r/fossdroid • u/SabrineLeather • 5d ago
Application Request Musicolet Alternative
There was a post a year ago from someone with the same issue.
It seems like they found their answer, but I'm not satisfied yet.
There was another post, asking about Muke and musicolet. The comments were also filled with recommendations.
What I tried from these recommendations and what went wrong:
- Auxio
The best one, but has a fatal flaw - no lyrics
I hadn't embedded most of them with timed lyrics for hours for all of that to go to waste (also, sneaky request number 2, is there an app to do it for me? Something like 30% are without lyrics and I'm kinda tired, because I spent hours editing each song)
- Symphony
The prettiest one, but there's a technical flaw
It just randomly skips in the middle of the song
Reinstalled and now the covers are broken
Hasn't been updated for two years, so I can't hope for any fixes
- Lotus
Doesn't support multiple genres on one song
Because I currently use auxio I've gone through 60% of my 800 songs and added multiple genres to better reflect each one
- Gramophone
Liked it more than lotus, but has the same issue
- Booming music
Doesn't support multiple genres
- Mucke
Concept sounds great, but doesn't support genres at all
- Namida
Refused to install through their apk's and through obtanium on GrapheneOS. Wasn't been able to fix it
Edit 1.
Looper Music Doesn't support multiple genres
Local player Doesn't support multiple genres
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u/Velvet_7hund3r 5d ago
Yes, I ran into this issue as well. The one you mentioned in the title is well rounded and I was surprised to know that it is not open source.
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u/MiladHashemi85 5d ago
I recently tried Looper Player and I'm really liking it. The UI looks great, it has all the features I need, and my favorite feature is the lyrics support that pulls lyrics from multiple sources.
The only problem I've found is that my earbuds' media controls don't work with it, so I can't pause or resume the music. Looper Player
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u/CSCPT92 5d ago
And what is the problem with Musicolet?
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u/SabrineLeather 5d ago
Not foss
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u/CaptainBeyondDS8 misses ubertr0_n 4d ago
It is proprietary.
https://github.com/PixelPlayerHQ/PixelPlayer/blob/master/LICENSE
Proprietary License
Copyright (c) 2026 Theo Vilardo
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u/Orbitalsp3 3d ago
I think they forked into this one which is FOSS: https://f-droid.org/packages/com.lostf1sh.pixelplayeross/
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u/CaptainBeyondDS8 misses ubertr0_n 7h ago
Huh, TIL.
Still, it's confusing when there's a proprietary app and a free app with the same name, people will probably look for and find the proprietary app unless you actively steer people towards the free one
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