Lotus vs Retro Music
Side-by-side comparison of two open source alternatives
Lotus
Features Enjoy your music in MP3, FLAC, OGG, OPUS, WAV, M4A, and more No ads, no telemetry, no analytics — ever Network access is off by default and must be turned on in Settings Smart Shuffle — Pure (mathematically unbiased) and Smart (avoids repeating artists) Per-track embedded artwork — show the cover stored inside each file Synchronized lyrics from LRCLIB with karaoke-style timed display Manual lyrics import with automatic charset detection (UTF-8 and Latin-1) Browse tracks, albums, artists, and genres; create and manage playlists Smart Playlists — Recently Added and Random Mix, always up to date Export playlists to M3U files for use in other music apps Global search across tracks, albums, artists, genres, and playlists Loved tracks — mark favorites and browse them in one place Listening Stats — most played, most listened, recently played, top artists Backup and restore playlists and loved tracks to a JSON file Sleep timer with presets (15/30/45/60/90 min) and finish-current-track Quick Settings tile for play/pause Edit metadata tags or fetch accurate info from MusicBrainz OPUS metadata editing — title, album, artist, genre, year, track number, lyrics Share tracks via the system share sheet Crash logs saved locally — share them manually, nothing is sent automatically Designed with Material You and dynamic color palettes All music stays on your device. Network access is off by default and must be turned on in Settings — LRCLIB lyrics lookups and MusicBrainz metadata queries are opt-in only.
Retro Music
Retro Music Player 🎵 📦 Included Features Base 3 themes (Clearly White, Kinda Dark and Just Black) Material You support on Android 12+ Gapless playback Crossfade playback Choose from 10+ now playing themes Android auto support Wallpaper accent picker on Android 8.1+ Home screen widgets Lock screen playback controls Sleep timer Easy drag to sort playlist & play queue Tag editor Create, edit and import playlists Browse and play your music by songs, albums, artists, playlists and genre Smart Auto Playlists - Recently played, most played and history
| Feature | Lotus | Retro Music |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| Website | ||
| Source code |