If you enjoy watching movies and music videos, and always on the lookout for new trailers and videos, there’s nothing like a good video streaming app to keep you company during the long commute to work and back. Sure, YouTube is one option, and there are several others, but the catch is that they just let you view videos, and maybe fav them.

If you really like a particular music video, or movie trailer and want to download it to your SD card, chances are that you need to have a PC or notebook handy to be able to download it. That’s where uCinema comes in.

uCinema is a video streaming app developed by Lowlevel Media. It allows you to use its UI to search for movies, TV shows, concerts, music videos etc, and lets you choose the resolution in which you want to play your selected video. uCinema offers 4 different resolutions to choose from viz. 240p, 360p, 480p (DVD) and 720p (HD), all of which can be played regardless of whether you are on a WiFi or 3G connection.

The other key feature of uCinema is that it also lets you download videos and save them to your SD card. Videos can be downloaded in all 4 resolutions that are available for viewing, provided the video you select is available in all four.

The UI, as you can see from the screenshots above is split neatly into three tabs – Search, Favorites and Downloads. The Search tab displays all the results of the keyword you have entered in the Search bar, Favorites tab displays all videos that you may have starred in uCinema, so that they can be easily accessed for future viewing, and the Downloads tab shows you all the videos that have been downloaded.

Standout features include:

  • Play any video through streaming using 3G or WiFi connection.
  • Download videos directly to your device’s external storage.
  • Move between the different areas of the application using the tabs and gestures system.
  • Add your preferred videos to favorites to have them easily accesible.
  • Play your favorite or downloaded videos in an easy way.
  • Share your videos with your contacts easily.
  • Customize the interface with the different available themes (Dark Theme and Light Theme currently).
  • Limit the search results count to reduce the data total usage.

uCinema is available as a free download from the Google Play Store, and is compatible with all Android devices running Android 2.1 Eclair or higher. If you want to try out uCinema, go ahead an hit the download link below.