Music moves people; it unites us, it allows us to relax, and sometimes, when done right, it can even motivate us to do great things. Poweramp does great things.
The #1 paid music player in the Google Play Store 4 years running—Poweramp is the most powerful music player available on the Android OS. Features like gapless play, an unmatched equalization system, great crossfade, and support for most popular music file format might all make Poweramp the best $3.99 you have ever spent in your life—2+ million users would agree to that.
Top comments
Nexy
16 Nov 15155#49
Hotter than a jalapeno's ignited fart! It is THE music player on Android.
Pro-tip: Make sure, if you have any porn on your android device, that it doesn't get added to your media library.
Otherwise shuffle becomes a game of "porn sounds Russian roulette". If Poweramp can read the audio from a video file, it will happily do so. Ooooh yeeeeah. Like that. Yeah, you like that, don't you? You're a naughty boy.
Ahem.
brookysm
16 Nov 1513#1
Brilliant player, brilliant deal!
reeceyb
17 Nov 156#112
Brilliant Price for a brilliant App!
However, as Nexy noted if you do have any porn make sure you exclude it by choosing a designated folder, I found out the hard way and a the screaming vocals of Bon Jovi came to an end in came (no pun intended) the sounds of what I tried to play it off as a dog eating a pack of ice lollies came playing at full volume whilst my family was in the car...
fetrate to DaRkHOTUK
16 Nov 156#7
this is a music player
Latest comments (234)
BeachyBall
2 Dec 15#234
Gone up to £2.99, I missed the bargain.
Tatone
1 Dec 15#233
Expired, up to £2.99 now
sofiasar
29 Nov 15#232
99 ,p
plus says its black Friday sale lol
lapos599
29 Nov 15#231
expired
4d4m
27 Nov 151#230
Seems to be 99p now
mkohagan
26 Nov 15#229
Sorry I know this might be a really stupid question, and I do know it's a music player, but would it work as an equaliser if you're playing songs through Spotify through a Bose Bluetooth speaker?
scottgomersall
25 Nov 15#228
Excellent and definitely worth 10p but prefer Shuttle personally.
leafyraja
25 Nov 15#227
Its showing $3.99. How much am paying :-(
leeappleby125
25 Nov 15#226
Great App and for 19p... wow :smiley:
TjW1072
24 Nov 15#225
Amazing player. Thanks op!
Gedfaz
23 Nov 15#223
Had to uninstall it... wouldnt stop playing at random and was absolutely **** at getting the correct album art.
fahed2000 to Gedfaz
23 Nov 15#224
it's v good at album art if u have the correct tags on the the media file / mp3. also if u have album art in the folder of these mp3 it would probably use it by default. if u r music is on the SD card consider the limitations by android KK and above. the work around is it place it in the app folder. as for random playback, I never had any incidents
fahed2000
23 Nov 15#222
I love poweamp however is there a way to make it the default in Google now. when I say OK Google play music it uses Play music
zachary1000
23 Nov 15#221
what a bargain.this is awesome!! would love this level of control on my ipod classic! heat added.
ronmanager
23 Nov 15#220
I bought this years ago because the volume on Android devices was so low even on max. Poweramp has a preamp so you can boost up the volume considerably to a decent level. Otherwise it's a good player with easy controls and equaliser etc.
weyyytictacs1
23 Nov 15#219
Fantastic! Well worth the 10p! Replaces my Neutron player nicely :smiley:
Isis88
23 Nov 15#218
Showing as the regular price for me now?
cmorebutt6969
22 Nov 15#217
Brought great price and great product
briggsy24_7
21 Nov 15#216
thanks
leobella
21 Nov 15#215
any bogofs on this as too expensive for me.
chocci
20 Nov 15#214
The truth hurts I suppose
dewponds
20 Nov 15#213
incidentally, ,just tried it myself and works as expected - doubt you'll get much help here
I don't appreciate being called a smartarse by the way.
dewponds
20 Nov 15#212
this site is for comments about the deal not tech support ****
omg i can't believe the number of people that are completely clueless with technology - if you don't understand what the app can do or is capable of then it's not for you - save yourself 10p
Fantastic deal for a fab app by the way!
chocci to dewponds
20 Nov 15#211
Nice and helpful
Two people have now asked how to switch from mono to stereo as clicking the mono button does nothing except underline it
It would have been quicker for you to help rather being a smartarse ****
Matt_Motion
20 Nov 15#210
Possibly the funniest piece of advice ive read online :laughing:
Voted hot as for 10p this is a definite no-brainer, gutted i paid full price for this a while back (but cant complain too much i used google play credit from google opinion rewards) still hot though
alkydale
20 Nov 15#208
How do I turn from mono to stereo please?
slicendice
20 Nov 15#207
Not sure whether that makes me feel better or not! ;-)
Would it be possible to download the mp3 onto PC from Google Play and then manually copy it to the accessible Music folder on my phone?
slicendice
20 Nov 15#205
OK, is it just me or is anyone else having major problems accessing their music library? Just downloaded this (thought it was worth a punt for 10p!), only it scans my phone and finds precisely zero mp3 tracks...zero, nada, nowt. This is despite me having a number of albums on there that I have bought, paid for and downloaded from Google Play (I have a Nexus 5 running Marshmallow btw). I've just been poking round online and it seems that Google, bless 'em, have changed the way music is stored on Android so that it now appears to be in a secure, hidden location somewhere that cannot be accessed. Just great...thanks Google. So I basically have zero choice in the matter and I *have* to use Google's music player...no exceptions.
I've tried scanning the phone (using File Manager) and I've looked in all the "standard" locations (e.g. storage/emulated/0/Android/data/com/google/android/music/files) but there are absolutely no mp3s there.
Strange thing is, no-one else seems to have had this problem? Is it just me? Or are others having this issue too?
Dickster1 to slicendice
20 Nov 15#206
Nope, you're not alone!
mjb1975
17 Nov 15#178
Ok, gone for it just because it's 10p. Tbh, I'm quite happy with the standard Google Music app to play local MP3s but happy to try another, esp. knowing all the glowing praise for this app!
camaj to mjb1975
19 Nov 15#204
Hi Matt!
Depends on what you have but if it's google music it's a pain in the neck to use, there's a lot more freedom with Poweramp. I don't have a mental list but the worst thing for me is when you go to "songs" and everything is listed alphabetically by song name. My iPod Nano always sorted songs by artist, then by title and I prefer that, so that all songs by the same artists appear in the block. Poweramp lets me sort songs by various criteria, artist, album, year, date added,etc. both ascending and descending, like you would in a decent OS file explorer. You can also view as a list, rather than a grid, which is what Play music forces you to do in Artist or Album mode. I realise these are small things but they make a big difference in how it feels to use the app. Like a lot of default apps, it's designed so that something is possible without caring whether it's done well.
Another thing, Poweramp responds to lock screen presses a lot quicker so skipping tracks doesn't require a looooooong press.
Poweramp isn't perfect, it's UI is a little unintuitive but it seems possible to get it to do what you want with a little learning and I'm sure the developers respond to feedback, I don't think Google will spend much time caring about Play Music users views.
rev6
19 Nov 15#203
Make sure "Respond to Buttons" is checked. The Bluetooth (Single press (fast)) might not be working properly, change it to something else to see.
Maybe enable "High Priority"?
I don't know, change some things and hope for the best :smiley:
showstopper81
19 Nov 15#202
what do I need to change though?
showstopper81
18 Nov 15#200
Bought it but now I can't skip tracks from my Bluetooth car kit. Am I missing a setting somewhere?
Standard app works fine with skipping tracks.
rev6 to showstopper81
18 Nov 15#201
Go to settings, Headset/Bluetooth, adjust it there.
dmcar02
18 Nov 15#199
I just love how this is still €4.30 in Ireland. Marvellous!
gland01
16 Nov 151#5
This is excellent & worth 10p all day long.
My only reservation with it is it only seems to operate on music tracks (on my tablet anyway) & not on films......although this may be me just being a total numbnuts.
amour3k to gland01
18 Nov 15#198
Well, according to:
So looks like 'Videos' are viable?, so ..... hehehe.
You may be in need of just tweeking it a wee bit perhaps?. :-)
fr3dy77_sp33d
16 Nov 155#51
play music subscriber get 10% discount so it's 9p for me. save 1p LOL!
amour3k to fr3dy77_sp33d
18 Nov 15#197
I bet u STILL payed the 2p VAT on it regardless right?, ilmao!, lol. :-)
amour3k
18 Nov 15#196
Your NASTY!!, hahahahahahaha.
esudl
16 Nov 152#2
Never used it, but worth the 10p to find out whether it's good. HOT!
amour3k to esudl
18 Nov 15#195
AMEN! lool.
thebuyer
18 Nov 15#194
For 10p I had to buy it.
Hot!
0liverr
17 Nov 15#81
Good player except you can't use it unless connected to the internet.
chocci to 0liverr
17 Nov 153#82
You what? :confused:
elne to 0liverr
17 Nov 152#121
This is incorrect, once verified it will work.
If you have a greenifying app or task killer that kills off the unlocker then yes it will constantly try to re-activate.
Leave the unlocker alone and running - you will not have any problems with PowerAmp.
chocci to 0liverr
18 Nov 15#193
Is Internet connection required?
← Poweramp F.A.Q.
Internet connection is not required for normal operation.
Internet connection is required for a short time after Poweramp purchase.
Poweramp (main app):
- uses optional Internet connection for Album art downloading, and Support.
Poweramp Unlocker:
- for Play purchase license is checked via Internet in first 24 hours after Unlocker installation and Poweramp next start, and if the Google Play Store check is successful, then it's never checked again, unless Poweramp is reinstalled, system is reset, or ROM is updated
- for Website purchase, license is checked via Internet once after Unlocker installation and Poweramp next start, and if the check is successful, then it's never checked again, unless Poweramp is reinstalled, system is reset, or ROM is updated
If license check is failed, Poweramp will try to check it until it fails completely in few attempts
faxmax
17 Nov 15#187
Good deal. Thanks.
Purchased after hearing so much about this, wasn't aware there was a trial.
Definitely better sounding than a regular player. Default is set to Mono, not Stereo, under Tone/Vol. Bizarre choice given how much better undoing Mono makes it sound.
The skin is fine, I prefer clean (bland is better than bling) but it is really intended for Album art. Strange there isn't a view to show the next few songs coming up.
chocci to faxmax
18 Nov 15#188
Probably the most unintuitive UI I have used
What exactly is the point of equ, tone, limit, mono under tone/volume? Clicking on them just underlines them :confused:
I can't even work out how to change the app to stereo output
And I still keep getting adverts every few songs
rev6 to faxmax
18 Nov 15#192
Default is Stereo for me :smile:
BLOSSOM143
17 Nov 15#185
meant what does it do compared to what we already have installed on our phones?
mrew42 to BLOSSOM143
18 Nov 15#191
Has great audio features, equalizer, bass boost, stereo separator and an audio limiter to save your hearing (if required)
Put simply it can make the most out of your phone's audio capabilities.
Bass sounds like i'm in the room on my HTC M8 stock earphones.
10p!
sandozer
18 Nov 15#190
One of the first apps I paid for on my HTC Desire mk1 !! Think it was a couple of squiddlies way back then, and best music playing app across all my Android devices. Probably worth a £fiver, and for 10 Pence ? ? THEFT !
Dickster1
18 Nov 15#189
My son has got this but it can't find his library (stored internally on a One Plus Two phone). Any ideas?
SpamJavelin
17 Nov 15#186
Great player, have been using it for donkey's. Paid £3 but worth much more than that.
BLOSSOM143
17 Nov 15#184
what does it for compared to your Google player and your phone player? thanks
swanbot
17 Nov 151#183
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dybydx
17 Nov 15#182
"Baahhhh" It's currently 2700+ degrees and only 10p. Bought :man:
rickryder1
17 Nov 15#181
AWESOME!
rev6
17 Nov 15#180
Did you read what I said?
indyjukebox
17 Nov 15#179
So essentially it has the ability to distort everything from the original. Nice!!! :confused:
ssc1
17 Nov 15#177
Feeling the beat! Heat
peskylodger
17 Nov 15#163
Had this before but played all sound files on phone. Can you stop it doing this?
amkhan to peskylodger
17 Nov 15#166
set the content directory in prefs?
adamski1209 to peskylodger
17 Nov 15#176
Hi, yes. Limit the minimum length of a song to x seconds and/or select/exclude specific folders. Both easy to do in settings.
peskylodger
17 Nov 151#175
Thank You
learoy1
17 Nov 15#174
great app worth the full normal price, personally I use gone mad music player due to huge customisation and options but might give one a whirl again.
gap30
17 Nov 15#173
This is the music player for android
spencerslide
17 Nov 15#172
Thanks for this - brilliant player
BenderRodriguez
17 Nov 151#171
It's 2015, we stream porn now, not save it.
I mean... I don't.. but... some people... like told me... in a pub..
nathangeldenhuys
17 Nov 15#170
hot deal :sunglasses:
shkm
17 Nov 15#169
Been using this for years, paid full price, very happy with it. Works great with the car's bluetooth as well.
Cyanide_Reverse
17 Nov 15#168
And how does one remove it from the library? Obligatory asking for a friend.
ikramhussain
17 Nov 15#167
Can't really go wrong for 10p
dunwich
17 Nov 15#165
Purchased,thanks op
guru_fordy
17 Nov 15#164
Awesome app and we'll worth 10p! Mega heat!
warlockuk
17 Nov 15#162
Both - you get to fill the gaps in their service by uploading. It's the service you pay for. As an aside, it's a pretty good service :smiley:
kharris9
17 Nov 15#161
great.thanks.
jig1110
17 Nov 15#160
10p , cheers
HotUkDale
17 Nov 15#159
Never heard of it but definitely going for it many thanks :wink: heat added
0liverr
17 Nov 15#158
Thanks for the advice but I don't have a task killer and my phone is not overly aggressive at app killing by nature, there seems to be a fair few people with the issue just thought I should point it out.
Gavin01
17 Nov 15#157
Thanks
Ian57
17 Nov 15#156
No Chromecast support!?
edwardecl
17 Nov 15#155
Err, Opus is a audio format that can be used for music, it's better quality than ogg vorbis at lower bitrates which is very handy for mobile devices if size is an issue, Android 5.0 also has the codec built into the operating system, but it's up to the app makers to use it.
Also rockbox, neutron and VLC supports opus.
Digit10101
17 Nov 15#154
The best, ridiculously cheap price for this.
sofiasar
17 Nov 15#150
can you tell people who hasn't heard of it what it does?
like me lol
thebuyer to sofiasar
17 Nov 153#153
why don't you click the "Get Deal" link and find out?
Do you honestly think you are going to be spoonfed everyday of your life?
zxninjapilot
17 Nov 15#152
nice, have some heat :smiley:
ace9094
17 Nov 15#151
telling me $3.99 :disappointed:
craigstephens
17 Nov 151#149
Create a file called .nomedia in your porn folder. It will hide any porn from all your media programs and galleries.
iamnotanumber
17 Nov 15#148
10p is an absolute steal for this app. One of the only apps I've actually paid for (£1.49 at the time), and have used it for years. As others have said, this is a must if you have an android device and love music. #hot
xela333
17 Nov 151#143
Before I simply started streaming all my music, this was the player I would use. Even supports Flac. Great deal, heat.
dean_brfc to xela333
17 Nov 15#147
Same here, this has been superseded by Spotify on my phone now.
Definitely the best player if you have a local music library though.
sancheez
17 Nov 152#146
Bland skins are putting people off buying a music player?!?!?!
Really?
Do you sit and stare at the screen while it plays music or something? Mine is either in my pocket, or on my desk in front of me, with the screen off. Who cares what the UI looks like??? As long as it's functionally sounds of course. Which it is.
IsyNAnj
17 Nov 15#145
well worth 10p i paid £2.50 for it a long time ago and it was well worth it for that price...Simply Amazing
antdav
17 Nov 152#144
Thanks OP :smile:
edwardecl
17 Nov 15#139
Does not support OPUS files,
AIMP a free music player does.
rev6 to edwardecl
17 Nov 15#142
Opus isn't traditionally used as a music format. Use Vorbis if you want smaller file sizes with less impact on quality, even though still nowhere near as popular and widely supported as MP3, most do now.
Or just use AIMP :smile:
GlentoranMark
17 Nov 15#141
Is there any way to add Google Play Music, the Amazon Music Store, Itunes ect?
I've albums "purchased" (mostly freebies from HUKD) all over the place. Would be nice if I could use something like this to group them together.
Purchased thanks to funds from Google Opinion rewards :smile:
camaj
17 Nov 15#140
When you say you have Google Music do you mean the streaming service you pay for? I was assuming you were streaming music you'd uploaded yourself.
DelTarrant
17 Nov 15#138
Yeah the skins aren't exactly exciting. I use Poweramp's HD ones from their site (Google Play version doesn't seem to work in lollipop). The white one doesn't look bad at all.
JustAPye
17 Nov 15#137
I've got rocketplayer, whats the difference here?
SillyFencer
17 Nov 15#136
I got it for 9p (Play music subscription).
slipd
17 Nov 15#135
What are people doing about skins? The player is so bland out of the box :disappointed:
I've been using it for about 2 years btw.
unrandomsam
16 Nov 154#14
Best Android Music Player is Neutron Music Player. (Even only using a tiny bit of its functionality).
spruceyb to unrandomsam
16 Nov 15#31
Thanks. Came in here looking for something like this. Used to use PA a long time ago but using a phone with no MicroSD slot for the last couple of years I had no clue what was currently the best.
DelTarrant to unrandomsam
17 Nov 15#134
Neutron is up there (and I've tried most) but seemed to take up more resources & battery for me when I last tried it. Always preferred Poweramp though. Worth the full price I paid for it & at 10p an absolute no-brainer.
Mightyjinjo
17 Nov 15#131
most complicated music player I've ever used. deleted the trail
warlockuk to Mightyjinjo
17 Nov 15#133
...really? Weird. It has a load of EQ options but it's pretty simple...
warlockuk
17 Nov 15#132
Yeah, that's how I used to use it before I went cloud-based; that presumes two things; 1) I have the storage space (which I do) and 2) I own the MP3s rather than cloud-variants, which using Google Play Music you don't. Play Music's fine for me these days, but this player has significantly better sound.
In the past, all you could do is cache a bunch of audio on Play and then find the cache files using poweramp... which is a bit crap. It's a shame Google haven't sorted the API access out :/
The advantage to cloud-based services is primarily intelligent playlists and stuff.
Jimbo123
17 Nov 15#130
I had a friend who actually liked to listen to the audio of porn films while at work, he was employed in a mortuary.
barryhalloren
17 Nov 15#129
Heat from me, worth much more than 10p of anyone's Google Play credit
zorbathegeek
17 Nov 15#128
Big improvement over free player I currently use.
Huge heat!
Lilutosh
17 Nov 15#127
for me it's not 10p ... why ? it's ( 10 RON ) = 1.6 quid ... i'm in Romania right now..
CitizenErasedUK
17 Nov 152#126
Yeah, this happened to my mate during a road trip.
Brilliant for everyone (apart from him)
Madeal
17 Nov 15#125
When I was using Android, it was the best and the most difficult to crack. Now 10p, I would get one even I am using iPhone now.
rudey
17 Nov 15#124
nice 1 , been looking to stop using the google one for a while now , for the price of two carrier bags
David23
16 Nov 15#18
If you buy it on one device will it work on another using the same play account because I will be getting a new phone soon?
spodham to David23
16 Nov 15#20
Yes.
NeoDoug1 to David23
16 Nov 151#22
Just make sure you are signed in to the same Google account on your new phone. :wink:
reg66 to David23
16 Nov 15#25
yes
brookysm to David23
16 Nov 15#50
All Android apps you purchase will install on any other Android device you enter your details into as long as the App is compatible with it.
koreanheman to David23
17 Nov 15#74
yes. once you buy on play store, you can download on any device using same account.
maheshanand87 to David23
17 Nov 15#123
Yes
pedr0barbosa
16 Nov 15#23
I had this app and I only had problems with it on my Nexus 5... sound skipping, glitching, etc, etc....
for 0.10p its acceptable if it works as it should... tried all bunch of different settings, couldn't get rid of the problems mentioned above.
hot though for the price
maui to pedr0barbosa
17 Nov 15#122
sure its not a bottleneck on your phone? check for background processes...
guitaristanime
17 Nov 15#120
Actually this error comes up as you haven't added the trial version first. Once you redeem the trial version it seems to work fine.
guitaristanime
17 Nov 15#119
Well spotted, cheers OP. Heated.
LAW666
17 Nov 15#118
Brilliant!
sancheez
17 Nov 15#117
I don't know what you've done to your version but I used PowerAmp on a flight and holiday plenty recently with no active data connection. Was running for hours on end as I was travelling alone. My BT headphones ran out of battery after several hours but PowerAmp was still happily churning along.
Worked perfectly the entire time.
Always has.
RiverDragon8
17 Nov 15#116
Poweramp you can scroll down and a bubble appears listing A,B,C....X,Y,Z GoneMad sadly doesn't have this so it's take longer to find an artist.
olly35
17 Nov 15#115
upgraded as my trial had expired. Have heat.
Matangouk
17 Nov 15#114
Nice one, heat :stuck_out_tongue:
warlockuk
17 Nov 15#101
Great player - does it support google play music yet? (if play even has an api)... I bought it ages ago but haven't been able to use it because all of my music is now in Das Cloud.
camaj to warlockuk
17 Nov 15#113
Great timing, I was on the verge of buying anyway because I'm so fed up with Google Music, it's an awful app.
Get the desktop manager and download your library and transfer the MP3's to your phone.
reeceyb
17 Nov 156#112
Brilliant Price for a brilliant App!
However, as Nexy noted if you do have any porn make sure you exclude it by choosing a designated folder, I found out the hard way and a the screaming vocals of Bon Jovi came to an end in came (no pun intended) the sounds of what I tried to play it off as a dog eating a pack of ice lollies came playing at full volume whilst my family was in the car...
664737
17 Nov 15#111
Already have it. But heat added nonetheless.
snappyfish
17 Nov 15#110
Any cash back or I'm out!
snappyfish
17 Nov 15#109
10p :confused: Even a hardened hot dealer can afford this!
TALON1973
17 Nov 15#106
do I need to get the trial version first before buying this ?
elne to TALON1973
17 Nov 151#108
Yes, the pro version is an unlocker for the trial.
elne
17 Nov 151#107
Also for Greenify users if you get a bit too gun-ho and greenify Poweramp or the unlocker the application will stop and you will have to re-download and authenticate your license every 10 minutes.
Solution is to not greenify either app and let it run.
veedubjai
17 Nov 151#105
1st full price purchase ever made. :laughing:
skarmachild
17 Nov 15#104
What if I use Google Play Music (with all my music uploaded)/Spotify for streaming, does it only work on local mp3 files?
James_cleeve73
17 Nov 15#103
I've had this for several years now. It really isn't all that, maybe worth 10p but missing basic functions like the ability to just select files from the file system and play them.
Hollowpoint
17 Nov 15#102
Great thanks! I was gonna buy this anyway, saved me some money.
megaman666
17 Nov 15#100
its no winamp
mrew42
17 Nov 151#99
Used 10p of my ever increasing Google Rewards credit. Sounds superb on my HTC M8.
Good find - super heat
micol
17 Nov 15#89
Silly question...If i have all my music on Google Play Music and nothing on my phone memory, am i wasting my time buying this or can this be used with Google Play Music?
mrew42 to micol
17 Nov 151#98
Not a silly question at all.
Yes, you'd be wasting your time (and 10p) if you don't have music on your phone
pew41
17 Nov 151#97
wow thanks OP that totally transformed my listening experience.
sounds like I've got £100 headphones on now
wakeywarrior
17 Nov 15#96
Heat added good price, but I only ever listen to Spotify (on data or downloaded tracks).
Jesse148
17 Nov 15#95
Paid full price on this a few days ago :disappointed: Even then, definitely worth the price, and really worth it for the price of a freddo (oh wait, even a freddo costs more :stuck_out_tongue:)
Rizsparky
17 Nov 15#94
Yes! Was waiting for this to drop in price, thanks OP
PhilK
17 Nov 15#93
Bought it for 79p couple of years ago. Found myself using other apps to play music instead, and uninstalled this
zan87
17 Nov 15#92
Used this for years. Fantastic app. Heat added.
ifti
17 Nov 15#91
I've bought this when it was on offer last but playerpro way better!
Banterlicious
17 Nov 15#90
Great deal and excellent music player, BUT I had to remove it from my phone because for some odd reason it gave my network the impression I was tethering my 4G so Three kept shutting off my data.
If anyone know why this is I would be very grateful.
0liverr
17 Nov 15#88
It has some sort of chronic license check issue meaning you need an internet connection to constantly verify it with Google Play, and if not if won't let you play anything offline.
Mr_Mister
17 Nov 15#77
Can anyone explain why it's so great??
Better features? Sound?
I have just tried it and although the it does make the music sound better, it looks very bland.
I like a music player to also have a graphic equilizer so it actually looks good and not just sound good. I can't see any option to turn that on. I know you can get skins but doubt it will add a visual graphic equilizer.
For 10p it's worth it for most people but I think I will give this a miss.
rev6 to Mr_Mister
17 Nov 15#78
You think it looks bland? I've seen some bland UI's but I wouldn't say this one is...
When you say a graphic equalizer, do you mean spectrum visualization? It has a functioning equalizer, but it's paragraphic.
sancheez to Mr_Mister
17 Nov 15#87
For me, I switched to it when Android had a problem with it's music DB.
They introduced an update that caused loads of duplicates to appear in the music library. Which is bad enough. Except only the original would play. If it tried to play any of the duplicates (which it invariably did on random play) it stopped with an error.
So I tried other music players. They all used the same built in Android DB for reference.
So I found one that used it's own DB. PowerAmp. Problem solved.
Suspect the DB duplication problem is long since fixed (was at least 5 or 6 years ago) but I've stuck with PowerAmp ever since. Good player. Contrary to above, it works perfectly offline (although won't look up missing album art obviously). Playing a single album/artist/playlist/whatever is a doddle. Controls perfectly from by BT headphones. Steal at 10p. Although, it was also well worth full price.
brilly
17 Nov 15#86
giving this a try but seem to have been using free winamp rather than free poweramp
i take that to mean free poweramp is a bit crap and so this better be good!
chocci
17 Nov 15#85
Bought and ran the unlock but still getting adverts after every couple of songs!
chrispele
17 Nov 15#84
Works offline for me. Always has!
rev6
17 Nov 15#83
:smile:
moozoo
17 Nov 15#80
Had this for ages. Great app. Folder play saved my marriage, well, my wedding playlist anyway!
msdctkldst
17 Nov 15#79
It has a feature that lists albums sorted by artist instead of purely alphaebtical. Is that what you mean?
I don't think I've tried playerpro. I've tried neutrino which I hated - don't understand how people can rate an with such awful UI so highly.
madmaxl2
17 Nov 151#76
On google play you can purchase apps and test it if it sucks just get a refund and uninstall it. Power amp is really good and the only player i use for music. Paid the full price way back.. Wished this deal was on sooner. Oh well
moneysavingkitten
17 Nov 15#75
I kind of hate it. It drives me nuts trying to get it to play just one artist sometimes. Probably missing something simple, but meh. Don't love the lock screen either.
I'm sure it's the lesser of evils though.
eloo
17 Nov 15#70
Weird I get an error when I try purchase it anyone know why? Screenshot: http://imgur.com/cjaSeLR
Neostar to eloo
17 Nov 151#73
Try buying it on the desktop
barginfan
17 Nov 151#72
Used it for a few years now.
Excellent deal.
RiverDragon8
17 Nov 15#71
Yup.
anlygi
17 Nov 15#69
Love this. Paid ~£4 many years back and have had it on many devices since and it always beats the default player. 10p is for nothing!
Deal_HUNT3R
17 Nov 15#68
Every paid app has a refund option if you have bought it for the first time.
gizmo2501
17 Nov 15#65
Hate this player myself.
rev6 to gizmo2501
17 Nov 15#66
Why?
vwdan to gizmo2501
17 Nov 152#67
Playa hater.
zacy5000
17 Nov 15#64
DAMN. Bought this for £3 not long ago.
zombrex
17 Nov 15#63
It isn't though , i've bought over 100 apps
msdctkldst
16 Nov 15#40
One downside of poweramp is that it can't currently play opus files. I prefer GoneMad, but this is a good deal.
RiverDragon8 to msdctkldst
16 Nov 15#62
GoneMad doesn't scroll down alphabetically so is my 2nd choice (I'm been through all the best paid music apps in the playstore), Playerpro i would rate 3rd.
louiselouise
16 Nov 151#61
I muddled along with JetAudio Plus for a while but my heart was always with Poweramp (the cracked, ahem, versions I downloaded kept crashing after a while).
Back to my ole favourite. Sent the deal on to a few friends as well, cheers, oUkTuRkEyIII :smiley:
zombrex
16 Nov 15#57
hmm just bought and it says refund or open, first time i've ever seen the refund option
RiverDragon8 to zombrex
16 Nov 151#60
Means that the first app you have ever bought, any paid app gives you that option.
trumpeter
16 Nov 151#59
Thanks OP
freddiem
16 Nov 151#58
Thanks, was in my wish list from sometime
Ulti
16 Nov 151#56
Thanks bought it, gonna try it out now. :smiley:
buddhasmk
16 Nov 15#55
wow, awesome deal, too bad I already own this.
alexus
16 Nov 15#44
Does it have the ability to send flac files to a Chromecast audio and does it have android wear support yet? Been years since I used this app. Thanks Alex
brookysm to alexus
16 Nov 151#54
It's a player not a streamer - if it does I've not found a way, I'm not even sure Google's API's allow streaming 'enhanced' audio to start with tbh.
Millionvoltage
16 Nov 15#37
Why is it better than Standard player on Android and PowerAmp full verison ?
IrishOne to Millionvoltage
16 Nov 15#53
It has tone controls, a graphic equaliser and stereo widening as well as a pre-amp to boost the volume. It's not the best player in terms of usability, but definitely gives the best sound which is why I wouldn't be without it.
vimto97
16 Nov 15#52
I was trying to download a apk for this all morning. This is the best deal ever I also got it for 9p as I have Google music because I have a s6.
Nexy
16 Nov 15155#49
Hotter than a jalapeno's ignited fart! It is THE music player on Android.
Pro-tip: Make sure, if you have any porn on your android device, that it doesn't get added to your media library.
Otherwise shuffle becomes a game of "porn sounds Russian roulette". If Poweramp can read the audio from a video file, it will happily do so. Ooooh yeeeeah. Like that. Yeah, you like that, don't you? You're a naughty boy.
Ahem.
Deeco
16 Nov 15#48
Don't really use it, but for 10p and Google Play credit from rewards, why the hell not? :stuck_out_tongue:
Kaz00ie
16 Nov 151#47
For 10p why the hell not :smiley: google reward credit covers the cost!
sergiup
16 Nov 15#46
Cool, I needed something to power my new speakers, this Power Amp should do the trick.
:wink:
UnclePotter
16 Nov 151#45
BUY IT !! Its the best there is without question,and for 10p a complete steal.
kuboro37
16 Nov 152#43
**** paid £3.99 for this a few days back!
dwl99
16 Nov 15#42
I like Rocket Player but at this price it would be rude not to try it
Dragon32
16 Nov 15#41
This is the best music player I found.
I did not believe that an app could make the music actually sound better, but I got it over a couple of years ago and love it!
Also very easy to use with lots of good features.
jobibear
16 Nov 151#39
Great player but causes my Moto G to overheat and runs the battery down fast despite not even running. Issue has been ongoing for last 1.5 years. But still a cracking player on another phone.
Heat.
jimmyandmel
16 Nov 151#38
10p for this quality is fantastic , heat added
Deal_HUNT3R
16 Nov 15#36
be sure to install ab better skin, stock one is a tad boring.
chrispele
16 Nov 151#35
Great player which I paid full price for a couple of years ago. Easy to use (similar to the Sony Walkman app) but loads of extra features to play with and very customisable. I recommended the extra widget pack (free) as well. Heat added!
raschoudhury
16 Nov 15#34
okay only got this cos of the really good feedback you guys are giving... and mainly because its 10p hehe. cheers folks
RedDwarfIsCool
16 Nov 151#33
Wow!! Cracker find for a great music player! Heated
David23
16 Nov 15#32
Just purchased!
Tried the trial previously and was very impressed by the visual customisation and of course the sound, particularly their Bass algorithm is like nothing I have ever seen (or rather heard). It hands down its the best sounding player ever. My only complaint is it doesn't have Chromecast support yet and the back button doesn't take to back to the album list but exits the app.
lolamont
16 Nov 15#30
This is a brilliant app. Bargain
Deal_HUNT3R
16 Nov 15#29
awesome player
louiselouise
16 Nov 15#28
My favourite media player app - I might just cough up 10p :smiley:!
luptino
16 Nov 151#27
Thanks op!
spodham
16 Nov 151#26
Oh and yes you should get updates going forward on any device using your play account. :smiley:
spodham
16 Nov 152#24
No problem, sorry I was a bit surly. I was off to buy it myself! Thanks OP been after this for ages.
David23
16 Nov 15#21
Thanks for the reply! I've only had one Android phone so far which is why I asked! I presume you get the updates for life if you buy right? I'm hoping they finally add Chromecast casting at some point.
nigelbutler
16 Nov 152#19
Been looking for a decent music player with no ads or any other bullsh1
Thanks!!!!
Love the look and feel and the preload play.... It's great!!!
pennyfarthing88
16 Nov 151#17
Wow 300 degrees in 36 minutes - super hot!
Siddas
16 Nov 15#16
It can play the audio from an mp4 film. Not tried with an mkv though.
powerbrick
16 Nov 152#15
and? MKV is just a container, it could just have an audio track in it.
Siddas
16 Nov 15#13
Great player. Worth giving it a go for 10p rather than the trial!
DizzyGoat
16 Nov 151#12
My go to music player for android, recommended!
fahed2000
16 Nov 15#11
Lava burning heat from me. Best music player there is I purchased this some time ago for much more.
iand123
16 Nov 15#10
if you have an android phone and have mp3s on it, get this, worth loads more than 10p. I've been using this for ages, its very good
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The #1 paid music player in the Google Play Store 4 years running—Poweramp is the most powerful music player available on the Android OS. Features like gapless play, an unmatched equalization system, great crossfade, and support for most popular music file format might all make Poweramp the best $3.99 you have ever spent in your life—2+ million users would agree to that.
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Pro-tip: Make sure, if you have any porn on your android device, that it doesn't get added to your media library.
Otherwise shuffle becomes a game of "porn sounds Russian roulette". If Poweramp can read the audio from a video file, it will happily do so. Ooooh yeeeeah. Like that. Yeah, you like that, don't you? You're a naughty boy.
Ahem.
However, as Nexy noted if you do have any porn make sure you exclude it by choosing a designated folder, I found out the hard way and a the screaming vocals of Bon Jovi came to an end in came (no pun intended) the sounds of what I tried to play it off as a dog eating a pack of ice lollies came playing at full volume whilst my family was in the car...
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plus says its black Friday sale lol
I don't appreciate being called a smartarse by the way.
try the forums http://forum.powerampapp.com/
Fantastic deal for a fab app by the way!
Two people have now asked how to switch from mono to stereo as clicking the mono button does nothing except underline it
It would have been quicker for you to help rather being a smartarse ****
Voted hot as for 10p this is a definite no-brainer, gutted i paid full price for this a while back (but cant complain too much i used google play credit from google opinion rewards) still hot though
Would it be possible to download the mp3 onto PC from Google Play and then manually copy it to the accessible Music folder on my phone?
I've tried scanning the phone (using File Manager) and I've looked in all the "standard" locations (e.g. storage/emulated/0/Android/data/com/google/android/music/files) but there are absolutely no mp3s there.
Strange thing is, no-one else seems to have had this problem? Is it just me? Or are others having this issue too?
Depends on what you have but if it's google music it's a pain in the neck to use, there's a lot more freedom with Poweramp. I don't have a mental list but the worst thing for me is when you go to "songs" and everything is listed alphabetically by song name. My iPod Nano always sorted songs by artist, then by title and I prefer that, so that all songs by the same artists appear in the block. Poweramp lets me sort songs by various criteria, artist, album, year, date added,etc. both ascending and descending, like you would in a decent OS file explorer. You can also view as a list, rather than a grid, which is what Play music forces you to do in Artist or Album mode. I realise these are small things but they make a big difference in how it feels to use the app. Like a lot of default apps, it's designed so that something is possible without caring whether it's done well.
Another thing, Poweramp responds to lock screen presses a lot quicker so skipping tracks doesn't require a looooooong press.
Poweramp isn't perfect, it's UI is a little unintuitive but it seems possible to get it to do what you want with a little learning and I'm sure the developers respond to feedback, I don't think Google will spend much time caring about Play Music users views.
Maybe enable "High Priority"?
I don't know, change some things and hope for the best :smiley:
Standard app works fine with skipping tracks.
My only reservation with it is it only seems to operate on music tracks (on my tablet anyway) & not on films......although this may be me just being a total numbnuts.
So looks like 'Videos' are viable?, so ..... hehehe.
You may be in need of just tweeking it a wee bit perhaps?. :-)
Hot!
If you have a greenifying app or task killer that kills off the unlocker then yes it will constantly try to re-activate.
Leave the unlocker alone and running - you will not have any problems with PowerAmp.
← Poweramp F.A.Q.
Internet connection is not required for normal operation.
Internet connection is required for a short time after Poweramp purchase.
Poweramp (main app):
- uses optional Internet connection for Album art downloading, and Support.
Poweramp Unlocker:
- for Play purchase license is checked via Internet in first 24 hours after Unlocker installation and Poweramp next start, and if the Google Play Store check is successful, then it's never checked again, unless Poweramp is reinstalled, system is reset, or ROM is updated
- for Website purchase, license is checked via Internet once after Unlocker installation and Poweramp next start, and if the check is successful, then it's never checked again, unless Poweramp is reinstalled, system is reset, or ROM is updated
If license check is failed, Poweramp will try to check it until it fails completely in few attempts
Purchased after hearing so much about this, wasn't aware there was a trial.
Definitely better sounding than a regular player. Default is set to Mono, not Stereo, under Tone/Vol. Bizarre choice given how much better undoing Mono makes it sound.
The skin is fine, I prefer clean (bland is better than bling) but it is really intended for Album art. Strange there isn't a view to show the next few songs coming up.
What exactly is the point of equ, tone, limit, mono under tone/volume? Clicking on them just underlines them :confused:
I can't even work out how to change the app to stereo output
And I still keep getting adverts every few songs
Put simply it can make the most out of your phone's audio capabilities.
Bass sounds like i'm in the room on my HTC M8 stock earphones.
10p!
I mean... I don't.. but... some people... like told me... in a pub..
Also rockbox, neutron and VLC supports opus.
like me lol
Do you honestly think you are going to be spoonfed everyday of your life?
Definitely the best player if you have a local music library though.
Really?
Do you sit and stare at the screen while it plays music or something? Mine is either in my pocket, or on my desk in front of me, with the screen off. Who cares what the UI looks like??? As long as it's functionally sounds of course. Which it is.
Thanks OP :smile:
AIMP a free music player does.
Or just use AIMP :smile:
I've albums "purchased" (mostly freebies from HUKD) all over the place. Would be nice if I could use something like this to group them together.
Purchased thanks to funds from Google Opinion rewards :smile:
I've been using it for about 2 years btw.
In the past, all you could do is cache a bunch of audio on Play and then find the cache files using poweramp... which is a bit crap. It's a shame Google haven't sorted the API access out :/
The advantage to cloud-based services is primarily intelligent playlists and stuff.
Huge heat!
Brilliant for everyone (apart from him)
for 0.10p its acceptable if it works as it should... tried all bunch of different settings, couldn't get rid of the problems mentioned above.
hot though for the price
Worked perfectly the entire time.
Always has.
Get the desktop manager and download your library and transfer the MP3's to your phone.
However, as Nexy noted if you do have any porn make sure you exclude it by choosing a designated folder, I found out the hard way and a the screaming vocals of Bon Jovi came to an end in came (no pun intended) the sounds of what I tried to play it off as a dog eating a pack of ice lollies came playing at full volume whilst my family was in the car...
Solution is to not greenify either app and let it run.
Good find - super heat
Yes, you'd be wasting your time (and 10p) if you don't have music on your phone
sounds like I've got £100 headphones on now
If anyone know why this is I would be very grateful.
Better features? Sound?
I have just tried it and although the it does make the music sound better, it looks very bland.
I like a music player to also have a graphic equilizer so it actually looks good and not just sound good. I can't see any option to turn that on. I know you can get skins but doubt it will add a visual graphic equilizer.
For 10p it's worth it for most people but I think I will give this a miss.
When you say a graphic equalizer, do you mean spectrum visualization? It has a functioning equalizer, but it's paragraphic.
They introduced an update that caused loads of duplicates to appear in the music library. Which is bad enough. Except only the original would play. If it tried to play any of the duplicates (which it invariably did on random play) it stopped with an error.
So I tried other music players. They all used the same built in Android DB for reference.
So I found one that used it's own DB. PowerAmp. Problem solved.
Suspect the DB duplication problem is long since fixed (was at least 5 or 6 years ago) but I've stuck with PowerAmp ever since. Good player. Contrary to above, it works perfectly offline (although won't look up missing album art obviously). Playing a single album/artist/playlist/whatever is a doddle. Controls perfectly from by BT headphones. Steal at 10p. Although, it was also well worth full price.
i take that to mean free poweramp is a bit crap and so this better be good!
I don't think I've tried playerpro. I've tried neutrino which I hated - don't understand how people can rate an with such awful UI so highly.
I'm sure it's the lesser of evils though.
http://imgur.com/cjaSeLR
Excellent deal.
Back to my ole favourite. Sent the deal on to a few friends as well, cheers, oUkTuRkEyIII :smiley:
Pro-tip: Make sure, if you have any porn on your android device, that it doesn't get added to your media library.
Otherwise shuffle becomes a game of "porn sounds Russian roulette". If Poweramp can read the audio from a video file, it will happily do so. Ooooh yeeeeah. Like that. Yeah, you like that, don't you? You're a naughty boy.
Ahem.
:wink:
I did not believe that an app could make the music actually sound better, but I got it over a couple of years ago and love it!
Also very easy to use with lots of good features.
Heat.
Tried the trial previously and was very impressed by the visual customisation and of course the sound, particularly their Bass algorithm is like nothing I have ever seen (or rather heard). It hands down its the best sounding player ever. My only complaint is it doesn't have Chromecast support yet and the back button doesn't take to back to the album list but exits the app.
Thanks!!!!
Love the look and feel and the preload play.... It's great!!!