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[POLL] Which music player are you using?

As a follow up to this thread, let's determine the most popular music player.

Lithium the best

MediaScape not included in the list.

Thread moved to D&H Android General.

Sadly, I think the stock player is the best one yet. The volume rocker and trackball controls are a nice feature. Plus, it just looks nice having the album art as a black and white background while selecting a song.
I have tried several of the more popular players and found them to be fairly ugly and plain.
I remember reading somewhere that most media players dont even have their own audio support, they just use the default/built in audio engine of the regular player anyway...

Stock is working best and with the device controls for me right now.

Subsonic ..... It allows me to have all my music without trying to fit it on my phone
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Streamfurious, as I don't really use local mp3s.

Stock music player is so primitive it cannot be the best. Maybe most popular if it's good enough for many people, but I think some other players in this poll are better.

chaostic_2k1 said:
Streamfurious, as I don't really use local mp3s.
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There are many competing streaming music apps (btw Rdio opened to public today). Should make a separate poll for them.

MortPlayer
I've used MixZing, MusicMod, doubleTwist and Meridian

So the conclusion is ... inconclusive. The stock music player seems to be bad enough so that people are trying out other players, but there are no clear winner among non-stock players yet.

Default stock Sense music player is best to me.

I personally prefer RealPlayer. Currently it's in the Market in Beta stage. But it's incredibly clean looking, and easy to use. Plus, I don't have to put my music, video, or pictures in set locations on the SDCard. I can put everything where I want without loss of speed.

I like the stock player on my Captivate.. but for me it lacks lockscreen control and scrobbling. I have been trying other free ones that fit my needs, and may settle on 3 (cubed) for awhile.
(From my Captivate via XDA app)

Id personaly love to see winamp, been using it for years and think its great.

HTC Stock because I don't really listen to mp3s on the phone (ipod), Retro Radio for streams

best mp3 program ?

Just wondering what the best mp3 and flac player for android is. Preferably free.

PowerAmp hands down. Plays mp3 and flac better than freaking VLC/Audacity (maybe) on the computer.
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Best Mp3
1. Double-twist will allow you to upload and sync with you android phone/tablet and is a great music manger/player with a great ui and look
2. Winamp is great and one of best in that it is extremely easy to understand and use, just dump the music files in a folder on your sd card and it will find them.
there are tons of music apps out there try them and see what works for you!!!!

frub3nz said:
PowerAmp hands down. Plays mp3 and flac better than freaking VLC/Audacity (maybe) on the computer.
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I agree with frub3nz, it's by far the best, even better than WinAMP. Only two bad things about it, it is a little quieter compared to WinAMP, and it only lasts 15 days as a trial version. Other than that though it's awesome.

Poweramp. It's worth it
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Poweramp! It plays FLAC!! Can't go wrong.

is there any other mp3 players other than poweramp that show lyrics?

yken said:
is there any other mp3 players other than poweramp that show lyrics?
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MIUI music player!

power amp cost me the best 3euros i've ever spent, it's just a fantastic player.

I really like PlayerPro. It has a much cleaner UI with the same features as PowerAmp, including the equalizer, lyrics, album art, etc. and it's only 5 bucks.
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Another vote for PowerAMP. If you take the time to set up the equalizer and pre-amp correctly, you won't believe the sound quality. Worth spending money on.

Nothing can touch Poweramp. Best on android.
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I've been using Songbird... its not the greatest, but the scrubber works while WinAmps doesn't. If you want something that just plays music, it works. Next week I may be using another music app though, I go through them often. Haha
I've yet to find any music app that matches iOS though, sadly. Android really lacks in audiobook and podcast support.
I don't need any of the other bulks apps give, like sync. I've put all of that on Amazon now, so why do I need a sync program anymore?
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PowerAmp by a mile IMHO and it's excellent through Bluetooth stereo.

Another Vote for Poweramp...hands down the best music app for android

I've been using instinctiv, simple ui, detects music on sd card and fast.
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Mortplayer is excellent and allows to play folders (nice for those who hate tags and arrange their albums in folders). It also displays lyrics through an add-on.
It is free and it is an excellent application. (I had it since windows mobile!)

Will miui music app work on oxygen rom on htc desire ?

poweramp....duh?
like many others my upvote is for poweramp just bought it today really is the best

I like PlayerPro... has a lot of functionality including an excellent EQ and personally I prefer the look and feel of it compared to poweramp..
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Best android music player

Which music player is the best?
I got Winamp and I really see no difference between Stock and Winamp. Stock actually looks nicer in my opinion.
I have been suggested Player Pro, but it's not free.
Any suggestions?
Also a big thing for me is the ALBUM ART. Both Winamp and stock have LOW quality album art. My pictures are HD quality all the same size, yet they have blur and low quality. Very annoying!

Google music is good
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PlayerPro or TTPod
Try the PlayerPro trial, it's a very good player.
I also like TTPod which includes lyrics display too.
For lyrics compatible with most players, try MusicXmatch.
AudioTagger is great for ID tagging and album art downloading.

Cubed and cm7 stock float my boat
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umirin said:
Which music player is the best?
I got Winamp and I really see no difference between Stock and Winamp. Stock actually looks nicer in my opinion.
I have been suggested Player Pro, but it's not free.
Any suggestions?
Also a big thing for me is the ALBUM ART. Both Winamp and stock have LOW quality album art. My pictures are HD quality all the same size, yet they have blur and low quality. Very annoying!
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The best thing about Winamp is that it could replace your lock screen, allowing you to control the music without unlocking, I have tried several and always come back to winamp

+1 for Winamp.
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For the lock screen function, +1 to winamp.
I usually just remote desktop and stream from my computer though to access my huge database of music. (Gotta waste that unlimited data plan Somehow!)

Poweramp
Full graphic EQ with presets. Fully customizable plaer engine and Skins. With lockscreens

Poweramp was the best i tried.
EQ, themes, widget + easy to control
And MixZing is good as well but it hasn't got good interface.

Hi. My not sure if this is the best place to post my question..so sorry in advance
I'm on mikrunny w/anthrax both support beats audio and it works with sense stock music player but not google player... Is there other free music players available that supports beats and be able to download my music from google?
Thanks
Stone
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i guess player pro , gives u everything u need ... equilizer , awsum artwork , sharin is like cream n nice feel to it ...

Like some pals said, poweramp is very nice and has many options to play with.

I like MIUI music more.

simkid5614 said:
Poweramp
Full graphic EQ with presets. Fully customizable plaer engine and Skins. With lockscreens
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+1 for Poweramp,give it a try

Ok so I tried the Poweramp Trial.
It DOES have the high quality album art which matters to me. You can change the size of the album art as well.
The interface is ok, I still think stock music player has the nicest interface. The colours though are the best. the widget matches nice with my background.
The volume on it is higher than stock and equal with Winamp.
So maybe I will buy this one, but try the others first.
The lyrics don't matter to me. Mainly just looks, organization, and album art.

umirin said:
Which music player is the best?
I got Winamp and I really see no difference between Stock and Winamp. Stock actually looks nicer in my opinion.
I have been suggested Player Pro, but it's not free.
Any suggestions?
Also a big thing for me is the ALBUM ART. Both Winamp and stock have LOW quality album art. My pictures are HD quality all the same size, yet they have blur and low quality. Very annoying!
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If you are after a plain, and simple music player, i would recommend tiny player. It runs smoothly on my phone. It also consumes less RAM and CPU process..

simkid5614 said:
Poweramp
Full graphic EQ with presets. Fully customizable plaer engine and Skins. With lockscreens
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If you pay WInamp it has Full EQ too, easy to use, u can sync it with your desktop via streaming, Full album art, kinda workig shuffle, I've been using Winamp in my desktop since '98 so I completely trust winamp
Yes maybe the stock one looks better and use less resources, but In custom roms, i dont know why, everytime I pair it with bluetooth with my car, the phone just freezes, so I need to use a different one, so Winamp is my move

My favorite has been Google Music w/Volume+ as my equalizer.
I can't remember if you have to be rooted for Volume+ (it's been a minute since I've played with it), but it's a full featured EQ that you can set the phone speaker and headphone EQs separately. I also have all my music uploaded to Google Music so it takes up no space, works just fine and I get a full featured equalizer.
Pro tip, you can get Volume+ for free if you go to the developer's website (accessible in the Android Market). I bought it though, it really is quite good.

I use Poweramp its verry good cause you cabn choose different style of sound like bass, classic ext. But it paid.

I heard that Neutron Music Player is the best up to now. It supports lossless songs, and sound quality is great if used along with DSP Manager. You can search for reviews on Youtube.
However, that's what I heard. It seems that Neutron MP does not support my Gio. What a shame.
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Edge?What is the ultimate music listening/management suite of apps for the S7 edge?

Folks, I have a pretty large non-DRM .mp3 music library in iTunes. I have used ISyncr in the past, with my Galaxy s5, to bring down playlists and music and synchronize my Android phone to iTunes. Lately it hasn't been working well, probably because I have well over a thousand playlists.
I am also looking for the best music player, and wish to add Lyrics, and am intrigued by the Viper 4Android sound app, but I don't want to root my phone.
What do you all recommend as the best music player, the best app to sync iTunes, the best audio effects suite of apps to a music lover? Thanks so very much in advance for your help!

I've used all the free and paid music players over the years. Neutron is truly the only professional solution. It literally has every feature, where most players offer half of what neutron does. Poweramp is good for consumers too. Idk about iTunes syncing, I organize all my music in folders. Neutron has the most full featured non-root EQ, but if you're rooted eXtreme beats is coming out with a new revision soon.

for a regular user i think poweramp is the best music player.. nice sound and controls plus skinning. you can import playlists and export them as well.

Neutron is widely considered the best by audiophiles followed by Onkyo player (unlocked).

personally i leave the mp3 tagging stuff off of the phone. I havent found any apps that will properly list and tag mp3's as well as i can do it on a computer.
Assuming you're on windows, use MP3Tag to manage all your tags. it works on way more than mp3's, but it is by far the best solution for media library management.
For playback, i jump around on windows. Musicbee looks nice and is full featured. Winamp is nice. Foobar is very spartan and quite ugly but it works well and you can make it look more or less however you want, though it takes a lot of effort.
On the phone itself i use poweramp for music playback (though i do find the interface a bit clunky, and i dislike the "queue" thing it does). Neutron always gets good ratings. I had a horrible time with onkyo hf player. winamp is OK at best.
For audiobooks, i use SmartAudiobook Player. there are some weird bugginess issues, like when my head unit automatically starts the audiobook app instead of music, and refuses to play nice with it. Like if i stop the audiobook player and start music, sometimes the music will immediately stop and audiobooks will play instead. but my car is so damn loud that i use headphones while driving most of the time anyways.

I think JetAudio plus does a great job.

Where do I start lol...I have slowly turned into an audiophile and always look for the best audio on my phone so I have tried just about all the most popular music players / audio configs i could find on my phone,
I have also tried external DACS / Amplifiers and to be honest with my setup did not do much for me..I am running SOL Master Tracks XC headphones which are amazing with this phone and would totally recommend Neutron or Poweramp they seem to give the best sound from all I have tried and are also very customisable with the sound...
ViperFX is a must!! and the options / tweaks are just insane and what a difference it makes with a simple change of Convoler and EQ,
I use ViperFX with Dolby Atmos and Beats Audio which seems to me the best option and I flick between Neutron and Poweramp which i am still not decided on

What do you guys think of PlayerPro Music Player v3.7 ? I think it has the most features but I don't know how it compares to others, so I need your help to decide .
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.tbig.playerpro&hl=en

Rocket Player Pro is great! Using it for years!

Been using Timber for a bit now. Mostly use it because it looks really slick. I like the material design it has.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=naman14.timber

emariu said:
What do you guys think of PlayerPro Music Player v3.7 ? I think it has the most features but I don't know how it compares to others, so I need your help to decide .
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.tbig.playerpro&hl=en
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Player pro amazing app, I switched to Neutron which I am currently using and was using Poweramp before that, I find Neutron to give a more Natural better sound than others but Neutron / Poweramp / Player Pro and Jet music are ones id recommend

I'm a Poweramp fan myself.
There's an option in the app to opt into the beta, which let's you try an overhauled new version which improves on a lot of the old usability issues.

emariu said:
What do you guys think of PlayerPro Music Player v3.7 ? I think it has the most features but I don't know how it compares to others, so I need your help to decide .
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.tbig.playerpro&hl=en
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I use this. I've used it for a few years. I love it. Plenty of skins, downloadable DSP Pack for additional audio controls, has it's own lock screen. :good:

Thank you for your replies..
So I guess if I stick with PlayerPro Music Player ,I am not missing any other features and the sound of other players is not greater/nicer than this ?!

Stock, because there's no real difference.

the best is power amp beta version try someday

Music Player Recommendation?

As you all know the phone comes with Google Play Music, which is fine and all but would like some recommendations in case anyone knows a better player that has better usability, looks and features.
Currently I use two players for specific reasons:
1. Sony Music (the one ported here in XDA by Ben Ling as if simple, good looking and works great with Android Auto as also let's me download better album art.
2. Musicolet which I use only for bluetooth audio as it's the only one I could find that has a propper Media Browsing implementation over bluetooth, with this I'm able to browse the Artist, Albums and Songs from my Mazda infotainment just like having an iPhone.
But in reality I dream of having a Player as good looking as Poweramp with the IDTag editing of the Sony one and the compatibility of Musicolet
Please share what player you use and why, maybe we can discover that player that does it all and looking good at the same time

I use Black Player. It's minimal, black and plays tracks in shuffle/loop better than others that I've tried. Plus the widgets have a minimalist option too.

I used Poweramp before I switched over to Spotify and I really loved the features it offered, you can try the free test version from the Playstore

Dub music player.

Shuttle + music player. It has a good ui and lots of options for artwork and theming etc

Poweramp + Viper4sound + KZ ZSR
Long live torrents MP3!!

Solaris_irc said:
As you all know the phone comes with Google Play Music, which is fine and all but would like some recommendations in case anyone knows a better player that has better usability, looks and features.
Currently I use two players for specific reasons:
1. Sony Music (the one ported here in XDA by Ben Ling as if simple, good looking and works great with Android Auto as also let's me download better album art.
2. Musicolet which I use only for bluetooth audio as it's the only one I could find that has a propper Media Browsing implementation over bluetooth, with this I'm able to browse the Artist, Albums and Songs from my Mazda infotainment just like having an iPhone.
But in reality I dream of having a Player as good looking as Poweramp with the IDTag editing of the Sony one and the compatibility of Musicolet
Please share what player you use and why, maybe we can discover that player that does it all and looking good at the same time
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Worth it
https://www.aplayerpro.com

Solaris_irc said:
As you all know the phone comes with Google Play Music, which is fine and all but would like some recommendations in case anyone knows a better player that has better usability, looks and features.
Currently I use two players for specific reasons:
1. Sony Music (the one ported here in XDA by Ben Ling as if simple, good looking and works great with Android Auto as also let's me download better album art.
2. Musicolet which I use only for bluetooth audio as it's the only one I could find that has a propper Media Browsing implementation over bluetooth, with this I'm able to browse the Artist, Albums and Songs from my Mazda infotainment just like having an iPhone.
But in reality I dream of having a Player as good looking as Poweramp with the IDTag editing of the Sony one and the compatibility of Musicolet
Please share what player you use and why, maybe we can discover that player that does it all and looking good at the same time
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Try foobar2000 and AIMP... but bro... Idk... But Sony Music is my favorite.... Really cant find better player then Sony

James Blode said:
Try foobar2000 and AIMP... but bro... Idk... But Sony Music is my favorite.... Really cant find better player then Sony
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Also love the Sony one, would definitely buy it if being sold for any phone and for me it's just lacking the Bluetooth Media Browsing that Musicolet has.

I use Retro Music Player

The Marionette said:
I use Retro Music Player
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Pulsar music player, simple, customizable and minimal the best in my opinion

black player here . really love it cant find anything better

I really love Poweramp, but being in Android Pie 9.0 (stable) and with the last Poweramp beta does not work well, when a notification comes the sound really distorts, I thought it was the device, try other players and nothing.
The only one that has convinced me so far is BlackPlayer Ex, really recommended

The highest rated Android music player (for good reason). Been using this for years, use lucky patcher to remove ads. I also use stereo mod for surround sound and Viper4Android for the equalizer even though the one built into Pi music player is just fine.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.Project100Pi.themusicplayer

Player pro. Free skins, best ui and ease of use. 10 band EQ instead of the 7 band the others have. Haven't felt the need for V4A with player pro.

BlackPlayer EX is the best play store purchase I've ever made hands down. Yes, better than Titanium Backup.

I use Neutron for local music. Way better than Poweramp IMHO. I haven't tried the black player yet though.
As far as sound quality goes, I think DSP mods are more important than the player itself. I use the Air Sauron, V4A, AML and the ACM DSP mods. V4A in particular makes a huge difference in quality. It does add a bit of latency so I wouldn't use it for production purposes however.

All great options, tried several of them, retro is beautiful too, but the bluetooth media browsing is not working correctly
Found that Player Pro and Musicolet are the only ones working 100% with android auto and bluetooth media browsing :'(

Stellio is the best

Poweramp
I have been using the latest stable builds of PA on my rooted Pie OP6. Never had a problem, and I use it many hours each week when I'm on planes and Pandora won't work.