blade-player vs vanilla

blade-player

Android music player that plays from local library, Spotify or Deezer (by vhaudiquet)

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Vanilla Music Player for Android (by vanilla-music)

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blade-player		vanilla
	Project
2	Mentions	3
70	Stars	1,122
-	Growth	0.8%
1.7	Activity	4.1
over 2 years ago	Latest Commit	2 months ago
Java	Language	Java
GNU General Public License v3.0 only	License	GNU General Public License v3.0 only

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blade-player

Posts with mentions or reviews of blade-player. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2022-01-01.

It's foolish to think open source isn't possible on Android.
32 projects | /r/fossdroid | 1 Jan 2022

Music: Newpipe (casual), Seeker (hq) to save locally. Vanilla to play local music. Blade if you're paying Spotify or want Deezer's library.
I tested all FOSS music players and concluded they're all imperfect
14 projects | /r/fossdroid | 24 Dec 2021

Blade is unique as it can play songs from your local and Spotify/Deezer libraries. You could even think of it as a lightweight FOSS Spotify/Deezer client. It has limited features and an old UI. Opening the "Folders" menu and choosing Internal Storage crashes the app. It doesn't have gapless playback and can't exclude folders. Luckily, Blade v2 written from scratch seems to be on its way.

vanilla

Posts with mentions or reviews of vanilla. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-01-10.

Best open source music player that is still alive?
7 projects | /r/fossdroid | 10 Jan 2023
Nokia 110 4g - my short review
1 project | /r/dumbphones | 27 Apr 2022

Otherwise you'll have to look towards an Android "Dumbphone" that can sideload apks. Vanilla Music is my favorite but there are of course a million others.
I tested all FOSS music players and concluded they're all imperfect
14 projects | /r/fossdroid | 24 Dec 2021

There isn't.

What are some alternatives?

When comparing blade-player and vanilla you can also consider the following projects:

harmonoid - 🎵 Plays & manages your music library. Looks beautiful & juicy. Playlists, visuals, synced lyrics, pitch shift, volume boost & more.

RetroMusicPlayer - Best Material You Design music player for Android

OpenScan - A privacy-friendly Document Scanner app

Eleven - CyanogenMod/LineageOS Eleven music player

BladePlayer - Android music player that plays from multiple sources

OpenMusic - OpenMusic is an open-source Android music player written in Kotlin with the aim of creating an easy-to-use app for exchanging and listening to top-quality music. Help us create it!

Sense - Android Music Player

tortoise-legacy - Android music player

android-noad-music-player - Noad Music Player for android. Available on Play Store.

music_player_lite - An elegant and lightweight music player for android