Music players come preinstalled on every Android phone. Not all of those apps have all the features, though, which is where third-party apps come into play. You'll find quite a few excellent music players apps on the Play Store. However, a lot of them will dampen your experience with ads.
The good news is there are a few music players that offer an ad-free experience while still offering some quality features. So, here are the 10 best ad-free music player apps.
1. Musicolet
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Musicolet is a music player app with a minimalist UI design. The app requires no internet permissions, so it is entirely offline and ad-free.
Musicolet plays music that you have downloaded and saved on your phone. It allows you to select multiple music files by tag or name and add them to your customized collection.
You can edit tags for multiple music files at once. To enhance the listening experience, the powerful equalizer of Musicolet comes with a Bass Boost and Surround Sound.
Musicolet is free to use with no ads, and most of the features are available in this free version. But you can further enhance its functionality with in-app purchases. You can also backup and restore your settings and playlist as well.
Download: Musicolet (Free, in-app purchases available)
2. Shuttle
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Shuttle is another ad-free and lightweight music player app. It is an offline music player with useful features such as gapless playback, customizable playlists, a 6-band equalizer, and much more.
You can organize your music in the form of a playlist within the app or play music direct from the organized folders of your device. It automatically downloads missing artworks for music files.
Shuttle is free to use. You can purchase the premium version called Shuttle+ if you want more features such as ID3 tag editing, folder browsing, and some extra themes for the app.
Download: Shuttle (Free, in-app purchases available)
3. Pulsar
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Pulsar is a feature-packed music player that allows you to edit tags for a music file, organize songs into playlists, and browse music from device folders within the app.
The smart playlists feature creates a playlist based on recently added, most played, and recently played songs. It also provides Chromecast and Android Auto support and lets you enable sound balance, a sleep timer, and Last.fm scrobbling.
Pulsar is free to use for everyone. It supports almost all audio file formats and is available in 36 languages.
Download: Pulsar (Free)
4. Retro
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Retro is a material design music player that is ad-free with a solid feature set. The app offers more than ten themes for a unique personalized look.
Retro creates an automatic playlist based on your most played and recently added music. It gives you control over what music you see in the app. If you don't want to add specific music files to the music player, you can add them to the blacklist, which hides the files from the library.
It has other features such as drive mode, folder support, gapless playback, a tag editor, user profiles, and many more. It also supports 30 languages.
Retro is free to use, but some advanced paid features are available. With Retro Music Pro, you can get a black theme, lots of Now Playing themes, a carousel effect on the Now Playing screen, and more.
Download: Retro (Free, in-app purchases available)
5. Oto
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Oto is yet another offline music player that is ad-free with a material design and tons of features. It has a light and dark theme and supports Chromecast and Android Auto.
You can listen to music with gapless playback in Oto and create a playlist with multiple sorting options. With its tag editor, you can edit the details for any music file in the library.
The app also offers a sleep timer, replay gain support, a built-in equalizer, and much more. Having so many features, it still manages to maintain a small app size.
Oto is free, with some optional in-app purchases to enhance the experience. It also has a dedicated Discord channel for reporting your issues.
Download: Oto (Free, in-app purchases available)
6. Simple
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Simple is a minimal, open-source ad-free music player. It provides many features to manage and organize music files in a playlist of your preference.
Simple has a unique battery saver feature to reduce the amount of power it uses. The app also lets you create playlists from the device folder, has a sleep timer, and a 5-band equalizer.
As it is open-source, it's free to use for all. The app doesn't require internet permissions, so it's secure and completely offline.
Download: Simple (Free)
7. Phonograph
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Another excellent entry to this ad-free music player list is Phonograph. It supports tag editing, Last.fm integration, and has different UI-colored themes. You can create your custom playlists as well.
It lets you swipe to see music files in the queue and adjust them, and it also automatically downloads additional information for a music file.
Phonograph offers the standard features for free. But you'll have to get the pro version for features such as the sleep timer, equalizer, folder view, and all theme colors.
Download: Phonograph (Free, in-app purchases available)
8. Eon
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Eon is a minimalist ad-free music player. It is highly customizable, so you can personalize its homepage by selecting sections you want to appear there.
The app has a built-in equalizer and can download album art for your music files. You can choose to prevent the screen from going to sleep when playing music, and the app offers four free themes for personalization.
Eon provides its standard features for free. However, it has a pro version for advanced features such as more skins, themes, theme makers, and adaptive widgets.
Download: Eon (Free, in-app purchases available)
9. AIMP
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AIMP is a lightweight, easy-to-use music player that supports offline playback with solid features. The app offers various features such as easy navigation, synchronization, multiple selection, sorting, and gestures.
You can backup and restore settings and playlists. It supports almost all types of audio files and has Android Auto support. The app has a 20-band equalizer that enables you to tweak the sound to however you like it.
You can also bookmark and add your favorite music to play anytime. AIMP has no ads and is free to use. Please note that MIUI devices may cause some compatibility issues.
Download: AIMP (Free)
10. Frolomuse
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Frolomuse is an offline music player that offers a wide range of themes. It's got a powerful equalizer, and drag-and-drop support for managing your queues.
You can exclude downloaded ringtones and other short audio files from your library, while the app also has a ringtone cutter feature that lets you cut favorite parts of your song to use as a ringtone.
This music player offers playback fading and a sleep timer, and lets you filter songs by type. Most of the app's features are free to use, and you can boost your experience with some in-app purchases.
Download: Frolomuse (Free, in-app purchases available)
The music players mentioned above promise to provide you with an uninterrupted and ad-free music experience. Each app has a unique feature set.
The description and screenshots of each app will help you determine the suitable one for you. Read carefully because a few of the apps offer some advanced features in the paid version.
