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Description
VLC is a free and open source cross-platform multimedia player. It can play all your movies, shows and music in most formats directly without conversion. It allows file synchronization with Dropbox, GDrive, OneDrive, Box, iCloud Drive, iTunes, direct downloads and through Wi-Fi sharing as well as streaming from SMB, FTP, SFTP, NFS, UPnP/DLNA media servers and the web. VLC offers support for advanced subtitles including full SSA compatibility, multi-track audio, playback speed control and rendering through Chromecast. VLC is completely free and open source.
What's New
· stability improvements · fix expansion of playlists stored on the network
Details
- Developer
- VideoLAN
- Main Category
- Photo & Video
- Version
- 3.7.3
- Version Release
- 2026-04-24
- Initial Release
- 2013-07-19
- Size
- 186 MB
- Age Rating
- 4+
- Price
- Free
- Languages
- AF, AR, EU, BE, BS, BR and 42 more
- Bundle ID
- org.videolan.vlc-ios
- Version Rating
- ★ 3.70 (5,627)
- First Seen
- 2026-05-28
Metadata updated 2026-06-16
Rank History
Free · Max 90 days · Top 5 categories shown (Y-axis: rank, lower is better)
Free Rankings
Paid Rankings
No rankings
Competitive Benchmark — Photo-Video Top 10
What it takes to beat this app — comparison with the category's top apps. The orange row is the current app.
| # | App | Price | Rating | Ratings | Langs | Last Update |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | CapCut: Photo & Video Editor | Free | ★ 4.62 | 1,111,679 | 20 | 2026-06-09 |
| 2 | Free | ★ 4.69 | 29,160,047 | 31 | 2026-06-15 | |
| 3 | YouTube | Free | ★ 4.67 | 47,667,151 | 72 | 2026-06-14 |
| 4 | Snapchat | Free | ★ 4.50 | 5,833,899 | 35 | 2026-06-10 |
| 5 | Canva: AI Video & Photo Editor | Free | ★ 4.88 | 3,405,117 | 83 | 2026-06-10 |
| 6 | Google Photos: Backup & Edit | Free | ★ 4.82 | 1,372,895 | 39 | 2026-06-11 |
| 7 | KICK - Live Streaming | Free | ★ 4.65 | 124,613 | 1 | 2026-06-10 |
| 8 | Twitch: Live Streaming | Free | ★ 4.72 | 2,721,841 | 28 | 2026-06-15 |
| 9 | Edits: Video Editor | Free | ★ 4.77 | 61,366 | 31 | 2026-06-15 |
| 10 | Picsart AI Photo Editor, Video | Free | ★ 4.67 | 1,192,113 | 30 | 2026-06-15 |
| 39 | VLC media player | Free | ★ 3.70 | 5,627 | 48 | 2026-04-24 |
User Reviews
I have been using VLC player on every single device I have owned since I had access to VLC player. Thank you to all of the amazing programmers who make it an open source free for all program. But why would you get rid of a positive function like picture in picture? Update: forgot that my old iPhones were cracked, and that is why I used to be able to do it. Looking forward to the update where it is available for all iPhones.
Where is subtitle delay setting? It used to be found in the playback speed setting, but now it has gone.
Masterpiece
I see a lot of negative reviews on this one and just wonder why. Like, this is a 100% free app, stop complaining people. VLC may have its flaws, but it’s still a solid app and one of the best completely free options for media players on the App Store right now. I find it to be particularly great as a free option for playing the music I’ve bought off of iTunes and Amazon, and more than worth a 5 star review. I would like to report a particularly annoying bug though, while I’m here. Whenever you start playing any kind of lossy audio or video file the player will struggle to play it at the right speed and pitch as it adjusts for about 10-20 seconds. It’s not the end of the world, but still pretty annoying whenever I want to get a playlist going. It would be great if this was addressed sometime in the future, but either way, thank you VLC team for such an amazing project! I literally have no idea what I would do without this one.
This app is great i use it for music but at the last music it stops i think it needs a lock screen widget that plays,stops,and chooses music,if that exists,it will be perfect!
Essential software. no PiP yet.
The app frequently shows "Playback Failed" when trying to play online streams (like RTSP or live links). I've tried changing network caching settings and reinstalling, but the issue persists. Please fix this in future updates. Works fine for local files though.
I love to use this to play my running music. It’s more simple to use than other music apps and doesn’t pressure me to buy a subscription like other music apps.
영화보다가 문자나 다른거 확인할겸 바탕화면으로 나갓는데 소리는 왜계속나는건가요??위에서아래로내려서확인해보니 실행은 계속되는걸로뜨던데요??
It’s too bad this doesn’t have Picture in Picture so that I can multitask on the iPhone. Every other player has this ability except for this.
Really bad user interface. Do not even think about using this. It’s awful.
再生はしてくれるんだけど、、 始まる時に一定間隔だけ倍速のようなのがする 仕様?バグ?わからない。
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