Opens what the Files app cannot
MKV, AVI, WebM, FLV, WMV, FLAC and HLS play without converting, with every subtitle and audio track selectable.
FoxDL for iPhone
The player your iPhone was missing.
MKV, AVI and WebM open straight away. Downloads keep running when you leave the app. Your IPTV playlist, your podcasts and your radio stations sit in the same library as your own files — and none of it needs an account.
iPhone · iOS 17 or later · free to download
FoxDL What it does here
Downloads that keep going in the background
Transfers hand over to a background session when you leave, and resume from the exact byte after a drop or a reboot.
Your IPTV subscription, in your pocket
Add an M3U playlist or an Xtream Codes account: channels, catalogue, EPG and catch-up, even on lists of millions of channels.
Files in without a cable
Wi-Fi Transfer from your computer’s browser, a 6-digit code to another phone, or your cloud and WebDAV accounts.
Watch, widgets, Siri and Car Mode
Lock Screen controls, an Apple Watch companion, Home Screen widgets, Siri shortcuts and an oversized Car Mode screen for a dashboard mount.
App lock and no account
A PIN with Face ID, an encrypted vault with its own passcode, and nothing you add ever leaving the device.
What only the iPhone has
- Apple Watch companion for what is playing.
- Car Mode — oversized controls for a dashboard mount (this is not CarPlay).
- Gesture-led player — brightness and volume by sliding, double-tap to jump 15 seconds, pinch to fit or fill.
The free version on iPhone
Everything is there to use. A few actions are metered, and an allowance is topped up by a short rewarded video that you start yourself — nothing ever interrupts playback, and there are no full-screen ads anywhere in the app.
- Downloads
- 3 passes, +3 per short break
- Video → audio conversion
- 2 passes, +2 per short break
- IPTV playlists / Xtream accounts
- First one free
- Playlists
- Two free
- Picture in Picture, equalizer
- FoxDL Pro
FoxDL Pro removes every limit and all advertising, and one subscription covers iPhone, iPad and Mac.
See the full comparisonQuestions people ask about this version
How do I play MKV files on iPhone, iPad or Mac?
Open the MKV in FoxDL and it plays. FoxDL decodes MKV itself instead of handing the file to the system player, so there is no conversion step and no waiting — and the subtitle and audio tracks inside the file stay selectable while it plays.
Read the FAQDo downloads keep going when I leave the app?
Yes. When FoxDL leaves the screen, transfers hand over to a system background session and carry on — through switching apps, locking the phone, or the app being closed. Finished files land in your library and a notification tells you they arrived.
Read the FAQHow do I add an M3U playlist to FoxDL?
Open Sources, choose to add a playlist, and paste the M3U or M3U8 URL your provider gave you — or pick an .m3u file from Files or Finder. FoxDL parses it once, stores the channels locally, and the list is ready to browse and search.
Read the FAQHow do I send files from my computer to my iPhone without iTunes?
Turn on Wi-Fi Transfer in FoxDL, open the address it shows in a web browser on your computer, and enter the 6-digit PIN. Then drag files into the page. Both devices stay on your own network and nothing passes through a server of ours.
Read the FAQIs there an Apple Watch app, widgets and Siri support?
Yes on iPhone and iPad: an Apple Watch companion for what is playing, Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets, and Siri shortcuts for the actions you repeat — including starting the sleep timer. Playback is also controlled from the Lock Screen and Control Centre.
Read the FAQHow many downloads can I make in the free version?
On iPhone and iPad the free version starts with 3 download passes and tops up by 3 whenever you choose to watch a short rewarded video. On the Mac, where there is no advertising at all, you get 5 downloads a day. FoxDL Pro removes the limit on every platform.
Read the FAQFoxDL on other devices
FoxDL for iPad
A library that finally uses the whole screen.
FoxDL for Mac
A Mac app, not a phone app in a window.
Free to download.
No account, no sign-up, and everything above is in the free version.
Download on the App Store