Music

Replace your Music. Start with these.

As of 17 Oct 2026, 78 apps can replace the Music on Android. These 8 are where we'd start.

Eight to start with.

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App ▲ What it does Price Updated ▼ Min Android ▼ Get it
Apollonuclearfog
 Apollo Music Player Free 20 Sept 2026 Android 5.0+ F-Droid
AuxioAlexander Capehart
 A simple, rational music player Free 5 Aug 2026 Android 7.0+ F-Droid
BematistTop 8pakeha-by
 Matches your local music's BPM to your running cadence in real time Free 15 Oct 2026 Android 13+ F-Droid
Booming Musicmardous
 Clean, fast, and Material-driven music player with powerful features Free 1 Oct 2026 Android 8.0+ F-Droid
CastLabThomas
 Cast your media to DLNA/UPnP and FCast devices Free 25 Sept 2026 Android 7.0+ F-Droid
Chocolasosauce
 Chocola is a cute and powerful offline music player app for Android! Free 8 Oct 2026 Android 9+ F-Droid
Classical Music ScannerAndreas Kromke
 Auxiliary program for the Unpopular Music Player and Opus 1 Music Player Free 3 Sept 2025 Android 5.0+ F-Droid
Classical Music TaggerAndreas Kromke
 A plain audio file metadata editor especially for classical music Free 23 Sept 2025 Android 5.0+ F-Droid
ClassiPodAditya R
 🎵 iPod Classic player for local music and Subsonic/Navidrome streaming Free 8 Oct 2026 Android 7.0+ F-Droid
cmus music player (android)Patrick Gaskin
 Lightweight music player with touch-friendly controls and system integration Free 23 Sept 2026 Android 14+ F-Droid
Cover FetcherKanedias
 Vanilla Music player Cover Fetch plugin Free 15 May 2020 Android 4.0+ F-Droid
DialogMusicPlayerVishnu Sanal T
 A simple and minimal music player dialog :) Free 27 Aug 2025 Android 5.0+ F-Droid
dreamDroidTop 8Stephan Reichholf
 Control and streaming client for enigma2 based dreamboxes Free 14 Oct 2026 Android 8.0+ F-Droid
drejo playerSertac TULLUK
 Tiny ad-free player with reliable next/previous across mp4 + mkv folders Free 9 Jun 2026 Android 10+ F-Droid
DuWavePOL0i
 Dynamic local and online music player Free 23 Sept 2026 Android 7.0+ F-Droid
Felicity Music Player (Trial)Hamza Rizwan
 Advance audiophile grade offline music player Free 3 Oct 2026 Android 10+ F-Droid
FluxThe Masked Dev
 Modern local video player and library for your movies, shows, and anime Free 12 Oct 2026 Android 10+ F-Droid
FoldioIvan Kanis
 A music player that treats folders as playlists Free 21 Aug 2026 Android 5.0+ F-Droid
Fossify Music PlayerTop 8Fossify
 and Ad-free Music Player with customizable widget & sleep timer Free 14 Oct 2026 Android 8.0+ F-Droid
Gramophonenift4
 Simple offline music player with minimalistic design Free 23 Aug 2026 Android 5.0+ F-Droid
Homer Audio Player for SeniorsMarcin Simonides
 Audiobooks and podcasts: simple player managed by a caregiver Free 21 Sept 2026 Android 6.0+ F-Droid
Just (Video) PlayerMarcel Dopita
 Simple video player based on ExoPlayer library Free 15 Sept 2026 Android 6.0+ F-Droid
Kasettenico-alvz
 Offline music player. Import local files, no accounts, no servers Free 2 Oct 2026 Android 6.0+ F-Droid
KodiTeam Kodi
 Media center Free 29 Mar 2026 Android 5.0+ F-Droid
LatentJamTop 8Nikita
 Local music player with an on-device recommender. No account, no network Free 15 Oct 2026 Android 7.0+ F-Droid
LinthraTheZupZup
 local-first music player for music you own. No forced sync Free 6 Oct 2026 Android 7.0+ F-Droid
Little Music PlayerMGGames
 Android 1.0+ mini notification based audio player Free 22 Jul 2023 API 1+ F-Droid
Local PlayerCristian
 Modern local music player with word-by-word synchronized lyrics support Free 4 Oct 2026 Android 7.0+ F-Droid
Lotusdn0ne
 Music player designed with Material You Free 28 Jan 2025 Android 7.0+ F-Droid
LotusBjorn99
 Music player designed with Material You Free 12 Oct 2026 Android 7.0+ F-Droid
LuneMrDemonc
 Modern local music player for Android Free 29 Sept 2026 Android 7.0+ F-Droid
MA MusicVayun Mathur
 A basic M3Y music player app Free 4 Aug 2026 Android 12+ F-Droid
MetroMuntashir Al-Islam
 Best material design music player for Android Free 10 Apr 2023 Android 5.0+ F-Droid
MetroMusicDiffechento
 A music player in the Windows Phone 8 idiom, for the music on your phone Free 29 Sept 2026 Android 8.0+ F-Droid
MonsterMusicztftrue
 A Music Player with Equalizer and more Free 26 Jul 2026 Android 11+ F-Droid
MPDMusic Player Daemon
 A flexible, powerful, server-side application for playing music Free 1 Feb 2025 Android 7.0+ F-Droid
mpv-androidPrismriver Media
 Listen to music and watch videos Free 19 Sept 2026 Android 6.0+ F-Droid
muckeMoritz Weber
 A music player for local files with unique custom playback options Free 19 Aug 2026 Android 7.0+ F-Droid
Music Player LiteAtul Patare
 An elegant and light weight music player Free 29 May 2025 Android 6.0+ F-Droid
NekoVideoNKL's
 local video player with folders, private content and DLNA cast Free 14 Oct 2026 Android 11+ F-Droid
Next PlayerAnil Kumar Beesetti
 A simple material you video player based on Media3 Free 14 Oct 2026 Android 7.0+ F-Droid
NFC Radiotrapplab
 Simple NFC audio player to start playback with NFC tags Free 14 Sept 2026 Android 7.0+ F-Droid
NOVA Video Player
 Video player for local/network content with subtitle/metadata download support Free 24 May 2025 Android 6.0+ F-Droid
OdeonThibault Seisel
 Play and manage locally stored music files Free 5 Aug 2021 Android 5.0+ F-Droid
Odyssey Music PlayerGateship-One
 Music player optimized for speed and simplicity? - Indeed Free 29 May 2025 Android 5.0+ F-Droid
OmegaPlayerarslandaim
 Better and easier video playback Music player Private Vault with biometric Free 16 Sept 2026 Android 7.1+ F-Droid
OpenSoundLouis Marchand
 A simple module that can be use to easily open any sound file, from any app Free 8 Jan 2022 Android 6.0+ F-Droid
Opus 1 Music PlayerAndreas Kromke
 Feature enhanced sibling of the "Unpopular Music Player" Free 3 Sept 2025 Android 5.0+ F-Droid
Phocidtjysunset
 A modern offline music player with familiar designs Free 11 Jun 2026 Android 11+ F-Droid
Phonograph Pluschr_56
 A revived classic material designed local music player for Android Free 27 Mar 2026 Android 7.0+ F-Droid
pitcherTop 8k1monfared
 Change the key of any song, keep the tempo. Tuner, loops, speed. Offline Free 16 Oct 2026 Android 10+ F-Droid
PixelPlayerOSSlostf1sh
 Local-first Android music player for offline and self-hosted libraries Free 17 Aug 2026 Android 11+ F-Droid
PlusPlayTop 8Kazi Mohammad Foysal
 A minimal, lightweight Android video player app written in Kotlin Free 15 Oct 2026 Android 5.0+ F-Droid
Pulse MusicAshutosh Patoa
 An offline music player app, with modern UI and powerful features Free 1 Jun 2021 Android 5.0+ F-Droid
Retro MusicHemanth Savarala
 Material You Design Music player for Android Free 16 Aug 2026 Android 7.0+ F-Droid
RhythmTop 8Anjishnu Nandi
 Your Music, Your Rhythm - Privacy-first player with Material 3 design Free 15 Oct 2026 Android 8.0+ F-Droid
Rubber RingTop 8Kreuder
 A looper for practicing song parts Free 15 Oct 2026 Android 8.0+ F-Droid
SAF Media ScannerAndreas Kromke
 Auxiliary program for the "Unpopular Music Player" and "Opus 1 Music Player" Free 3 Sept 2025 Android 6.0+ F-Droid
SatunesAntoine Pirlot
 Satunes is a mp3 player developed by an organic intelligence Free 25 Mar 2026 Android 5.1+ F-Droid
SicMu NeoMira Alpmann
 Simple, full-featured, file-based music player Free 1 Jul 2026 Android 8.0+ F-Droid
SicMu Player
 Folder based music player. Shows and follows folder hierarchy Free 25 Feb 2026 Android 4.0+ F-Droid
SideDeckManuel Jiménez
 Free DJ app. Mix on your phone. No subscriptions Free 2 Oct 2026 Android 8.0+ F-Droid
Snapcast
 Snapcast client for Android Free 9 Apr 2025 Android 5.0+ F-Droid
Soul SearchingNoah Penin
 A complete and powerful music player for Android Free 12 Oct 2026 Android 8.0+ F-Droid
Sound CenterAli Zare
 Local music, podcast, stream and cloud player, built to enhance your quality of Free 12 Oct 2026 Android 7.0+ F-Droid
SoundAuraCliffracerMerchant
 A background audio player for studying / working Free 1 Oct 2026 Android 7.0+ F-Droid
StopptanzDehalion
 Freeze Dance & Musical Chairs music timer, fully offline Free 26 Aug 2026 Android 8.0+ F-Droid
SymphonyZyrouge
 Offline music playback is now a breeze Free 21 Dec 2024 Android 9+ F-Droid
Tiny Music PlayerMGGames
 Android 1.0+ minimal (<20KB) notification based audio player Free 9 Feb 2023 API 1+ F-Droid
TūīPombo
 Privacy-first local media player Free 26 Aug 2026 Android 5.0+ F-Droid
Unpopular Music PlayerAndreas Kromke
 Plain music player especially for classical music, for locally stored files Free 3 Sept 2025 Android 5.0+ F-Droid
Vanilla Metadata FetchKanedias
 Vanilla Music player Metadata retrieval plugin Free 2 Jul 2021 Android 4.0+ F-Droid
Vanilla MusicKanedias
 Listen to and manage songs Free 30 Jan 2024 Android 8.0+ F-Droid
Vanilla Tag EditorKanedias
 Vanilla Music player Tag Editor plugin Free 22 Oct 2020 Android 4.0+ F-Droid
Vibefiedri
 Fast, minimalist local music player, 100% offline Free 15 Sept 2026 Android 7.0+ F-Droid
Vinyl Music PlayerAdrien Poupa
 Light and slick material design music player Free 21 Aug 2024 Android 4.4+ F-Droid
VLC
 The best video and music player. Fast and “just works”, plays any file Free 16 Oct 2026 Android 4.2+ F-Droid
Void PlayerTushar
 Modern, high-performance music player with dynamic UI Free 21 Aug 2026 Android 8.0+ F-Droid

'Top 8' marks the apps above. Data from F-Droid and hand-checked entries, as of 17 Oct 2026.

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