HD Video Player vs PlainPlay
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
HD Video Player
This media player automatically scans your device for videos and music, offering smooth HD playback with hardware decoding. It supports a vast array of formats and includes features like touch screen zoom and Wi-Fi file transfer.
- Automatic video scanning
- Smooth HD playback
- Hardware decoder support
- Touch screen zoom gestures
- Wi-Fi file transfer
- Supports numerous formats
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HD Player Pro - the best choice of phone player. Can play any type video music and pdf txt word excel. Video Player Pro is one of the most popular and powerful player for all iPhone devices. It is easiest iPhone phone player . This player support many formats and can play any video,film,music,MTV that stored on your phone. The main function characteristics: A) Automatically scan all videos on your phone. B) The video play very HD and smoothly. C) With the latest hardware decoder.Many videos will benefit from the latest hardware decoder. D) Touch screen zoom gesture.You can use variety of gestures on the screen , zoom in or out is very easily . E) Transfer file to you phone by wifi.You can transfer video file to your phone by browser.Also you can transfer video on you phone to other iPhone by wifi。 F) Play FLV files smoothly, no need to install the Flash Player plugin; G) delete video operation H)Thumbnail display the contents of the video file Supported file formats: AIFF、AMR、AMV、ASF、AU、AVC、AVI、AVS Video、BDAV、CDXA/MPEG-PS、DV、FLAC、Flash Video、GXF、IVF、k3g1、kddi、LXF、Matroska、MIDI、MLP、mobi、Monkey's Audio、MPEG Audio、MPEG Video、MPEG-4、MPEG-4 Visual、MPEG-PS、MPEG-TS、mqt、Musepack SV7、Musepack SV8、MXF、OGG、QuickTime、RealMedia、Shorten、SKM、TTA、TwinVQ、VC-1、Wave、Wave64、WavPack、WebM、Windows Media video formats: 601P、AMV Video、AVC、AVS Video、avs2、Cinepack、Dirac、DV、FLC、FLI、H.263、H.264、Indeo 4、JPEG、mp4v、MPEG-1 video、MPEG-2 video、MPEG-4 AVC、MPEG-4 part 2、MPEG-4 part 10、MPEG-4 Visual、On2 VP3、On2 VP5、On2 VP6、On2 VP7、On2 VP8、MTS2、QCELP/PureVoice、raw video、RealVideo 2、RealVideo 3、RealVideo 4、Sorenson 3、Theora、tiff、TrueMotion S、VC-1、VC-3、VDOWave、WMV2 music formats: AAC、AAC LATM、ACELP、ADPCM IMA WAV、ADPCM EA R2、AMR、Cooker、COOK、DCA、EVRC、FLAC、GSM 6.10、MIDI、MLP、Monkey's Audio、MP2 Audio、MP3、Musepack SV7、Musepack SV8、PCM、QCELP、Qdesign 2、Shorten、sqcp、TTA、VQF TwinVQ、Vorbis、Voxware、VP6、WavPack、WMA subtitle formats: SubRip(*.srt),SSA/ASS(*.ssa,*.ass)
PlainPlay
This app is a versatile media player and file manager that supports numerous formats for offline learning. It allows for easy import of course materials, offers playback customization, and provides robust file organization and privacy features.
- Full-format media playback
- Offline course import
- Variable speed and loop playback
- File classification and sorting
- Gesture lock and fingerprint ID
- Background audio playback
- Web content download
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My file manager – supports almost all file formats. Online courses downloaded from the web or shared by teachers are easy to import. With full-format playback, you can watch them anytime, anywhere with no data usage — with loop playback, sequential playback, and variable-speed support. A convenient learning video player that makes your study easier. Import files to your phone in multiple ways (iTunes file sharing via cable, LAN Wi-Fi web transfer, and phone-to-phone transfer) for fast management of local files. Supports file classification, sorting, editing, searching, and quick browsing and playback. • Classification: Video, Audio, Photos, Documents • Sorting: Name, manual order, file size, modification date, creation date • Edit: Select all, delete, compress • Search: Search by file name • Privacy: Gesture lock, fingerprint & Face ID; file hiding and file encryption Video and audio support continuous playback and single-loop playback; audio supports background playback, skipping intros and outros. File management: Create folders and move or import files directly. Web download: Download and manage web content directly. TV live streaming: HD live streams of major TV channels. Markdown preview and editing supported. 【Auto-Renewable Membership】 1. Service name: Auto-renewing membership. 2. Price: $1.49/month, $6.99/year, $12.99 lifetime (one-time purchase). 3. Payment is charged to your iTunes account 24 hours before each renewal period ends, extending the membership for one month. 4. To cancel: open "Settings" → "iTunes Store & App Store" → tap "Apple ID" → "View Apple ID" → "Account Settings" → "Subscriptions", and cancel the PlainPlay membership subscription. If not cancelled at least 24 hours before the period ends, the subscription renews automatically. 5. Terms of Use: https://xiaodev.com.cn/terms.html 6. Privacy Policy: https://xiaodev.com.cn/privacy.html If you find bugs, infringements, unmet needs, or have other opinions or suggestions about the service, please contact us — we will do our best to improve these issues in the next version. Contact: xiaodeve@163.com .
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: PlainPlay at 4.5 against HD Video Player's 3.6. PlainPlay also leads on review sentiment (80% vs 45%) and update cadence (weekly vs every 3 weeks). HD Video Player's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 4) and ratings volume (209 vs 31). On price, ads 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. PlainPlay sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $1.49 per month. HD Video Player asks for nothing beyond the download.
PlainPlay holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 3.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: HD Video Player has 209 ratings behind it against 31, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 45% of HD Video Player's written reviews are positive against 80% of PlainPlay's.
HD Video Player ships an update every 3 weeks, PlainPlay weekly. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 7, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | HD Video Player | PlainPlay |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.6 (209 ratings) | 4.5 (31 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 45.1% of reviews | 80.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 209 — better | 31 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Weekly — better |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Ad-supported — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 10.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 18 MB | 130 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | 亮 郭 | 景元 肖 |
Customer experience
HD Video Player
PlainPlay
Bugs and requests
HD Video Player
Reported bugs
20 issues- App installed in Chinese
- No English option to change language
- App asks questions in Chinese
- App does not work
- App is trash
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- App is invasive
- App does not need location
- App is defective
- App doesn't work
- App shows white screen
- App doesn't load videos
- App is garbage
- App doesn't scan phone for video
- App crashes after update
- Ads cover entire screen
- Ads pop up constantly
- App prompts in Chinese
- Ads every 5 seconds
- File management is poor
- Too many ads blocking screen
Requested features
5 requests- Option to change language to English
- Paid version without ads
- Save downloaded videos to camera roll
- Load subtitles
- Plays 3gp format
PlainPlay
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
HD Video Player
No in-app purchases
PlainPlay
- 月会员$1.491 Month
- 季度会员$3.993 Months
- Annual membership$6.991 Year
- Lifetime Membership$12.99






