Pulse Music vs Retro Music
Side-by-side comparison of two open source alternatives
Pulse Music
A music player app to complement your offline music collection with playlist support, theme options, multiple now playing screen, quick play shortcuts, QS tiles, sleep timer and lot of useful customisations. Permissions required by the app: Necessary permission: 1. READ_EXTERNAL_STORAGE: To fetch the tracks stored in the device. 2. FOREGROUND_SERVICE: To continue media playback even if the application is in the background. 3. WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE: Necessary to display album art in some devices (primarily in Android <= 9) Optional permissions 3. BLUETOOTH: To detect the connected/disconnected state of bluetooth device (used only when Bluetooth auto play is turned on in the settings). 4. RECEIVE_BOOT_COMPLETED: This permission allows the app to start necessary services which enables Bluetooth auto play functionality after device reboot (used only if Bluetooth auto play is turned on).
Retro Music
Retro Music Player 🎵 📦 Included Features Base 3 themes (Clearly White, Kinda Dark and Just Black) Material You support on Android 12+ Gapless playback Crossfade playback Choose from 10+ now playing themes Android auto support Wallpaper accent picker on Android 8.1+ Home screen widgets Lock screen playback controls Sleep timer Easy drag to sort playlist & play queue Tag editor Create, edit and import playlists Browse and play your music by songs, albums, artists, playlists and genre Smart Auto Playlists - Recently played, most played and history
| Feature | Pulse Music | Retro Music |
|---|---|---|
| License | GPL-3.0-only | GPL-3.0-only |
| Install sources | F-DroidGitHub | F-DroidGitHub |
| Categories | MusicMedia PlayerVideo | MusicMedia PlayerVideo |
| Features | Ad-FreeOpen SourceNo Tracking | Ad-FreeOpen SourceNo Tracking |
| Platforms | Android | Android |
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