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Gramophone is a free, open-source Android music player that brings together the latest Material Design 3 aesthetics with the robustness of Media3/ExoPlayer. It plays your local music library without cloud accounts, ads, or bloat — available on F-Droid, IzzyOnDroid, and Google Play.

Installation

Get Gramophone from F-Droid, IzzyOnDroid, or Google Play in minutes.

Build from source

Build Gramophone yourself using Android Studio.

Music library

Browse songs, albums, artists, genres, folders, and playlists.

Synced lyrics

LRC, TTML, and SRT lyrics with karaoke word-level synchronization.

Key features

Material Design 3

Dynamic Monet color theming and up-to-date Material You design throughout the app.

ReplayGain 2.0

Full ReplayGain 2.0 support with adaptive dynamic range compression.

Equalizer support

Connect to your favorite system or third-party equalizer app.

Settings & customization

Control appearance, behavior, audio processing, and player UI preferences.

Get started

1

Install the app

Download Gramophone from F-Droid, IzzyOnDroid, or Google Play. See Installation for details.
2

Grant storage permission

On first launch, Gramophone asks for read access to your audio files. Grant this permission to let it scan your music library via MediaStore.
3

Browse your library

Your music appears automatically, organized by songs, albums, artists, genres, folders, and playlists. Use the search bar to find tracks quickly.
4

Customize your experience

Explore Settings to configure appearance, audio processing, and playback behavior to match your preferences.

Supported formats

Gramophone plays MP3, FLAC, OGG, OPUS, M4A, MKA, WAV, MIDI, and ALAC files. It relies on Android system codecs for most formats, and includes a built-in Java ALAC decoder for lossless Apple audio playback without requiring a system codec.
Gramophone requires Android 5.0 (API 21) or later. Some audio formats — such as int32 FLAC, xHE-AAC, or Dolby Digital — require specific Android versions or licensed device codecs. See the FAQ for details.

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