What is the best media playback app for iPhone?

MX Video Player HD, S tier, ranked #1 of 22, rated 4.5 by 29,926 people.

Which media playback apps are free?

20 of 22 are free to download: MX Video Player HD (S), Video Player - All in One (S), Fast Player - video player (A), MX Player : All Media Player (A) and more. 5 of them sell in-app purchases. 2 report no in-app purchases.

Which media playback app has the best App Store rating?

Expert Media at 4.8 from 8,828 ratings.

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Best Media Playback Apps for iPhone (2026)

22 apps ranked S through F · Updated 2026-10-19 · Ranked by AppTierList, computed, never sold · JSON

MX Video Player HD is the top-ranked of 22 media playback apps on iPhone, at S tier with 4.5/5 from 29,926 ratings.

1
MX Video Player HDS
Free download · ★ 4.5 · 29,926 ratings · score 92
2
Video Player - All in OneS
Free download · ★ 4.6 · 7,409 ratings · score 92
3
Fast Player - video playerA
Free download · ★ 4.5 · 5,012 ratings · score 89
4
MX Player : All Media PlayerA
Free · ★ 4.4 · 14,074 ratings · score 87
5
InfuseA
Free download · ★ 4.7 · 28,452 ratings · score 87

What belongs in this list

Play video and audio files of many kinds from one player app.

Not here: A video-only player alone; A music-only player alone; Streaming service catalogs alone; File manager alone; Podcast listening alone

More lists: Best Video Playback Apps

How we pick

For this list we ask the App Store the same searches a person would, in several countries, and keep every app it returns. A model reads each app's listing and rejects the ones that only mention the use case. Every app that stays is scored out of 100 from four parts, each 0 to 100 and averaged with no weights: its App Store rating, how many people rated it, where the App Store itself ranks it for this list's searches, and how recently its current version shipped. An app showing Apple's Editors' Choice badge gets a fifth part of 100, which can only lift its score. Tiers follow fixed score bands: S from 90, A from 80, B from 70, C from 60, D from 50, F below. The list's leader is S if it scores 80 or more. On a list of 20 or more ranked apps, a tier from S to D takes in new apps only up to a quarter of the top 40: an app pushed out of a full tier falls to the next tier with room, and F takes the rest. An app already in a tier keeps its place while the tier is at most 2 apps over a quarter; past that, only the apps over that margin go down, lowest score first. Equal scores share a tier, and no app has a better tier than an app ranked above it. An app keeps its tier until its score passes the band edge by more than 1 point, or a full tier or the order above moves it. Only the top 40 of a list get a tier. Read the full method →

Compare every app

1
MX Video Player HDS
Free download · ★ 4.5 · 29,926 ratings · score 92 · best in class
2
Video Player - All in OneS
Free download · ★ 4.6 · 7,409 ratings · score 92 · best in class
3
Fast Player - video playerA
Free download · ★ 4.5 · 5,012 ratings · score 89 · excellent
4
MX Player : All Media PlayerA
Free · ★ 4.4 · 14,074 ratings · score 87 · excellent
5
InfuseA
Free download · ★ 4.7 · 28,452 ratings · score 87 · excellent
6
FoxFM Offline Music MP3 PlayerA
Free + IAP · ★ 4.4 · 29,749 ratings · score 86 · excellent
7
Expert MediaA
Free download · ★ 4.8 · 8,828 ratings · score 81 · excellent
8
KMPlayerA
Free download · ★ 4.3 · 3,251 ratings · score 81 · excellent
9
Video + : Player for CloudB
Free + IAP · ★ 4.5 · 12,000 ratings · score 80 · good
10
VLC media playerB
Free · ★ 3.7 · 5,988 ratings · score 80 · good
11
MX Video Player:Media PlayerB
Free download · ★ 4.5 · 3,788 ratings · score 80 · good
12
Fileplay - Documents PlayerB
Free download · ★ 4.6 · 4,209 ratings · score 71 · good
13
OPlayer Lite - media playerC
Free download · ★ 4.5 · 4,433 ratings · score 68 · situational
14
nPlayer LiteC
Free download · ★ 4.6 · 3,800 ratings · score 68 · situational
15
Video Player: HD & All FormatC
Free download · ★ 4.5 · 2,363 ratings · score 66 · situational · provisional
16
VideoCopy: Video Editor, PlayC
Free + IAP · ★ 4.5 · 9,993 ratings · score 66 · situational · provisional
17
Smarters ProC
Free + IAP · ★ 4.5 · 8,893 ratings · score 64 · situational · provisional
18
Plezy: Media Server ClientC
$5.99 · ★ 4.5 · 114 ratings · score 63 · situational · provisional
19
MX Player- Video Player*C
Free download · ★ 4.5 · 4,270 ratings · score 61 · situational
20
Offline Music Player-MP3&VideoD
Free + IAP · ★ 4.2 · 8,446 ratings · score 55 · weak
21
Live Player - AI media playerD
Free download · ★ 4.1 · 2,458 ratings · score 54 · weak · provisional
22
nPlayer PlusF
$8.99 · ★ 4.7 · 2,531 ratings · score 46 · avoid · provisional

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Questions people ask

What is the best media playback app for iPhone?: MX Video Player HD, S tier, ranked #1 of 22, rated 4.5 by 29,926 people.
Which media playback apps are free?: 20 of 22 are free to download: MX Video Player HD (S), Video Player - All in One (S), Fast Player - video player (A), MX Player : All Media Player (A) and more. 5 of them sell in-app purchases. 2 report no in-app purchases.
Which media playback app has the best App Store rating?: Expert Media at 4.8 from 8,828 ratings.
How many media playback apps reach S or A tier?: 8 of 22. Tiers follow fixed score bands: S from 90, A from 80, B from 70, C from 60, D from 50, F below. The list's leader is S if it scores 80 or more. On a list of 20 or more ranked apps, a tier from S to D takes in new apps only up to a quarter of the top 40: an app pushed out of a full tier falls to the next tier with room, and F takes the rest. An app already in a tier keeps its place while the tier is at most 2 apps over a quarter; past that, only the apps over that margin go down, lowest score first. Equal scores share a tier, and no app has a better tier than an app ranked above it. An app keeps its tier until its score passes the band edge by more than 1 point, or a full tier or the order above moves it. Only the top 40 of a list get a tier.