Rhythm vs SoundAura
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
SoundAura
SoundAura is an open source ambient sound app. It does not include any audio tracks to save on download size, but allows users to add local files from their device and play any (reasonable) number of them concurrently, with individual volume controls for each track. SoundAura can also switch between an audio focus respecting mode, and a 'play in background' mode that ignores audio focus rules and allows SoundAura to play audio alongside other apps.
| Feature | Rhythm | SoundAura |
|---|---|---|
| License | GPL-3.0-only | Apache-2.0 |
| 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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