Folder Player

5.38

Peter Shashkin

4.05

16,725 reviews

1,000,000+
Downloads

Free

Use Folders as playlists :-)

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About Folder Player

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

How many times has Folder Player been downloaded?

Folder Player has been downloaded 2 million times. In the last 30 days, the app was downloaded 1.2 thousand times.

What is the rating of Folder Player?

Folder Player is rated 4.05 out of 5 stars, based on 17 thousand ratings.

Is Folder Player free?

Folder Player is free to download. The APK download size is 4.66 MB. The latest version available is 5.38. The last update was on April 9, 2026.

What are the requirements for Folder Player?

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 :)
Folder Player is FREE (NO Ads, NO in-app purchases!), minimalistic yet powerful alternative music player which uses folders as playlists to play music or audiobooks, supporting in-folder images as album art and playback of video formats using audio-only.

Longer Story:

Folder Player is a freeware which knows how to play whole directories. It can browse and play individual files, folders, or full folder trees.

Why another music player for Android?

There are many great mp3 players out there. If you're happy with them, you probably don't need another one. But chances are, you have the same problem as I had before I created this app - you tried many players, and your mp3 tag-based access to your music still too cumbersome, because your world defined - yes - by folders.

Is Folder Player a solution?
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If you need advanced capabilities of a desktop player - Folder Player is probably not the right fit.
This player focuses on things that really are important: browsing and playing music on a portable device, and that's exactly what makes this app stand out.

You can learn more, or leave your feedback at http://folderplayer.com

If you like the player - it is important to rate this app - here is why:
More people rate it -> more people see it -> more feedback -> more updates

(by the way, same applies to other apps you like, rate them too!)

Other features include:

- integration with Bluetooth headphones
- Android Auto
- integration with last.fm (via scrobbler)
- pauses during phone calls and navigation speech
- sequential and random play
- configurable settings
- Equalizer
- Double press headset button to skip track
- Search
- Temporary playlist "Play Next"

I would like to thank all the fans of this app, for your feedback, donations, and translations.

Recent changes:
7 new features as well as other fixes and changes sponsored by fans of Pro version :)

See https://folderplayer.com/whatsnew-free.html for the full list

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More data about Folder Player

Price	Free to download
Total downloads	2 million
Recent downloads	1.2 thousand
Rating	4.05 based on 17 thousand ratings
Ranking	Not ranked
Version	5.38
APK size	4.66 MB
Number of libraries	23
Designed for Android	8.0+
Suitable for	Everyone
Ads	NO ads

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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 40 downloads per day.

Changelog of Folder Player

Apr 9, 2026UpdateVersion 5.38
Feb 1, 2026UpdateVersion 5.37
Sep 26, 2025UpdateVersion 5.36
Aug 19, 2025UpdateVersion 5.35
Aug 9, 2025UpdateVersion 5.35
Mar 16, 2025UpdateVersion 5.32
Jun 28, 2024UpdateVersion 5.27
Feb 27, 2024UpdateVersion 5.22
Feb 13, 2024UpdateVersion 5.22
May 27, 2023UpdateVersion 5.04
Dec 12, 2022UpdateVersion 4.24
Aug 21, 2022UpdateVersion 4.20
Aug 4, 2022UpdateVersion 4.20
Jul 11, 2022UpdateVersion 4.19
May 26, 2022UpdateVersion 4.18
Apr 1, 2021UpdateVersion 4.11
Oct 14, 2020UpdateVersion 4.9.7
Aug 31, 2020UpdateVersion 4.9.7
Aug 24, 2020UpdateVersion 4.9.7
Apr 17, 2020UpdateVersion 4.9.4
Mar 26, 2020UpdateVersion 4.9.4
Nov 11, 2019UpdateVersion 4.9
Oct 31, 2019UpdateVersion 4.8.2
Oct 28, 2019UpdateVersion 4.8.2
Oct 13, 2019UpdateVersion 4.8.2
Jul 10, 2019UpdateVersion 4.8.1
Apr 21, 2019UpdateVersion 4.7.2
Apr 9, 2019UpdateVersion 4.7.1
Apr 8, 2019UpdateVersion 4.7.1
Mar 28, 2019UpdateVersion 4.7.1
Oct 27, 2018UpdateVersion 4.6.2
Oct 6, 2018UpdateVersion 4.6.1
Sep 6, 2018UpdateVersion 4.6
May 27, 2018UpdateVersion 4.4.6
Dec 19, 2017UpdateVersion 4.3.5.1
Nov 17, 2017UpdateVersion 4.3.3
Nov 6, 2017UpdateVersion 4.3.1
Oct 19, 2017UpdateVersion 4.2.4
Jul 16, 2017UpdateVersion 4.2.3.1
Jun 3, 2017UpdateVersion 4.2.2
Mar 5, 2017UpdateVersion 4.1.1
Jan 14, 2017UpdateVersion 4.0.3
Oct 1, 2016UpdateVersion 4.0.1
Sep 9, 2016UpdateVersion 3.9.6.5
Jul 28, 2016UpdateVersion 3.9.6.2
May 8, 2016UpdateVersion 3.9.6.1
May 4, 2016UpdateVersion 3.9.6
Feb 27, 2016UpdateVersion 3.9.4.7
Feb 24, 2016UpdateVersion 3.9.4.5
Feb 12, 2016UpdateVersion 3.9.4.3

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Developer information for Peter Shashkin

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!

★★★★☆ Peter Smithson · Mar 19, 2026

Just what I needed. Of course, I organize music in folders - amazing how other players can't cope with that. I've had to drop a star since getting a fancy car with Android Auto. If I have folder player open when Android Auto starts, Android auto locks in on that app, and I can't get rid of it. I have to clear all the data on Android Auto and make sure I don't use Folder Player! AI says it's not releasing something or other. No other audio app does this to me.

★★★★☆ S Trippi · May 14, 2023

This was the best app for shuffle playing music from music folder UNTIL Android messed it up with its STUPID update. Thanks alot

★☆☆☆☆ 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.

★☆☆☆☆ 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.

★★☆☆☆ 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

★★☆☆☆ 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...

Google Play Rankings for Folder Player

This app is not ranked

Technologies used by Folder Player

Folder Player is requesting 16 permissions and is using 25 libraries.

Permissions

Development tools

test access to protected storage

Network communication

view network connections, pair with Bluetooth devices

Storage

modify or delete the contents of your USB storage

Phone calls

read phone status and identity

Hardware controls

change your audio settings

System tools

run at startup, prevent phone from sleeping

Extra

android.permission.BLUETOOTH_CONNECT, android.permission.FOREGROUND_SERVICE, android.permission.FOREGROUND_SERVICE_MEDIA_PLAYBACK, android.permission.POST_NOTIFICATIONS, android.permission.READ_MEDIA_AUDIO, android.permission.READ_MEDIA_IMAGES, android.permission.READ_MEDIA_VIDEO, com.folderplayer.DYNAMIC_RECEIVER_NOT_EXPORTED_PERMISSION

Ad network libraries

None found

Social libraries

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Development tools

Android Jetpack core

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Android Jetpack Media

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AndroidX Preference Jetpack WindowManager Android Library Icon

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Lottie

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ACRA

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