What is the best video playback app for iPhone?

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

Which video playback apps are free?

21 of 22 are free to download: MX Video Player HD (S), Infuse (S), Video Player - All in One (S), VidHub -Video Library & Player (S) and more. 5 of them sell in-app purchases. 2 report no in-app purchases.

Which video playback app has the best App Store rating?

nPlayer Plus at 4.7 from 2,531 ratings.

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Best Video Playback Apps for iPhone (2026)

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

Part of Media Playback.

MX Video Player HD is the top-ranked of 22 video 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 93
2
InfuseS
Free download · ★ 4.7 · 28,452 ratings · score 92
3
Video Player - All in OneS
Free download · ★ 4.6 · 7,409 ratings · score 92
4
VidHub -Video Library & PlayerS
Free download · ★ 4.6 · 3,072 ratings · score 91
5
MX Player - Video PlayerA
Free download · ★ 4.6 · 4,843 ratings · score 87

What belongs in this list

Play video files stored on the phone or library in good quality.

Not here: Streaming online catalogs alone; Audio or music playback alone; Video editing alone; A browser for video sites alone; Screen recording alone

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 93 · best in class
2
InfuseS
Free download · ★ 4.7 · 28,452 ratings · score 92 · best in class
3
Video Player - All in OneS
Free download · ★ 4.6 · 7,409 ratings · score 92 · best in class
4
VidHub -Video Library & PlayerS
Free download · ★ 4.6 · 3,072 ratings · score 91 · best in class
5
MX Player - Video PlayerA
Free download · ★ 4.6 · 4,843 ratings · score 87 · excellent
6
Browser & Offline File StorageA
Free + IAP · ★ 4.5 · 32,143 ratings · score 86 · excellent
7
MX Player : All Media PlayerA
Free · ★ 4.4 · 14,074 ratings · score 85 · excellent
8
Video + : Player for CloudA
Free + IAP · ★ 4.5 · 12,000 ratings · score 85 · excellent
9
KMPlayerA
Free download · ★ 4.3 · 3,251 ratings · score 83 · excellent
10
Fast Player - video playerA
Free download · ★ 4.5 · 5,012 ratings · score 82 · excellent
11
VLC media playerB
Free · ★ 3.7 · 5,988 ratings · score 80 · good
12
Video Player: HD & All FormatC
Free download · ★ 4.5 · 2,363 ratings · score 66 · situational · provisional
13
VideoCopy: Video Editor, PlayC
Free + IAP · ★ 4.5 · 9,993 ratings · score 66 · situational · provisional
14
LooperC
Free + IAP · ★ 4.4 · 4,876 ratings · score 64 · situational · provisional
15
OPlayer Lite - media playerC
Free download · ★ 4.5 · 4,433 ratings · score 64 · situational
16
Loopideo - Loop VideosC
Free download · ★ 4.5 · 2,605 ratings · score 64 · situational · provisional
17
Omanager - Video for FilesC
Free download · ★ 4.6 · 4,025 ratings · score 62 · situational
18
nPlayer LiteD
Free download · ★ 4.6 · 3,800 ratings · score 59 · weak
19
MX Player- Video Player*D
Free download · ★ 4.5 · 4,270 ratings · score 59 · weak
20
MyFiles: File ManagerD
Free + IAP · ★ 4.5 · 15 ratings · score 58 · weak · provisional
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 video playback app for iPhone?: MX Video Player HD, S tier, ranked #1 of 22, rated 4.5 by 29,926 people.
Which video playback apps are free?: 21 of 22 are free to download: MX Video Player HD (S), Infuse (S), Video Player - All in One (S), VidHub -Video Library & Player (S) and more. 5 of them sell in-app purchases. 2 report no in-app purchases.
Which video playback app has the best App Store rating?: nPlayer Plus at 4.7 from 2,531 ratings.
How many video playback apps reach S or A tier?: 10 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.