Best music players on Reddit

248 reviews from r/Android, r/linux, r/audiophile and 22 more subreddits

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foobar2000

4.6

(18)

"Gapless playback, highly modular, lightweight, tons of configurable options."

"Foobar is unbeatable in showing you the info you want."

"It's free and you can copy the files as flac or mp3 directly into the phone memory."

"Foobar2000."

"Get foobar."

"I just want foobar2000."

"Foobar"

"Foobar2000 with UPnP plugin for me."

"Foobar2000."

"If you are on Windows, foobar2000 is the way to go."

VLC

4.3

(16)

"I use VLC :) It can do playlists and play music from the SD-card."

"VLC or bust."

"VLC."

"VLC"

"Vlc if you just want to play folders."

"VLC or MusicBee."

"VLC media player."

"VLC Player."

"Vlc"

"VLC, simple and clean"

Poweramp

4.2

(16)

"Is probably the best Music Player and its worth the money."

"Is the best one out there."

"It's paid but worth it."

"Poweramp."

"I use PowerAmp + Official App, no problems so far."

"Poweramp is my fave."

"Poweramp since the beginning."

"If you want to get one of those with the best sound output, get Poweramp."

"All these seem great and I may check them out in the future. But for now Poweramp is still the king to me."

AIMP

4.0

(10)

"AIMP has an ocean of features for audiophiles."

"AIMP."

"Aimp."

"AIMP is great too. Simple interface, just create a playlist from your folder."

"I would suggest AIMP but its a playlist based player"

"AIMP is what I use, but there are many players that can do it."

"Or musicbee."

"I've been using AIMP and it works great."

"I love AIMP for its simplicity and format support."

"Aimp by far used the least amount of memory."

MusicBee

4.2

(9)

"I’ve been using MusicBee for years."

"Has handled my 5TB library without issue."

"Musicbee is one of them."

"If the files are stored locally, then musicbee."

"Musicbee is nice."

"I've been using Musicbee for a few years and have no complaints."

"Musicbee is better than most of these."

"Music Bee. Its not officially on mac... only on windows."

"Try MusicBee or foobar2000."

MPD

4.7

(6)

"Mpd all the way, ncmpcpp as a client."

"It gives you a ton of flexibility."

"Mpd all the way. It can stream it's music using Icecast 2 or it's own built-in webserver."

"It's probably the best of the list."

"`mpd` or `cmus`."

"I use mpd myself."

Shuttle Music Player

5.0

(5)

"I love the Shuttle Music Player(+), with native support to the Simple Last.fm scrobbler."

"Shuttle is the best IMO!"

"Shuttle+ is my favorite, and has been for about six months."

"Shuttle+ is my favourite! I've been using it for some months now!"

"I definitely recommend Shuttle+ and Rocket Player from the list."

Winamp

4.0

(6)

"W I N A M P"

"Winamp, even dead is the best."

"I still use winamp as well. I like it just fine..."

"I use winamp with classic skins"

"Winamp (my fav for decades) doesn't scale on 4k tv."

"Winamp."

Rhythmbox

3.8

(6)

"I like rhythmbox because of its podcast search feature."

"For UI ones, Rhythmbox or Strawberry are good."

"If you're on GNOME, I would suggest Rhythmbox."

"I like rhythmbox for music and mpv for individual files."

"I really like Rhythmbox in conjunction with helm-rhythmbox."

"Rhytmbox is like iTunes."

#10

Clementine

3.8

(6)

"Clementine - https://www.clementine-player.org/"

"Clementine is da bomb. I recommend it for every Linux user."

"GUI - Clementine"

"I use Clementine, but Yarock and Sayonara are nice too."

"I use Clementine but I have to admit I'm only using it because it has a plugin for Spotify."

"Last time I tried Clementine, it had trouble with large music libraries."

#11

Audirvana

4.4

(5)

"Is great. I have 4TB music collection and it plays EVERYTHING."

"Is very good with a library this size."

"Audirvana or MusicBee using WASAPI Exclusive."

"I use Audirovana for one, it's cheaper than roon."

"Take a look at Audirvana and Roon (pricey)."

#12

Spotify

4.0

(5)

"Spotify and AIMP both are good."

"Spotify or Plexamp (for local music)."

"Spotify actually has a huge playlist of ambient sounds, lofi music, even classic videogame soundtracks."

"I have premium, and while there a few bugs... the quality and service of amazing."

"These days I just use Spotify, and you can play local music through that too."

#13

Phonograph

4.0

(5)

"Phonograph"

"Phonograph player's pretty good with nice material design."

"Phonograph is my music player of choice."

"Phonograph is a really nice, Material Design themed player."

#14

BlackPlayer

4.8

(4)

"Is my go-to player."

"Blackplayer is awesome"

"Has the best UI IMO"

"I have a player called Blackplayer. Its simple but has alot of functionally!"

#15

CMus

3.8

(4)

"Im using `cmus` right now, but a lot of ppl seem to like `mpd` + `ncmpcpp` so i may give that a shot."

"I like cmus and rhythmbox."

"Cmus when using console, lollypop otherwise."

"For some reason, my favourite (cmus) isn't even listed."

#16

Musixmatch

3.5

(4)

"Musixmatch is a great choice. It's simple enough, checks all the boxes and has unmatched lyrics support."

"Musicxmatch is kinda underrated IMO."

"Finally, a lyrics app compatible with play music."

"Musixmatch is pretty awful, actually."

#17

Shuttle+

3.3

(4)

"Shuttle+ FTW!!"

"I use Shuttle+ and love it."

"I remember Shuttle+ from a long time ago, Never liked it... Now I love it."

"Used to love shuttle+, have the material beta but damn man, uses 200 fuckinh mb for a music player."

#18

MediaMonkey

3.3

(4)

"I like media monkey."

"I use MediaMonkey, you have to pay ($6 I think) if you want something like folder browsing."

"I'm using media monkey."

"Mediamonkey has both a desktop and a more basic Metro player companion."

#19

Zune

4.3

(3)

"The gold standard (in my opinion) is the Zune Desktop Software."

"Zune!"

"I like Zune software."

#20

Deadbeef

4.3

(3)

"Give DeaDBeef a try ! It's the closest thing to foobar you can get."

"Deadbeef (GNOME GTK+)"

"Deadbeef seemed pretty good last time I tried it."

#21

PlayerPro

4.0

(3)

"PlayerPro here for 4-5 years already."

"I use PlayerPro a lot."

"I recently switched to PlayerPro because I want something with Smart playlists."

#22

Neutron Player

4.0

(3)

"NEUTRON PLAYER IS THE BEST."

"This might meet your requirements."

"My favorite player is Neutron."

#23

JetAudio

4.0

(3)

"Try Jetaudio Plus."

"Https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.jetappfactory.jetaudio"

"JetAudio as it supports fast forward."

#24

Roon

4.0

(3)

"Roon :)"

"Roon can scale & scale, but it is not cheap."

"I'm using Roon (Pricey) for about 2TB of Lossless and it could handle more."

#25

Google Play Music

3.3

(3)

"I like Google Play music."

"Google play music works okay."

"My only problem is all of my local music files are downloaded through Google Play Music and won't show up in other players."

#26

N7 Player

4.5

(2)

"I mainly got it because of its album organisation and it plays flac."

"I like the word cloud for artists."

#27

Auxio

4.5

(2)

"It meets almost all my requirements for an offline local music player."

"I use Auxio, its great but I'm pretty sure it will not do any of that."

#28

Swinsian

4.5

(2)

"Works incredibly well for large collections."

"Is definitely worth a look."

#29

Oto Music

4.5

(2)

"It has very nice material design and I love it."

"[Oto Music](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.piyush.music)"

#30

GoneMad

4.5

(2)

"Needs more gone mad music player."

"I've been using gonemad for a long time and had no reason to switch."

#31

Vanilla Music

4.0

(2)

"I use Vanilla Music personally. It's got a simple UI with a pretty good feature set."

"I love Vanilla Music."

#32

BlackPlayer EX

4.0

(2)

"I decided to install BlackPlayer EX, it's cheap, really customizable."

"Blackplayer ex is what I use, it's pretty good."

#33

JRiver

4.0

(2)

"I’ve been using JRiver for years, works well for me."

"I know that Jriver has a Mac OS version."

#34

N7

4.0

(2)

"I really like N7."

"I really like N7 [$Play link$](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.n7mobile.nplayer) Great player, and I love the interface!"

#35

Namida

4.0

(2)

"Is a pretty new one having some cool features, new experience"

#36

Nightingale

4.0

(2)

"Nightingale has a great interface. It looks and functions just like Winamp."

"I really like the organization of Nightingale."

#37

GoneMad Music Player

4.0

(2)

"Supports embedded lyrics and lrc files."

"I prefer Gonemad because it's much better for organizing your music with live playlists."

#38

Yoto

4.0

(2)

"A Yoto player or a Toni Box would be great for toddlers to access music for themselves."

"Yoto would be great for this though expensive."

#39

Audacious

4.0

(2)

"Audacious is quite good, and it can be made to look and act like Winamp."

"I use Audacious. it's really light and out of the way."

#40

Pulsar

4.0

(2)

"So went back to pulsar, which supports last fm and is also quite nice."

"The one that best fits my needs and looks nice."

#41

Plex

4.0

(2)

"Plex has no issues with large libraries and consumes existing iTunes libs with no issues."

"I use Plex for a library that's far too large for google music."

#42

Amarok

4.0

(2)

"Amarok represent."

"[Amarok](http://amarok.kde.org)"

#43

QMMP

3.5

(2)

"Qmmp is a great xmms/winamp clone."

"Qmmp although I don't use it anymore, audacious works better."

#44

mocp

3.5

(2)

"If you're on Linux I like mocp, CMUS, and ncmpcpp (all command-line based)."

"Mocp"

#45

JRiver Media Center

5.0

(1)

"I’m a big fan of jriver media center"

#46

Samsung Music

5.0

(1)

"It's just an awesome app. Deezloader + Samsung Music is the god combo."

#47

BubbleUPnP

5.0

(1)

"It's 100% compatible with the Last.fm scrobbler app."

#48

Walkman

5.0

(1)

"The Walkman app on Sony trumps them all IMO."

#49

Music Folder Player

5.0

(1)

"I use 'music folder player'; it gives you an explorer discovery type search."

#50

Nyx Music Player

5.0

(1)

"Imo has the best UI and it has multiple lyric tab options."

#51

Media Monkey

5.0

(1)

"Media Monkey is the only thing I use...although I upgraded it to Gold."

#52

Xion

4.0

(1)

"Xion Very simple, ultra light and a lot of skins to chose from."

#53

Cantata

4.0

(1)

"I'm using Cantata with mpd."

#54

Max2Play

4.0

(1)

"I'd suggest you try max2play. It's almost a plug-and-play solution."

#55

S2

4.0

(1)

"It has embedded lyrics support (not synced lyrics though, not yet)..."

#56

NewPipe

4.0

(1)

"Personally I use newpipe"

#57

Simple Last.fm Scrobbler

4.0

(1)

"I use the 'Simple Last.fm Scrobbler' app, which works with pretty much any of the common music playing apps."

#58

Quod Libet

4.0

(1)

"Quod libet."

#59

MPD & ncmpcpp

4.0

(1)

"For cli the mpd & ncmpcpp combo."

#60

Music Locker

4.0

(1)

"Try music locker...its pretty good."

#61

Orphenus & Nexmusic

4.0

(1)

"The ones that have the most potential are orphenus and nexmusic."

#62

Lollypop

4.0

(1)

"Have you tried [Lollypop](https://gnumdk.github.io/lollypop-web/)?"

#63

Tomahawk

4.0

(1)

"[Tomahawk](https://www.tomahawk-player.org/) sounds great."

#64

Musicolete

4.0

(1)

"Give Musicolete a try, it has folder browsing also multiple playlist"

#65

MortPlayer

4.0

(1)

"MortPlayer"

#66

DVDFab Player

4.0

(1)

"DVDFab player is a good choice"

#67

Pulsar+

4.0

(1)

"It has great features, a good EQ adjuster and it has over five plus different themes based on your Android theme color."

#68

JetAudio HD

4.0

(1)

"Jetaudio HD Music player plus"

#69

Stellio Player

4.0

(1)

"I use Stellio Player."

#70

1by1

4.0

(1)

"Minimalistic folder player with smart features and audio enhancing."

#71

USB Audio Player Pro

4.0

(1)

"I use USB audio player pro for my fiio e07k."

#72

Lantern

4.0

(1)

"Lantern music player."

#73

Star Music Player

4.0

(1)

"Star Music Player is actually quite good as well."

#74

Apollo

4.0

(1)

"I'm currently on CM11 using Apollo."

#75

Android Music Player Apps

4.0

(1)

"Here is a ranking of Android Music Player apps."

#76

Decibel

4.0

(1)

"This is my current favourite music player for linux. it is light and simple."

#77

Music Bee

4.0

(1)

"Music Bee is pretty good."

#78

Strawberry

4.0

(1)

"Strawberry is my go to."

#79

Resonic

4.0

(1)

"I've also used the Resonic player that is a nice simple player."

#80

Apple Music

4.0

(1)

"Apple music, vlc for flac."

#81

Tauon Music Box

4.0

(1)

"TauonMusicBox or MusicBee."

#82

PotPlayer

4.0

(1)

"Potplayer is a polished, feature rich, and performant media player."

#83

YouTube Music

4.0

(1)

"I just use YouTube music cause the interface is better."

#84

MPC

4.0

(1)

"Mpc be or classic."

#85

Nuclear

4.0

(1)

"You could try Nuclear for a full featured music player."

#86

Media Player

4.0

(1)

"Media Player (former Groove Music) and AIMP are the best."

#87

Pi Music Player

4.0

(1)

"Plays Mp3, wav, M4a files and has an equalizer."

#88

Black Player

4.0

(1)

"I use Black Player, and I paid the fee to get the premium version."

#89

Until AM

4.0

(1)

"You might check out Until AM."

#90

Amazon Music

4.0

(1)

"I uploaded all my music, mainly from iTunes, to Amazon Music library."

#91

zbox

4.0

(1)

"Zbox is rather decent. i've had a few people tell me they refuse to use anything else."

#92

OneMusic

4.0

(1)

"I've been using onemusic for the past few weeks and it's really quite good."

#93

zPlayer

4.0

(1)

"ZPlayer (based on the Zune software) is super nice too."

#94

Songbird

4.0

(1)

"Songbird!"

#95

MusicXMatch

3.0

(1)

"MusicXMatch. Not too shabby."

#96

Enjoy Music Player

3.0

(1)

"I've been using Enjoy Music Player."

#97

Simple Offline Music Player

3.0

(1)

"Guys this my music player app new to play store."

#98

Shuttle

3.0

(1)

"Is pretty good, but doesn't support folder browsing in the free version."

#99

BS Player

3.0

(1)

"The only one I've found is BS Player."

#100

Lyrics Grabber

2.0

(1)

"I used to use lyrics grabber but it was pulled from the play store."

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