Choosing the best music player for Android

Today, the functions of listening to music or watching videos on smartphones are much more in demand, even than the primary functions of mobile phones, so many different audio and video players for every taste have been developed. Users often face the question of which player to choose. And each person will demand different from the application on their smartphone.

This article describes the top 10 players for android. Their functions will be compared, the main advantages, disadvantages and differences highlighted.

Aimp

This is the simplest audio player created for android by analogy with the well-known player for the Windows operating system. It does not differ in the original design, but has all the necessary functions of an audio file player.

Among its advantages, the following can be distinguished:

• the ability to change the style of the interface (color only);
• Replay Gain function for improved volume control;
• setting track information while listening;
• economy in terms of battery consumption.

By cons AIMP should be attributed:

• lack of automation;
• standard equalizer;
• standard interface design;
• the need for mandatory creation of playlists.

In general, AIMP is perfect for a user who does not need any “exotic” and does not seek beauty or uniqueness. And also the player will be appreciated by those who are used to the computer version of AIMP.

Aimp

Musicolet player

This player is also suitable for users who do not require such things as a beautiful animated design, a wide equalizer, bass controls, etc. from the application. However, this player boasts one feature. It completely lacks annoying pop-up ads.

The advantages of Musicolet also include:

• simplicity of the interface;
• 5-band equalizer;
• 9 effects on the equalizer;
• widgets on the Home screen;

The disadvantages of the player:

• unremarkable design;
• lack of Internet connection with the program;
• lack of streaming playback of tracks;
• images attached to tracks are not supported;
• Support for only the most popular audio formats (mp3, ac3, adt, wav).

Musicolet player

Pulsar

This player is very simple and intuitive to operate. Tracks are sorted standardly by the following main criteria:

• Albums
• Performers
• Genres

• takes only 8th place, since the free version of the player has very limited capabilities. A more advanced functionality is provided by the paid version of the Pulsar Music Player Pro program. In it are available:

• 5-band equalizer;
• reverb and bass control;
• online music search inside the application;
• automatic search by artists and albums;
• Intelligent playlists
• sleep timer.

The cost of the paid version of the program on the Play Market is 160 rubles.

Pulsar

Eon player

This application is available in a free and paid version. Its first positive difference from the previous program is a more elaborate design. When you turn on the player, the first thing that is proposed to be done is to choose one of 4 color themes. However, as in the case of Pulsar, most of the features are available only in the paid version of the program - Eon Player Pro.

These include:

• the ability to set pictures from the device as a theme;
• 5-band equalizer;
• convenient navigation through the folders of the smartphone inside the program.
• support for mp3, aac, oog, wav, m4a, flac formats.

The cost of the Eon Player Pro player is 50 rubles.

Eon player

Mezzo

This player is not very different from Pulsar, it has a similar design and interface, however Mezzo, being completely free, has more features than the free version of Pulsar.

We list the advantages of the Mezzo player:

• Configure a Bluetooth headset connection
• the ability to play music during calls or in parallel with other media files;
• custom widgets;
• automatic scanning of added new tracks;
• sorting tracks by various criteria (alphabet, duration, date added, genres, artists, etc.).

Mezzo has the following disadvantages:

• unprocessed design change function;
• pop-up ads;
• standard equalizer.

Mezzo

Music Player 2018

The player, updated in 2018, has gained great popularity among users due to the following advantages:

• stylish design with the ability to customize the interface;
• economical in terms of battery consumption;
• 20 effects in an equalizer for different genres;
• Convenient search and navigation on device folders.

However, this player was not without some sins:

• pop-up ads, and even on top of other applications;
• when playing randomly, frequent repetitions of the same track;
• inconvenient sorting.

Music Player 2018

321 Player

Like AIMP, this is a modification of the player for the Windows operating system. Its main difference from all previous ones is the ability to play not only audio but also video files. The program is designed for a wide range of music, videos shot by the phone’s camera, downloaded movies, voice and sound recordings to the recorder, etc.

Advantages of 321 Player:

• the widest list of supported audio formats (aac, mp1, mp2, mp3, ac3, ape, adt, wav, wma, xm, etc.);
• a large list of playable video formats (3gp, amv, mov, avi, flv, mkv, mp4, mp4v, mxf, wmv, etc.).

But the smartphone application has a couple of shortcomings:

• video player only works in full screen mode;
• no streaming tracks;
• simple design with the impossibility of change;
• missing widgets on the Home screen;
• frequent emergency shutdowns of the application;
• the player is uneconomical in the field of battery consumption and RAM.

321 Player

XMusic

This is a relatively new application. It has:

• Great design with customizability
• magnificent equalizer with echo function;
• supports the following music formats: mp3, midi, wav, flac, aac, ape.

The player has a built-in cache, so users can enjoy their favorite tracks even without access to the Internet.

But like any fresh application, XMusic is still a bit underdeveloped and may have bugs:

• turning on the player yourself when unlocking;
• pop-up ads appear even with an inactive application;
• resetting the equalizer to standard;
• application freeze
• lack of automatic scanning of new tracks, etc.

XMusic

VLC Media Player

This is another player, created by analogy with the player for the Windows operating system. It has characteristics identical to the 321 Player, i.e. Designed to maintain the maximum number of audio and video formats.

However, in some aspects, VLC still wins:

• fixed problem with viewing video in full screen mode;
• the player pulls less RAM and battery power;
• availability of browsing and listening history;
• subtitle settings inside the program;
• advanced 11-band equalizer with 12 effects;
• more pleasant design, although not very elaborate;
• support for music formats aac, mp1, mp2, mp3, ac3, ape, adt, wav, wma, xm, etc .;
• support for video formats 3gp, amv, mov, avi, flv, mkv, mp4, mp4v, mxf, wmv, etc.

Otherwise, the VLC is no different from the 321 Player application. But taking into account all its advantages, as well as the fact that this player is designed for a huge number of music formats and in addition to a lot of video formats, well, not forgetting that it is absolutely free, you can safely award it the 2nd place in this list .

Pi music player

So, what does this player deserve a place at the top of the ranking? It is not designed to watch videos. But without a doubt it can be called the best music player for android, due to its unusual properties:

• The most interesting and elaborate interface design;
• Support for audio books and podcasts and the availability of separate lists for them;
• Pi Power Share is a convenient way to share tracks with different platforms.With this function, you can distribute files or sets of files created by sorting tracks by artist, album, genre, playlist, etc .;
• The function of slicing a song into ringtones. In Pi Music Player it is possible to make a ringtone on your phone from your favorite track by cutting out your favorite part of the song and saving it;
• Perfect volume. In Pi Music Player, the optimal volume level of the sound is set, which will not adversely affect the user's hearing;
• 5-band equalizer with 10 effects;
• Amplifier bass effects of three-dimensional reverb and virtualizer;
• Ability to edit track data;
• Animated transitions between lists and songs;
• Support for music formats aac, mp3, ac3, ape, adt, wav, wma.

With all of the above advantages, Pi Music Player has only one significant drawback - the lack of widgets on the Home screen. But this trifle is compensated by all those opportunities that this player provides to the user. Well, since the player provides all these features completely and completely free, it rightfully takes the 1st place in the list of the best music players for users of the android system.

Pi music player

The described applications, despite the rating, have their own distinctive features, and not only the Pi Music Player, but each player can surprise users with the presence of the very “chip” that they have been looking for for so long.