Player for Watch Downloads & RevenuePlayer for Watch · App Store
Player for Watch is #27 in Music Paid in Japan and charting in 11 of 30 countries we track.
Updated 8 Nov 2026 · rankings refresh through the day
Full timeline · 32 events
- 📈Player for Watch charting in a new countryMexico
- 📈Player for Watch entered the top 10Top Paid · Music · RU
- 📈Player for Watch charting in a new countryTurkey
- ✏️Player for Watch: description updated· FR
- 📈Player for Watch charting in a new countrySpain
- 📈Player for Watch entered the top 10 in 2 chartsTop Paid · Music · ID · Top Paid · Music · SA
- 📈Player for Watch charting in a new countryIndonesia
- 📈Player for Watch entered the top 100Top Paid · Music · RU
- 📈Player for Watch new best rank in the overall chart: #102Top Paid · All Apps · CA
- 📈Player for Watch entered the top 100Top Grossing · Music · RU
- 📈Player for Watch charting in a new countryRussia
- 📈Player for Watch charting in a new countryMalaysia
- ✏️Player for Watch: description updated· JP
- 📈Player for Watch charting in a new countryNetherlands
- ✏️Player for Watch: description updated· CA
- 📈Player for Watch charting in a new countryTaiwan
- ✏️Player for Watch: description updated· AU
- ✏️Player for Watch: description updated· GB
- ✏️Player for Watch: needs a newer iOSiOS 15.0 → iOS 16.0
- ✏️Player for Watch: description updated· DE
- ✏️Player for Watch: description updated· CN
- ✏️Player for Watch: description updated· IT
- ✏️Player for Watch: description updated· US, SA
- ✏️Player for Watch: description updated· KR
- 📦Player for Watch updated to version 6.0.0- Adicionamos suporte completo ao iPhone Duo.
- Atualizado para iOS 27 e watchOS 27.
- Adicionamos a transferência local por Wi‑Fi para enviar mídia diretamente ao Apple Watch, facilitando transferências para relógios configurados para familiares e transferências rápidas de poucos arquivos.
- Adicionamos suporte a metadados FLAC, capas e letras de músicas.
- Melhoramos o tratamento de arquivos FLAC corrompidos ou incompletos para importações mais seguras.
- Importe áudio e vídeo com Atalhos e, se quiser, envie-os para o Apple Watch e comprima os vídeos antes da transferência.
- Corrigimos um problema que podia deixar as letras fora de sincronia após alterar a posição de reprodução.
- Melhoramos a confiabilidade do avanço rápido e do retrocesso por widgets e controles, inclusive quando o app ainda não está em execução.
- Adicionamos ações para arquivar e desarquivar várias mídias e itens da Caixa de Entrada.
- Melhoramos a navegação por arquivos locais com busca difusa, prévias de capas, controles de transferência mais claros, acessibilidade e localização.
- Correções gerais de bugs e melhorias.… more - 📈Player for Watch entered the top 10Top Paid · Music · IN
- 📈Player for Watch charting in a new country in 2 chartsBrazil · India
- 📈Player for Watch entered the top 10Top Paid · Music · KR
- 🆕Player for Watch first spotted by AppInsider#79 in Top Paid · Music · Canada
- 📦Player for Watch version 5.3.1No release notes
- 🆕Player for Watch released on the App Store
Collected from the stores by AppInsider since we first spotted the app. Dates are when we saw each change.
Player for Watch at a glance
AI summary written from our chart and store data, 2026-11-08. It can be wrong: check the numbers above.
Player for Watch is a paid utility that enables offline audio and video playback directly on Apple Watch, targeting users who want to listen to music or watch videos without their iPhone. The app holds strong positions in the Music Paid charts across Russia (#6), South Korea (#22), and Japan (#27), indicating significant traction in these specific markets despite its niche functionality.
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Player for Watch on the App Store
App details
App privacy Measured
Player for Watch declares it collects no data at all — the rarest and most private label on the App Store.
As declared by the developer on the App Store — Apple requires every app to publish this label. We track changes over time.
Player for Watch downloads
Worldwide, per day, and installs to date. The band is open; the exact number is free with an account.
How this is calculated
Where Player for Watch's downloads come from Modelled
Last 30 days: organic search, browsing the store, features and paid ads.
Active users
All platforms, worldwide. Free with an account.
Retention · share of new users still active
Time spent · per daily user
How this is calculated
Where it ranks now
Every top chart it appears in across 30 countries.
| Country | Charts | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| MusicPaid | #27 | |
| MusicPaid | #29 | |
| MusicPaid | #22 | |
| MusicPaid | #12 | |
| MusicPaid | #28 | |
| MusicGrossing | #54 | |
| MusicPaid | #38 | |
| MusicPaid | #40 | |
| MusicPaid | #45 | |
| MusicPaid | #96 | |
| MusicPaid | #73 | |
| MusicPaid | #200 |
Apps near Player for Watch on the chart
Music Paid, around #27.
Ratings
App Store, worldwide.
Review momentum
ⓘ How we measure thisReview momentum (0-100) blends how fast the app collects ratings compared with other apps in its category (60%), whether that pace is speeding up (25%) and what recent raters give it (15%; recent stars well below lifetime pull it down). Ratings counts are read daily. A jump usually means a launch, a feature, ads or a new review prompt.
What users say about Player for Watch
From the 26 most recent App Store reviews in the US.
Users praise the app's ability to transfer local music and video files directly to Apple Watch without streaming services. However, significant complaints arise regarding sync failures, lack of support for standalone watches or iPads, and playback bugs like crashes or incorrect sorting.
Mixed but leaning positive (62% of recent reviews give 4–5 stars). People like it for its features and content, and syncing. The main complaints are about connection and sync problems. Recent reviews are more negative than earlier ones.
What people like
- Features & content: “I hope they add that option in the future”
- Connection & sync: “Apples sync failed me, but this works great”
- Useful: “Apples sync failed me, but this works great”
- Price & subscription: “Overall I love this app, best money I’ve spent on a watch app”
Common complaints
- Connection & sync: “Can’t sync anything unless the app is on the display of the watch”
About Player for Watch
Player for Watch lets you import local audio and video files, organize your music library, and play media directly from your wrist. Transfer songs, playlists, movies, lectures, podcasts, workouts, or other personal files to Apple Watch and enjoy them when you are away from your iPhone.
Built for Apple Watch music and video playback:
• Play local audio and video files on Apple Watch
• Play through the Apple Watch speaker, AirPods, or connected headphones
• Control music from Now Playing with full playback controls
• Add music widgets and Control Center controls for playback, repeat, shuffle, like, lyrics, previous, and next
• Use AirPods controls for convenient playback from your wrist
• Use repeat, repeat one, shuffle, playback speed, and sleep timer controls
• See the current playback queue and jump to what plays next
• Auto-play the next song or video
• Fine-tune music progress with a circular scrub gesture or the Digital Crown
• Fine-tune video progress with the Digital Crown
• Resume video and music from the last playback position
Music library tools:
• Browse music by Songs, Playlists, Albums, and Artists
• Search your watch library from your wrist to quickly find songs and albums
• Create playlists and manage playlist contents
• Like favorite songs and access them from Liked Songs
• Manage your watch music library from iPhone
• Show, hide, and reorder albums and artists
• Customize the Music home order on Apple Watch
• Fetch matching album and artist artwork from Apple Music when available
• Add or modify song cover art from iPhone
• View embedded lyrics and imported .lrc lyrics
• Show the current lyric line from widgets
Video tools:
• Watch videos in landscape mode
• Compress videos before sending to improve Apple Watch compatibility
• Organize videos with folder management
• Hide selected videos from your library
• Protect hidden videos with a passcode
Personalization and accessibility:
• Customize the watch app accent color
• Use VoiceOver-friendly controls and widget labels
Import media your way:
• Import from the Files app
• Import videos from the Photos app
• Share files from other apps with export support
• Transfer from Finder on Mac or iTunes on PC
• Access Google Drive, Dropbox, iCloud Drive, and other cloud services through the Files app
Family Watch transfers:
• Transfer media to Apple Watch models set up with Family Setup over local Wi‑Fi
Player for Watch is designed for people who want a simple local media player on Apple Watch: offline music, local videos, lyrics, playlists, widgets, and playback controls without extra setup.
Supported audio files:
mp3, m4a, aac, wav, flac, m4b, aiff, aif, aifc, caf
Supported video files:
mp4, mov, m4v, 3gp, 3g2
Latest updates
Store changes
What Player for Watch changed on its store page: name, icon, screenshots, price, size, languages, requirements.