirm deletion and undo the most recent structural change. Leading zeros are preserved; formulas are not calculated. ⢠Images: rotate, flip horizontally, adjust a crop and export JPEG/PNG copies without overwriting the original. ⢠PDF and other documents: preview supported formats. This is not a full Office, XLSX or PDF text-layout editor. Structured subtitle/table editing is limited to 2 MiB; tables allow up to 500 rows, 50 columns and 10,000 cells. Ragged rows are not automatically padded. Image editing supports single images; exports are limited to a 4096-pixel longest edge and do not upscale originals. USDZ limits: 64 MiB, 512 package entries, 4096 nodes, one million vertices/primitives; embedded image edges up to 4096 pixels and total texture pixels up to 32 Mi. Unsupported or oversized files cannot be previewed. Audio, nested packages, external resources, animation playback and model editing are unsupported. AI support is limited to PDF-compatible page content, not every Illustrator format. Legacy AI and Reality are unsupported. DXF previews limited flat ASCII geometry with layer visibility controls. DWG previews limited 2010/2013/2018-family XY geometry and ordinary blocks; some other files show only low-resolution, possibly stale embedded thumbnails without geometry or measurement. Both formats: up to 8 MiB, read-only, not complete CAD or dieline proofs. Pinch/pan and original offline DXF/DWG demos are included. PDF page dimensions and manually calibrated distance estimates are available, not PDF layer switching or manufacturing measurements. View file capabilities in the app for details. TRY BEFORE CONNECTING Original offline video, photo, PDF, subtitle, JSON, CSV, USDZ, STL and compatible-design demos work without an account, purchase or network. The compatible-design demo explicitly uses original PDF content. Apple TV provides playback, document reading and read-only STL viewing with remote rotation, zoom and reset, but not iPhone/iPad editing or USDZ previews. Your own sources require their respective services and access rights. The catalog does not imply native login for every cloud provider or support for every sharing-page link. Free, no ads or subscriptions, and no advertising or tracking SDKs. Only use files and media you have permission to access.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: MediaRoam at none against Leaf Player's 1. MediaRoam also leads on update cadence (daily vs every 5 days). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement there is nothing between them.
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Both are free to download. Leaf Player sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $0.99 per month. MediaRoam asks for nothing beyond the download.
Leaf Player ships an update every 5 days, MediaRoam daily. The most recent releases landed on October 10, 2026 and October 5, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Leaf Player | MediaRoam |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | Every 5 days | Daily ā better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No ā better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, Apple TV ā better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 ā better | 18.0 |
| Further details ā not scored | ||
| Size | 171 MB | 109 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | XIAOCHEN CUI | CHIA CHIEH LU |
In-app purchases
Leaf Player
- Leaf Pro Monthly$0.991 Month
MediaRoam
No in-app purchases









