Paid player for Android. Top free players for Android: which music player to choose

There was already an article on Trashbox with a selection of the best music players on Android, but 3 years will soon pass since its publication, so it’s time to update this topic. In this article you will find the most convenient, beautiful and functional applications for listening to music on Android. Read more under the cut.

We tested many different music players for Android and collected the best of them. This article presents applications that have similar functionality, but in some ways differ from each other - in design or capabilities. However, each of these programs can be fully used to listen to music on Android.

Music player Stellio comes from Belarus. And oddly enough, in the CIS they were able to create a very good application for listening to music on smartphones, tablets and even smart watches with Android Wear. Stellio has everything that both a simple user and a dedicated music lover need:

One of the “tricks” of Stellio is changing the color scheme of the interface to match the style of the album cover. That is why the chameleon became the symbol of the program. And all this is flavored with an extensive settings menu, where you can customize almost any function for yourself.

Stellio widget

Recently, Stellio has become available for free, but with advertising. However, for those who want to constantly use a high-quality player, it is better to buy the full version for 99 rubles - a fairly low price for a convenient tool that you will use for a long time.

Poweramp for Android is the ArchLinux of music players - it's both powerful and easy to use. The program has an original archaic interface, which has few additional menus. The main actions take place on the main screen, where you can switch between albums and tracks by swiping. The main navigation takes place in a special menu, where you can view your library by folders or by already compiled categories.

There is a good equalizer with presets for every taste, as well as a tool for adjusting tone and volume. The settings menu is where PowerAMP comes into its own. Here you can distort the interface as soon as your heart desires or play with sound effects. There is a function for loading album covers from Internet services. You can also set up scrobbling on Last.fm. Like Stellio, the PowerAMP player pleased me with its good recognition of FLAC rips with CUE.

PowerAMP widget

The desktop widget is standard. PowerAMP also has support for custom interface skins. They are created both by the developers themselves and by a huge community. You can find a large number of these skins on Google Play. The most beautiful ones are in HD quality. They are in a separate category.

BlackPlayer is an application with a very nice Windows Phone style interface. Navigation in this player is done with vertical gestures to the right and left. The standard black color scheme makes the app look very stylish. All this with smooth and beautiful animations. One of the interesting features in BlackPlayer is loading the biographies of performers and groups. Information about them is downloaded from Last.fm, so descriptions are often translated into Russian. Such small but useful functions are pleasing.

The equalizer is not the coolest, but it’s fine for adjusting the sound for any headphones. You can also apply sound effects. In the settings you can find ample opportunities for editing the interface - you can even apply your own font. Cover uploading and scrobbling are also available. BlackPlayer's desktop widget is not the coolest - just a big “plate” with three buttons. It could have been better. I also managed to discover an important drawback - the player could not properly recognize an uncut FLAC recording with a CUE playlist.

BlackPlayer widget

Overall, BlackPlayer will appeal to those who want a beautiful music player without unnecessary and intrusive features. However, extensive capabilities will allow you to customize the player for the most demanding user. Users switching to Android from Windows Phone should definitely check out the program.

AIMP is one of the few completely free players on both Android and Windows. There are no ads or limited functionality in the free version. If you are a person who is not used to paying for programs, then AIMP is definitely for you. However, popular wisdom says that free cheese can only be found in a mousetrap. It's not that AIMP is a mousetrap, but the player itself is very simple and doesn't have a lot of functions.

But it has everything the average user needs:

There is nothing more to say about AIMP - just a solid player with a nice design and good standard sound.

Phonograph is a young player, which was created under the impression of a new “material” design at the time of its release. The program interface is designed in a minimalist style with bright, but not offensive, elements. The main navigation occurs in four tabs: songs, albums, artists and playlists. In terms of functions and capabilities, Phonograph is even more ascetic than AIMP, but it is also free.

Phonograph doesn't even have its own equalizer, but it does support external ones. That is, you can download a third-party equalizer from Android and enable it in the player. Also among the shortcomings is the lack of support for uncut FLAC rips with CUE playlists. You can listen to them, but they are not displayed as a playlist and their tags are not recognized.

Phonograph widget

Among the strengths of Phonograph: convenient and attractive interface with customizability, ease of use, free.

Along with Phonograph, it is worth noting the Shuttle player, which is very similar in its interface concept and set of functions. These are two very similar apps, but Shuttle has more features.

JetAudio is another mobile player that has moved to Android from computers. On Windows, this program was famous primarily for its powerful set of capabilities in terms of customizing the interface and sound. The developers tried to transfer all these features to the mobile JetAudio. The application has a built-in ten-band equalizer (even more in the paid version) with many presets. For those who like to mock the sound, several modules with effects are provided. In general, JetAudio will help you achieve more or less decent sound even on the worst headphones.

As for the interface, JetAudio is not original here - a typical hamburger menu with several items. Navigation through albums, tracks and lists is extremely simple and clear. Among the original features it is worth noting: search for a track on YouTube, many control settings, complete freedom to customize the interface and playback. And among all the players presented in this selection, JetAudio has the most widgets of different formats: 1×1, 2×2, 2×3, 3×3, 4×1, 4×2, 4×3, 4×4 and 5x5. In general, you can use these widgets on two screens - there is something for every taste.

One of the JetAudio widgets

But the player did not pass the test for CUE support - it did not read my unbroken FLAC recording properly. The paid version of JetAudio with the Plus prefix costs 259 rubles. Buyers of the program receive a lot of advantages - all functions are unlocked and advertisements are removed. All in all, JetAudio is a great Swiss army knife that will take you anywhere.

The rather old PlayerPro player has not changed in appearance for several years, but this does not prevent it from being one of the best in its category. Despite the widespread dominance of material design, PlayerPro remains true to its old-style design with raised icons and glossy colors. Under such a conservative shell hides a powerful filling.

A simple interface with a right panel allows you to quickly navigate through all the necessary categories and menus. Unlike many other players, in PlayerPro you can edit the main menu, removing unnecessary items from there. To create custom playlists and mixes, there is a special rating system where each track can be rated. The rating is taken into account and all tracks with marked ratings are presented in a separate menu. In terms of creating playlists, PlayerPro has gone far ahead of its competitors - here this function is really thought out.

PlayerPro Widgets

PlayerPro has a fairly simple equalizer, but in the settings you can find a lot of useful things: scrobbling, loading song lyrics, customizing the design with themes, gestures and adjusting the sound using the DSP module, and much more. There are also quite a lot of widgets - only six types. In general, PlayerPro is in no way inferior to other players, and in some cases even wins.

These were the best and most functional music players for Android, but besides them, you should pay attention to these apps:

- a mobile version of the oldest player with powerful settings, but not the most user-friendly interface.
- a nice player with a standard set of functions.
is a Chinese application known to many since the days of Symbian.

Audio playback is one of the basic functions of any Android smartphone or tablet. This review will look at the most popular audio players for mobile devices on this operating system, which include both primarily online ones, for example, Google Play Music or Soundcloud, and those designed primarily for offline use, such as Poweramp or AIMP. In total, 10 audio players from among the most common on the Android platform were selected for this article. They were sorted in descending order of the number of downloads from Google Play - Google Play Music and Soundcloud were first on this list, and jetAudio Music Player and Shuttle Music Player were at the bottom.
Audio players for mobile devices can be divided into two categories based on the principle of operation - online and offline. The former work with Internet services that allow you to listen to and buy music online, and in some cases download it to the device’s memory. This approach has been gaining momentum recently due to the rapid growth in Internet access speeds and the relatively small sizes of audio files by modern standards. For most users, the aural difference between *.mp3 and *.flac is almost imperceptible, although the first of these formats is many times “easier” than the second.
Offline audio players are primarily aimed at playing audio from the memory of a mobile device. It is worth noting that there are not many fully online or offline players - most modern programs in this segment are a hybrid with a shift in emphasis in one direction or another. For example, Google Play Music plays tracks located on a memory card, and some offline audio players work with podcasts and radio.
In general, audio players for mobile devices provide a set of tools similar to the functionality of similar software for desktop PCs, but with some limitations. Typically, mobile platforms have fewer settings and a somewhat simplified interface, adapted for touch input. It is worth noting that against the backdrop of the rapid growth in popularity of services such as youtube, vimeo, etc. audio players are becoming less and less in demand. A significant part of their additional functionality is in the form of an equalizer, etc. is not needed by most users, and if you have a high-speed Internet access channel, you can use your browser to find any song in a couple of clicks without installing additional software. On the other hand, this approach is not very common on smartphones, whose browsers often do not handle media content well.
All audio players reviewed were rated on a 10-point scale in terms of functionality and usability. When assigning an overall rating on the same scale, a number of additional parameters were taken into account, such as working with online services, support for additional audio formats and streaming audio.
Google Play Music is the most popular music app on Android. The origins of its popularity are the same as in the case of the Google Chrome browser - the active promotion of its products for the Android operating system by Google. In terms of the number of downloads, Google Play Music almost surpasses all other participants in this review combined. Currently, the application’s audio library contains about several tens of millions of records, and in addition to mobile clients for Android and iOS, a web version of the service is available.

An unpleasant surprise for some users will be a paid subscription, without which you can only work with manually downloaded tracks. The cost of a one-month subscription is about 200 rubles; there is also a free trial period, to activate which you will nevertheless need to provide the details of an active bank card or connect your PayPal account.
The Google Play Music application is primarily intended for listening to audio online, although it also works with tracks located in the device’s memory. After subscribing, you can get full access to the audio library. You can't save audio from Google Play Music on your device, but you can store up to 20,000 tracks offline through caching. Songs are usually broadcast at 320 kbps, but in order to save traffic, you can lower the quality.
The usability of the mobile version is not satisfactory, but the functionality is somewhat different. Due to the fact that Google Play Music is still not so much a simple audio player as an online service, it is not necessary to require an Android application to have a large number of functions and settings. On the other hand, some music lovers may find this approach too minimalistic due to the small number of parameters in the equalizer, the absence of a number of advanced functions, etc. In the program settings, you can change your Google account, select the type of Internet connection, activate automatic caching, add additional devices, etc.

It is worth returning to the terms of subscription once again. In fact, without it, installing Google Play Music makes no sense. Unlike a similar service from Yandex (“Yandex.Music”), the web version of which is available even without authorization, you will need a Google account and confirmation using a bank card. This applies to both a trial subscription for a month and gaining access to the service in principle. Otherwise, you will have to be content with tracks uploaded to the cloud manually or located in the device’s memory. Most likely, such an approach will scare off many Russian users due to the peculiarities of the consumer culture that has formed in this country.

In general, Google Play Music is a very functional online service for working with music, but the need for a paid subscription makes it less attractive for the Russian market.
SoundCloud is one of the most popular audio players for Android, second only to Google Play Music in the number of downloads from the official repository. The concept of work is similar to the popular product from Google, i.e. SoundCloud is also an application for listening to music over the Internet, but offline functionality in the form of working with tracks from a memory card or caching is practically absent here.

The SoundCloud service first appeared on the Internet back in 2008 as a website and since then its audience has gradually increased. Unlike Google Play Music, there is no paid subscription, and all functionality is available by default. Moreover, each user can download a track, although the set of songs is somewhat different from Play Music, both in quantity and in terms of genre. SoundCloud has less popular content from famous artists, for example, entire albums of some celebrities may be missing, which is partly offset by user-uploaded tracks and playlists.
From a usability point of view, the SoundCloud mobile app is very well designed. Navigation between playing song, main menu, settings, etc. quite convenient, during playback the audio recording is rewound by swiping to the sides, and the progress bar reflects not only the position during playback, but also the volume scale of the track.

The functionality of SoundCloud is somewhat limited due to the specifics of this service. It is worth noting the small number of settings and the absence of an equalizer. The advantages include convenient work with playlists, likes, as well as ample opportunities for commenting on songs and posting links to them on social networks. You can follow the profiles of other users to keep track of updates or new tracks, if we are talking about the profiles of musicians, of which there are many on SoundCloud.
In the application settings, you can enable notifications, select a network connection channel, clear the cache, etc. It is also worth paying attention to the “Activity” menu, which will help you find data about what and when the user listened.

DoubleTwist Player is a hybrid of offline and online audio player. This application works both with audio recordings from a memory card and with a variety of podcasts and radio broadcasts.
From a usability point of view, the doubleTwist Player interface looks very thoughtful - on the left side of the display there is a vertically scrollable panel with a list of main functions and audio sections, such as “Albums”, “Playlists”, “Songs”, etc. The top panel also allows you to search and add podcasts. When you select any item in the panel on the left, it is highlighted, and the corresponding information is displayed in the main part of the display, be it the playback screen or the file list. While playing audio in full screen, you can use rewind, change the order of tracks in the playlist, change equalizer settings, etc.

In terms of functionality, doubleTwist Player is somewhat ambiguous; it has all the standard offline functionality, as well as support for podcasts and radio, which sets this player apart from other participants in this review. However, some functions are blocked in the free version, for example, an equalizer. doubleTwist Player Pro at the time of writing this article costs 200 rubles, which is not so much, but still more expensive than most other paid applications in this segment. The positive aspects of this payment model include the absence of a time-limited trial period, i.e. Most features are available at any time, even in the free version.

Podcasts and radio stations are divided into categories such as politics, sports, various music genres, etc. The program also has a video playback mode, albeit a very limited one, and supports scrobbling with Last.fm. As for the settings, here you can specify the properties of podcasts, wireless connections, screen locks, select a control scheme, etc.

doubleTwist Player performed excellently in almost all the criteria considered and became the most versatile player in this comparative review. Its few disadvantages include a somewhat lackluster interface and the need for a paid subscription to gain access to additional functions.

AIMP is a classic offline audio player for Windows that first appeared in 2006, and a version for Android was introduced in 2013.
In terms of the set of functions declared by the developer, the mobile version of this player is not much inferior to its analogues. Additional audio formats are supported here, including *.ogg, *.s3m and many others. There is an 8-band equalizer, auto-detection of encoding, control from a headset, etc. AIMP doesn't work with online audio services or streaming audio, but its offline functionality is really impressive. It is worth noting that, unlike many other participants in this review, AIMP is completely free and any of its functions are available without any restrictions.

The interface of this audio player is simple and concise; the main screen displays a list of tracks and playback controls, such as rewinding, stopping, going to a playlist, etc. The general inexpressiveness of the colors and visual design, as well as the somewhat strange arrangement of the control elements, is striking. On the main screen there are two buttons with three vertical dots, the icon in the center is responsible for the main menu - equalizer, settings, adding files, etc., and the same icon in the upper right corner is used to manage the playlist - sorting, grouping, saving lists playback This approach to the design of the user interface seems to be a very non-standard and not very successful solution - two identical icons on the same screen can easily be confused, especially since in most applications an icon with three dots in the corner serves to display the main menu, which has already become a kind of tradition that is not AIMP developers considered it necessary to comply with.

In the application settings you can change the language, screen orientation, encoding, pause between tracks and much more. It is also worth noting the presence of a widget for the desktop.

Despite minor comments on the interface, AIMP performed well in terms of functionality and definitely deserves attention as one of the leading audio players for Android and Windows.
jetAudio Music Player is a music player for Android devices with rich functionality and support for a large number of file formats.
The jetAudio Music Player interface is quite simple and intuitive, although not the most attractive from a visual point of view. On the left there is a vertical panel with items such as “Albums”, “Folders”, “Lists”, etc., and in the center there is an explorer or playback menu that can be expanded to the entire display. All basic functionality is available from the playback screen - rewind, settings, equalizer and much more.

Functionally, jetAudio Music Player is not satisfactory - a 10-band equalizer with 32 presets, a large number of supported audio formats, a timer, various sound effects, etc. The player even works with *.aiff and *.wma files.
jetAudio Music Player settings are divided into categories such as Display, Miscellaneous, Browser, etc. Here you can buy a paid version of the program for 200 rubles. This version is distinguished by the presence of expanded functionality - a 20-band equalizer, more than a dozen different widgets, additional lock screens and much more. The cost is not that high, but for most users the basic set of functions is enough.

Among the online capabilities of this player, one can only note scrobbling with Last.fm; this is not the strongest side of jetAudio Music Player, which also lacks support for radio and streaming audio.

Overall, jetAudio Music Player doesn't look the best visually, but in terms of functionality it is one of the leading audio players for Android with one caveat - most of the additional features are only available in the paid version.
Shuttle Music Player is an audio player for Android with a nice interface and support for a basic set of functions.
The strength of this player is its visual design, reminiscent of the latest applications from Google. In the center of the screen there are five swipe-scrollable tabs, including “Genres”, “Recommended”, “Artists”, etc. On the top panel there is a search icon and an icon for opening the main menu in the upper right corner. In the settings you can change the color scheme; by default in the free version there are only two of them - light and dark.

In terms of functionality, Shuttle Music Player is not particularly behind its opponents, although it does not provide some additional tools, such as support for rare audio formats. The only online functionality that can be noted is scrobbling on Last.fm; the player cannot work with broadcasts.
In addition to the free version, there is also a paid option called Shuttle+ costing 85 rubles. The difference in the feature set primarily affects the strong point of this application, i.e. visual settings. Other changes such as broadcasting music to TV or editing tags are not so important for most users.

In fact, the difference between the free version and Shuttle+ is very small, and the basic set of tools is the same - a 6-band equalizer, continuous playback, widgets, a sleep timer and much more.

In general, Shuttle Music Player could make a good audio player if the emphasis was placed not on appearance, but on functionality, which is more typical for applications in this segment. But it’s also impossible not to note the visual component of this application - in terms of interface design, Shuttle Music Player is one of the leaders in this review.

Conclusion
All audio players reviewed received an overall score of 7 to 9 points, with the leaders including Google Play Music, SoundCloud, Poweramp and doubleTwist Player, including two online and two offline players. None of the contenders received a score of 10 due to the lack of a universal player among them that supports all possible functions.
In terms of the number of downloads from Google Play, Google Play Music confidently leads, which is explained by the great popularity of the service among owners of Android devices. In second place in popularity is SoundCloud, which is essentially an online music service, like Google Play Music, only with a slightly different focus in terms of content and access conditions. The remaining contenders are seriously behind the leading pair in terms of key indicators on the Google Play Market.
The top four in the final assessment included both online players, which work primarily with network audio catalogs, and offline players, designed to play tracks from the device’s memory. In addition to the aforementioned Google Play Music and SoundCloud, Poweramp and doubleTwist Player also took the lead, the first of which is almost completely offline, and the second is a kind of hybrid and is the only audio player out of ten that supports streaming audio and radio broadcasts. The interface and the need for a paid subscription to gain access to additional functionality prevented doubleTwist Player from becoming an absolute leader.

The worst player in terms of overall score was Shuttle Music Player, which received a score of 7 points out of 10, which is caused by the rather limited functionality of this player. Almost all offline audio players managed to support alternative audio formats, and the outsider in terms of additional parameters was SoundCloud, which received only one “+” out of five and the only player that does not support playing audio from the device’s memory.
It's worth noting that 7 out of 10 applicants provide paid content in one form or another. Google Play Music has become a kind of leader here - the service is practically useless without a paid subscription, and a free month of use can only be obtained by providing payment details. Poweramp and n7player are provided for a two-week period, after which a purchase is required to continue working. The rest of the review participants are either completely free or provide a paid version with no time limit for use.

When choosing an audio player for personal use, you should first of all take into account the sources of data acquisition - some applications are better suited for playing audio from the network, and others are better suited for playing audio from a memory card. Due to the fact that online audio services are actively developing, and offline players are not yet a thing of the past, it is recommended to have at least a couple of different types of audio players on your device for stable work with any data sources.

Read in the review which free audio player for Android can be called the best. We've selected five free players that support major formats and have a nice interface.

Not every smartphone owner is satisfied with the pre-installed music player. Some people don’t like its interface, other people are not satisfied with the functionality, while others simply have time to get used to a specific application. Today we will look at third-party audio players that can be downloaded from Google Play for free.

What can almost every free audio player for Android do?

Firstly, it is able to recognize not only , but also tracks in higher quality formats.
Secondly, third-party players do a great job of working with playlists.
Thirdly, they offer a variety of playback modes.

They may also contain an equalizer, which the owner of not the most expensive headphones cannot do without. But enough of the lyrics, it’s time to move on to looking at those free audio players that, in terms of their functionality, stand out from their competitors.

jetAudio HD Music Player

Requirements: Android 2.3.3 and higher

This music player, like many others, is only partially free. The fact is that the free version has only one widget, which is far from ideal. Also, the free version does not have a twenty-band equalizer. But what then is present in it?

Well, you can fully control the playback of tracks and see album covers. Do you want to move all the music tracks or play in a loop? All this is also available here. But the most important thing is that even the free version of the player is equipped with sound enhancement functions such as Crystalize, Bonjovi DPS and AM3D. Of course, all this will only work on smartphones with a full-fledged audio processor.

Still, the functionality of the free jetAudio HD Music Player can be called quite poor. But most of all the application surprises with its interface. It’s fitting to call him abstruse. Why all these unnecessary screens and menus, who will use it? Many menus are designed in a very gloomy style that only evokes melancholy. We can only be glad that at least the main screen is made in a decent manner. Overall, the program lacks support for themes that would add variety to its appearance.

Advantages:

Availability of different sound effects;
Sound enhancement is available on CPU devices;
Playback speed adjustment;
Smooth transition and volume equalization;
Convenient control from the headset;
Many supported formats.

Flaws:

Reduced equalizer;
Confusing interface;
Bad widget.

Stellio Player

Requirements: Android 4.0 and above

An excellent free audio player for Android in Russian was created by the Belarusian studio Stellio Team. There is no option to purchase a paid version - absolutely all functionality is available to the user initially! The program supports many audio file formats and playlists. It also has a good 12-band equalizer. At the same time, 13 sound effects are available to the user: from compression to reverberation. You can also use crossfade here - a smooth flow of one composition into another.

If some other free audio players do not allow you to use a convenient widget, then Stellio Player is fine with this. There are five widgets here, the appearance of which can be customized. Information about the composition is displayed not only on the desktop, but also on the lock screen - it looks very nice. Another thing worth noting is the fact that the player is able to change the color of its interface to match the cover of the song being played. Well, as a bonus, a tag editor has been introduced into the music player.

Advantages:

Implemented control from smart watches based on Android Wear;
Good equalizer;
There are numerous effects with their settings;
Nice interface;
Built-in tag editor;
Album art can be uploaded manually;
Good widgets;
Supports most existing formats;
There is a plugin for VKontakte (when downloading the application from the developers’ website).

Flaws:

There is advertising;
There may be problems with control using a headset.

BlackPlayer

Requirements: Android 4.0.3 and above

This audio player for Android was created for those who for some reason liked the interface of the Windows Phone operating system. The player also helps save battery power for owners of smartphones with an AMOLED screen, because everything here is done in black and white. The smooth animation of transition from one menu to another should also please the user.

A distinctive feature of the player is the display of the artist's biography. It is downloaded from Last.fm - most often the text is written in Russian. Otherwise, this is a typical music player for Android. A simple equalizer is built in here, and the widget can also be called not the best - it will obviously still be improved. The player also has problems with FLAC files supplemented with a CUE playlist. However, it is quite possible that by the time you read our article, all these shortcomings have already been corrected. It should also be noted that advanced functionality is available only in the paid version of the application.

Advantages:

Original black and white interface;
Ability to read biographies of various performers;
Music scrobbling available;
Rich design settings;
Good cover management system.

Flaws:

Lots of bugs;
Insufficient number of options for navigating through compositions;
Not the largest number of supported formats;
The equalizer turned out to be not the most advanced.

AIMP

Requirements: Android 4.0 and above

AIMP is well known to many owners of computers with the Windows operating system. This is what they use to play music. For some time now the program has been ported to Android. Here it is also free. At the same time, the interface of the mobile version is less sophisticated. However, the application’s functionality is less extensive than that of many competitors.

This audio player for Android supports music playback in a variety of formats - up to FLAC and OGG. The application also has a built-in relatively good equalizer with several presets. The user can adjust the playback speed. But much more important is the fact that it supports Internet radio and HTTP Live Streaming. Not every audio player for Android can boast of this. You can control playback not only from the main screen of the program - for this you can use a good widget or even a headset. Long audio files can be bookmarked - this is especially important for those who like to listen to audiobooks.

Advantages:

Simple and intuitive interface;
Built-in 10-band equalizer;
Playback speed adjustment available;
There is support for custom themes;
Internet radio supported;
Defines many different formats;
Several desktop widgets;
There is no advertising at all.

Flaws:

In terms of functionality, it is inferior to some paid solutions;
Sometimes it attaches the wrong covers to songs.

n7player

Requirements: Android 4.0 and above

This music player for Android devices stands out for its non-standard interface. The main application window displays something like a tag cloud. It consists of the names of the artists whose songs are contained on the device. As soon as you zoom in on a name, album covers for that artist immediately appear.

Unfortunately, the database being built by the program is somehow strange. There is no information in the interface about the principle by which the cover grid is built. In theory, albums should be sorted by the year of their release, but here the grid of covers is built seemingly randomly. We can only be glad that n7player has a button that brings the interface to the standard form for such applications. In this case, it becomes possible to sort music tracks by folders, genres and other parameters.

A distinctive feature of the music player is the display of the song lyrics directly on the main screen (it must be present in the song tags). Other features of the application include automatic volume normalization and bass enhancement. A ten-band equalizer is used to adjust the sound. But don’t think that absolutely all the program’s functions will be available to you! The developers saved some of them for the paid version.

With the development of mobile phones and their technological growth, music players are becoming less and less popular as separate devices. You can download gigabytes of music (mp3, flac, vorbis, etc.) to the memory of mobile devices (Android/iOS) and listen to it in good quality. If the sound quality is not satisfactory, it is easy to tweak the equalizer and thereby make the sound more saturated.

I suggest choosing a player to play music and audio files in the selection best music players for the Android platform for 2019. Here is a list of great players that have passed our rigorous selection process:

PowerAMP- perhaps the most famous multimedia player on Android with a simple and intuitive interface. By installing the player on your phone, you get a full range of musical capabilities that a music lover needs.

PowerAMP 3 Pro Music Player Interface: Built-in Equalizer

The PowerAMP interface does not depart from the canons of the traditional interface of mp3 players. On the main screen of the PowerAMP Pro mobile audio player (we will consider this version) the cover of the song being played is displayed. Under the cover is the name of the song and album. The audio player contains three navigation buttons and a timeline with the ability to smoothly scroll the composition.

In addition to controlling playback, the PowerAMP 3 player allows you to sort your music by folders and albums, artists and genres. However, the last three options for filtering music are not entirely accurate, since they are based on the tags specified in the description of the audio file. In addition, in the audio player you can create your own playlists for further listening on Android.

Among the additional functions of the PowerAMP 3 mobile audio player, it is worth noting fine-tuning the sound. This is important for the Android OS, since the standard capabilities of the audio system are limited.

The player's equalizer is one of the best for Android OS. Contains ten sliders of different frequencies and another one to regulate the overall volume of the composition. Adjusting the equalizer will allow you to adjust the sound and hide some flaws. If you have cheap headphones, such an adjustment will not be superfluous.

There are presets - prepared equalizer settings. In addition, the PowerAMP player can change the tone, the balance of stereo sound, there is a switch between stereo and mono sound, and the balance of sound in the left and right headphone speakers.

Another interesting feature of the PowerAMP player is downloading covers for music library songs. Allows the user to automatically or manually load covers for tracks according to song tags.

The full version of the PowerAMP Music Player Pro music player will cost users a symbolic $3. To do this, you need to download Poweramp Unlocker and unlock the audio player. A two-week trial version of Powerump can be downloaded for free. It allows you to listen to music for 15 days. By the way, the hacked Poweramp is on the 4pda forum, but we would not recommend using a pirated player.

Music Player Pro

Unlike PowerAMP Music Player, PlayerPro has a unique interface. However, the developers claim that after you get used to the music player, the controls will seem as simple and convenient as possible. To familiarize yourself with the interface, you will be offered a short training course.

Main features of PlayerPro:

Built-in music tag editor
Search, filter and sort songs
Downloading covers and lyrics from the Internet
Multiband equalizer and sound amplifier
Song rating system, statistics recording
Customizable player interface
Adding widgets to your home screen

PlayerPro audio player interface

The main screen of this player on Android differs slightly from the standard view. Half of the PlayerPro window is occupied by the album cover, the other part by the name of the song, album, navigation, timeline, repeat and random playback toggle switches, track number and the total number of songs in the folder/playlist.

There are three small buttons on the audio player panel: playlist, additional functions and volume controls.

The "Playlist" button displays the current playlist instead of the cover image.

Additional features include the following: jump to the track's album and current artist, song and album information, and cover art settings. By the way, covers for the player are downloaded from the Internet or downloaded from the Android gallery.

The third key feature of the PlayerPro player is sound settings. To correct the sound you can use

five equalizer controls
virtualizer and bass amplifier
select reverb mode (echo)
save or select standard presets for the equalizer.

Advice. If you want to expand the capabilities of PlayerPro, download a free DSP package with sound effects. It includes:

10-band equalizer with preamp (sound amplifier)
crossfade - smooth change of compositions
Gapless extension: removing pauses and delays in music tracks

A subjective drawback of the Music Player Pro music player for Android is its non-standard interface: not everyone will find it convenient. Otherwise, this mp3 player works without bugs and errors on the Android OS.

The price of the full version of the audio player is just over two dollars (DSP extensions are included). You can download the player for Android using the link below.

Free AIMP audio player for Android

Music player Aimp for Android created by a Russian developer, so localization is available. The mp3 player has a classic interface: it consists of a control window, an equalizer and a playlist (see screenshot).

Of the music formats, Aimp supports all standard Android audio formats. What else is interesting: in addition to MP3, WMA, AAC, OGG, loseless (APE and FLAC), you can listen to multi-channel music files. However, they weigh a lot and do not fit into the mobile format.

The shells of the AIMP audio player look modern, and in design they are in some places superior to Winamp, which has sunk into oblivion. AIMP also supports window animation and changing interface colors. Skins for AIMP are available on the official website. The appearance of the audio player changes beyond recognition, according to the taste and color of the Android OS user.

The usability of the player for Android is excellent. When you click a button in AIMP, drop-down menus appear. This command is available a little faster than through context menu sections or dialogs.

The interface is informative. In the playlist, the second line displays information about the composition: sampling frequency, bitrate and audio track size. It's easy to delete a file from your phone through the file's context menu. You can select a playlist directly from the list in the program window.

When playing a song, all information is displayed in the feed, and there is no need to expand the player over the windows to find out all the data about the file. I was pleased with the variety of audio player settings: hot keys, associations, playlist settings, visualizations and other sections.

There is no abundance of options in the Aimp audio player - the developer decided to put everything that is not included in the playback tasks into external modules. This is an audio converter (MP3, OGG, WMA, etc. formats are supported), tag editor and audio recording.

Plugins are divided into DSP, Input, Output, Visual and Addon. By default, only external and built-in plugins are available. The easiest way to download add-ons (skins, visualizations) is on the official Aimpa website. They are turned on and off through the AIMP Utilities interface.

Another useful feature of the AIMP audio player is the ability to listen to FM radio. To broadcast, just connect M3U or PLS playlists.

In fact, Aimp is an excellent free analogue of the “dead” Winamp. As of 2019, it can be argued that this is one of the best mobile players. In other words, Aimp is, if you like, a Winamp mp3 player, but “corrected and expanded.” As an mp3 player, Aimp for Android is informative, understandable and pleasant to use.

The full version of Aimp for Android AIMP (v2.00, build 289) can be downloaded from the official website of the application, as well as from Google Play, Google Drive and Yandex Drive.

The shells of the AIMP audio player look very decent, modern, and in design they are in some places superior to the now obsolete Winamp. AIMP also supports window animation (sliding and sliding) and changing the interface color using a special color palette controller. Skins for AIMP 4 are available on the official website, so the appearance can be customized beyond recognition to the taste and color of the listener.

In terms of convenience, this player for Android is also excellent. When you press a button in AIMP 4, drop-down menus appear, and the command is accessible a little faster than through context menu sections or dialogs. The interface is informative. In the playlist, the second line displays information about the composition: sampling frequency, bitrate and size. By the way, it is possible to physically delete a file through the file’s context menu. You can select a playlist directly from the list in the program window, which is also very convenient. The program can be minimized to the notification area or run in a reduced size. When playing a new song, all information is displayed in the information feed, so there is no need to expand the player over the windows to find out all the data about the file. I was pleased with the variety of audio player settings: hot keys, associations, playlist settings, visualizations and other sections.

File manager and player equalizer Aimp

There is no abundance of options in the Aimp audio player - the developer decided to put everything that is not included in the playback tasks into four external applications. This is a CD ripper (for digitizing audio discs), an audio converter (MP3, OGG, WMA, etc. formats are supported), tag editor and audio recording.

Of the music formats, Aimp for Android supports all standard audio formats. What’s also interesting: in addition to MP3, WMA, AAC, OGG, loseless (APE and FLAC), it is possible to listen to multi-channel music files (although it must be admitted that they “weigh” a lot and do not fit very well into the mobile format).

Another useful feature of the AIMP 2 audio player is the ability to listen to Internet radio (to broadcast, just connect M3U or PLS playlists in the link).

Regarding plugins: they are divided into DSP, Input, Output, Visual and Addon. By default, only external and built-in plugins are available. The easiest way to download add-ons (skins, visualizations) is on the official Aimpa website. They are turned on and off through the AIMP Utilities interface.

An excellent analogue of Winamp, only corrected and expanded. As of 2019, it is perhaps the best player for Android in Russian.

The full version of Aimp for Android AIMP (v2.00, build 289) can be downloaded from the official website of the application, as well as from Google Play, Google Drive and Yandex Drive.

Music player n7player music player for Android

n7player music player- another good audio player for Android with an intricate non-standard interface.

The main window of the “n7player” application displays a cloud of artists whose songs are available on your phone/tablet. By performing a standard two-finger movement to zoom in, you will see the actual album covers of these artists, which the music player builds into a multi-line table. The disadvantage of such an interface is the missing or incomplete information about the artist or song, on the basis of which the cover grid is built. It is often displayed incorrectly in the player or is not available at all. The situation is similar with the music grid sorted by genre.

n7player player shell

But in order to avoid these inconveniences, the audio player for Android “n7player” has a standard button, which is located at the bottom of the screen in the form of a note. With its help, you can filter music by folders, playlists, albums, genres and artists. In addition to the cover art and standard function keys, the playback screen has a button to display the song lyrics, if any. Also in the top panel there are buttons for going to the music settings menu, the current playlist, the search window and additional functions. The latter include changing the theme in n7player, an auto-shutdown timer and various options. Music settings include bass and soprano boost, automatic volume normalization, balance and a 10-band audio equalizer for Android with ready-made presets and the ability to manually adjust.

The full version of the n7player pro audio player costs three dollars - the same as a cup of coffee.

BlackPlayer Music Player is a good audio player for your phone

The practicality of the BlackPlayer Music Player audio player lies in the fact that its operation does not require large expenditures of mobile device resources, so there are no slowdowns in the BlackPlayer Music Player.

BlackPlayer is a good minimalist player

On the main screen of the audio player on Android there are two navigation panels. The top one allows you to sort all available music in the following ways: tracks, artists, albums, genres, and in the full version – folders. You can also change the view by sliding across the screen in the appropriate direction. The side navigation panel is a menu and contains the following items: library, playlists, music search, equalizer, visualizer and settings.

The equalizer in the BlackPlayer Music Player media player has five bands, as well as ready-made settings presets. After opening the equalizer, in the top panel or by swiping, you can go to the sound effects menu, where the following functions are available: balance control, bass boost, sound virtualizer and amplifier. By selecting “virtualizer” in the main menu, you can configure and enable a sound screen that accompanies music playback.

Among the application settings there are such useful ones as the reaction of the “BlackPlayer Music Player” program to connecting/disconnecting headphones or to a call, as well as various interface and design settings. Speaking about the media player as a whole, we should note its simplicity and speed of operation, but the disadvantages include poor readability of Cyrillic texts.

Music Cube (Free Music Player) - audio player with multi-band equalizer

The interface of this player is made in the form of a cube (Music Cube), which somewhat simplifies or complicates navigation, depending on who you choose. Beautiful, pleasant, transparent shell, interactivity - but, with all these amenities, on weak phones and older versions of Android the mp3 player can slow down significantly. Unfortunately, the Russian language is not included with the player, so those who do not know English will have to act by intuition, fortunately it is not very difficult.

Music Cube - audio player for Android with a “cubic” interface

The Music Cube audio player has two music panels: full-screen and small-screen. In both of them, it’s easy to perform quick actions with musical compositions: repeat, shuffle mode and other actions available in almost any Android player.

Songs, albums, and artists in the Music Cube app are listed in the music library, and you can search for the tracks you want by searching meta tags.

The music equalizer is good because it can automatically adapt to the musical environment on Android. You can switch between presets and, of course, create your own settings in the equalizer. In addition, the player has an interesting low-frequency enhancement function - BassBoost. The neighboring function, Virtualizer, allows you to slightly adjust the acoustic picture and listen to music in “better” quality (everything is very subjective here, of course).

Tags inside the Music Cube audio player can be edited without problems and on the fly; the tag editor is designed for this: the user can change the name, title, genre, year, etc. The playlist is also familiar; it’s convenient to drag and drop audio tracks, perform quick actions, even completely deleting music from the phone.

All in all. Music Cube is quite a good player with an exotic, impressive interface. The functional content was also pleasing: “Cube” corresponds to similar music applications for Android and has a convenient library, a built-in equalizer and pleasant additional functions that have a positive effect on the playback of audio files.

Pulsar Pro mp3 player for Android

The player for Android with the beautiful name Pulsar is not very noticeable and, let’s say, not so popular among similar audio players on Google Play. But there is something in this application that captivates, and the overall rating of the player is about 4.5 points.

The first thing that attracts attention to the music player for Android Pulsar is its discreet, quite classic application interface, not burdened with effects and unnecessary “tinsel.” It is designed in the style of the notorious material design (which is rare for an ordinary music application). "Pulsar" does not have any bells and whistles or unique sound settings, but you can customize it for yourself by changing the design theme (more than 15 options are reserved for aesthetes). Everything about the mobile audio player is intuitive and friendly - just as the developers from Rhythm Software describe their creation.

Pulsar - a laconic mp3 player for Android

Managing music through a playlist in the audio player is as standard as it gets. Additional tools include an ID3 editor, a convenient music library with flexible search by audio recordings, folders, genres, artists and other meta tags. For Android users who need fine-tuning of the sound, an equalizer and a multi-band tone editor are included in the player package.

You can't ignore some of the player's Internet functions, in particular, automatic downloading of covers to your phone and scrobbling. The remaining features include continuous listening, smart playlists and a music sleep timer.

You can download the audio player for Android using the link:

Google Play Music app

Google Play Music is a service that allows you to play music tracks and podcasts from Google. It combines a media player with a huge library of videos, music and books.

Google Play Music has various features. The following functionality is particularly highlighted:

Review. Contains sections “New”, “Recommended”, “Interesting”, “Genres”. Using this function, you can find your favorite songs by famous artists and listen to new compositions.
Replenishment of the music library. You can download a track in two ways - using a special utility and the “Add music library” button, and using the capabilities of the Chrome browser (downloading is done by dragging the desired file into the “Google Play Music” window).
Playback. The menu interface features large keys and a “floating” album cover.

The developer of the Google Play Music application offers users to use the free and paid versions of the product. The free version is valid for 30 days and has a limited set of functions and a small music database (up to 50 thousand tracks from domestic and foreign artists). The paid version has an unlimited music database (up to 35 million tracks), has the function of downloading music without an Internet connection, and allows six people to simultaneously use one subscription. The cost of the paid version of the application reaches 159 rubles per month (in the Russian Federation).

You can download the Google Play Music application on several sites. And the original application can be downloaded to your mobile device from the official Google website.

Analogues of the Google Play application

The Apple Music and Yandex. apps have similar properties to Google Play Music. Music". The Apple Music app is recommended for users who listen to music using the iTunes media player. Application "Yandex. Music" is recommended for fans of domestic performers.

Results. All of the above mp3+ players for Android are not a complete list of Google Play favorites, but we tried to select the highest quality music players on the phone, according to reviews and authoritative Western sources. However, among all the above-mentioned audio players, the top of our subjective leaders includes PowerAMP Music Player - a multifunctional player. It does a great job with your music collection and offers the ability to fine-tune the sound. Thus, PowerAMP can rightfully be considered the best music player for Android - it’s not for nothing that in many reviews in recent years (2018-2019) it has been given primacy.

The Music Player Pro and n7player applications, despite the excellent tools, have an atypical interface, and these players will take some time to get used to. But this does not mean that they stand in the shadow of the glory of PowerAMP. We advise you to listen to your audio collection in these programs; it is likely that you will find them more convenient than the most popular player.

BlackPlayer Music Player is a good, modest and practical music player for Android that works quickly with a simple interface.

Aimp 4 is a cross-platform player and an excellent alternative to Winamp. It perfectly customizes the appearance, has basic tools that will satisfy the music lover needs of most Android OS users (Aimp includes an alarm clock, scheduler, sleep timer and equalizer).

Therefore, which audio player is best suited for listening on Android and which of the above players makes sense to download is up to you to decide.

In a fashionable mobile gadget, music should always be at hand, and it should sound decent, loud and clear! Download Music Player for Android and all your music will sound new!

Why is it worth downloading Music Player for Android?

The stylish and simple application can and does do a lot, now finding the desired composition on your smartphone will not take much time. By downloading Music Player for Android, you can always quickly find your favorite tracks and create the necessary playlists with only the best songs and melodies. A variety of special effects that can be adjusted in the equalizer will add liveliness and brightness to your favorite songs. You can customize your entire extensive collection of music compositions according to several parameters for ease of search: by artist names, album titles and main musical trends. The entire music library is available in one clip; you just need to open this application and all the music will be at your fingertips. The player has other equally interesting options and functions that will help you use the application to its full potential.

the ability to customize music folders through the application and create your own playlists with your favorite songs;

equalizer with an extensive collection of effects for your favorite tunes. From classical to rock, from folk to pop, with these and other effects you will give old music a new sound and brightness;

enhanced bass will add liveliness and color to even the calmest compositions;

a stylish and convenient widget will decorate the screen of your mobile device and allow you to quickly switch to your favorite songs;

Connecting via Bluetooth will give you uninterrupted connection to any device and fast downloading of music files.

Download Music Player for Android and enjoy your favorite music always and everywhere only in high-quality sound. Customize the tones and effects you like to hear in your favorite tunes. The application is free and does not require additional investment.