Folder Player

6.01

Peter Shashkin

4.04

16,693 reviews

1,000,000+
Downloads

Free

Use Folders as playlists :-)

Folder Player offers folder-based access to your music library with an ad-free, lightweight experience. It treats folders as playlists, supports in-folder album art, and even plays video formats as audio. With 1,000,000+ total downloads and 1.5K in the last 30 days, it shows sustained popularity.

Pros & Cons

Folder-based organization matches how users structure their library
Ad-free experience with no in-app purchases
In-folder album art support and audio-only playback for video files
Bluetooth/Android Auto integration plus Last.fm scrobbling for a richer listening experience

Not aimed at desktop-like advanced features; may not satisfy users seeking tag-based navigation
May be less appealing to users who prefer more feature-rich or heavily customized music players

About Folder Player

Folder Player is a music & audio app developed by Peter Shashkin.

Download Statistics

Folder Player has been downloaded 2 million times. In the last 30 days, the app was downloaded 1.5 thousand times.

User Ratings

Folder Player is rated 4.04 out of 5 stars. The rating is based on 17 thousand ratings.

App Information

Folder Player is FREE to download. The APK download size is 5.29 MB. The latest version available is 6.01. The last update was on July 14, 2026.

Technical Requirements

Folder Player requires Android 8.0+ or higher. The app has a content rating of Everyone. The app has been available on Google Play January 2011.

Description

Already organized your music in folders? Folder Player gives you direct access to your audio library :)

More data about Folder Player

Price	Free to download
Total downloads	2 million
Recent downloads	1.5 thousand
Rating	4.04 based on 17 thousand ratings
Ranking	Not ranked
Version	6.01
APK size	5.29 MB
Number of libraries	23
Designed for Android	8.0+
Suitable for	Everyone
Ads	NO ads

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Common keywords of similar apps

Feedback Rate Access Playback Full Players Important People Integration Fans Player Folder Music App Folders Play Features Playlists Audio

Keywords missing from this app

Strong Songs Support File Album Playlist Cutter Free Equalizer Notification Files List Feature Recent Ringtone Pause Video Custom Background Set Artist Control Phone Albums Artists Screen Local Supports Delete Browse Easily Share Powerful Repeat Select Jd Song Favourite Buttons Choice Playing

Google Play Rating history and histogram

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Downloads over time

Folder Player has been downloaded 2 million times. Over the past 30 days, it averaged 50 downloads per day.

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Peter Shashkin

peter@shashkin.com

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Comments on Folder Player for Android

★★★★☆ Greg & Debbie Byrnes · Feb 19, 2026

Best no fuss music player I've found. If you prefer to organize your own life (eg: all MP3 files in folders by artist) and ignore tags, this is it. UPDATE: discovered after more testing that previously reported channel dropout requires 3 conditions - setting stereo balance off center (even slightly), enabling equalizer, and interrupting playback (pausing or skipping). Weird, but centering the stereo balance avoids the issue. UPDATE: Problem solved. Not the app. Old android version bug!

★★★★★ TennisFan17 · Jun 6, 2026

Simple and awesome. I click on the folder with my audio files, and it starts playing all of them. THANK YOU.

★☆☆☆☆ Primal Convoy · Jan 16, 2024

App no longer shows MP3 files after Android 14 update. It only shows folders, which makes this app not fit for purpose. 1 star until fixed. No excuses from dev accepted.

★☆☆☆☆ Dave Cooper · Dec 12, 2025

After uninstalling Folder Player and restarting my phone and then reinstalling and restarting and then uninstalling and reinstalling, etc. etc. Folder Player finally found my mp3 files. Wonderful. Except Folder Player will not actually play my files. I give up.

★★☆☆☆ Amauri Lucinio · Nov 2, 2025

I don't know why, since a few weeks ago, the randon function is repeating only 10–12 musics from a folder where I keep almost 200 musics. That is not the behavior expected from a folder player app. The only way to listen all musics is in alphabetical order...

★★☆☆☆ Kris V · Nov 5, 2025

With moto g60 android 12: the app does not start up and the search engine settings are changed (after a reboot of android there is a notification, is for searching on the android home screen), deleting the cache and storage data and a reinstallation does not fix the problem, the app causes screen flickering when the permission setting screen is shown on startup

Google Play Rankings for Folder Player

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Technologies used by Folder Player

Folder Player is requesting 16 permissions and is using 23 libraries.
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Trust & Safety: The app requests a broad set of permissions typical for a music player and device integration: ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE, BLUETOOTH, BLUETOOTH_CONNECT, FOREGROUND_SERVICE, FOREGROUND_SERVICE_MEDIA_PLAYBACK, MODIFY_AUDIO_SETTINGS, POST_NOTIFICATIONS, READ_EXTERNAL_STORAGE, READ_MEDIA_AUDIO, READ_MEDIA_IMAGES, READ_MEDIA_VIDEO, READ_PHONE_STATE, RECEIVE_BOOT_COMPLETED, WAKE_LOCK, WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE, and a DYNAMIC_RECEIVER_NOT_EXPORTED_PERMISSION. This aligns with background playback, storage access, and connectivity needs. No location permissions are listed.

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