Qvideo vs nPlayer
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Qvideo
Access and stream videos stored on your Turbo NAS from your mobile device. Organize, share, and download your favorite movies and personal videos with ease. Enjoy your media collection anytime, anywhere.
- Stream or download videos from NAS
- Organize videos by tags, categories, and folders
- Search videos by title, date, tag, rating, or color
- Share videos via links
- Upload videos directly to NAS
- Recover deleted videos from Trash Can
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With Qvideo, you can watch the videos stored on your Turbo NAS from mobile devices anytime and anywhere. You can also share your favorite movies by sending them to your friends and family. Minimum Requirements: • A QNAP Turbo NAS running QTS 4.3 (and above) with Video Station 5.0.0 (or above) installed. • An iOS device (with iOS 16 or later) Key Features: - Find your favorite videos quickly by browsing using timeline, thumbnails, list, or folders. - Stream or download your videos to mobile devices anytime, anywhere. - Tag, categorize, and edit video information to organize your collection. - Directly upload videos made with your iOS device to your Turbo NAS. - You can download videos from the NAS and play locally. - Find your videos by searching based on title, date, tag, rating, or color labels. - Create a share link to send your videos to friends & family via social networks, message or email. - Support Qsync for synchronizing files between Qsync-enabled devices and applications. - Recover accidentally deleted videos using the Trash Can folder. - Support a variety of connection methods to access your Turbo NAS faster. - Support subtitles display. If you have any problems regarding this app, please contact us at mobile@qnap.com.
nPlayer
Play virtually any video or audio file format without conversion. Stream media from remote devices and cloud services, and control playback with intuitive gestures. Offers extensive subtitle and audio codec support for a seamless viewing experience.
- Plays all video and audio formats without conversion
- Streams media from network devices and cloud services
- Supports DTS and Dolby audio codecs
- Advanced subtitle customization and synchronization
- Gesture-based playback controls
- Hardware acceleration for H.264, HEVC, AV1
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** nPlayer officially supports DTS (DTS HD ), DTS Headphone:X. ** nPlayer supports Dolby (AC3, E-AC3). ** nPlayer is the universal app. You can install it in any other iOS device without additional purchase. - You don't need to convert video files to MP4 to play them in your mobile device. nPlayer enable you to play all kinds of video formats and codecs without file converting efforts. - You don't need to store video files in your device with limited storage space. nPlayer's powerful and various network technologies will help you to stream them from remote devices. - With your finger tip, you can adjust playback position, move to previous and next subtitle position, adjust location and font size of subtitles, control volume and brightness. - Experience nPlayer, thousands of users recommendations. * Features - Supports officially DTS audio codec (DTS HD) - Supports Dolby audio codec (AC3, E-AC3) - Supports iXpand Drive - Supports Chromecast - Supports video cast for Smart TV - Supports HDMI output - Supports video files : MP4, MOV, MKV, AVI, WMV, ASF, FLV, OGV, RMVB, TP etc. - Supports audio files : MP3, WAV, WMA, FLAC, APE etc. - Supports subtitle files : SMI, SRT, SSA, IDX, SUB, LRC, SUP, MLP2 etc. - Supports image files : JPG, PNG, BMP, GIF, TIFF etc. - Supports playlist files : CUE, M3U, PLS - Supports WebDAV, FTP, SFTP, HTTP, SMB/CIFS, NFS - Supports UPnP/DLNA (supports subtitles if DLNA server provides subtitles information.) - Supports cloud service (Box, Dropbox, OneDrive, Yandex.Disk) - Supports in-app web browser - Supports iTunes video/audio play (except for DRM contents) - Supports videos and pictures in Album - Playback speed control : 0.5x ~ 4.0x - Resume playback - AB repeat(specific section repetition) - Screen lock - Supports AV1/HEVC/H.264/MPEG4 Hardware acceleration - Supports 3D video mode - Screen flip horizontally, vertically. brightness and saturation control - Aspect ratio : Default, 1:1, 3:2, 4:3, 5:3, 16:9, 1.85:1 etc - Supports multi-track audio - Supports audio boost - Supports audio sync - Supports lyrics display - Supports Dolby, DTS HDMI Bitstream (Passthru) - Supports embedded subtitles - Supports multi-track subtitles - Supports user’s selection of subtitle files - Supports addition of optional subtitle files while playback - Supports subtitles font, color, shadow, outline customization - Supports subtitles sync - Supports external subtitle fonts - Supports SAMI(SMI) tag - Supports SSA/ASS with full styling, embedded subtitles - File management : Delete, Move, Rename, Create a folder - Playlist management : Add, Delete, Modify - Supports recently played list - Folder lock - Supports Open-in - Supports UI theme * Gesture Features - Tap : Menu - Double tap : Pop-up play - Drag horizontally : Playback position adjustment - Drag vertically on right half of the screen : Volume control - Drag vertically on left half of the screen : Brightness control - Pinch on the screen : Screen size adjustment - Drag horizontally on subtitle text : Move to previous/next subtitle text - Drag vertically on subtitle text : Subtitle position adjustment - Pinch on subtitle text : Subtitle font size adjustment - Supports finger gesture customization
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Qvideo at Free against nPlayer's $4.99. nPlayer's advantage is rating (4.7 vs 1.9) and review sentiment (54% vs 15%). On ads, in-app purchases 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
Qvideo is free to download; nPlayer costs $4.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
nPlayer holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 1.9. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: nPlayer has 1.9K ratings behind it against 20, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 15% of Qvideo's written reviews are positive against 54% of nPlayer's.
Qvideo ships an update every 3 months, nPlayer every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on September 22, 2026 and September 28, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Qvideo | nPlayer |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $4.99 |
| Rating | 1.9 (20 ratings) | 4.7 (1.9K ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 14.9% of reviews | 53.8% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 20 | 1.9K — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 9 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Paid |
| Best chart rank | — | #25 — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 16 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 81 MB | 61 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | QNAP Systems, Inc. | Newin Inc. |
Customer experience
Qvideo
nPlayer
Bugs and requests
Qvideo
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
nPlayer
Reported bugs
4 issues- Playback position not saved after app exit
- Inability to connect to some network drives
- Inconsistent behavior when playing certain video formats
- Subtitles not displayed correctly in some cases
Requested features
6 requests- Add support for Apple TV
- Improve Chromecast support
- Implement sleep timer for audio
- Allow customization of subtitle size/color
- Add option to disable metadata fetching
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- Improve file sorting and playlist management
In-app purchases
Qvideo
No in-app purchases
nPlayer
No in-app purchases









