Rhythm vs Vanilla Metadata Fetch
Side-by-side comparison of two open source alternatives
Rhythm
Your Music, Your Rhythm Open-source Material You music player with audiophile-grade audio, zero tracking, and zero ads. š Sound That Moves You ā¢ Bit Perfect Playback ā pure audio sent direct to your hardware ā¢ 10-Band Equalizer + 6,000+ AutoEQ device presets ā¢ Gapless playback, EAC3-JOC/Dolby Atmos codec support ā¢ FLAC, ALAC, MP3, AAC, Opus, WAV, OGG & more šØ Design That Delights ā¢ Material 3 Expressive ā adaptive shapes, fluid motion ā¢ Material You dynamic colors from your wallpaper (Android 12+) ā¢ Album-art-driven player colors & immersive lyrics view ā¢ Home screen widgets with responsive Material 3 layouts š Library Power ā¢ Multi-select batch actions ā queue, share, delete at once ā¢ Shuffle whole albums in correct track order ā¢ Full-scan media scanner ā reliable, no songs missed ā¢ Songs, Albums, Artists, Genres, Playlists, Folders š¤ Lyrics & Metadata ā¢ Synced lyrics via LRCLib with word-by-word highlighting ā¢ Local lyrics editor for custom offsets and edits ā¢ Full metadata editor with artwork support āļø Power Features ā¢ Sleep timer, queue management, M3U import/export ā¢ Settings search, playback stats, Android Auto ā¢ Deezer & YouTube Music artwork integration ā¢ In-app auto-updates from GitHub š Privacy First No ads. No analytics. No accounts. 100% offline-capable. GPL v3. š„ Get it on GitHub, F-Droid & IzzyOnDroid ā Google Play coming soon ā
Vanilla Metadata Fetch
This app is a plugin. Prior to use it you should have https://f-droid.org/packages/ch.blinkenlights.android.vanilla installed. Once both player and this plugin are installed, request a context menu from library screen, select "Plugins" and "Metadata fetch" afterwards. Note that this plugin requires internet connection to be useful. This plugin can create fingerprint for any music file you wish to know about and request its metadata from AcoustID, libre and open source fingerprinting service. If match is found it is then shown on the screen. Features: * Fetches tag metadata for various music files (mp3/ogg/flac) * Can also fetch cover image for selected song * Can write retrieved cover and tags if https://f-droid.org/packages/com.kanedias.vanilla.audiotag is installed
| Feature | Rhythm | Vanilla Metadata Fetch |
|---|---|---|
| License | GPL-3.0-only | GPL-3.0-only |
| Install sources | F-DroidGitHubIzzyOnDroid | F-DroidGitHub |
| Categories | MusicMedia PlayerVideo | MusicMedia PlayerVideo |
| Features | Ad-FreeOpen SourceNo Tracking | Ad-FreeOpen SourceNo Tracking |
| Platforms | Android | Android |
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