A media player for serious collectors that syncs between your device and PC.
MediaMonkey is a capable music player designed for serious collectors, delivering cross-device syncing with MediaMonkey for Windows, robust playlist management, and UPnP/DLNA casting. It also supports Android Auto, home screen widgets, and an ad-free experience for extended playback. With 1,000,000+ total downloads and a 4.31 rating from 26,571 ratings, it shows sustained user interest.
Pros & Cons
Cross-device syncing with Windows via MediaMonkey
Ad-free experience and transparent privacy approach
Rich playback controls: 5-band EQ, replay gain, sleep timer
UPnP/DLNA access, casting, and media access
Not ranked in any top list in the provided data
Feature emphasis on Windows sync and local control may miss cloud-centric or offline-library features highlighted by competitors
Some common modern features (e.g., explicit offline/cloud libraries) are not highlighted in the data
About MediaMonkey
MediaMonkey is a music & audio app developed by Ventis Media, Inc..
Download Statistics
MediaMonkey has been downloaded 1.5 million times. In the last 30 days, the app was downloaded 3 thousand times.
User Ratings
MediaMonkey is rated 4.32 out of 5 stars. The rating is based on 27 thousand ratings.
App Information
MediaMonkey is FREE to download. The APK download size is 33.85 MB. The latest version available is 2.1.1.1290. The last update was on November 19, 2025.
Technical Requirements
The app has a content rating of Everyone. The app has been available on Google Play April 2014.
Description
MediaMonkey is a lightweight yet powerful music player that lets you manage and keep large music collections in sync across your devices. Key features:
❖ Sync with MediaMonkey for Windows * -> Keep playlists, tracks and videos in sync. -> Keep file info, ratings, lyrics, play history, etc. in sync.
❖ Simple UI for managing Music, Classical music, Audiobooks, Podcasts, Video. -> Navigate by Artist, Album, Composer, Genre, Playlist, etc. -> Search entire library or find related tracks -> Edit file info (e.g. Artist, Album, Composer, rating, etc.) with support for multiple attributes (e.g. Genre=Rock;Alternative). -> Lookup Album Art and Lyrics. -> Edit multiple files at once.
❖ Manage Playlists -> Set up hierarchical playlists -> Add/remove/re-order tracks -> Sync playlists with MediaMonkey for Windows
❖ Intuitive player and queue manager -> Play content at a steady volume (using replay gain) to avoid fidgeting with the volume -> Tune audio with a 5-band equalizer -> Relax with a Sleep timer -> Share your play history with third-party scrobblers (Simple Last.fm, Last.fm) -> Cast to Google chrome cast or UPnP/DLNA devices ** † -> Bookmark large files (e.g. Audiobooks, videos)
❖ Android Auto support ❖ Access and download media from UPnP/DLNA servers ** ❖ Player widgets for home screen or lock screen ❖ Set tracks as ringtones ❖ Share tracks ❖ Themes
* USB sync is unrestricted. Wi-Fi Sync is a time-limited trial--can be unlocked with MediaMonkey Pro. ** Time-limited trial--can be unlocked with MediaMonkey Pro. Note that MediaMonkey is Ad-free and as development is supported by sales of MediaMonkey Pro.
Privacy, Safety and Security Information ---------------------------------------- Data Handling
Ventis Media, Inc. is committed to your privacy and to transparency in our data handling practices. This app doesn't collect, use, or share any of your data unless required for the functionality or service being provided.
The following explains our disclosures in the Google Play Store regarding data safety: o Email address and device identifier is only 'collected' if you explicitly 'Submit a debug log' (encrypted in transit, deleted after 90 days) so that we can get in touch with you. o Videos, Audio Files are only 'collected' and transmitted when you explicitly: - Sync media content with MediaMonkey for Windows (files and file metadata are transmitted from MediaMonkey for Android to MediaMonkey for Windows--they are not shared with us). - Cast media content to a Chromecast or UPnP Server (files and file metadata are streamed encrypted, from MediaMonkey for Android to your cast device--they are not shared with us). - Give Android Auto access to MediaMonkey content (files and file metadata are shared encrypted, from MediaMonkey for Android to your Android Auto device--they are not shared with us). - Enable 'scrobbling' to share play history with others (metadata of played files is shared through your scrobbling client with last.fm--the data is not shared with us). o Media file metadata is only shared with 3rd parties if you enable track information to be looked up (file metadata [Artist, Album, Title] is shared with 3rd parties in order to look up additional related track information--the data is not shared with us).
Application Permissions Atypical of a Player
o CAMERA: To scan QR codes to get configuration data to facilitate connections to MediaMonkey Servers o WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE: To write to 'shared' media folders such as /Music or /Playlists o WRITE_SETTINGS: To change some system settings (e.g. disable touch sounds, set up ringtones/alarms) o REQUEST_DELETE_PACKAGES: To uninstall Last.fm (it can't be disabled) o ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE, ACCESS_WIFI_STATE, CHANGE_WIFI_STATE, CHANGE_WIFI_MULTICAST_STATE, INTERNET: For Wi-Fi Sync, UPnP, Casting o REQUEST_IGNORE_BATTERY_OPTIMIZATIONS, WAKE_LOCK: To prevent shutdown during extended operations (e.g. Sync) o INSTALL_SHORTCUT: To install custom shortcuts to Playlists
Recent changes: 1290 Sync -Connection via VPN -Autoplaylists incomplete -Playlist hierarchy not updated -Fails in some cases -Error handling Misc -Artwork lookup -Stability
1285 -Improved UI (menus & playlist editing) -Adaptive background for Albums -16 KB page size support
Fixes ------ UPnP Casting: -NEXT may skip tracks -Wiim/Marantz playback Playback: -'Missing codec' error -Volume leveling for quiet tracks Sync: -May update tracks unnecessarily Misc: -'Mounting storage' alert for usb audio
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Love it, and links to android auto to make listening to music in the car very nice 🙂👍
★★★★★Norri Buvari· Jun 27, 2026
2026 and im still using media monkey. I've finally transitioned away from any streaming service and gone back to buying music from bandcamp, locally and having my music I own in the palm of my hands. I use my Linux computer to sync my music automatically to my phone so media monkey can play it for me. Old question: Hey guys I just purchased media monkey gold, how do I activate my license on my phone?
★★★★★Holics9494· Mar 21, 2026
This gets a 5 star partially because it does what says it'll do, play media, but more importantly SOMEHOW it's the ONLY media player app that I could find that would let me reorder playlists.
★★☆☆☆M K· Jul 20, 2026
Paid version still displays ads. Response to Developer: Why am I seeing ads, especially in the media areas and over the play bar? These ads could be pulled from the album look-up, but I already have album art attached to ALL my media and device is configured to only “Lookup missing album art”. I have since disabled this feature and had re-update/sync my media. I have attempted to send screenshots to the email in the above Response, but received "Remote host said: 452 4.2.2 Mailbox full"
★☆☆☆☆James Yeager· May 9, 2026
No longer able to access my network media server. Used to work like a champ for that, but recently stopped being able to hold a connection to it. Don't know what changed, but a useless app for me now.
★☆☆☆☆Felix Reali· Mar 22, 2026
MM has a great interface and once you're using it it's absolutely fantastic. But getting to that point is so frigging frustrating. I would love to pay for the life subscription, but I won't pay for an app where the only tutorial videos are from the 1800s. Every time I create a new playlist on my pc, I have to delete all my tracks from my phone and then re-sync the lot again. Please please please make a new tutorial video on how to sync with cable and how to choose folders and permissions.
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Technologies used by MediaMonkey
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Trust & Safety: Privacy and safety: MediaMonkey states it does not collect user data beyond functionality. Data handling notes include encryption for debug logs (collected only if you submit a debug log) and selective data transmission for features like Windows sync, casting, Android Auto, and Last.fm scrobbling. Permissions include CAMERA (QR code configuration), WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE and WRITE_SETTINGS (file and system adjustments), as well as networking permissions for internet access and UPnP/casting. Track information lookup is only shared with third parties if you explicitly enable that feature; otherwise metadata remains on-device. The app emphasizes an ad-free experience and notes that data is transmitted only as required for features.
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