What is VLC media player's rating?

VLC media player is rated 3.7 stars across 5,515 ratings on the App Store.

Who makes VLC media player?

VLC media player is published by VideoLAN, launched on Jul 19, 2013.

Where does VLC media player rank in its category?

VLC media player ranks #1191 of 1777 apps in Photo & Video, putting it in the top 67.0% by revenue.

Is VLC media player growing?

VLC media player is growing: ratings volume grew 1003.0% over the last 30 days, a useful proxy for active user acquisition.

How much does VLC media player earn?

Q: How much does VLC media player earn?

VLC media player earns approximately 820 per month based on bumetric's ML revenue forecast, calibrated against 1777 comparable iOS apps in Photo & Video.

iOS app from VideoLAN · Photo & Video

ML forecast ★ 3.7 · 6K +1003.0% MoM Freemium

~820/mo

ML revenue forecast. Calibrated against 1777 apps in this category.

Confidence band

±15%

High — many comparable apps with verified data

At a glance

Earns 1.8× less than the category median (1.4K/mo).
Ranks #1,191 of 1,777 in Photo & Video (top 67.0% by revenue).
Ratings volume grew 1003.0% over the last 30 days, suggesting active user acquisition.
Launched Jul 19, 2013 · last updated Apr 24, 2026.
20 months of snapshot history tracked.

What the app looks like

Live screenshots from the App Store, captured by our snapshot worker. Tap any image to enlarge.

VLC media player's revenue trajectory

Forecast revenue from snapshot history. Last 20 months.

Where VLC media player sits in Photo & Video

Revenue distribution of 1777 comparable apps. VLC media player highlighted.

VLC media player vs comparable apps

Revenue trajectory side-by-side. Bold = VLC media player, ghosted = peers.

App spec

Version

3.7.3

Last update

Apr 24, 2026

Launched

Jul 19, 2013

Min OS

9.0

Rating

Price

Free

Monetization

Freemium

Languages

AF, AR, EU, BE +44

What VLC media player actually does (from App Store listing)

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 renderi…

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🆕 What's new · v3.7.3

· stability improvements · fix expansion of playlists stored on the network

Comparable iOS apps

The five apps in Photo & Video with the closest revenue to VLC media player. Click any to see its detail page.

App	Revenue	Rating	Ratings
Collage	820	★ 4.7	3K
Microsoft Clipchamp	821	★ 4.8	4K
Spiegel Deluxe	824	★ 4.5	4K
ProMovie Recorder	810	★ 4.7	21K
Prookie: Hair Style Face Shape	831	★ 4.0	7K

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How we calculated this

Each forecast combines App Store rating, ratings count, monetisation model, pricing tier, IAP signals and ad-supported flag. The base estimate is then multiplied by a per-category scaling factor learned from apps with founder-verified MRR. Every number on this page comes from public APIs and bumetric's own snapshot history.

Full methodology covers input variables, accuracy bands per category and how we treat apps without comparable anchors. See also the live data on VLC media player's tracker page for current rating, reviews and snapshot timeline.

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