Lotus vs Vanilla 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.
Vanilla Music
Music player with a simple interface similar to the stock music player. Supports browsing by folder, queueing, shake-to-skip and more. Supports the same audio formats as the stock music player since the system media APIs are used. This is a fork of https://f-droid.org/packages/org.kreed.vanilla which is no longer being developed by its author. We keep that in the repo as it supports Android versions below 4.0.3.
| Feature | Lotus | Vanilla 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 |
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