Minimal, privacy-first local music player that skips metadata entirely. What you see is exactly what you name, no hidden tags, no surprises.
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source (GPL-3.0)
United StatesPlatforms
- Android
- F-Droid
Lotus Alternatives
Lotus is described as 'Music player designed with Material You' and is a Audio Player in the audio & music category. There are more than 50 alternatives to Lotus for a variety of platforms, including Android, F-Droid, Android Tablet, Windows and Linux apps. The best Lotus alternative is AIMP, which is free. Other great apps like Lotus are Winamp, MusicBee, MediaMonkey and Fossify Music Player.
Alternatives list
83 Vibe You alternativesVibe You (formerly MellowMusic) is a music app that lets you play music from your device storage and Piped Music.
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Android music player app with support for waveforms, audio tagging via Shazam, and streaming from SoundCloud, YouTube, Spotify, Beatport, and Tidal.
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source (GPL-3.0)
Platforms
- Android
- F-Droid
Terminal-based retro music player inspired by a classic interface, supporting playback from local files, online streams, podcasts, YouTube, Spotify, Navidrome, Plex, and more, with features like a visualizer, parametric EQ, radio browser, and playlist management.
Ad-free, open-source music app offering offline playback, local downloads, background play, animated transitions, unified search, and multi-language charts with a Spotify-inspired interface using the unofficial JioSaavn API, built for privacy and customizability.
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source (GPL-3.0)
Application type
Platforms
- Online
- Android
- Android Tablet
- Self-Hosted
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158 Volumio alternativesVolumio is a free and Open Source Linux Distribution, designed and fine-tuned exclusively for music playback. It runs on a variety of devices, typically small and cheap computers like the Raspberry PI, but also on low power PCs, notebooks or thin clients.
Cost / License
- Freemium
- Open Source (GPL-3.0)
Application type
Platforms
- Android
- iPhone
- Self-Hosted
- Raspberry Pi
- Android Tablet
- iPad
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Groovy is free to use offline music player app for Android devices with lots of extra features.
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229 Roon alternativesRoon identifies your music files and streams, and then overlays a ton of rich metadata to add context to what you're listening to. That information drives Roon's unique experience of browsing, discovering, and organizing music.
Cost / License
- Paid
- Proprietary
Application type
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- Android
- iPhone
- Android Tablet
- iPad
- Self-Hosted
- Synology C2
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Cost / License
- Freemium
- Proprietary (GPL-3.0)
Application type
Alerts
- Warning
Platforms
- Android
- Android Tablet
- F-Droid
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Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source (GPL-3.0)
Application type
Alerts
- Discontinued
Platforms
- Android
- Android Tablet
- F-Droid
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