SicMu Neo vs Virtuosity
Side-by-side comparison of two open source alternatives
SicMu Neo
SicMu Neo is a lightweight, full-featured, file-based audio player with a simple to use UI and low resource footprint. It is especially well-suited for large music libraries organized in folder structures. Installation Note: After a fresh install it might be necessary to go into the settings, scroll down and trigger a media scan. This will take at most one minute. After restarting the app, your music should appear. Features: * Song grouping by artist/album or folder structure * Multiple shuffle modes, multiple song repeatition options, A-B looping, set playback speed * Shake the phone to skip a song (after enabled) * Light: starts in sub-second time and runs with no delay for music libraries with >1K files * Audio metadata reading * Filter by and edit star ratings * Notification with sound control * Scrobble support via third-party apps * Sleep timer (turn of music after X minutes/hours) * Multiple color themes (dark-red, dark-white, white) * Supports virtually all audio formats (mp3, ogg, flac, wav, ...) New in this fork: * Search * Advanced album art loading (You have an Album.jpg file? It will be considered.) * Album art zooming * Individual mono/stereo settings per audio output * Radio shuffle mode (Random song order, starts first song selected at random point in the song) * More options in long press menu, e.g. search on Genius.com or YouTube.com * Changed the audio backend to the modern ExoPlayer, causing less RAM usage (220MB prior vs 135MB now) * Ability to read comment metadata fields * More translations (most notably Spanish) * Basic accessibility support * bugfixes
Virtuosity
Virtuosity helps you organize and track your music practice, allowing you to your reach musical goals faster. Organize Create routines of the exercises you wish to practice. Practice Stay focused while practicing with a built in timer. Measure View logs of your previous practice sessions, as well as detailed graphs showing your performance (BPM) over time. Offline, ad-free, and open source No advertisements, annoying notifications, intrusive permissions, or trackers in this app. Your data is yours. The complete source code is available under an open-source license (GPLv3).
| Feature | SicMu Neo | Virtuosity |
|---|---|---|
| License | GPL-3.0-only | GPL-3.0-or-later |
| Install sources | F-DroidGitHub | F-DroidGitHub |
| Categories | MusicMedia PlayerVideo | MusicNotesProductivityMedia PlayerVideo |
| Features | Ad-FreeOpen SourceNo Tracking | Ad-FreeOpen SourceNo Tracking |
| Platforms | Android | Android |
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