Android Music Apps

[DefDC]

I just obtained my first android phone (Droid 1) as a stopgap until the Bionic arrives. Everything is obviously nicer than my old Omnia1, except the music player!

Can anyone recommend a player that will reliably resume playback? I listen to a lot of long podcasts this is really getting on my nerves. WinAmp is the only player that I've seen that at least ATTEMPTs to resume. I've tested the stock player, DoubleTwist, and WinAmp.

I've heard the 2.3 player is pretty buggy, is it worth updating?

Any suggestions?

(FWIW, I was using PocketPlayer on my WinMo 6.5 phone. It's was immensely more feature packed than other music App I've seen so far...)

 

[NikolaeVarius]

Power Amp?

 

[boomhower]

For podcasts I use beyondpod. I listen to a lot of twit shows that can be up to two hours long and it works great. Even has a decent widget. I like the pocast app since it downloads the latest stuff by itself. Just hit update before I jump in the shower and I have the latest stuff ready to go when I leave for work. For music I use winamp.

 

[sjwaste]

PowerAmp

 

[anxi80]

I use ³ (aka. Cubed music player). Unique and nifty interface, widgets, and resumes *immediately* for me on my music.

 

[Spoooon]

Poweramp is nice, but it's not 4.99 nice (I think that's the price).

I switch from cubed to mort to winamp.

For podcasts, I'd probably just go with a dedicated app.

 

[blackangst1]

Poweramp is nice, but it's not 4.99 nice (I think that's the price).

Yes, it is actually.

 

[hennessy1]

have you tried mixzing?

 

[BenSkywalker]

Poweramp is nice, but it's not 4.99 nice (I think that's the price).

I completely agree, I'd pay $20 for it without hesitation. Full EQ support, FLAC support, everything about it really in terms of functionality. The UI may not be the slickest I've seen, but the functionality of PowerAmp makes it a must have IMO. Good thing is you can download a fully functional timed demo to decide for yourself if it's worth it or not.

 

[simonizor]

Yes, it is actually.

I agree. PowerAMP not only has more features than the rest, but the audio quality is much better than any of the other players I have tried. It's also the only player with a lockscreen replacement that doesn't unlock to the stock unlock screen (for me at least).

@OP: If you're talking about resuming playback when you plug in your headphones, PowerAMP does that.

 

[tdawg]

I like Songbird, personally. Free and a nice interface.

 

[Spoooon]

I completely agree, I'd pay $20 for it without hesitation. Full EQ support, FLAC support, everything about it really in terms of functionality. The UI may not be the slickest I've seen, but the functionality of PowerAmp makes it a must have IMO. Good thing is you can download a fully functional timed demo to decide for yourself if it's worth it or not.

How about: not worth it to me.

 

[quakefiend420]

I'm using mortplayer.

 

[runawayprisoner]

I use ³ (aka. Cubed music player). Unique and nifty interface, widgets, and resumes *immediately* for me on my music.

I second this. It's a nice player. A bit buggy but the interface and performance sets it apart from the others.

 

[I Saw OJ]

I like the winamp app. Works well, easy interface and its free.

 

[QueBert]

Unless a newer version of PowerAmp added it, it can't even sort by genre. To my knowledge no music app on Android does, but for $5 that missing is inexcusable. I don't know how people with big collections of diverse music use an Android.

With that said I liked Cubed better than anything else. It has no genre support but it's free and overall not as shitty as the others.

 

[Anubis]

I don't know how people with big collections of diverse music use an Android.
.

by not using my phone to play MP3s. thats what i have an MP3 player for.
when phones start coming with more then 100 gigs of space on them ill swap over

also Ive NEVER sorted my collection by genre. i have 1 massive playlist with everything in it and just set it to random

 

[ChronoReverse]

Unless a newer version of PowerAmp added it, it can't even sort by genre. To my knowledge no music app on Android does, but for $5 that missing is inexcusable. I don't know how people with big collections of diverse music use an Android

Winamp does it.

 

[mcveigh]

Winamp for me. I love it

 

[s44]

I'm using mortplayer.

+1

 

[BenSkywalker]

Unless a newer version of PowerAmp added it, it can't even sort by genre.

Yes, it can. Not sure when the feature was added as it has done it as long as I've used it.

I don't know how people with big collections of diverse music use an Android.

I feel the same way about iOS devices- iTunes is the poorest piece of mass market software I have ever seen.

With that said I liked Cubed better than anything else.

Cubed is a great app for iPhone fans. Nice slick interface, a slick interface and a slick interface, oh yeah, and a slick interface. Sound quality, playback support, EQ for all file types, who needs any of that when you have a nice pretty UI

 

[uli2000]

I use Winamp. Plus, it will sync music over wifi.

 

[blackangst1]

Unless a newer version of PowerAmp added it, it can't even sort by genre. To my knowledge no music app on Android does, but for $5 that missing is inexcusable. I don't know how people with big collections of diverse music use an Android.

PA can sort by genre. Or album. Or artist. Or customized playlist.

 

[Raduque]

I use MixZing. It will generally resume playback at the correct point during playback even after a reboot.

 

[Headcase_Fargone]

Zimly here. Not a whole whole lot of features, but a nice, simply interface and it does everything I personally need it to. They've been updating it a good bit lately too.