AVPlayer for iPhone vs AriaX
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
AVPlayer for iPhone
Play virtually any video file on your iPhone with this versatile media player. It supports a wide range of formats, offers advanced playback controls, and allows easy video management and syncing.
- Supports all major video formats
- Hardware acceleration for H.264
- Dolby audio codec support
- Built-in and external subtitle support
- Playback speed adjustment
- Wi-Fi video syncing
- Passcode and Touch ID protection
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AVPlayer for iPhone – convenient and easy solution for playing most video formats on your iPhone • Main Features: - Support 3D Touch - Night Mode - Built-in search - Syncing videos via iTunes or Wi-Fi - Creating folders, moving, deleting, renaming videos - Sort by name, date, type - Favorites • Video Player: - Support audio codec Dolby (AC3, E-AC3) - Hardware acceleration H.264 - Support various video formats: mp4, mov, m4v, avi, wmv, rmvb, flv, f4v, mkv, dat, vob, mts, mpg, 3gp, m2ts, asf, mpeg4, ts, rm - Aspect ratio: default, 4:3, 5:4, 16:9, 16:10, 2.21:1 - AirPlay and TV Out - Support built-in and external subtitles - Support built-in audio tracks - Support gestures - Playback speed: 0.5X to 2.0X - Ability to set brightness, contrast and saturation - Move to next/previous video - Saving position of playback - Orientation lock while watching a video • Wi-Fi: - Web server for syncing videos via Wi-Fi - Saving videos from iCloud Drive, Dropbox, Google Drive, Yandex.Disk, FTP, WebDAV, UPnP • Settings: - Protecting your videos with a passcode or Touch ID
AriaX
This utility allows remote management of aria2 download tasks. You can submit new downloads, pause or resume existing ones, and remove specific tasks from your server.
- Submit new download tasks
- Pause/Unpause tasks
- Remove specific tasks
- Remote aria2 management
- Configure RPC settings
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AriaX can help you manage the tasks of aria2 remotely. aria2 is a utility for downloading files. AriaX can remotely manage the aria2 in the following ways: 1. Submit new download task. 2. Pause/Unpause the specific task or all tasks. 3. Remove the specific task. You should first install aria2 on your server to get the aria2 RPC URL and aria2 RPC Secret, and then add the configuration of aria2 RPC in AriaX.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: AVPlayer for iPhone at 100% against AriaX's 25%. AVPlayer for iPhone also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 1) and update cadence (weekly vs every 6 weeks). AriaX's advantage is price (Free vs $0.49). On ads, monetization model and device support 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
AriaX is free to download; AVPlayer for iPhone costs $0.49 up front. AriaX sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. AVPlayer for iPhone asks for nothing beyond the download.
AVPlayer for iPhone ships an update weekly, AriaX every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 20, 2026 and September 6, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | AVPlayer for iPhone | AriaX |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $0.49 | Free — better |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 25.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Weekly — better | Every 6 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Paid | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 9.0 — better | 16.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 32 MB | 22 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Sergej Kachalo | Nanjing Dushe Technology Co., Ltd. |
Customer experience
AVPlayer for iPhone
AriaX
In-app purchases
AVPlayer for iPhone
No in-app purchases
AriaX
- AriaX Pro$2.99
