---
title: "VLC media player - Reviews, Revenue and Downloads in Canada | Apple App Store"
description: "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, G"
---

# VLC media player — Canada

![VLC media player App Icon](https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/Purple221/v4/8b/07/18/8b07183d-7f77-31b1-c485-a1a0ed5be6f7/AppIcon-1x_U007emarketing-0-0-0-7-0-0-85-220.png/434x0w.png)

**Developer:** [VideoLAN](https://apptail.io/developer/videolan-Rbxb) (France)
**Category:** Photo Video
**Rating:** 3.4/5 (573 ratings)
**Price:** Free
**Bundle ID:** org.videolan.vlc-ios
**Store:** Apple App Store
**Country:** Canada
**Version:** 3.7.2 (released 2026-03-30)
**Original Release:** 2013-07-19
**Languages:** Breton, Danish, Russian, Icelandic, Galician, Catalan, Hungarian, Afrikaans, Indonesian, Turkish, Norwegian Bokmål, Basque, Hebrew (modern), Greek (modern), German, Italian, Latvian, Czech, Sardinian, Slovak, Slovenian, Japanese, Central Khmer, Georgian, French, Faroese, Bosnian, Persian, Polish, Thai, Tamil, Ukrainian, Swedish, Belarusian, Corsican, Chinese, Romanian, Finnish, English, Dutch, Portuguese, Spanish, Sinhala, Arabic, Korean, Marathi, Malay

**App Store Link:** [Download on Apple App Store](https://apps.apple.com/ca/app/app/id650377962)
**AppTail Page:** [https://apptail.io/app/vlc-media-player-mCd/canada](https://apptail.io/app/vlc-media-player-mCd/canada)

## VLC media player Description
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 rendering through Chromecast.

VLC is completely free and open source.

## VLC media player Screenshots
- [Screenshot 1](https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/PurpleSource126/v4/21/3d/b6/213db6b0-54f8-416b-3e10-e1b93aebbf27/4f6dbdf6-dec3-43a0-8c89-3c6aeadc56f5_iPhone_13_Pro_Max-audio_tab_artists.png/1284x2778.png)
- [Screenshot 2](https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/PurpleSource126/v4/4d/df/b5/4ddfb5ab-e555-d8e0-3741-b51e3315b84b/ae5bdc02-831b-4260-bdfc-603d0ca6b9c1_iPhone_13_Pro_Max-audio_tab_tracks.png/1284x2778.png)
- [Screenshot 3](https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/PurpleSource126/v4/b5/3d/fa/b53dfab3-4a67-89ef-5c85-61f9f62aecfc/5cdae39b-b59b-461a-9719-2deb1768efea_iPhone_13_Pro_Max-video_tab.png/1284x2778.png)
- [Screenshot 4](https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/PurpleSource116/v4/68/97/f2/6897f24f-b5f3-8c3c-5b96-242208c05b75/2123a5e5-ec39-486e-b576-d1056ff3f391_iPhone_13_Pro_Max-video_tab_playback.png/2778x1284.png)

## VLC media player Rating Breakdown in Canada
- 5 stars: 256 (45%)
- 4 stars: 58 (10%)
- 3 stars: 59 (10%)
- 2 stars: 62 (11%)
- 1 stars: 138 (24%)

## VLC media player Reviews in Canada

### ***** "Best video player ever"
Free and open source. I really love that it continue playing where I left of in each video after I close the app.

Besides that, the fact that it uses Files to detect the video is the most efficient way to import bulk videos in my humble opinion.

And, it has equilizer.
-- pixelgm, 2025-06-14

### *---- "Video in video player"
Bring back the option where the video plays in a small window
-- Warlock1313, 2025-06-13

### **--- "No Picture in Picture"
This app would get a 5 star rating with Picture in Picture capabilities.
-- PC9x, 2025-05-26

### ***-- "Amazing but buggy"
I love the app but starting a video/audio file has a 1-2 second hiccup before playing audio. It isn’t an issue with videos but with my music it’s annoying
-- Pugdance11, 2025-05-11

### **--- "2 years on: Still doesnt login to Windows SMB, other apps can"
VLC iPad app keeps giving me the dialog box "SMB Authentication required" when trying to connect to files shared on Windows 11 24H2 PC (didnt work on prev Win10/11 versions either). Can login using same credentials successfully on other media player apps on my iPad -- ofcourse none of them play video as good as VLC would. 

WORKAROUND: In VLC app I go to Network-> Local Files instead and then use the native Files app to login to the Windows SMB perfectly fine. If I tap on any network shared video file from there, the VLC app streams it much better than other apps, especially the instant seek feature.

This bug has also been reported by other users on Reddit r/VLC 2 years ago. Such a nice video player. SHAME this is still not fixed! :(
-- darth_Coder, 2025-05-10

### ****- "Very good app.  A couple minor problems."
Hello, VideoLan.  This app is amazing!  It can play MP3s, MP4s, and M4As seamlessly.  It can play music, videos, even movies.  And music can be very relaxing indeed.  Everything about this app and the content it can play, especially locally downloaded content on loop, is amazing.  You have made so many fixes, and this is my go-to media player now besides Apple Music.  I am experiencing a very rare problem though on iOS where I’ll get a random “Playback Failed” error for unknown reasons when my phone is in sleep mode or when the app is minimized, and this issue happens both with and without background refresh.  The problem is it’s impossible for me to sleep without music because of episodic cranial sensory shock (exploding head syndrome, causes loud hallucinatory bang, sometimes flash, with mild, nonpainful, although unpleasant piercing sensation in the center of my forehead while drifting off to sleep, while sleeping, or while dreaming).  Furthermore, sometimes there’s a glitch with the pitch where sometimes it randomly gets too high or too low.

I’m very happy with how well this app works.  I have far more positive experiences that I listed than negative experiences.  But can you please fix the pitch glitch and try to fix the playback failed problem?  Thank you very much.  I know you are trying your best, I appreciate the effort, and I’m glad that I have a go-to favorite media app because it works so well overall.
-- Nicholas Arms, 2025-05-06

### *---- "how does it work?"
I tried following the instructions of how to add a video but it’s not working for me, how weird. the instructions doesn’t help at all.
-- isle of dawn, 2025-05-06

### *---- "Video in video player"
Bring back the option where the video plays in a small window
-- Warlock1313, 2025-04-18

### ***-- "Re login all the time"
I’ll be watch my show and then it’ll tell me I have to re “log in” and I’ll type in all of the right info and it still won’t reload into my account. It super annoying
-- Frustrated Costco member, 2025-04-15

### ***** "Nice"
Very useful!
-- MCarterson, 2025-04-11

### ***** "Best video player ever"
Free and open source. I really love that it continue playing where I left of in each video after I close the app.

Besides that, the fact that it uses Files to detect the video is the most efficient way to import bulk videos in my humble opinion.
-- pixelgm, 2025-04-07

### *---- "Useless"
Every time I cast a video through VLC it shows me a message that casting this video need conversation and it a drain your all battery but the video didn’t even cast. It is useless for me. I tried it i. 2 different mobile phones every time same issue
-- Vinaygro, 2025-03-24

### *---- "terrible"
i have had to re do my playlist i dont know how many times now. ill be listening to music one day then the next half my songs are out of my playlist. 700 songs goes down to 300-400 you know how long it takes to add them all back? it also renames the tracks back to their original name making it very hard to locate the songs that are missing from the playlists. never using this app again
-- yrovas, 2025-03-21

### **--- "unsupported"
last update 4 years ago .  google api login no longer valid .
-- Alice's Doormouse, 2025-03-16

### ***** "Turn your phone into a .flac player"
I put all my CD rips on my phone and play them through VLC, wifi sharing is insanely quick and just works
-- wizzdude64, 2025-03-13

### *---- "Can’t get FTP, SFTP, SMB, or NFS to work"
I can’t get DLNA (no option available), FTP, SFTP, SMB, or NFS to work.  I’ve tried everything, even using FileZilla on my PC using the exact same settings.

Please help!
-- mr_bithead, 2025-03-11

### *---- "Didn’t realize VLC on iOS would be so bad"
Update I like VLC on desktops, was hoping for iOS too. Still, after updates, VLC can’t do the basic thing it’s for, play media files reliably. It often gets into some situation, after working for a while, where it shows it’s playing in all ways, yet there is no audio at all. A force quit and starting again and it works. This app is so unreliable buggy. Clearly this is a Beta test in the wild. I commend those working on this category of app. Has many features and abilities. Alas, as others have said, it’s buggy! Audio isn’t playing but says it is. Stops looping as requested. Forgets it’s last usage settings. This after a shot bit of audio only playback with one play list. Ho hum.
-- Quantum toast, 2025-02-28

### ***** "File transfer is a game changer"
The only app that makes transferring media files on this garbage iPhone easy.
-- Nub099, 2025-02-25

### **--- "Almost perfect"
Every time I lock the screen and switch a song the song lags. Something seems to also be wrong with airplay as the first few seconds are skipped. Using this on iPhone 16 on latest iOS
-- Dr. Berbaum, 2025-02-19

### ***** "Complet"
Je comprend pas la note .
Très complet.
-- HesDeCedre, 2025-01-28

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## VLC media player Store Rankings
| Chart | Country | Category | Rank |
|-------|---------|----------|------|
| Top Free | Nigeria | Photo Video | #6 |
| Top Free | India | Photo Video | #13 |
| Top Free | United Arab Emirates | Photo Video | #16 |
| Top Free | Pakistan | Photo Video | #18 |
| Top Free | Greece | Photo Video | #20 |
| Top Free | Czechia | Photo Video | #24 |
| Top Free | Hungary | Photo Video | #26 |
| Top Free | Austria | Photo Video | #26 |
| Top Free | Canada | Photo Video | #27 |
| Top Free | Netherlands | Photo Video | #27 |
| Top Free | South Africa | Photo Video | #27 |
| Top Free | Germany | Photo Video | #28 |
| Top Free | Portugal | Photo Video | #28 |
| Top Free | Israel | Photo Video | #29 |
| Top Free | Finland | Photo Video | #29 |
| Top Free | United Kingdom | Photo Video | #29 |
| Top Free | Singapore | Photo Video | #30 |
| Top Free | France | Photo Video | #31 |
| Top Free | Romania | Photo Video | #31 |
| Top Free | Switzerland | Photo Video | #31 |
| Top Free | Australia | Photo Video | #31 |
| Top Free | Italy | Photo Video | #35 |
| Top Free | Poland | Photo Video | #36 |
| Top Free | Spain | Photo Video | #36 |
| Top Free | Denmark | Photo Video | #36 |
| Top Free | Belgium | Photo Video | #37 |
| Top Free | New Zealand | Photo Video | #37 |
| Top Free | Russia | Photo Video | #38 |
| Top Free | Kuwait | Photo Video | #39 |
| Top Free | Belarus | Photo Video | #39 |
| Top Free | Egypt | Photo Video | #40 |
| Top Free | Algeria | Photo Video | #41 |
| Top Free | Norway | Photo Video | #41 |
| Top Free | United States | Photo Video | #42 |
| Top Free | Saudi Arabia | Photo Video | #43 |
| Top Free | Ukraine | Photo Video | #44 |
| Top Free | Ireland | Photo Video | #45 |
| Top Free | Nigeria | Overall | #47 |
| Top Free | Malaysia | Photo Video | #49 |
| Top Free | Hong Kong SAR China | Photo Video | #51 |
| Top Free | Türkiye | Photo Video | #53 |
| Top Free | Lebanon | Photo Video | #54 |
| Top Free | Sweden | Photo Video | #55 |
| Top Free | Azerbaijan | Photo Video | #59 |
| Top Free | Kazakhstan | Photo Video | #64 |
| Top Free | Dominican Republic | Photo Video | #68 |
| Top Free | Peru | Photo Video | #69 |
| Top Free | Chile | Photo Video | #71 |
| Top Free | South Korea | Photo Video | #73 |
| Top Free | Japan | Photo Video | #74 |
| Top Free | Vietnam | Photo Video | #75 |
| Top Free | Argentina | Photo Video | #78 |
| Top Free | Ecuador | Photo Video | #81 |
| Top Free | Taiwan | Photo Video | #81 |
| Top Free | Colombia | Photo Video | #99 |
| Top Free | Mexico | Photo Video | #100 |
| Top Free | Brazil | Photo Video | #102 |
| Top Free | Philippines | Photo Video | #105 |
| Top Free | Indonesia | Photo Video | #106 |
| Top Free | China | Photo Video | #113 |
| Top Free | Thailand | Photo Video | #114 |
| Top Free | Pakistan | Overall | #120 |
| Top Free | India | Overall | #148 |
| Top Free | United Arab Emirates | Overall | #212 |
| Top Free | Greece | Overall | #345 |
| Top Free | Israel | Overall | #349 |
| Top Free | South Africa | Overall | #417 |
| Top Free | Singapore | Overall | #422 |
| Top Free | Algeria | Overall | #428 |
| Top Free | Canada | Overall | #446 |
| Top Free | Egypt | Overall | #478 |
| Top Free | Portugal | Overall | #486 |
| Top Free | Hungary | Overall | #487 |

## VLC media player Discovered Keywords
- video player
- media player
- avi player
- playerxtreme
- vlc media player
- playerxtreme video player
- vedio player
- mkv
- vlc player
- kmplayer

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## VLC media player Available In
- [United States](https://apptail.io/app/vlc-media-player-mCd/united-states)
- [India](https://apptail.io/app/vlc-media-player-mCd/india)
- [Nigeria](https://apptail.io/app/vlc-media-player-mCd/nigeria)
- [Germany](https://apptail.io/app/vlc-media-player-mCd/germany)
- [Russia](https://apptail.io/app/vlc-media-player-mCd/russia)
- [Ghana](https://apptail.io/app/vlc-media-player-mCd/ghana)
- [United Kingdom](https://apptail.io/app/vlc-media-player-mCd/united-kingdom)
- [China](https://apptail.io/app/vlc-media-player-mCd/china)
- [France](https://apptail.io/app/vlc-media-player-mCd/france)
- [Canada](https://apptail.io/app/vlc-media-player-mCd/canada)
- [Japan](https://apptail.io/app/vlc-media-player-mCd/japan)
- [Pakistan](https://apptail.io/app/vlc-media-player-mCd/pakistan)
- [Saudi Arabia](https://apptail.io/app/vlc-media-player-mCd/saudi-arabia)
- [Australia](https://apptail.io/app/vlc-media-player-mCd/australia)
- [United Arab Emirates](https://apptail.io/app/vlc-media-player-mCd/united-arab-emirates)
- [Italy](https://apptail.io/app/vlc-media-player-mCd/italy)
- [Indonesia](https://apptail.io/app/vlc-media-player-mCd/indonesia)
- [Brazil](https://apptail.io/app/vlc-media-player-mCd/brazil)
- [Türkiye](https://apptail.io/app/vlc-media-player-mCd/turkey)
- [Singapore](https://apptail.io/app/vlc-media-player-mCd/singapore)
- [Mexico](https://apptail.io/app/vlc-media-player-mCd/mexico)
- [Ukraine](https://apptail.io/app/vlc-media-player-mCd/ukraine)
- [Spain](https://apptail.io/app/vlc-media-player-mCd/spain)
- [Netherlands](https://apptail.io/app/vlc-media-player-mCd/netherlands)
- [Philippines](https://apptail.io/app/vlc-media-player-mCd/philippines)
- [Sri Lanka](https://apptail.io/app/vlc-media-player-mCd/sri-lanka)
- [Senegal](https://apptail.io/app/vlc-media-player-mCd/senegal)
- [South Africa](https://apptail.io/app/vlc-media-player-mCd/south-africa)
- [Egypt](https://apptail.io/app/vlc-media-player-mCd/egypt)
- [Malaysia](https://apptail.io/app/vlc-media-player-mCd/malaysia)
- [Vietnam](https://apptail.io/app/vlc-media-player-mCd/vietnam)
- [Poland](https://apptail.io/app/vlc-media-player-mCd/poland)
- [Czechia](https://apptail.io/app/vlc-media-player-mCd/czechia)
- [Uganda](https://apptail.io/app/vlc-media-player-mCd/uganda)
- [Switzerland](https://apptail.io/app/vlc-media-player-mCd/switzerland)
- [Taiwan](https://apptail.io/app/vlc-media-player-mCd/taiwan)
- [Thailand](https://apptail.io/app/vlc-media-player-mCd/thailand)
- [Israel](https://apptail.io/app/vlc-media-player-mCd/israel)
- [Belgium](https://apptail.io/app/vlc-media-player-mCd/belgium)
- [Hong Kong SAR China](https://apptail.io/app/vlc-media-player-mCd/hong-kong)
- [South Korea](https://apptail.io/app/vlc-media-player-mCd/south-korea)
- [Hungary](https://apptail.io/app/vlc-media-player-mCd/hungary)
- [Austria](https://apptail.io/app/vlc-media-player-mCd/austria)
- [Kenya](https://apptail.io/app/vlc-media-player-mCd/kenya)
- [Qatar](https://apptail.io/app/vlc-media-player-mCd/qatar)
- [Mali](https://apptail.io/app/vlc-media-player-mCd/mali)
- [Sweden](https://apptail.io/app/vlc-media-player-mCd/sweden)
- [Algeria](https://apptail.io/app/vlc-media-player-mCd/algeria)
- [New Zealand](https://apptail.io/app/vlc-media-player-mCd/new-zealand)
- [Nepal](https://apptail.io/app/vlc-media-player-mCd/nepal)
- [Romania](https://apptail.io/app/vlc-media-player-mCd/romania)
- [Portugal](https://apptail.io/app/vlc-media-player-mCd/portugal)
- [Chile](https://apptail.io/app/vlc-media-player-mCd/chile)
- [Argentina](https://apptail.io/app/vlc-media-player-mCd/argentina)
- [Colombia](https://apptail.io/app/vlc-media-player-mCd/colombia)
- [Peru](https://apptail.io/app/vlc-media-player-mCd/peru)
- [Finland](https://apptail.io/app/vlc-media-player-mCd/finland)
- [Uzbekistan](https://apptail.io/app/vlc-media-player-mCd/uzbekistan)
- [Slovakia](https://apptail.io/app/vlc-media-player-mCd/slovakia)
- [Kazakhstan](https://apptail.io/app/vlc-media-player-mCd/kazakhstan)
- [Oman](https://apptail.io/app/vlc-media-player-mCd/oman)
- [Ireland](https://apptail.io/app/vlc-media-player-mCd/ireland)
- [Cyprus](https://apptail.io/app/vlc-media-player-mCd/cyprus)
- [Belarus](https://apptail.io/app/vlc-media-player-mCd/belarus)
- [Norway](https://apptail.io/app/vlc-media-player-mCd/norway)
- [Greece](https://apptail.io/app/vlc-media-player-mCd/greece)
- [Denmark](https://apptail.io/app/vlc-media-player-mCd/denmark)
- [Kuwait](https://apptail.io/app/vlc-media-player-mCd/kuwait)
- [Angola](https://apptail.io/app/vlc-media-player-mCd/angola)
- [Tunisia](https://apptail.io/app/vlc-media-player-mCd/tunisia)
- [Bulgaria](https://apptail.io/app/vlc-media-player-mCd/bulgaria)
- [Bahrain](https://apptail.io/app/vlc-media-player-mCd/bahrain)
- [Dominican Republic](https://apptail.io/app/vlc-media-player-mCd/dominican-republic)
- [Ecuador](https://apptail.io/app/vlc-media-player-mCd/ecuador)
- [Madagascar](https://apptail.io/app/vlc-media-player-mCd/madagascar)
- [Jordan](https://apptail.io/app/vlc-media-player-mCd/jordan)
- [Latvia](https://apptail.io/app/vlc-media-player-mCd/latvia)
- [Croatia](https://apptail.io/app/vlc-media-player-mCd/croatia)
- [Azerbaijan](https://apptail.io/app/vlc-media-player-mCd/azerbaijan)
- [Lithuania](https://apptail.io/app/vlc-media-player-mCd/lithuania)
- [Lebanon](https://apptail.io/app/vlc-media-player-mCd/lebanon)
- [Estonia](https://apptail.io/app/vlc-media-player-mCd/estonia)
- [Malta](https://apptail.io/app/vlc-media-player-mCd/malta)
- [Armenia](https://apptail.io/app/vlc-media-player-mCd/armenia)
- [North Macedonia](https://apptail.io/app/vlc-media-player-mCd/north-macedonia)
- [Jamaica](https://apptail.io/app/vlc-media-player-mCd/jamaica)
- [Luxembourg](https://apptail.io/app/vlc-media-player-mCd/luxembourg)
- [Macao SAR China](https://apptail.io/app/vlc-media-player-mCd/macau)
- [Panama](https://apptail.io/app/vlc-media-player-mCd/panama)
- [Paraguay](https://apptail.io/app/vlc-media-player-mCd/paraguay)
- [Iceland](https://apptail.io/app/vlc-media-player-mCd/iceland)
- [Honduras](https://apptail.io/app/vlc-media-player-mCd/honduras)
- [Brunei](https://apptail.io/app/vlc-media-player-mCd/brunei)
- [Uruguay](https://apptail.io/app/vlc-media-player-mCd/uruguay)
- [Namibia](https://apptail.io/app/vlc-media-player-mCd/namibia)
- [Cayman Islands](https://apptail.io/app/vlc-media-player-mCd/cayman-islands)
- [Barbados](https://apptail.io/app/vlc-media-player-mCd/barbados)
- [Slovenia](https://apptail.io/app/vlc-media-player-mCd/slovenia)
- [Mauritius](https://apptail.io/app/vlc-media-player-mCd/mauritius)
- [Belize](https://apptail.io/app/vlc-media-player-mCd/belize)
- [Bermuda](https://apptail.io/app/vlc-media-player-mCd/bermuda)
- [Grenada](https://apptail.io/app/vlc-media-player-mCd/grenada)
- [Suriname](https://apptail.io/app/vlc-media-player-mCd/suriname)

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