Apus

Every video.
Just play.

MKV, HEVC, AV1, WebM, FLV, RMVB — Apus plays them as they are, with nothing to convert. Subtitles, audio tracks and Picture in Picture included, all controlled with a tap or a swipe.

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Features

The whole screen
is the remote.

No tiny buttons to hunt for. Tap, swipe or hold anywhere on the video — pick a gesture below to see where it works.

  1. CloseLeaves the player and remembers where you stopped.
  2. RotateSwitches between portrait and landscape and stays there. iPhone only.
  3. Picture in PictureMoves the video into a floating window.
  4. Playback speedPick a speed from 0.5× to 3× for this video. Away from 1×, the button shows the speed so you don't forget it.
  5. Audio & SubtitlesChoose the audio track and subtitle track, change subtitle size, or load a subtitle file.
  6. LockIgnores every gesture so nothing changes by accident. Tap the screen to bring the lock button back.
  7. Motion+ · Brightness+Smoother motion and a brighter picture. Shown only when the video and device support them.
  8. Play / Pause and timelineDrag the timeline to jump anywhere in the video.

Play, pause and skip 10 seconds from the Lock Screen and Control Center too. Unplugging headphones pauses playback.

Features

Everything a player needs.
Nothing it doesn't.

Plays what you already have.

Common formats and odd ones alike play straight away, up to 4K and HDR. No converting, no codec packs, no “unsupported file”.

MKVMP4MOVHEVCAV1H.266WebMFLVRMVBAVIWMV4K HDR

A library that looks like your videos.

Nest folders as deep as you like and browse them as icons, a waterfall or a list — pinch to resize. Every video shows a cover frame, or the frame where you stopped. Videos in Photos play directly, without importing.

Icons
The library as icons
Waterfall
The library as a waterfall of thumbnails
List
The library as a list

A great music player, too.

FLAC, APE, ALAC, DTS and more play as they are. Browse your albums as a wall of covers, keep the mini player at hand, shuffle or repeat, and keep listening in the background. A Home Screen widget shows off your album wall.

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Albums shown as a wall of covers, with the mini player
The music player showing the current album

Picture in Picture

Keep watching in a small window while you do something else.

Motion+

Adds frames between frames so pans and action look smoother. On supported devices.

Continue watching

Apus remembers where you stopped and picks up from there next time.

Wi-Fi transfer

Upload or download files from any computer on the same network, right in its browser.

Drives, servers, iCloud

Play from USB drives, external disks, SMB servers and iCloud Drive without copying first.

Contact sheet

One tap makes a grid of stills with format, resolution and bitrate. Share it or save it to Photos.

From your Mac

Drag videos or whole folders onto Apus in Finder. Or open any video with Apus from the Files app or the share sheet.

Make it yours

Dark Mode, accent colors, progress bar styles and app icons.

iPhone and iPad

One app for both, with a sidebar on iPad.

Privacy

Your videos stay yours.

Apus doesn't collect any data. No account, no ads, no analytics. Your media, watch history and thumbnails stay on your device.

Read the privacy policy

Support

Questions? Just write.

Found a problem or have an idea? Email the developer. In the app, Settings › Send Feedback adds your Apus version and device model to help look into it.

apus.app.support@gmail.com

Apus is made by an independent developer. Playing your videos and music is free, with no ads. Apus Pro adds unlimited Motion+, Brightness+ and contact sheets, more accent colors and app icons — and keeps Apus going.