Best Free Video Player Applications for Android

Watching videos on your phone has always been important. Now with Android grabbing the smartphone market alongside its huge collection of apps, people might get confused so as to which is the best video playing app for their Android smartphone. I've tested and compiled a list of the best video player apps for your Android phone.

MX Video Player

MX Video Player is one of the best video players in the Android Market. It has a plethora of features and supports almost all the video formats. The User Interface is very simple and clean. MX supports various subtitle formats, gestures and screen size ratios. It has a unique multi touch pinch zoom feature during video playback which is specially optimized for dual core devices for better encoding thus delivering better video output.

Mobo Player

Mobo Player is a free video player, it plays almost all the video formats. The User Interface of the Mobo Player is the very intuitive. The video list is presented in 3 different ways - tiles, folders and a stunning cover flow effect. The video playing performance of this player is very good and it plays videos of all qualities very smoothly.



Mobo player also supports screen gesture commands and changing the screen ratio of the video as per your choice. It supports most subtitle formats.

Rock Player Lite

Rock Player Lite, is the free version of the paid app. Rock player lite also supports almost all video formats. It has some very good options and the user interface is very clean and simple. The player also supports subtitles, the only downside of the application are the ads attached to it.

mVideo Player

mVideo Player is a free player which only supports the formats which your phone supports by default. This video player is an alternative to the default player and the User Interface. The user controls are very intuitive and video playback is very smooth, it supports subtitles other features like IMDb search.

Real Player Beta

Real Player Beta for Android is one of the best audio players around and it plays videos and lets you view photos too. Real Player is well known for desktops and now it makes its way to Android. Although the application is still in Beta it performs very well. The player has a clean and neat user interface which lets you browse and search content easily.


The player also lets you download songs, videos and also share it with your friends and family on Facebook, YouTube, Flickr and Picasa. You can expect more from this application in future when the final version comes out.

Do you currently use a third party Video player on your Android device? Which is your favorite video player for Android? Do share your views with us by dropping in your comments below.

Labels : Android, Applications   | Posted by Sahil Patel   | 18:31