GPlayer vs Ulearn
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
GPlayer
A versatile media player for iOS devices that supports a wide range of video and audio formats. It offers background playback, customizable playlists, and convenient playback controls like screen lock and gesture adjustments. Enjoy your media with features like dark mode and password protection for enhanced privacy.
- Supports MKV, FLV, RMVB, MP4, MOV, and more video formats
- Plays audio files in background mode
- Create and manage custom playlists
- Resume playback from where you left off
- Gesture controls for playback adjustments
- Password protection for privacy
- Adjustable playback speed (0.25x to 2.0x)
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GPlayer is a local video and audio player for iPhone and iPad, designed to make your personal media easy to import, organize and play. Keep movies, course videos, music, recordings and files transferred from your computer in one convenient place. 【PLAY VIDEO AND AUDIO FORMATS】 Play popular media formats including MP4, MOV, MKV, RMVB, AVI, FLV, 3GP, MP3, WAV, WMA and OGG. Whether you are watching a movie, studying with a course, listening to music or reviewing a recording, GPlayer keeps playback simple. 【PRACTICAL VIDEO CONTROLS】 Adjust playback speed, manage subtitles, switch between audio tracks and resume from where you left off. Watch courses, foreign-language videos, movies and personal footage at your own pace. 【FOCUSED VIEWING】 A clean playback interface keeps distractions out of the way, so you can focus on your local video. 【EASY FILE IMPORT】 Import media from the Files app, the Share sheet, Open In or your computer. Imported files are automatically organized into video and audio lists for faster access. 【WI-FI TRANSFER】 No cable needed. While your devices are on the same Wi-Fi network, open a browser on your computer to upload media to your iPhone or iPad. You can also browse and download files already stored in the app. 【AUDIO PLAYLISTS】 Create and manage playlists for courses, podcasts, recordings and music albums. Choose repeat all, repeat one or shuffle to match the way you listen. 【BACKGROUND AND LOCK SCREEN PLAYBACK】 Keep audio playing in the background and control it from the Lock Screen or Control Center, without keeping the app open on screen. 【PRIVACY PROTECTION】 Enable a passcode when opening the app to add another layer of access protection for your personal media. 【POWER-EFFICIENT PLAYBACK】 Hardware decoding is used by default to balance smooth playback and battery use during longer viewing or listening sessions. GPlayer helps you import, organize and enjoy local media with less effort. Privacy Policy: https://f.n-years.com/docs/gplayer/privacy_statement Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
Ulearn
This app acts as a comprehensive local media and file manager, supporting various video, audio, and document formats. It offers features like file transfer, privacy encryption, format conversion, and a QR scanner to organize your local files efficiently.
- Local video and audio playback
- Document viewer for office files
- Privacy protection with encryption
- Multi-way file transfer
- Audio & video format converter
- QR and barcode scanner
- Archive compression and extraction
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An all-in-one local media & file manager, centralize all your local videos, audio, documents, images and ZIP archives. Equipped with file transfer, privacy encryption, format converter and QR scanner to organize local files effortlessly. Core Features ● Local Video Player: Offline files only. Supports MP4, MOV, MKV, AVI, FLV, M2TS, M4V, TS, VOB, WMV, MPEG and more mainstream formats; ● Local Audio Player: Full format support including MP3, FLAC, APE, AAC, OGG, WAV, WMA for lossless local music playback; ● Document Viewer: Open PDF, Word, TXT, HTML, PPT, Numbers, Pages, Keynote office files; ● Privacy Protection: Fingerprint / gesture lock, file encryption & decryption for private data; ● Local image browsing & editing; ● Archive tools: ZIP compression; extraction supports ZIP, RAR, 7Z, TAR, TAR.GZ, TAR.BZ2, GZ, BZ2 (incl. password-protected archives); ● Multi-way file transfer: Wi-Fi LAN transfer, iTunes wired transfer, device-to-device sharing; ● Local audio & video format converter; ● QR & barcode scanner, QR code generator; ● Playback history, incognito local playback, custom skip intro/outro for media files; ● Markdown preview & editing support. All core features above are available for free users. Subscribe to unlock all premium perks, remove in-app ads and access batch encryption, incognito playback and other advanced tools. Auto-Renewable Membership Terms Auto-renew subscriptions: Monthly $0.99 / Month, Yearly $7.99 / Year Lifetime one-time purchase: $9.99. One single payment for permanent full premium access, no recurring charges. Subscription Rules Payment will be charged to your Apple Account upon purchase confirmation. Subscriptions auto-renew, and renewal fees will be charged 24 hours prior to the end of each billing cycle. To turn off auto-renewal, go to [Settings > Apple Account > Subscriptions] at least 24 hours before your current period expires. Your membership access remains active until the end of the paid billing cycle after cancellation. If you reinstall the app or switch devices, log in with your original purchase Apple ID and tap [Restore Purchase] to recover your membership at no extra cost. Support & Legal Links For billing issues, missing premium access or function errors, visit our official support page or email us: xiaodeve@163.com Terms of Use: https://xiaodev.com.cn/terms.html Privacy Policy: https://xiaodev.com.cn/privacy.html App Support Page: https://xiaodev.com.cn/support.html This app only processes locally stored files and provides offline media & file management functions solely. Report bugs or compatibility issues via email: xiaodeve@163.com.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Ulearn at every 5 days against GPlayer's every 10 months. Ulearn also leads on ratings volume (237 vs 14). GPlayer's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.6). On price, review sentiment, ads and in-app purchases there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Both are free to download. GPlayer sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month and Ulearn sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
GPlayer holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Ulearn has 237 ratings behind it against 14, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 75% of GPlayer's written reviews are positive against 68% of Ulearn's.
GPlayer ships an update every 10 months, Ulearn every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on November 4, 2026 and November 6, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | GPlayer | Ulearn |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (14 ratings) — better | 4.6 (237 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 75.0% of reviews — better | 68.3% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 14 | 237 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 10 months | Every 5 days — better |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 66 MB | 150 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | 金 郭 | 景元 肖 |
Customer experience
GPlayer
Ulearn
Bugs and requests
GPlayer
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Ulearn
Reported bugs
13 issues- 🐛 App crashes when adding files to zip archive
- 🐛 Browser's top buttons obstruct website headers
- 🐛 Video freezes with only audio
- 🐛 Overlapping audio when connected to Bluetooth speaker
- 🐛 App does not detect internal subtitles within MKV files
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- 🐛 Ads can be annoying with small close buttons
- 🐛 Encrypted folders cannot be decrypted, showing decryption failure
- 🐛 Cannot play .swf files
- 🐛 Cannot decide between hardware or software decoder
- 🐛 Some users report issues with deleting imported files
- 🐛 Glitchy performance
- 🐛 Poorly designed browser
- 🐛 Video playback issues
Requested features
21 requests- 💡 Adblock functionality
- 💡 Tab management for browser
- 💡 Script capabilities (like Tampermonkey)
- 💡 Full resolution photo and media extraction
- 💡 Feature to play videos using the app's player
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- 💡 Ability to copy m3U8 link and download to library
- 💡 More features for the video player
- 💡 History playback record
- 💡 AB repeat function for listening/watching
- 💡 Multilingual support
- 💡 Dark mode option
- 💡 Ability to delete imported files
- 💡 Option to disable network signal
- 💡 Folder sorting with folders at the front
- 💡 Grid preview for all folders
- 💡 Cast photos and videos to TV
- 💡 Improved browser functionality
- 💡 Better handling of website headers
- 💡 Support for .swf files
- 💡 Improved subtitle handling
- 💡 Better decoder selection
In-app purchases
GPlayer
- Monthly Premium$1.991 Month
- Annual Premium$9.991 Year
- Lifetime Premium$19.99
Ulearn
- Ulearn Monthly Member$0.991 Month
- Ulearn Annual Membership$7.991 Year
- File encryption$2.99
- Block Ads$2.99
- Longest Member$9.99







