Best music player on Reddit

348 reviews from r/Piracy, r/androidapps, r/linux4noobs and 33 more subreddits

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Poweramp

4.7

(35)

"PowerAmp and PlexAmp"

"Power amp"

"Poweramp is the best one"

"Poweramp is what i use"

"Poweramp"

"Has best sound imo."

"It has every feature i could need and displays output data."

"Poweramp is the only answer"

"Poweramp"

"Now I use Poweramp, loving it so far"

Strawberry

4.6

(24)

"Seems Strawberry was what I was looking for."

"I tried them all and picked Strawberry."

"Strawberry is my answer. It’s just nice."

"I use Strawberry, which is a fork of Clementine that is still actively maintained."

"Give strawberry a try."

"Strawberry player, as you listen to music, it auto embeds the album artwork."

"Strawberry was what I was looking for."

"The only one that can sort by composer (not artist). Better than Clementine."

"I use Strawberry."

"I settled on Strawberry as a Musicbee user on Windows."

Musicolet

4.7

(23)

"Is the best, what it does is not matched by any other app available."

"Musicolet has been hands down the BEST free android music player with NO ADS whatsoever."

"Musicolet!"

"Musicolet"

"Musicolet-- I have it on my phone and my tablet and I love it."

"Musicolet"

"Musicolet, 100% the best app withput any ads"

"Musicolet is the only player that can show you the whole library by album-artist tag."

"Musicolet and I'm never looking back"

"Musicolet!"

VLC

5.0

(20)

"Use it on my computer too."

"Is free and no ads, good for my video and mp3 collection."

"Simple and easy to use, you can create playlists and favourites lists."

"Vlc"

"VLC, same on my PC, tablet."

"I use VLC player, personally, since it can handle all the media in one package."

"Used Deadbeef and Clementine, but lately just using VLC."

"I recommend Vlc... cause it can literally play everything."

"VLC is my media player of choice on any/all OSs."

"VLC plays everything."

Yoto

4.8

(13)

"My 3yo loves her Yoto."

"My 4 and 7 yr olds are obsessed with theirs."

"We have a yoto gen 3."

"We have a Yoto player and these are the music cards we have."

"Main use of Yoto in our house is for the adorable 2YO and 4YO."

"Couldn't recommend it highly enough."

"Yoto is absolutely perfect."

"Yoto is great for this, you just need to get mp3s of whatever music you want."

"My son has cards that I’ve made with foo fighters, Taylor Swift, linkin park on."

"We love the yoto - both my 5 and 2 year olds use them daily."

Oto Music

4.8

(12)

"Oto player and Musicolet"

"I use Oto."

"I use Oto"

"Oto Music plus Poweramp equalizer is the best combo for me."

"I've been using Oto music for years now."

"Oto music player."

"Oto music."

"Oto music player, nothing comes close."

"Oto Music Offline"

"Oto player"

AIMP

4.3

(9)

"AIMP, I have been using it for more than 10 years."

"Aimp is pretty good."

"AIMP"

"Aimp."

"AIMP if you like to choose and play music by folders."

"I settled on AIMP as its theme-able and has car ui options."

"Couldn't find another one with this feature."

Symfonium

4.9

(7)

"Solely because I can use my local files and Jellyfin library together."

"✅ by Tolriq the developer of Yatse Kodi remote."

"Symfonium, for local and playing remote files."

"Symfonium has been really nice for me"

"I recently switched to Symfonium after using Poweramp for months."

"I'm using Symfonium. It's paid after a free trial but I ended up paying for both mine and my wife's phone."

Pulsar

4.4

(7)

"Pulsar. It has no ads etc and gets the job done."

"I use Pulsar."

"I like pulsar. It's worked well for me."

"I pay a lil extra for pulsar+"

"I have always used Pulsar and never felt a need to look beyond it."

"For local files."

"Pulsar"

#10

Foobar2000

4.3

(7)

"Foobar2000 on Windows, strawberry on Linux."

"I'm hooked on foobar2000."

"Foobar2000"

"Foobar2000 is my favorite."

"If you like foobar2000, then I'd suggest fooyin."

"Foobar2000 used to run decently under Wine."

"The best I have found is foobar2000 with the open lyrics plugin, takes a lot of time to set it up but when it does looks really good."

#11

Plexamp

4.3

(7)

"I use Plexamp with my Plex server."

"I'm on Team Plexamp."

"Or VLC, maybe even the regular android or samsung one."

"Plexamp. Streamed from my Plex server."

"Plexamp"

"Im really enjoying plex amp. It lets you stream it to your phone."

"Plexamp! It’s a way to play files from your home pc remotely."

#12

Audacious

3.9

(7)

"I use Audacious with an old Winamp skin."

"Audacious is compact and has some visuals."

"Audacious."

"Audacious + Easy Effects (for PipeWire)"

"Audacious is similar to AIMP in functionality."

"Audacious Remember to enable the Qt-interface in the settings."

"I use Audacious when I want a reliable audio player."

#13

DeadBeef

4.2

(6)

"DeaDBeeF is the shit"

"Other than it, I’d only recommend deadbeef, it’s very similar to foobar2000."

"The closest thing I've got is deadbeef with window rules."

"I use DeaDBeeF for listening to stuff casually."

"DeaDBeeF."

"If you didn't know, you can completely redo DeaDBeeF's UI if you want."

#14

Auxio

4.8

(5)

"I like Auxio."

"I like Auxio the best."

"Auxio. It's on fdroid"

"Auxio."

"I like Auxio."

#15

Namida

4.6

(5)

"Imma put my shilliing hat on. Namida is best music player for me."

"I abandonned poweramp since I discovered Namida."

"[Namida](https://github.com/namidaco/namida)"

"I really like namida, it is on github, I also use poweramp eq alongside it to autoeq my iems"

"The ui is so slick."

#16

Quod Libet

4.4

(5)

"100% Quod Libet."

"Best one I know of is Quod Libet."

"Give Quod Libet a try."

"Quod Libet."

"I really like the UI on it."

#17

Lollypop

4.4

(5)

"Lollypop is what I always used since GNOME 3.38, never failed me."

"I really enjoy Lollypop because I used iTunes for years."

"Lollypop has equalizer which Elisa did not have."

"Lollypop and Cmus"

"Lollypop."

#18

Neutron

4.4

(5)

"Neutron, don't bother with anything else."

"No way."

"Neutron"

"You should probably try them all and see what you like."

"I use Neutron because its free and has tons of features (:"

#19

VLC Media Player

4.2

(5)

"I like VLC for playing CDs"

"I like vlc"

"VLC."

"Vlc"

"I still use VLC"

#20

Elisa

4.2

(5)

"I use Elisa, love jt."

"Elisa is very decent tho!"

"It's a good player for my main way of listening to music, queuing up some albums and playing them, and looks very nice while doing so."

"Try Elisa."

"If you're contempt with Elisa's feature set and UI like I am."

#21

Amazon

4.8

(4)

"We have Amazon prime so we created a playlist of her favourite music and scheduled the Alexa to play her playlist at various times during the day."

"I’ve got Amazon music that my mom plays on the echo."

"I gave my old Echo Show 5 to my mother."

"It's worked out well! We have different USB's for different moods."

#22

BlackPlayer

4.5

(4)

"Blackplayer"

"BlackPlayer, no ads and free, easy to use and lots of options to customize."

"I use Blackplayer. It lets me navigate my local library on the car screen."

"Free - black player"

#23

Tauon Music Box

4.3

(4)

"Currently I'm using Tauon Music box and/or Musicbee running with proton/wine"

"I like Tauon Music Box."

"After a long search and testing I am using Tauon Music Box."

"Is pretty cool, has scrobbling, clean interface and is actively maintained."

#24

Harmonoid

4.0

(4)

"I use Harmonoid it's underrated"

"Https://harmonoid.com/"

"A bit late, but Harmonoid (Windows/Linux/Android) it can play the lyrics on real time without downloading them."

"I've been liking Harmonoid quite a bit."

#25

mpv

5.0

(3)

"Use mpv!!!"

"MPV is my shit. Great controls and keybindings."

"IMO mpv is the best multimedia player"

#26

Tauon

4.7

(3)

"For me the best is Tauon: works really well, fast, minimal design."

"Tauon is spectacular and deserves more recognition."

"I prefer Tauon. Simple interface, doesn't take up the whole screen."

#27

JetAudio

4.7

(3)

"JetAudio"

"JetAudio."

#28

Clementine

4.7

(3)

"I love Clementine."

"Not just because of internet radio, but because it has all the other features i want in a player."

"I've been using Clementine for a while."

#29

Toniebox

4.3

(3)

"Have you checked out the Toniebox? We have one for my 6 year olds."

"We have the tonie box for our soon to be 2 year old."

"Weve got a toniebox."

#30

Sayonara

4.3

(3)

"The absolut best Music Player are audacious and Sayonara Player."

"I use Sayonara"

"I like Sayonara, but that is just me."

#31

Pulsar+

4.3

(3)

"Pulsar+ I use it mainly because I'm used to the Sony music player."

"Pulsar+ (pro versión modded)"

#32

Amberol

4.3

(3)

"It was built for GNOME but looks absolutely stunning on KDE too."

"I use Amberol for my own music collection and Cider for Apple Music."

"If you're on GNOME, and want a beautiful and simple music player, I think Amberol might be of interest?"

#33

Rhythmbox

4.0

(3)

"It's hard to argue against Rhythmbox, IMO."

"I use Rhythmbox daily, but I have Strawberry on the side."

#34

Samsung Music

4.0

(3)

"Samsung music does all that and has built in Spotify."

"My Samsung phone came with the Samsung Music Player app and I also have Pulsar installed."

"Does everything I need and the UI is great."

#35

Apple Music

4.0

(3)

"Apple music if you want the best quality"

"Works great and CarPlay phone calls seem to have better quality."

"I use Apple Music just for the sake of simplicity."

#36

CMus

4.0

(3)

"Cmus for a local player that's simple, fast and lightweight."

"I'm a fan of cmus, which has a text-based UI."

"I like cmus."

#37

Cantata

4.0

(3)

"I like Cantata more for its awesome online radio feature."

"Cantata, strawberry music player, fooyin."

"I like Cantata."

#38

Spotify

5.0

(2)

"Spotify. I love the curated/recommended playlists it creates for you based on the music you listen to."

"Spotify"

#39

Phonograph

5.0

(2)

"Phonograph."

"Phonograph. Basic, simple and it can read a lot of different format."

#40

Gramophone

5.0

(2)

"Gramophone. Its open source."

"[Gramophone](https://github.com/AkaneTan/Gramophone)"

#41

MediaMonkey

5.0

(2)

"It does everything that I need for it."

"Been a MediaMonkey Gold user for a decade. I've tried them all, just to see if there is something better, but always come back to MM."

#42

Roon

4.5

(2)

"Roon"

"Roon or Audirvana if you’re willing to pay for a sub."

#43

Amarok

4.5

(2)

"Amarok works perfectly well on Plasma 6."

"Go with Amarok using the pkgbuild until the port to Qt6 is released later."

#44

Pi Music Player

4.5

(2)

"Pi Music Player Hasn't failed me yet in almost a decade"

"For ages now."

#45

USB Audio Player Pro

4.5

(2)

"Usb audio player pro Poweramp Neutron Player N7 Player"

"USB Audio Player Pro"

#46

Musicpod

4.5

(2)

"Musicpod is an excellent alternative for what you're looking for."

"What about Musique or Musicpod?"

#47

QMMP

4.5

(2)

"[Qmmp](https://qmmp.ylsoftware.com/) is my go-to player and has been for longer than I can recall off the top of my head."

"I'm a fan of QMMP and Audacious."

#48

Spotube

4.5

(2)

"Spotube is amazing."

"Spotube."

#49

Evermusic

4.5

(2)

"Try Evermusic"

"Try Evermusic."

#50

LCG Jukebox

4.0

(2)

"You might wanna check out lcg jukebox, oggplay, ttpod or ultramp3 as alternatives to the built-in music player."

#51

Fossify

4.0

(2)

"Fossify Music Player. It reads your storage and goes off of file and folder names."

"Fossify Music."

#52

Samsung

4.0

(2)

"If you're on samsung and if not, Muzio(1) or AIMP(2)"

"Samsung music, imo is a very simple and minimalistic music player."

#53

Omnia

4.0

(2)

"Works well and it is very convenient as it works with folders of your choice."

"Omnia bought it ages ago supports all common audio formats."

#54

MPD

4.0

(2)

"Mpd and ncmpcpp it's a command line music player but it's charming non the less."

"The Linux geek way is MPD."

#55

Metro

4.0

(2)

"Of the ones available in F-Droid, I prefer Metro. But to be honest my most used music apps are non-FOSS (Musicolet and Poweramp). But Metro is good enough for a FOSS Music Player."

#56

Mixxx

4.0

(2)

"Try Mixxx."

"Mixxx."

#57

MusicBee

4.0

(2)

"I use music Bee, it may be to your liking."

"Tried 'em all, haven't found a linux player I like so ended up running Musicbee (windows) using wine. Took some fiddling to get it to work but it's worth it - haven't found another player with playlist and sorting options that can match it."

#58

Tonie

4.0

(2)

"We have the Tonie and some of the pre-loaded song ones."

"Honestly, either would be great for what you want."

#59

Dopamine

3.5

(2)

"I use Dopamine"

"I use Dopamine 3 (local playback of lossless music files) for my music and it has a a function to pull lyrics of songs you play."

#60

HibyMusic

5.0

(1)

"I have been using HibyMusic for the past 2-3 years. Works quite well."

#61

Hiby

5.0

(1)

"If you're an audiophile, use hiby music player."

#62

Huawei

5.0

(1)

"It's absolutely fucking amazing in every way."

#63

Crimson

5.0

(1)

"Is amazing."

#64

Retro Music

5.0

(1)

"Retro music for offline audio files"

#65

Stellio Player

5.0

(1)

"[Stellio Player](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=io.stellio.music)"

#66

USB Audio Player

5.0

(1)

"Usb audio player, by far the best"

#67

Nyx

5.0

(1)

"Nothing will ever beat nyx (get the pro)"

#68

Muziqi

5.0

(1)

"Muziqi is the music app I made for users like me: those who want a feature-rich player for the music they own."

#69

Innertune

5.0

(1)

"Innertune."

#70

FOSS Music Player

5.0

(1)

"I personally use FOSS Music Player."

#71

JRiver Media Center

5.0

(1)

"Check out JRiver Media Center."

#72

KDE

5.0

(1)

"KDE's Elisa"

#73

Navidrome

5.0

(1)

"Navidrome has been a game changer for me."

#74

Retro

5.0

(1)

"I refuse to use any other media player. Purely cause of it UI."

#75

Neutron Music Player

5.0

(1)

"Paid - Neutron"

#76

JBL

5.0

(1)

"The brand we got was JBL but I’m sure there are plenty."

#77

Ampache

4.0

(1)

"I'm using ampache on the server and subsonic on Android."

#78

Echo Dot

4.0

(1)

"The kid's echo dot works really well for us."

#79

Shokz

4.0

(1)

"Look into Shokz openWater."

#80

YouTube Music

4.0

(1)

"I use yt music revanced and vlc for online and offline respectively"

#81

Muzio

4.0

(1)

#82

Blackplayer

4.0

(1)

#83

n7player

4.0

(1)

"N7player"

#84

BubbleUPnP

4.0

(1)

"I'm using bubbleupnp, good player which integrates Quboz and Tidal."

#85

Ymusic

4.0

(1)

"Ymusic. It can even double as an ad free YouTube."

#86

Onkyo

4.0

(1)

#87

GMU Music

4.0

(1)

"You can grab GMU Music Player through PortMaster."

#88

Rocket Music Player

4.0

(1)

"For over a decade now!"

#89

DoubleTwist

4.0

(1)

"Has been pretty solid for me."

#90

1by1

4.0

(1)

"I use 1by1 for music files stored in my phone."

#91

Simple Music Player

4.0

(1)

"Simple Music Player."

#92

QMPlay2

4.0

(1)

"**QMPlay2**."

#93

Audirvāna

4.0

(1)

"You could try Audirvāna software."

#94

TuneIn

4.0

(1)

"For ultimate experience I use TuneIn web player as a web app"

#95

Fooyin

4.0

(1)

"I think there are only two good options. 1) An app called fooyin which is very new but under heavy development."

#96

ShokzSwim

3.0

(1)

"Easier than in-ear buds. But the sound quality is okay, at best."

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