The Ultimate List of Top-Rated Free Media Apps on iPhone: Ideal for Models Up to the iPhone 10

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Top 5 Best Free Video Players for iPhone 11 and Before

Posted by Kaylee Wood | Last update: April 28, 2020

With the publishment of iPhone 11/11 Pro/11 Pro Max/XS/XS Max/XR/X/8 etc. Apple proved that iPhone is the most advanced mobile phone in the world once again. And playing videos movies now with the native iPhone player will be a kind of visual enjoyment as iPhones are expected to be released with two screen size (4.7 & 5.5) and come with totally new stereo speaker system and the brightest, most colorful display – retina HD display (1334x750/1920x1080 pixels).

However, Apple has its own set of restrictions that the built-in iPhone 11 (and the earlier) video player only supports M4V, MP4, MOV formats and can’t offer the flexibility to play videos movies in MKV, VOB, AVI, etc. How to make up the imperfections? Here we list top 5 best free video players for iPhone that will get you out of the confusion.

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Top 5 Free Video Player for iPhone 11 and Before

No. 1: VLC – No.1 Open-source iOS Video Player for iPhone & iPad

Developer: VideoLAN| Rate: ★★★★★

VLC Media Player is reputable and functional as an open-source cross-platform media player. VLC for iOS is as excellent as that we have been using for years on PCs. You don’t need any converter as this iPhone video player can play any file format including MP4, MOV, M4V, MKV, FLV, etc. you throw at it and supports multiple audio tracks including 5.1 and subtitles tracks including SSA. You can use VLC for iOS to adjust video speed, brightness, volume, etc and forward or backward as you like. Better still, VLC iOS video player for iPhone 11 X/8/7 supports AirPlay that you can enable VLC AirPlay to enjoy media files on multi-screen display without cost a dime.

Supported file formats: Almost all fomats like 3gp, asf, avi, flv, dvr-ms, mkv, midi, mp4, quicktime file format, ogg, ogm, wav, mpeg-2, aiff, mxf, vob, rm, aac, ac3, alac, amr, dts, xm, flac, mod, mp3, opus, pls, etc.

No. 2: PlayerXtreme - an iPhone Video Player for iPhone/iPad/iPod/Android

Developer: Xtreme Media Works| Rate: ★★★★☆

PlayerXtreme is another free video player app for iPhone compatible with various video formats that you can watch your movies on the go anytime. It also supports streaming over Wi-Fi and even UPNP and SMB to easily access media files from PC. You can organize your video collection in this iPhone video player and protect your library with a password. However, you need to pay Pro version priced at $2.99 to prevent extra add-ons.

Supported file formats: 3gp, asf, avi, divx, dv, dat, flv, gxf, m2p, m2ts, m2v, m4v, mkv, moov, mov, mp4, mpeg, mpeg1, mpeg2, mpeg4, mpg, mpv, mt2s, mts, mxf, ogm, ogv, ps, qt, rm, rmvb, ts, vob, webm, wm, wmv.

No. 3: KMPlayer – A Mac/PC/Android/iPhone Video Player with 300,000,000 Users

Developer: KMP Pandora. TV| Rate: ★★★★☆

KMPlayer, originally designed for PC users and now has Mac version , has become one of the most popular multimedia players in the world with over 300,000,000 users in more than 230 countries and is supported in 36 languages. KMPlayer video player for iPhone 11/11 Pro/11 Pro Max/XS/XS Max/XR/X/8/7 contains all the codec you need like 4K video codec, H.265, VP9, etc and supports for high movies including 3D, 4K UHD, 1080p, etc. This iPhone video player app also offers the posibility for you to control the volume, the navigation, and turn on/off subtitles.

Supported file formats: mp4, mov, flv, avi, wmv, mkv, m2ts, flv, vob, webm, h.265, vp9 rts, mpeg1, mpeg2, aac, wma7, wma8, ogg, asf, avs, 3gp, mpg, ogm, rmvb, ts, etc.

No. 4: OPlayer Lite – A Classic Media Player & File Manager for iPhone 11 (and earlier)

Developer: Olimsoft| Rate: ★★★★☆

Oplayer Lite is currently one of the best video players for iPhone 11/11 Pro/11 Pro Max/XS/XS Max/XR/X/8/7/7 Plus and has great popularity on iTunes Store. Without any conversion, you can play various kinds of videos movies and audios directly (SD/HD videos like MKV, MP4, H265, FLV etc. and auidos like MP3, AC3, FLAC etc.). It also comes with subtitle (SRT, ASS, SUB etc.) support as well. Besides an iPhone video player, OPlayer Lite also gives you the flexibility to be able to download your files to your device, stream video/audio over the Internet and browse a SAMBA/FTP/UPnP/DLNA share over the network.

Supported file format: Nearly all file formats like avi, wmv, mkv, flv, mpg, mp4, webm, vob, mp3, wma, wav, ogg, flac, etc.

No. 5: AirPlayit – A Free Video Player for iPhone Capable of Streaming Video/Music

Developer: Digiarty Software, Inc.| Rate: ★★★☆☆

AirPlayit is actually a free video streaming software app designed to stream video audio from PC/Mac to iPhone/iPad, iPod touch and Google Android OS mobile devices. But it is good at playing videos music as well on mobile devices that it could be a wonderful video player for iPhone 11/11 Pro/11 Pro Max/XS/XS Max/XR/X/8/7/7 Plus with the capability of streaming 320 different video & audio formats to mobile devices via WiFi, 3G and 4G network. It can act as your personal audio video cloud server and lets you watch HD movies on iPhone and listen to lossless music on the go.

Supported file format: mkv, m2ts, avchd, tp, mpeg-ts, avc, mod, mpeg1/2, wmv, asf, avi, mov, rm/rmvb, flv, mp4, h264, m4v, wtv, webm, etc.

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