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Astro Player for Android

By R.O.S. Factory Free Editors' Rating

Editors' Review

Download.com Staff Aug 14, 2013

Astro Player offers plenty of futuristic good looks, but most of the features you want from it require payment. It's not terribly expensive compared to other player apps, but it doesn't show you enough to make you feel good about buying it. There are features that can help you fine-tune things, but audiophiles probably won't be too impressed.

When you first open the app, it notifies you to update it to the full, $3.95 version, to enable all the features. You'll see the same message when you try to access most of the app's features like bookmarking or gapless playback. The free version only gives you a few equalizer features and you are able to adjust the song's volume, treble, and bass. You are also able to add bookmarks and play Internet radio. The app supports DAR.fm and all you need to do is log in with your account details. Additionally, the app supports some streaming options in the form of podcasts, but you'll have to pay if you don't want to download them, manually. Playback speed cannot be adjusted in the free version, either. Same goes for fetching lyrics and missing album art from the Internet and on Wi-Fi. The app sometimes makes your audio jump whenever you look at a menu or change a feature, too. Astro Player's saving grace is the really cool layout on your tracks. Instead of traditional sliders, everything is controlled by circular gauges that are fun and smooth to use. The blue controls really shine on the app's jet black layout. You can change that in the skins menu, but it always looks fantastic and futuristic.

Sadly, most users don't care how good their music player looks. They care about getting the best bang for their buck. Keeping this in mind, the developers of Astro Player should have allowed users to test more of the app's features in the free version. If you're going to spring for a paid app, it should at least let you test how well its features work before you pay.

Full Specifications

What's new in version 2.0

  • New Media Browser
  • New user experience

General

Release December 19, 2013
Date Added December 19, 2013
Version 2.0

Operating Systems

Operating Systems Android
Additional Requirements Android OS from 2.2

Popularity

Total Downloads 8,154
Downloads Last Week 0
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Developer's Description

Astro Player is a powerful media player with audiobooks and podcasts support. Astro Player has advanced bookmarking functionality. It allows listening audiobooks, podcasts, music, and watch video in parallel and never lose playback position. Astro Player introduces several unique features like adjustable speed playback, equalizer, and non-unicode tags support. Moreover, it shows lyrics, supports scrobbling, fetches missing album art, plays Internet radio, supports flac, has convenient file browser with play folder option and hotkeys organizer. Supports Feedly Service and DAR.fm.
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