Qvideo vs Galaxy Player
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.
Galaxy Player
This media player supports a vast array of video, audio, and image formats. It offers features like Wi-Fi sharing, playback speed control, and privacy protection for your files.
- Extensive format support
- Wi-Fi sharing
- Playback speed control
- File encryption
- Dark mode
- Background playback
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Featured features WIFI sharing, devices under the same WIFI can use the WIFI sharing function to scan and play videos without the need for transmission or copying. Supported video formats: Mp4, mkv, avi, flv, f4v, mov, mod, m2v, m4v, mpg, mpe, mpeg, mlv, wmv, wav, webm, rmvb, rm, ra, ram, asf, asx, cpk, dv, dat, divx, dirac, flc, fli, lavf, qt, swf, ts, vob, xvid, 3gp, m2ts, etc. Supported audio formats: MP3, m4a, wav, wma, ogg, aac, amr, alac, ape, aiff, au, cd, cda, cue, caff, dts, flac, pcm, ac3, eac3, etc. Supported image formats: PNG, JPG, JPEG, GIF, BMP, SVG, TIFF, etc. Main functions: 1. Import videos, audio, and photos from a computer or album, and classify and manage videos, audio, and photos; 2. Support operations such as search, move, copy, and rename; 3. Support video, audio, and photo encryption to protect privacy; 4. Online playback of online audio and video; 5. Image viewing; 6. Supports dark mode; 7. Supports multiple languages; 8. Support WI-FI sharing and playback; Video player functions: 1. Lock the playback interface to prevent accidental operation; 2. Double speed playback, supports up to 4 times speed, supports saving playback times; 3. Swipe the screen horizontally to adjust the progress, swipe left to rewind and right to fast forward; 4. Vertical sliding to adjust screen brightness or volume, left sliding to adjust screen brightness, right sliding to adjust volume; 5. Long press screen playback at multiple speeds, customizable long press speed, supports 0.3-4 times speed; 6. Fixed duration fast forward and rewind, customizable fast forward and rewind duration; 7. Screenshot, supports saving to the folder where the album or video is located; 8. Double click on the screen to play or pause; 9. Support skipping the beginning and end of the film; 10. Support seamless playback; 11. Support background playback; 12. Support switching playback order; 13. Support subtitle and track switching;
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Galaxy Player at 97% against Qvideo's 15%. Galaxy Player also leads on rating (4.0 vs 1.9) and update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 3 months). Qvideo's advantage is price (Free vs $2.99) and ratings volume (20 vs 4). 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; Galaxy Player costs $2.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Galaxy Player holds the better App Store score, 4.0 against 1.9. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Qvideo has 20 ratings behind it against 4, 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 97% of Galaxy Player's.
Qvideo ships an update every 3 months, Galaxy Player every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 21, 2026 and October 17, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Qvideo | Galaxy Player |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $2.99 |
| Rating | 1.9 (20 ratings) | 4.0 (4 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 14.9% of reviews | 96.6% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 20 — better | 4 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 16 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 81 MB | 43 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | QNAP Systems, Inc. | 坤 左 |
Customer experience
Qvideo
Galaxy Player
In-app purchases
Qvideo
No in-app purchases
Galaxy Player
No in-app purchases









