Rhythm vs Satunes
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
Satunes
Satunes is a mp3 player for Android Lollipop 5.1.1+ and developed by an organic intelligence. With this new mp3 player you can listen your local music with no ads. Satunes being compatible with Android Auto but not distributed on Google Play Store, to activate it, follow the following steps: 1) Go to Android Auto settings. 2) Multiple click on "Version" to activate dev mode. 3) Go to Dev's settings and activate "Unknown sources" as this app is not published on Google Play Store. 4) Click on the 3 buttons as in point 3, but click on "Exit developer mode" the setting you just activated will be saved. 5) Add app in launcher. 6) Enjoy
| Feature | Rhythm | Satunes |
|---|---|---|
| License | GPL-3.0-only | GPL-3.0-only |
| Install sources | F-DroidGitHubIzzyOnDroid | F-Droid |
| Categories | MusicMedia PlayerVideo | MusicMedia PlayerVideo |
| Features | Ad-FreeOpen SourceNo Tracking | Ad-FreeOpen SourceNo Tracking |
| Platforms | Android | Android |
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