The Story

PowerAMP is a fully-featured music player for Android that allows you to tweak the equalisation of your tracks, view album art and play a dazzling array of file formats. It’ll even handle video files, although it’s primary use is to handle your music and turn your Android into a genuine i-something-or-other-killer…

The Experience

PowerAMP ticks all the right boxes from the off. The search/folder selection option allows you to select your music folders and scour your phone for music files, which are automatically added to PowerAMP’s music library.

A 10-band graphic equaliser takes care of sonic nuances and you can tailor your sound to your exact requirements if you know what you’re doing. If you don’t, fear not, PowerAMP also includes 10 preset EQ setups, including Bass Extreme, Classical, Dance, Rock, Techno and Phone Speaker. If you’re confident you know what you’re up to, you can even assign custom EQs to specific tracks. A very neat feature. Owners of some Android handsets have been complaining that they’re models play music too quietly – PowerAMP includes a pre-amp slider on the EQ board to pump up the volume of quiet tracks. Problem solved.

Playlist management appears tricky at first, but delve into the menus and you can set up your own playlist folders or use Android’s music library fields to find music on your device. Album art appears above the main playback controls and, if you’re missing the vital pic, PowerAMP can go and find it for you.

PowerAMP’s exhaustive features will impress music purists who want the flexibility to set up their own EQs and playlists. Equally, though, it’s the perfect app for those who just want to collate all their music in one place and play it, as simply as possible, on their Android. Genuinely something for everyone, then…

NB: The version on Android Market is a 15-day free trial, you’ll need to buy the PowerAMP unlocker to maintain the full functionality once the trial has expired.

Compatible formats

Mp3
Mp4
M4a (including alac)
Ogg
WMA*
FLAC
WAV
APE
WV
TTA

9.4

The bottom line

The best Android music player out there. Buy.

Additional Info

Version reviewed 1.1-build-326
Requires Android 2.1 or above

PowerAMP

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User reviews

  • Gripweed1@twitter, 11th Feb 2011

    The Comments

    Great review. I love this app – can’t think of another one on any mobile OS that comes close in terms of features, interface and user options. The Dev is very responsive to feedback and the app is updated on a pretty regular basis – there is a well maintained website with a forum supporting feature requests. Downsides? It does take up a lot of storage space and could use a feature to support wifi syncing with iTunes. However I use PowerAmp along side iSyncr WiFi and this does the job pretty well. Honestly can’t recommend it high enough – definitely worth paying for.

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Well-rounded music player that makes Android audio sing

£3.10

the good

  • » Great-looking, superb-sounding player
  • » 10-band EQ allows precise tuning
  • » Excellent format support

the bad

  • » Limited number of player themes
9.4
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PowerAMP Music Player

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