MPC-HC Alternatives for Android

Alternatives list

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   VLC Media Player

    7945 likes

   Enjoy seamless media experiences with this cross-platform, ad-free player supporting multimedia files, DVDs, streaming, Chromecast, 4K, and no tracking. Customize with themes, play offline, and get privacy-focused service without registration. Fully extensible by plugins.

   209 VLC Media Player alternatives

   Cost / License

   • Free
   • Open Source (GPL-2.0)

   Application typeApplication types

   • Media Player
   • Audio Player

   Origin

   • France
   • EU

   Platforms

   • Mac
   • Windows
   • Linux
   • Windows Mobile
   • Android
   • iPhone
   • Android Tablet
   • BSD
   • HUAWEI AppGallery
   • iPad
   • AppImageHub
   • Apple Watch
   • Snapcraft
   • Google Chrome
   • Apple TV
   • Flathub
   • PortableApps.com
   • F-Droid
   • Kindle Fire
   • Haiku
   • Android TV
   • OpenAPK
   • Homebrew
   • Chocolatey
   • Xbox
   • Android Auto

   • France
   • EU

   

   

   

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   VLC Media Player vs MPC-HC Comments

   Top Positive Comment by Guest · Mar 14, 2020

   It's one alternative, not the best, MPC-HC is very very fast and simple , it's a shame that doesn't exist a very MPC-HC equivalent app in Linux comunity.

   Top Negative Comment by Guest · Mar 13, 2017

   It's all about the functionality while playing, the capability in adjusting the control keys and the skip times configuration.

   Yeah, it can be personalized and the wide of the compatible video and audio formats is almost equal, yet VLC is still no capable of being personalized in the important thing to me.

   Positive comment by Guest · May 31, 2026

   lightweight, easy to use, capable

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   • VLC Media Player is Free and Open SourceMPC-HC is also Free and Open Source
   • VLC Media Player is Customizable and DecentralizedMPC-HC is not according to our users
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   MPV

    595 likes

   Versatile audio and video player featuring support for a wide range of formats, audio and video codecs, subtitle types, hardware acceleration via GPU, OpenGL output with high-quality scaling, on-screen controls, and embeddable C API for integration into applications.

   137 MPV alternatives

   Cost / License

   • Free
   • Open Source

   Application typeApplication types

   • Media Player
   • Audio Player

   Origin

   • United States

   Platforms

   • Mac
   • Windows
   • Linux
   • Android
   • BSD
   • Snapcraft
   • Flathub
   • F-Droid
   • Haiku
   • Xfce
   • Chocolatey
   • OpenAPK

   • United States

   

   

   

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   Negative comment by zlelmefs · Jul 23, 2022

   A minamalist GUI is not a positive trait, especially for a media player. The appropriate amount of command line usage for an everyday application in 2022 is zero.

   Positive comment by Guest · Jul 5, 2018

   • Plays all video files
   • Has a simple and uncluttered GUI
   • Easy on the CPU and battery

   • A bit harder to set up than other media players

   Positive comment by papatheodorou · May 22, 2021

   Ultra lightweight, minimal interface, borderless / frameless if desired.

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   • MPV is Free and Open SourceMPC-HC is also Free and Open Source
   • MPV is MinimalisticMPC-HC is not according to our users
4. 

   

   KMPlayer

    484 likes

   KMPlayer is an excellent free video player for PC with a user-friendly interface, Ultra HD support, 3D movies, clear subtitles, online streaming, and external digital TV compatibility.

   176 KMPlayer alternatives

   Cost / License

   • Free
   • Proprietary

   Application typeApplication types

   • Media Player
   • Audio Player

   Origin

   • South Korea

   Platforms

   • Windows
   • Android
   • iPhone
   • Android Tablet
   • iPad

   • South Korea

   

   

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   MX Player

    197 likes

   a) HARDWARE ACCELERATION - Hardware acceleration can be applied to more videos with the help of new HW+ decoder.

   151 MX Player alternatives

   Cost / License

   • Freemium
   • Proprietary

   Application typeApplication types

   • Media Player
   • Audio Player

   Origin

   • United States

   Platforms

   • Android
   • Chrome OS
   • Android Tablet
   • Kindle Fire

   • United States

   

   

   

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6. 

   

   Harmonoid

    35 likes

   Material-based cross-platform player managing music libraries, playlists, and radio streams with synced and custom lyrics, tag editor, pitch, speed, and volume controls, Discord and Last.fm integration, light-dark themes, and low RAM usage for Windows, Linux, macOS, and Android.

   69 Harmonoid alternatives

   Cost / License

   • Free
   • Open Source

   Application typeApplication types

   • Audio Player
   • Media Player

   Origin

   • India

   Platforms

   • Mac
   • Windows
   • Linux
   • Android

   • India

   

   

   

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   mpvKt

    13 likes

   A media player for Android based on mpv-android aiming to provide a nicer user interface over the original

   Cost / License

   • Free
   • Open Source (Apache-2.0)

   Application type

   • Media Player

   Alerts

   • Discontinued

   Platforms

   • Android
   • F-Droid

   

   

   

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   GOM Player

    241 likes

   GOM Player is a freeware media player. Key strengths are the ability to play the majority of media files without the need to obtain a codec, and the ability to play some broken media files, both advantages over traditional players, like Windows Media Player.

   149 GOM Player alternatives

   Cost / License

   • Freemium
   • Proprietary

   Application type

   • Media Player

   Origin

   • South Korea

   Alerts

   • Bundleware

   Platforms

   • Mac
   • Windows
   • Android
   • iPhone
   • Android Tablet
   • iPad

   • South Korea

   

   

   

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    mpvExtended

     11 likes

    mpvExtended is a fork of mpv-android, built on the libmpv library. It aims to combine the powerful features of mpv with an easy to use interface and additional features.

    52 mpvExtended alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (Apache-2.0)

    Application type

    • Media Player

    Platforms

    • Android
    • F-Droid
    • OpenAPK

    

    

    

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    Next Player

     10 likes

    Next Player is an Android native video player written in Kotlin. It provides a simple and easy-to-use interface for users to play videos on their Android devices

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (GPL-3.0)

    Origin

    • India

    Platforms

    • Android
    • Android Tablet
    • F-Droid
    • OpenAPK

    • India

    

    

    

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    Material Player

     6 likes

    Material Player is a modern, ad-free video player designed with Material You.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    • Media Player

    Platforms

    • Android
    • Android Tablet

    

    

    

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13. 

    

    BSPlayer

     66 likes

    BSPlayer is the first software movie player ever to enable its users to focus on watching the movie instead of dealing with poor computer capabilities or running around looking for a proper setting and codec. Also, it has very low CPU and RAM requirements.

    113 BSPlayer alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    • Media Player

    Origin

    • Croatia
    • EU

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Android
    • Kindle Fire

    • Croatia
    • EU

    

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14. 

    

    1by1

     45 likes

    1by1 is a small, fast and handy audio player which is not only small: it provides a smart and versatile environment to handle your file collection and listen to your tracks - with no need to fuddle with playlists or media databases.

    113 1by1 alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    • Audio Player

    Origin

    • Germany
    • EU

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Android

    • Germany
    • EU

    

    

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