Video Player All Format

Review by eFreeware

The most distinctive thing about Video Player All Format is the private folder. The developer, InShot, built password protection into a free player so that certain videos can be kept out of sight and shielded from deletion, which is an unusual priority for an app whose main job is simply to open files. Most players treat playback as the whole story; this one treats keeping a few clips away from other eyes as part of the same job.

That shapes who the app is for. If your phone or tablet holds a mixed pile of downloads, recordings and transfers in formats that other players refuse, and you would rather not have every clip visible to anyone who picks up the device, this is the combination on offer. The install numbers back up its reach: over 100 million installs and a 4.8 average from more than 1.9 million ratings, with the app first released in February 2017 and last updated in September 2026.

It is free to install and supported by ads, with in-app purchases also available. I would treat it as a general-purpose player that happens to include a privacy feature, rather than a vault app that happens to play video.

A private folder inside a free player

The private album is the feature the app leads with, and it is specific about what it does. You set a password, and the videos placed there are protected both from being seen by other people and from being deleted. That second part matters more than it first appears: a private folder that quietly loses its contents when something goes wrong would be worse than no folder at all, so the promise of protection against deletion is doing real work.

I would expect this to appeal to anyone who shares a device, or who hands a phone to a child or a friend without wanting the whole library on display. It is a modest feature in scope, since it covers videos rather than the entire device, but it is the reason someone might choose this player over a plain alternative.

The developer also added a trash feature in a recent update, which lets deleted videos be recovered. Between the private folder and the trash, the app is making a case that it looks after your files rather than just displaying them.

Format support and playback quality

Format coverage is broad and stated plainly: MKV, MP4, M4V, AVI, MOV, 3GP, FLV, WMV, RMVB and TS are all named as supported. In practice that means a file you dragged over from a computer, an old recording, or a download in an awkward container has a good chance of opening without a conversion step. Ultra HD playback is supported too, including 4K, and hardware acceleration is used to help with that.

The controls around playback are the ones I would want in a player of this kind. Sliding on the playback screen adjusts volume, brightness and progress, keeping the interface out of the way. There is a night mode, a quick mute, and speed control that ranges from 0.25x to 8.0x for slow or fast viewing.

Subtitles can be downloaded from within the app, and multi-playback options include auto-rotation, aspect-ratio adjustment and screen lock. None of this is exotic on its own, but together it covers the fiddly adjustments people actually reach for once a video is running.

Popup, split screen and background listening

Playback is not confined to a full-screen window. Videos can run in a popup that floats over other apps and can be moved and resized, in split screen alongside something else, or in the background. The developer compares background playback to listening to an audiobook, which is a fair way to describe watching a video without watching it.

The floating window is the part I find most useful in principle, because it turns the player into something that sits on top of your work rather than replacing it. Split screen suits a tablet more than a phone, where screen space is tight, but the option is there for both.

Casting to a TV is handled through Chromecast, so a video can be sent to a larger screen. The developer pitches this as the best free Chromecast app for Android, which is a claim I would take as marketing rather than fact; what is verifiable is that casting is supported.

Finding and managing your files

The app identifies video files on your device and on an SD card automatically, so there is no folder-by-folder setup before you can start watching. From there, videos can be managed or shared, and the file handling is meant to be simple rather than a full file manager.

This automatic detection is the quiet convenience of the app. Anyone with a large library spread across internal storage and a card will appreciate not having to point the player at each location, and the same scan feeds the private folder and the trash.

The app supports both Android phones and tablets, so the layout should hold up on a larger screen as well as a handset.

What it asks of you

The app is free to download, carries ads, and offers in-app purchases. This is an ad-supported player rather than a paid one, and the purchases sit alongside the ads rather than replacing them.

On the technical side, the requirements are light. It runs on Android phones and tablets, reads from internal storage and SD cards, and uses hardware acceleration for demanding files. Casting needs a Chromecast to send video to a TV.

The recent update added the trash feature for recovering deleted videos and included work on smoother playback. If you have used the app before and found playback rough in places, that update is the one to note.

Getting the most from it

The sensible way to use a player like this is to let it do the scanning first and then decide what belongs in the private folder. Files that other people should not stumble across go there; everything else stays in the ordinary library, where sharing and casting are straightforward.

Speed control is worth remembering for more than entertainment. Anything from 0.25x to 8.0x is available, so a long recording can be skimmed quickly or a detail-heavy clip slowed right down. Combined with the sliding controls for volume and brightness, most adjustments happen without leaving the video.

When you want to keep working, send the video to a floating window or to split screen, or let it run in the background if you only need the audio. And if a video disappears by accident, check the trash before assuming it is gone.

A dependable choice for a mixed local library

Video Player All Format is a free, ad-supported player that covers an unusually wide range of formats, handles 4K, and adds a password-protected private folder and a recoverable trash on top. The 4.8 average from a very large number of ratings suggests it has settled into a role as a default player for a lot of people.

It suits anyone with a varied collection of local video files who wants one app to open them all, and especially anyone who shares a device and wants a few clips kept apart. The trade-offs are the ads and the in-app purchases, which come with the free price.

If you need a player that simply opens what you throw at it, with a little privacy built in and casting to a TV when you want a bigger screen, this one is easy to justify installing.

What's new in version 2.8.2

✨ New - Trash: Recover deleted videos with ease. - Optimized video playback for a smoother experience.