Qvideo vs ntPlayer
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.
ntPlayer
Stream live TV, on-demand videos, TV series, and shows on your iPhone and iPad. This media player supports various playlist formats and offers features for easy channel management and quick access to favorites.
- Supports M3U, M3U8, TXT files
- Add playlists via local files, LAN, or URLs
- Manage channels by groups
- Favorite channels
- Watch live TV, VOD, series, and shows
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App Description ntPlayer is a lightweight streaming media video player that lets you easily watch live TV, on-demand videos (VOD), TV series, and shows on your iPhone and iPad. With a simple and user-friendly interface and convenient features, it provides an enjoyable viewing experience. Features Supports M3U, M3U8, and TXT files Add playlists via local files, LAN, or online URLs Manage channels by groups to easily find your favorite channels Favorite channels for quick access Disclaimer Does not provide any media content; all content is supplied by the user Not affiliated with any third-party content providers This app does not support playing copyrighted content without permission from the copyright owner
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: ntPlayer at 69% against Qvideo's 15%. ntPlayer also leads on rating (4.2 vs 1.9) and update cadence (every 8 days vs every 3 months). Qvideo's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and ads (none vs shown). On price 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
Both are free to download. ntPlayer sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Qvideo asks for nothing beyond the download.
ntPlayer holds the better App Store score, 4.2 against 1.9. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 20 and 83 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 15% of Qvideo's written reviews are positive against 69% of ntPlayer's.
Qvideo ships an update every 3 months, ntPlayer every 8 days. The most recent releases landed on September 22, 2026 and September 21, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Qvideo | ntPlayer |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 1.9 (20 ratings) | 4.2 (83 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 14.9% of reviews | 68.6% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 20 | 83 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 8 days — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 16 | 14.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 81 MB | 103 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | QNAP Systems, Inc. | Beijing Hengdian Technology Co., Ltd. |
Customer experience
Qvideo
ntPlayer
Bugs and requests
Qvideo
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
ntPlayer
Reported bugs
14 issues- App crashes on iOS 14
- No sound in new version
- App crashes after updating to black icon version
- App crashes after updating to latest version
- App crashes when updating m3u list
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- App crashes on iOS 16
- App crashes on iOS 12
- App crashes on 2.6.1 latest version
- App crashes on 2.6.1 new version
- Export source unresponsive
- Favorites disappear after restart
- Error when adding deleted URL
- App unusable after update
- Favorite does not work
Requested features
17 requests- Add Apple TV version
- Add macOS version
- Add iPad version
- Add picture-in-picture
- Add background playback
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- Add screen casting
- Add recording function
- Add locking for categories
- Add channel sorting by letter
- Add thumbnail previews
- Add program guide
- Add Italian language support
- Add WebDAV support
- Add fast-forward/rewind shortcuts
- Change ads to only startup ads
- Allow progress bar dragging in portrait mode
- Return to 2.0 version
In-app purchases
Qvideo
No in-app purchases
ntPlayer
- 免广告会员$1.99
