It's Playing for Dropbox vs ZeoPlayer
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
It's Playing for Dropbox
Stream videos directly from your Dropbox account without conversion. Enjoy high-performance playback with subtitle support, background playback, and adjustable playback speeds. This app offers a seamless entertainment experience for your video library.
- Direct Dropbox video streaming
- High-performance playback up to 1080p
- Direct subtitle search and download
- Background playback and earbud controls
- Adjustable playback speed
- Multi-language audio tracks and subtitles
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Play any video on your dropbox account, no conversion, direct streaming, pure entertainment. • Spotlight · High performance playback, up to 1080p; · Direct subtitle search and download; · TV-Out and Air Play; · Easy gestures, including pinch-to-zoom. • Formats · Video playback for MP4, MOV, MKV, AVI, WMV, VOB, RMVB; · Audio playback for MP3, M4A, WMA, OGG, FLAC; · Consult the detailed format list on our website. • Playback · Background playback and earbud controls; · Auto-advance/playlist within folders; · Auto-repeat mode; · Audio gain; · Playback speed, from 1/8x to 8x adjustments; • Video forensics · Frame by Frame video image navigation; · Photographic pinch-to-zoom gestures; · Image contrast, brightness and saturation adjustments; • International features · multi language audio tracks; · multi channel audio support; · fetch subtitles for any movie with one tap; backed by OpenSubtitles.org. (*) It's playing aims at handling every video from anything around your iPhone/iPod/iPad. You'll always be able to find videos that surpass your devices processing capabilities or which are encoded in unsupported audio or video formats. (**) DTS playback is currently unavailable, check our website for updates or use the helper app. •• Check out http://itsplayingapp.com for demonstration videos and detailed information •• Contact us at support@itsplayingapp.com
ZeoPlayer
A powerful media player for Apple devices offering wide format support and cinema-grade audiovisual experience. Enjoy advanced HDR rendering, universal codec compatibility, and immersive audio decoding.
- Cinema-grade HDR rendering
- Universal codec and container support
- Immersive audio decoding
- Network and SMB streaming
- Subtitle and audio track management
- Deep system integration
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ZeoPlayer is a modern, minimal, and powerful media player built natively for the Apple ecosystem (iOS, iPadOS, macOS, visionOS, tvOS). Powered by AetherEngine with VideoToolbox hardware acceleration and FFmpeg, it delivers a cinema-grade audiovisual experience. Key Features: • Cinema-Grade Picture Quality: Native advanced dynamic HDR (HDR10 / HDR10+ / HLG) rendering, and 10-bit color depth support. • Universal Codec & Container Support: Hardware and software decoding for HEVC/H.265, H.264, AV1, VP9 across MKV, MP4, M2TS/TS, AVI, MOV, WMV, FLV, WebM, and M3U8 (HLS). • Immersive Audio Decoding: Full support for immersive multi-channel audio, TrueHD, E-AC3, DTS-HD, FLAC lossless audio, and multi-channel pass-through/output. • Liquid Glass Design: Beautiful frosted glass material and dark mode-first interface for immersive viewing. • Network & SMB Streaming: Play online HTTP/HTTPS video streams, M3U8 live channels, and network shares via SMB protocol. • Subtitles & Audio Tracks: Automatic detection of embedded subtitles/tracks and support for external SRT/ASS files with sync adjustment. • Deep System Integration: macOS menu bar & hotkeys, iOS gesture controls for volume/brightness, Picture-in-Picture, and SwiftData history sync.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: It's Playing for Dropbox at 55% against ZeoPlayer's 0%. It's Playing for Dropbox also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 1) and rating (2.2 vs 2.0). ZeoPlayer's advantage is update cadence (every 2 months vs every 7 months) and device support (5 vs 3). On price and ads 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. ZeoPlayer sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. It's Playing for Dropbox asks for nothing beyond the download.
It's Playing for Dropbox holds the better App Store score, 2.2 against 2.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: It's Playing for Dropbox has 10 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 55% of It's Playing for Dropbox's written reviews are positive against 0% of ZeoPlayer's.
It's Playing for Dropbox ships an update every 7 months, ZeoPlayer every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 14, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | It's Playing for Dropbox | ZeoPlayer |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.2 (10 ratings) — better | 2.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 55.2% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 10 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 7 months | Every 2 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple TV, Vision Pro — better |
| Requires iOS | 13.4 — better | 18.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 25 MB | 37 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Addition, Lda | Hongbo Ji |
Customer experience
It's Playing for Dropbox
ZeoPlayer
In-app purchases
It's Playing for Dropbox
No in-app purchases
ZeoPlayer
- ZeoPlayer Pro Lifetime$9.99
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