Leah vs IINA

Leah and IINA are both video players made for the Mac. IINA is free, open source and built on the mpv player, with many settings and plugins. Leah is a paid Mac App Store app built on Apple’s own video frameworks, made to be simple and to seek instantly.

At a glance

	Leah	IINA
Price	$9.99, once	Free
Source code	Closed	Open source (GPLv3)
Where to get it	Mac App Store	iina.io
Macs	Apple silicon, macOS 15 or later	Apple silicon with macOS 12 or later, Intel with macOS 11 or later
Built on	Apple’s AVFoundation and VideoToolbox, with Leah’s own MKV, TrueHD and DTS decoding	mpv
MKV and WebM	Yes	Yes
Blu-ray PGS and DVD VobSub subtitles	Yes	Yes
Dolby TrueHD	Up to 7.1, exactly as recorded	Yes
Formats beyond Leah’s list, such as Vorbis, VP8 and Xvid	No	Yes
Timeline preview	Yes	Yes
Picture in Picture	No	Yes
Plugins	No	Yes
Settings and customization	Few, by design	Many
Internet access	Never connects	Optional online features
Tracking	None	None
Languages	English	Many

Choose Leah if

You want seeking and scrubbing that keep up with you: skip, drag along the timeline or jump anywhere, and the picture follows.
You want a simple player with few settings that works the same way every time.
You want an app from the Mac App Store that never connects to the internet.
You play Blu-ray rips and want lossless Dolby TrueHD in up to 7.1 channels and PGS subtitles.

Choose IINA if

You want a free, open-source player.
You have an Intel Mac, or a Mac with a macOS version older than 15.
You need Picture in Picture, plugins, or many settings for the interface and playback.
You play formats outside Leah’s list, such as Vorbis audio or Xvid video.

Formats

Leah plays MP4, MOV and M4V, and MKV and WebM files with H.264, HEVC, MPEG-2, MPEG-1, VP9 and AV1 video, Dolby TrueHD, Dolby Digital, Dolby Digital Plus, DTS, AAC, FLAC, Opus, Apple Lossless, PCM, MP3 and MP2 audio, and SRT, ASS/SSA, WebVTT, PGS and VobSub subtitles. See Formats Leah plays for the details, such as which Macs play VP9 and AV1.

IINA plays the formats mpv supports, which is a wider list.

Get Leah

Leah is on the Mac App Store. See also Leah vs VLC and the Leah FAQ.

IINA details are from iina.io as of October 2026.