Alternatives to mpv-android
A video player for Android built on libmpv, with gesture controls and advanced subtitle support. The listings below can replace it for an important use case. Each note says what changes if you switch.
The original
mpv-android
A video player for Android built on libmpv, with gesture controls and advanced subtitle support.
Replacements
Listings that take over the same core job as mpv-android.
VLC media player
A free player that opens almost any video or audio file, disc or stream without installing a codec pack.
VLC media player on Android plays a very wide range of codecs with hardware decoding and software fallback, and the same project offers desktop and iOS builds.
Just Player
A lightweight open-source Android video player built on Media3, formerly ExoPlayer.
Just Player is a lightweight open source Android player built on Media3 instead of libmpv, so format support depends on what Media3 and the device can decode.
Similar software
Related functionality, not a direct replacement.
mpv
A minimal, scriptable media player with high quality video output and no real interface to get in the way.
NewPipe
Watch supported streaming services through an Android client.
Grayjay
An Android video app that gathers creators from YouTube and other platforms into one feed.
Stremio
A media center app that gathers video from add-on sources into one library and plays it.
Musicolet
An ad-free offline Android music player with multiple queues, tag editing and synchronized lyrics.
