Straightforward audio player especially designed for classical music
About Unpopular Music Player
Unpopular Music Player is a music & audio app developed by Andreas Kromke.
Download Statistics
Unpopular Music Player has been downloaded 2.2 thousand times. In the last 30 days, the app was downloaded 7 times.
User Ratings
Unpopular Music Player is rated 4.57 out of 5 stars. The rating is based on 39 ratings.
App Information
Unpopular Music Player is FREE to download. The APK download size is 2.29 MB. The latest version available is 2.85. The last update was on August 31, 2025.
Technical Requirements
Unpopular Music Player requires Android 4.4+ or higher. The app has a content rating of Everyone. The app has been available on Google Play January 2016.
Description
Legal disclaimer: This program neither contains music files nor does get any from the internet. It only uses files that are already accessible from the device. The screenshots are examples, i.e. the music shown is neither included in the program nor automatically created or loaded from internet.
Hint: Beginning with version 2.70 (the first one for Android 11), the application available here is slightly functionally limited, due to the new policy. However, unlimited versions may be installed from the source mentioned below.
(Please see also the advanced app: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=de.kromke.andreas.opus1musicplayer)
A simple to use, minimalistic music player application especially designed to manage classical music. The application typically accesses local files only and uses very low system resources. For editing audio metadata the Classical Music Tagger can directly called within the program. External storage is accessible by using the "SAF Media Scanner".
Is Johnny Brahms' double concerto a "Song"? Who is singing? And who is the "artist"? The orchestra? The soloists? Or the mentioned Johnny? What about its three movements? Are these all separate "Songs"?
Why does my favourite music player present all my music as "Allegro" and I never know which one is currently playing? Is there nobody who's interested in the composer of an opus? Why are are my album and titles truncated to "Carl Philipp Eman.." or "Clara Schumann: Sona.."?
Most music player applications are designed for so called "pop music" (and so is the Android system itself). Thus obviously other kinds of music, like classical music or baroque music, are "unpopular", aren't they? But those people dealing with classical music usually are also interested in the composer, not only the performer, who might be not the same person (which is the less probable, the longer the composer's date of death lies before the date of the performance). Also it's quite normal that an opus, like a symphony, consists of several movements or an opera of an overture and several arias (by the way, an aria is a kind of song, isn't it?).
The Unpopular Music Player is a simple application which is designed to (also) play "unpopular" music (e.g. classic, baroque, romantic usw.). Music files are not only grouped in "albums", but also in opera (or opuses?) , e.g. the movements of a cello concerto, inside the same album. The composer is also presented. If possible no information will be truncated, instead also extremely long titles (like combined movement descriptions in case of "attacca") will be shown untruncated. The goal is to present an opus on the smartphone in the same way it would be presented on a CD box or in a concert programme.
By the way, the string "song" is not used in its user interface.
Of course the application can only show what is stored inside the music files, in the so called "tags" (meta information). Suitable "tagger" apps are listed in the app's offline help text.
Meta data are transferred to a Bluetooth car radio, and the car radio can remote control the app.
Final words: Writing this application took lots of time, and putting it to the Play Store took both time and money. However, I decided to provide the application free and without advertisements for people liking classical music. So please rate this "opus 1" benevolently and in doubt first send me a message instead of providing a bad rating.Thanks in advance!
SONAQ ("seldomly or never asked questions"):
- The Unpopular Music Player is "open source", and it is also available via F-Droid (https://f-droid.org/packages/de.kromke.andreas.unpopmusicplayerfree/). - To see the effect of the genderism setting, one needs a file with "conductor" tag, and this tag has to made visible in the settings. Additionally, the text "unknown composer" in notifications will be genderised.
Recent changes: - SDK 36, new Gradle version and libraries.
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★★★★★Nick Quantum· Nov 5, 2017
No privacy inventing permissions equals 5 stars.
★★★★★Brian Griffiths· Sep 22, 2017
Organizes classical music sensibly and simply. Easy to use. Better than other apps that I have tried.
★★☆☆☆A Google user· Mar 29, 2019
Apparently the writer of this app doesn't accept the slightest criticism. This could, with a few modifications be a really great app for classical music, but its designer is just as narrow-minded as the other app designers he disparages. As is, this app doesn't do anything that a number of others don't already do. I'm deleting this app. I see no reason to support someone with that type of attitude.
★☆☆☆☆A A· Nov 8, 2020
Seems very rushed and hastily put together. I think it's not a bad first app or program attempt by someone. Maybe it was a class project or assessment. Keep trying and working on it, and you'll improve over time.
★☆☆☆☆Mihály Olteanu· May 24, 2018
I see a flood of 833 folders with this thing, no folder browsing, no
search, no library handling or at least a filter to restrict it to one
folder. The system does not even recognize it as a music player,
disappointed. As for your reply: I regret that I dared to be critical, I am
sorry that you were offended by an unfavorable review, and I am appalled by
the fact that in exchange you try to hurt others. Unpopular? :)
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