When it comes to playing locally stored music on an Android device,
most people just use the app that comes pre-installed, which in most
cases is Google Play Music, which isn't really your best option. Some
people use Poweramp, but that's not ideal either if you want something
that's simple and doesn't look like it was designed in the last decade.
Fortunately, there are now tons of great music player apps available for Android. Each of the apps featured below has a beautiful UI with elegant design and meaningful animations. The have all the basic features along with some customization options and also a widget for your homescreen. Most are free or have a free version with reduced functionality. Try them out and let us know what you think.
Shuttle is your classic Material Design app, with a vibrant color
palette and big edge to edge album art. Dig through the settings and you
will find dozens of way to customize the color scheme of the app. Other
features include custom equalizer, downloading artwork
whitelist/blacklisting of tracks, and Last.fm scrobbling.
Phonograph has gone through a lot of UI and even name changes. The
latest one is by far the best looking, with a unique playlist card right
below the now playing screen. Phonograph too has customizable theme and
accent colors, auto download album art, and also gapless playback
support. It doesn't have a custom equalizer though and depends upon your
phone's built-in one, which not all phones have.
Pulsar has a very simple and minimal structure with large buttons and
well laid out text in the Now Playing screen. It has artwork download,
gapless playback, custom equalizer, and Last.fm scrobbling. Theme
options are limited to presets, of which only three are available in the
free version.
BlackPlayer skips out on some of the Material Design guidelines and
goes a bit rogue. It uses large text labels as tabs at the top, which
remind a bit of Windows Phone UI. Clicking an album opens a floating
card with all the tracks. Now Playing screen is super clean with crisp
text and simple, clean button layout and large album art. You can change
the font used in the app and also customize the UI color as precisely
as you want with custom values. The Now Playing screen can also be
modified. There's just a ton of options here, perhaps the most
comprehensive of this group. It also has all the other options you's
want like gapless playback, crossfade, auto artwork downloading, and a
lot more. If you like tinkering with settings, this should keep you busy
for a while.
Despite the name there really isn't anything retro about this app. It
looks completely modern and is quite attractive, with interesting UI
choices and a non-native font. The Now Playing screen is also quite
pretty and the Play button even picks up the color from the album art.
It's a bit light on customization compared to some of the other apps
here but all the basic features are all there. The app is currently in
beta but we found it to be perfectly usable.
This is the oldest app in this bunch and has been around for what
feels like forever now. Back then Android UI design was truly horrible
and doubleTwist felt like a breath of fresh air. Things are different
now but doubleTwist still remains one of the best looking music players
on Android. It has by far the fewest features of all the apps in this
group and it hides some of them behind a paywall but the core music
playback experience is as good as ever. Besides, it has one trick up its
sleeve and that is it can cast music to an AirPlay device like Apple
TV, AirPort Express, or a compatible speaker system. It's also the only
app here that is also a podcast player.
Source:gsmarena
Fortunately, there are now tons of great music player apps available for Android. Each of the apps featured below has a beautiful UI with elegant design and meaningful animations. The have all the basic features along with some customization options and also a widget for your homescreen. Most are free or have a free version with reduced functionality. Try them out and let us know what you think.
Shuttle
Shuttle is your classic Material Design app, with a vibrant color
palette and big edge to edge album art. Dig through the settings and you
will find dozens of way to customize the color scheme of the app. Other
features include custom equalizer, downloading artwork
whitelist/blacklisting of tracks, and Last.fm scrobbling.Phonograph
Phonograph has gone through a lot of UI and even name changes. The
latest one is by far the best looking, with a unique playlist card right
below the now playing screen. Phonograph too has customizable theme and
accent colors, auto download album art, and also gapless playback
support. It doesn't have a custom equalizer though and depends upon your
phone's built-in one, which not all phones have.Pulsar
Pulsar has a very simple and minimal structure with large buttons and
well laid out text in the Now Playing screen. It has artwork download,
gapless playback, custom equalizer, and Last.fm scrobbling. Theme
options are limited to presets, of which only three are available in the
free version.BlackPlayer
BlackPlayer skips out on some of the Material Design guidelines and
goes a bit rogue. It uses large text labels as tabs at the top, which
remind a bit of Windows Phone UI. Clicking an album opens a floating
card with all the tracks. Now Playing screen is super clean with crisp
text and simple, clean button layout and large album art. You can change
the font used in the app and also customize the UI color as precisely
as you want with custom values. The Now Playing screen can also be
modified. There's just a ton of options here, perhaps the most
comprehensive of this group. It also has all the other options you's
want like gapless playback, crossfade, auto artwork downloading, and a
lot more. If you like tinkering with settings, this should keep you busy
for a while.Retro Music Player
Despite the name there really isn't anything retro about this app. It
looks completely modern and is quite attractive, with interesting UI
choices and a non-native font. The Now Playing screen is also quite
pretty and the Play button even picks up the color from the album art.
It's a bit light on customization compared to some of the other apps
here but all the basic features are all there. The app is currently in
beta but we found it to be perfectly usable.doubleTwist
This is the oldest app in this bunch and has been around for what
feels like forever now. Back then Android UI design was truly horrible
and doubleTwist felt like a breath of fresh air. Things are different
now but doubleTwist still remains one of the best looking music players
on Android. It has by far the fewest features of all the apps in this
group and it hides some of them behind a paywall but the core music
playback experience is as good as ever. Besides, it has one trick up its
sleeve and that is it can cast music to an AirPlay device like Apple
TV, AirPort Express, or a compatible speaker system. It's also the only
app here that is also a podcast player.Source:gsmarena
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