Buying Guide
Five of these eight are open source, and the best local player is 4.8 MB. The split that matters is whether your music is a folder of files you own or a subscription you rent — the apps for those two lives have almost nothing in common.
8 min read · 8 apps covered · android
Buying Guide
Almost every Android video player claims to play everything. The difference is what happens when a file has Dolby Vision, an ASS subtitle track or DTS audio — that is where seven of these eight actually separate.
10 min read · 8 apps covered · android
Buying Guide
Watching video on a phone is six different jobs and one app cannot do them all. A player, four subscriptions, three better clients, two readers, the short-form feed, and five ways to save something for a flight.
15 min read · 17 apps covered · android