foobar2000

Some qualms: The app is missing a song queue system, which is desperately needed. There does not appear to be an option to backup/export or save a playlist, unlike the Desktop version. A feature like this is really important, yet it’s missing from the mobile app. Song images/album covers often don’t load. Rearranging song order in playlists is quite slow (and occasionally crashes the app…) Sometimes when skipping through a shuffled playlist, a song will play repeatedly, requiring you to skip several times to move to the next song. This is not a big hindrance, but a minor inconvenience.. — On the bright side: There is no ads, which is really great. The UI is easy to understand and navigate. The ReplayGain feature is a life saver, making audio volume consistent (regardless of original file’s volume). Support for a wide variety of audio formats, such as Opus and Wav, is very convenient.

After dropping my mp3 player down a stairwell, I was hoping for an app that would allow the (256 GB) SD card (I had in the player) to be (via a card reader dongle) the music file location. (VCL media player, for example, requires the files to be stored on the device). I didn't want to pay for a subscription to gain this capability. This app did not come up on an app store search; I had to learn about it through one of those "best music player apps" web pages. That it's free adds to the blessing!