5 Best Music Apps You Must Download On Your Android Device

There is no one single best genre of music. Everyone has different tastes, and that’s ok. But I think we can all agree that some music apps available for Android are better than others. For starters, they’re easier to get. Others might have better designs or layouts. Some even offer superior music for downloading.

In particular, I enjoy 5 music apps more than any other. In fact, I have their apk files backed up through ES File Explorer, ready to be installed whenever I feel like. Even my low end Android phone’s small memory couldn’t keep me away from the amazing music these apps can get me.

Let me now tell you about each of these 5 apps individually.

YouTube Red

YouTube Red is a much appreciated upgrade to the commonplace YouTube app. It’s not a separate app on the Play Store, though. It is a subscription service that is primarily aimed at removing ads from YouTube. But it does more than that.

The most amazing add-on YouTube gets if you subscribe to Red is background play, which is a long overdue feature that users have been waiting for long to get. Plus, the subscription also gets you a default subscription to Google Play Music, Android’s stock music player service. It might not sound like a big deal, but having access to the music available on the subscription list is pretty awesome. In fact, I will go as far as to call it Google’s very own iTunes!

Pandora

Contrary to the mythological Pandora’s box that opened to let loose all sorts of misery into the world, Pandora app once installed unleashes unbridled entertainment in your Android smartphone.

The app lets you create a mock radio station that plays your favorite genres of music at random to always keep you engaged and entertained. Pandora is a great way to discover new music and artists. Plus, the app keeps evolving its song selection based on what you like to listen. There is even a premium subscription that costs $9.99 per month.

Pandora Premium gives you access to music of-demand. You’re free to download music for offline access when you don’t have internet, and no ads.

For those who find $10 too much to put in every month, Pandora Plus costs just $5, and it mainly removes ads and allows offline access. Pandora also was quick to release an Android Wear compatible upgrade, and it is among my favorite apps to use on my

Android smart watch.

Spotify

I’m always a bit torn between which I like better between Pandora and Spotify. Spotify comes with much of the same features, but the ones it has different are saliently so. For starters, I find the interface is a lot more mature and intelligent. Spotify lets you access peoples’ ready-made playlists on your app.

There are more than a few good things about this app, like the amazing sound quality, multiple device access and the ability to remove ads using the Premium version. The only thing that bothers me is that the app collects data by default for Nielsen for their market research. Although it can be opted out on in the settings, it still makes you feel violated to some extent.

Soundcloud

I remember when soundcloud made it big on social media like Facebook; I was barely 12 and I’d run home from school to browse and listen to recordings of my friends perform their favorite songs to the accompaniment of karaoke tracks. The app is now home to a huge and diverse community of established and novice musicians who upload and critique their own as well as others’ music.

For an average listener, Soundcloud is among the best services to go to when you want to sample new music, current trends in entertainment, listen to podcasts or just have a few music tracks to jam to. The free version of the app gets you tracks suggestions, connect with friends and create playlists for occasions. The paid versions, Go and Go+ let you take your favorite tracks offline and remove ads. Go+ additionally removes 30 second previews, and both help the platform support creators on it.

Vidmate

If you’re a student like me and don’t have a rolling income yet, it can be hard to pay exorbitant amount that you can be charged for the premium versions of each of these apps. But you don’t always have internet connection to stream music on, nor do you want to listen to ads. Vidmate, my friend, is your savior. The app can let you listen to and also download music, and all of it for free.

There are barely any ads, and none of them are intrusive. Additionally, you can download movies, Youtube videos (in multiple formats, including mp3, if I may add), apps and games, as well as make memes, encrypt sensitive files and browse the internet better than many standard web browsers that enjoy quite a fan following.

There are quite a few music apps available for Android, but it is hard for any of them to match up with any of these. Do you agree? Let me know your thoughts in the comments below. Until next time.