Featuring a wide choice of radio apps, this is the best we've come across. As well as the usual BBC radio stations Radio 1, Radio 4, 1Xtra, etc which you can listen to live or on-demand, it brings together all sorts of podcasts, music mixes, live sets and more. You can search by genre, download and listen on-the-go and continue listening where you left off on another device. The app had some teething issues, but has blossomed into a suitably rich and slick home for the BBC's excellent audio output.
SoundCloud is known as the home of emerging artists, so if you want to check out acts and predict which bands are going to make it big, this is the place to do so. The free tier offers over million tracks, mixes, podcasts and more, though we can't vouch for the quality of each that's the trouble with 'up-and-coming' artists.
The upside is you can connect with friends and even the artists directly on the platform, make playlists, and get curated tracklists based on your taste. The downside is that, like many free services, you do have to put up with adverts. See our pick of the Best smartphones. Read up on the new iPhone release date, price and leaks for the new iPhone. Find out where to buy hi-res music: here are the top download sites. What Hi-Fi?
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Specifications Quality of free tier: Up to kbps. Platforms: iOS and Android apps, desktop app, web player, smart TV apps, connected speaker support, cars. Reasons to avoid - Not the best sounding - No lossless audio. Amazon Prime Music. Specifications Quality: kbps. Library size: 2 million. Reasons to avoid - Only free to Prime subscribers. An extensive catalogue makes this free service a compelling prospect. Specifications Quality of free tier: kbps. There are discounts available for Family accounts, students, members of the U.
Formerly known as Slacker Radio, LiveXLive is a new music streaming app that offers you access to millions of music tracks, but also to the latest live events by your favorite artists.
That gives you the ability to listen to specific tracks and albums on demand, offline listening, playlist and station creation, and all the Plus benefits too. But the live footage of concerts and festivals is definitely the draw here. Deezer offers a massive library of tracks, but its headline feature is the Flow feature. Flow learns about your favorite types of music and creates a mix of music and artists just for you, based on artists it knows you like and some it thinks you will.
A lot of music streaming apps are free for a while before charging a fee, but Jango is completely free with no hidden costs. You can browse music, explore by category, or create your own station by searching for an artist. You can also share stations with your friends on Facebook and Twitter. Though battling Metallica and Dr. Now very far away from its roots as a P2P file-sharing platform, Napster has been reborn as a subscription-based music service with 40 million songs in its database.
You can even tweak the tempo, key, time signature, and chords in the process. As an added bonus, BandLab contains a social media element that lets you share your creations — and collaborate on them — with friends. Groovepad brings a similar approach to music-making as other apps, but there are other features here to justify the download. The tutorial Beat School is high up on that list, and it walks you through the process of making a cool song, building it from the ground up.
Looking for a GarageBand alternative? FL Studio Mobile is an advanced audio-editing app that offers synthesizers, drum kits, loop beats, and more. It comes with a bunch of effects, and you can expect to find limiters, parametric equalizers, a chorus tool, and MIDI controller support.
It syncs your projects between devices as well, so you can start a track on the iPad at home, and make tweaks to it on your Galaxy smartphone while waiting for the bus. Definitely one for the kids, Loopimal creates music loops by representing each individual part of the track as a different animal or shape.
The streaming music space is highly competitive, but Spotify distinguishes itself through the impressive amount of curated playlists and suggestions for helping you power through the work day or rock the late night party. Translation, if you're not an audiophile? It sounds fantastic. Tidal features an extensive library of more than 70 million songs, and users can also watch any of more than , ad-free music videos. Other extras include curated lists and music identification and discovery tools.
The catch? Poweramp includes support for a wide variety of audio formats, a band graphic equalizer, lyrics for songs, numerous playlist formats and. A tag editor, fast library searching, home and lock screen widgets and numerous visual and setting customizations make Poweramp a heck of a choice if you're willing to shell out for a nice Android music player app. The app is smarter than its contemporaries when it comes to search and listings as well. You can browse by composer, conductor, orchestra and other criteria specific to classical, compare recordings and then listen to the streams in lossless audio.
Not keen on doing the hard work? In all, Primephonic is ideal as an introduction to the world of classical and aficionados alike. In n7player, you can also set the library view to filter folders or albums, or display things in an old-school folder view. Interface gimmicks aside, n7 gives you some solid playback options including a band equalizer, smart playlists, device streaming, and more, though some of these are gated behind a premium unlock.
Musicolet is an ad-free music player that eschews syncing and fancy cloud features in favor of delivering offline functionality and a boatload of features for playing your local music files.
As you'd expect from a contender for best Android music player, Musicolet supports a variety of music formats, and includes a nice multi-queue manager for lining up multiple albums or playlists, a tag editor, embedded lyrics support, a sleep timer and widgets.
You won't find a ton of cosmetic customizations here, as Musicolet is all about functionality rather than style. Pi Music Player comes with an interesting grab bag of unusual features, including support for YouTube videos and a floating YouTube player while you navigate other apps , podcasts, a ringtone cutter, and Pi Powershare for sharing music directly to your friends and contacts.
The app also features a 5-band equalizer with 25 presets and 4 visual themes. In-app purchases add more visual customizations, as well as remove advertisements. The lesser-known BlackPlayer is a slick, minimalist app with a clean, configurable interface that packs decent features under the hood. Swipe controls let you easily navigate the library's various views track, album, artist, genre as well as playback.
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