Free Google Play Music replacement

Free? replacement for Google play music which means only owned music and android and web client!

Also, MUST work offline. Must I pay?

Conversation 8 comments

  • dmclaurin

    29 October, 2020 - 1:45 pm

    <p>I had the very same issue. I have installed "Music Player" by Simple Mobile Tools and it has been working well so far. Only glitch I dislike (or maybe I need to tweak a bit) is that my playlists always "start from scratch" when I open the app again, meaning: it does not remember the last song it was playing, and this is an issue for me.</p>

  • helix2301

    Premium Member
    29 October, 2020 - 2:45 pm

    <p>Thats only thing about music subscription services is that the days of having your own music and getting to pick your own player like Winamp are gone. You have to use whatever they provide which sometimes can stink.</p>

  • bgoodbody

    Premium Member
    31 October, 2020 - 11:55 am

    <p>Problem Solved with YTM. Now free use offline and online.<em style="background-color: rgb(245, 245, 245);">Converted to YTM from and waited while Playlists (4) and associated songs downloaded on phone, based on another user's suggestion. Now it all works from d/loads when in airplane mode. All for free! Which is the best.</em></p>

    • lwetzel

      Premium Member
      01 November, 2020 - 6:21 pm

      <blockquote><em><a href="#589987">In reply to bgoodbody:</a></em></blockquote><p>OK. Not to sound like I'm out of it but, what is YTM????</p>

      • robinwilson16

        01 November, 2020 - 8:36 pm

        <blockquote><em><a href="#590175">In reply to lwetzel:</a></em></blockquote><p>I believe it is YouTube Music. I did try that program but when I wanted to delete and re-import my music list it made me delete one song at a time and also it doesn't integrate with Sonos (without paying) but I think I have heard a workaround is to use AirPlay from YouTube Music on an Apple device which I will try.</p>

      • Paul Thurrott

        Premium Member
        02 November, 2020 - 8:22 am

        YouTube Music.

  • Daninbusiness

    Premium Member
    02 November, 2020 - 9:43 am

    <p>Retropod is a pretty nice app for playing music stored locally on your Android device, especially if you'd like to have a clickwheel experience. </p><p><br></p><p>https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.jamesob.ipod&amp;hl=en_US&amp;gl=US</p><p><br></p><p>I love playing with that app, but I end up using YouTube Music mostly.</p>

  • dftf

    02 November, 2020 - 3:24 pm

    <p>Assuming by "owned music" you mean "music I have ripped from my own CDs, or have downloaded in a non-DRM format" then just install VLC Media Player on your device. It'll play virtually any music or video format!</p><p><br></p><p>If by "owned music" you mean "music I purchased inside the Google Play Music app, and stream inside it" then YouTube Music would likely be best, as virtually all of your purchases should all transfer over to it (though you might find some tracks that were available inside GPM are not yet available to stream inside YTM).</p>

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