GoneMAD might be a bit more popular than Vanilla Music. We know about 1 link to it since March 2021 and only 1 link to Vanilla Music. We are tracking product recommendations and mentions on various public social media platforms and blogs. They can help you identify which product is more popular and what people think of it.
Otherwise you'll have to look towards an Android "Dumbphone" that can sideload apks. Vanilla Music is my favorite but there are of course a million others. Source: about 2 years ago
My favorite is https://gonemadmusicplayer.blogspot.com/ there are so many options so you can really customize your listening experience how you like it. Source: almost 3 years ago
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Musicolet - Musicolet is a small yet feature-rich offline Music Player for Android.
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