Shuttle Music Player

It was the only independent Android music player that I could feel comfortable committing to. The price is good and the interface doesn't get in the way. An issue I've had is that songs removed from storage are hard to remove here. I understand it's undesirable to purge information automatically, because of swappable storage, but I'd expect the app to offer an option to remove nonexistent files; as is, it seems I might have to manually exclude everything, and have it on permanent record.

As a long time user of Shuttle, I was happy to become a beta tester for its sequel. At first S2 felt rather empty compared to the original, but it has come a long way since then. I pre tag and manage my library on my computer before syncing it to my phone. For me, sorting albums by the "Album Artist" tag is a requirement when it comes to a music player. For some reason that seems to be a rarity among competitors. Combine that capability with the overall polish and functionality of S2 and I can say there is no better app out there. Admittedly the add music and directory selection process was confusing at first, but it works perfectly fine once configured correctly. It's nice being able to manually rescan the music directory for new files, rather than waiting for the app to do so on its own time like in Shuttle 1. Just to name one of the new features compared to the prior app. Definitely give this player an honest shot. The price is steep, but well worth it. At this point, S2 is my go-to offline music player and I look forward to seeing it continue to grow.

I discovered Shuttle music player years ago and fell in love with it. It checked all the boxes that I needed/wanted. Can't say that I like how Shuttle+ was abandoned and the Bluetooth issues I have still persist, but when I saw this app I had to give it a try. Sure enough, it works flawlessly. Paid for it on day 4. Thank you for your hard work!