VLC for Android
VLC for Android is the best open source video and music player, fast and easy!
- Total installs
- 513,850,582
- Installs / day
- 0
- Rating
- 4.0★
- Released
- 4 Feb 2015
- Last update
- 11 May 2026
- Countries
- —
exact · Play shows 500,000,000+
since last crawl
2M ratings · 25.7K reviews
11.7y ago
5mo ago
not checked yet
Install history
exact counter from Google PlayInstalls per day · last 90 days
Change timeline
No changes recorded yet. We compare every crawl with the previous one and list title, icon, screenshots, description, version, price and availability changes here.
Country availability
Availability has not been checked for this app yet. “Check all countries” looks the app up in about 140 Google Play storefronts and shows where it is live, listed but not installable, or missing — plus any country-specific (custom) store listings.
Top countries
estimate · charts of 12 OctMost downloads likely come from 🇮🇳 India (~22%), out of 142 countries where it is charted.
Estimated from top-chart positions weighted by each country’s Google Play market size. Countries where the app is not in a chart are not shown, so small markets may be missing.
Top chart positions
as of 12 Oct| Chart | Country | Rank | Change |
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| Top free · Video players | PT | #2 | = |
| Top free · Video players | TZ | #2 | = |
| Top free · Video players | AT | #3 | = |
| Top free · Video players | AU | #3 | ▲ 1 |
| Top free · Video players | CA | #3 | = |
| Top free · Video players | FI | #3 | = |
| Top free · Video players | IL | #3 | = |
| Top free · Video players | RW | #3 | = |
| Top free · Video players | UG | #3 | = |
| Top free · Video players | AE | #4 | ▲ 2 |
| Top free · Video players | AO | #4 | ▲ 1 |
| Top free · Video players | BE | #4 | ▼ 1 |
| Top free · Video players | BH | #4 | ▲ 1 |
| Top free · Video players | CH | #4 | = |
| Top free · Video players | CZ | #4 | = |
| Top free · Video players | ES | #4 | ▲ 1 |
| Top free · Video players | GR | #4 | ▲ 2 |
| Top free · Video players | HU | #4 | ▲ 2 |
| Top free · Video players | LK | #4 | = |
| Top free · Video players | MZ | #4 | = |
| Top free · Video players | SE | #4 | = |
| Top free · Video players | UA | #4 | = |
| Top free · Video players | ZA | #4 | ▲ 1 |
| Top free · Video players | BY | #5 | = |
| Top free · Video players | DE | #5 | = |
| Top free · Video players | FR | #5 | = |
| Top free · Video players | GB | #5 | ▲ 1 |
| Top free · Video players | HK | #5 | ▼ 1 |
| Top free · Video players | NL | #5 | = |
| Top free · Video players | NZ | #5 | = |
| Trending · Video players | PH · 11 Oct | #5 | ▼ 4 |
| Top free · Video players | QA | #5 | ▲ 1 |
| Top free · Video players | RS | #5 | = |
| Top free · Video players | US | #5 | ▲ 1 |
| Top free · Video players | CM | #6 | ▼ 1 |
| Top free · Video players | GH | #6 | = |
| Top free · Video players | IT | #6 | = |
| Top free · Video players | PL | #6 | = |
| Top free · Video players | NG | #7 | ▼ 1 |
| Top free · Video players | PH | #7 | ▼ 1 |
| Top free · Video players | SG | #7 | = |
| Trending · Video players | SN | #7 | ▼ 4 |
| Top free · Video players | ZM | #7 | ▼ 2 |
| Top free · Video players | BJ | #8 | ▲ 1 |
| Top free · Video players | JP | #8 | = |
| Top free · Video players | KW | #8 | ▼ 1 |
| Top free · Video players | AG | #9 | ▲ 2 |
| Top free · Video players | AL | #9 | ▲ 2 |
| Top free · Video players | AM | #9 | ▲ 2 |
| Top free · Video players | AW | #9 | ▲ 2 |
| Top free · Video players | BA | #9 | ▲ 2 |
| Top free · Video players | BG | #9 | = |
| Top free · Video players | BS | #9 | ▲ 2 |
| Top free · Video players | BZ | #9 | ▲ 2 |
| Top free · Video players | CV | #9 | ▲ 2 |
| Top free · Video players | CY | #9 | ▲ 2 |
| Top free · Video players | DK | #9 | ▲ 2 |
| Top free · Video players | EE | #9 | ▲ 2 |
| Top free · Video players | FJ | #9 | ▲ 2 |
| Top free · Video players | GA | #9 | ▼ 1 |
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App manifest
Read this app's manifest from Google Play: permissions, declared SDKs, components and AdMob app ID. Saved analysis appears here automatically.
Data safety
declared by the developer on Google Play- No data shared with third parties
- No data collected
This is the developer's own declaration, summarised from the Play listing. The permissions below show what the app is technically able to access.
Permissions
18 in 5 groups8 Sensitive5 Notable5 Routine
What this app can do with your phone
- Record sound using your phone's microphone
- Read photos, videos, and other files saved in your phone's shared storage
- Add, change or delete photos, videos and other files in your phone's storage
- Read system logs that may reveal what you do on your phone
- Show its own windows or bubbles on top of other apps you are using
- Change device settings like screen brightness, ringtone or screen timeout
Device & app historySensitive1
Access to which apps you run, system logs, and your web browsing history
- Read system logs that may reveal what you do on your phoneread sensitive log data ·
READ_LOGS
Photos/Media/FilesSensitive2
Access to photos, videos, music and other files stored on your device
- Read photos, videos, and other files saved in your phone's shared storageread the contents of your USB storage ·
READ_EXTERNAL_STORAGE - Add, change or delete photos, videos and other files in your phone's storagemodify or delete the contents of your USB storage ·
WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE
StorageSensitive2
Access to files, photos and media saved on your phone's storage
- Read photos, videos, and other files saved in your phone's shared storageread the contents of your USB storage ·
READ_EXTERNAL_STORAGE - Add, change or delete photos, videos and other files in your phone's storagemodify or delete the contents of your USB storage ·
WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE
MicrophoneSensitive1
Access to your phone's microphone to record sound
- Record sound using your phone's microphonerecord audio ·
RECORD_AUDIO
OtherSensitive12
Access to miscellaneous device features that don't fit other categories
- Show its own windows or bubbles on top of other apps you are usingdraw over other apps ·
SYSTEM_ALERT_WINDOW - Change device settings like screen brightness, ringtone or screen timeoutmodify system settings ·
WRITE_SETTINGS - See Bluetooth settings and connect to paired devices like headphones, speakers or watchespair with Bluetooth devices ·
BLUETOOTH - Change how your phone connects to networks, like switching connections on or offchange network connectivity ·
CHANGE_NETWORK_STATE - Change volume and choose which speaker or headset plays soundchange your audio settings ·
MODIFY_AUDIO_SETTINGS - Start itself automatically as soon as your phone finishes turning onrun at startup ·
RECEIVE_BOOT_COMPLETED - Keep your phone's processor or screen from going to sleep, which can use more batteryprevent device from sleeping ·
WAKE_LOCK - Check whether you are online and whether you use Wi-Fi or mobile dataview network connections ·
ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE - Connect to the internet to load content and send datafull network access ·
INTERNET - Make your phone vibratecontrol vibration ·
VIBRATE - Read the TV channel list and program guide on your TV deviceread TV channel/program information ·
com.android.providers.tv.permission.READ_EPG_DATA - Add or change TV channel and program guide informationwrite TV channel/program information ·
com.android.providers.tv.permission.WRITE_EPG_DATA
Sensitive = can reach personal data, location, camera/mic or act on your behalf. Notable = changes how your device behaves. Routine = normal for almost every app. Source: Google Play's permission list for all versions of this app.
Store listing
Full description
VLC media player is a free and open source cross-platform multimedia player that plays most multimedia files as well as discs, devices, and network streaming protocols.
This is the port of VLC media player to the Android™ platform. VLC for Android can play any video and audio files, as well as network streams, network shares and drives, and DVD ISOs, like the desktop version of VLC.
VLC for Android is a full audio player, with a complete database, an equalizer and filters, playing all weird audio formats.
VLC is intended for everyone, is totally free, has no ads, no in-app-purchases, no spying and is developed by passionate volunteers. All the source code is available for free.
Features
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VLC for Android™ plays most local video and audio files, as well as network streams (including adaptive streaming), DVD ISOs, like the desktop version of VLC. It also support disk shares.
All formats are supported, including MKV, MP4, AVI, MOV, Ogg, FLAC, TS, M2TS, Wv and AAC. All codecs are included with no separate downloads. It supports subtitles, Teletext and Closed Captions.
VLC for Android has a media library for audio and video files, and allows to browse folders directly.
VLC has support for multi-track audio and subtitles. It supports auto-rotation, aspect-ratio adjustments and gestures to control volume, brightness and seeking.
It also includes a widget for audio control, supports audio headsets control, cover art and a complete audio media library.
Permissions
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VLC for Android needs access to those categories:
• "Photos/Media/Files" to read your all media files :)
• "Storage" to read your all media files on SD cards :)
• "Other" to check network connections, change the volume, set the ringtone, run on Android TV and display the popup view, see below for details.
Permission Details :
• It needs "read the contents of your USB storage", in to order to read your media files on it.
• It needs "modify or delete the contents of your USB storage", in order to allow deletion of files and store subtitles.
• It needs "full network access", to open network and internet streams.
• It needs "prevent phone from sleeping" in order to prevent... your phone from sleeping when watching a video.
• It needs "change your audio settings", in order to change audio volume.
• It needs "modify system settings", in order to allow you to change your audio ringtone.
• It needs "view network connections" in order to monitor whether device is connected or not.
• It needs "draw over other apps" to start the custom picture-in-picture widget.
• It needs "control vibration" to give feedback on the controls.
• It needs "run at startup" to set recommendations on Android TV launcher screen, only used on Android TV devices.
• It needs "microphone" to provide voice search on Android TV devices, only asked on Android TV devices.
What's new
* Equalizer fixes * Remote access: allow playing audio media in the browser * Add back the deletion for multiple file sin the browser * Update the remote access OTP code length * Improve the feedback UI * Add more size options for the subtitle size * Crash fixes
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