PowerAmp: the best music player there is ...

player screen

Google provides a nice music player with android that will more than suffice if you want a basic music player for casual use. However, those of you looking for something with more functionality and snazzier interface should try PowerAmp.

equalizer

Over the past year, I have tried MANY different players. Each one had some nice feature that I liked but not one had the one feature that this one has.  An Equalizer.  Of all the music apps on the market that I tried, this was the only one with an adjustable equalizer.  For someone that likes to use his phone in his car or with a blue-tooth headsets or wired headphones: this is a must have feature.

track list

Another great feature, that I have only seen in ONE other player (winAmp) is the gesture-navigation on the album art.  Swipe left goes back one track. Swipe right: goes foward.  Swipe up or down will change albums or artists.  I love this feature since in the car, it's REALLY hard to find and press the small  "<<" ">>" buttons while driving.

It also lets you control the app from the lock-screen by placing some buttons there as well.  No need to wake up the phone, swipe to unlock to access the controls.





Other major features:

home screen widget

- plays mp3, mp4/m4a (including alac), ogg, wma*, flac, wav, ape, wv, tta
- 10 band graphical equalizer for all supported formats, presets, custom presets, per-song/per-output preset assignment
- separate Bass and Treble adjucement
- plays songs from folders and from system media library
- downloads missing album art
- 4 widgets, with album art and without it
- lock screen (2 widget types) with optional Direct Unlock (to home)
- headset support, automatic Resume on headset connection (can be disabled in settings)
- tag editor


Almost every app I have has been free.  This was one of the first I ever paid for and it's truly worth the $5.

There's a 30day trial if you'd  like to demo it first.

Get it now from the android market »