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SicMu Neo

Simple, full-featured, file-based music player
New in version 2.4.5
Version 2.4.5
* Add "Search on YouTube" button
* Add ability to disable pitch compensation for Nightcore/Daycore music
* Complete and add translations for various languages (de, es, eo, fr, pt, tr, sr)
* Complete UI accessibility
SicMu Neo is a lightweight, full-featured, file-based audio player with a simple to use UI and low resource footprint. It is especially well-suited for large music libraries organized in folder structures.

Installation Note:
After a fresh install it might be necessary to go into the settings, scroll down and trigger a media scan. This will take at most one minute. After restarting the app, your music should appear.

Features:
* Song grouping by artist/album or folder structure
* Multiple shuffle modes, multiple song repeatition options, A-B looping, set playback speed
* Shake the phone to skip a song (after enabled)
* Light: starts in sub-second time and runs with no delay for music libraries with >1K files
* Audio metadata reading
* Filter by and edit star ratings
* Notification with sound control
* Scrobble support via third-party apps
* Sleep timer (turn of music after X minutes/hours)
* Multiple color themes (dark-red, dark-white, white)
* Supports virtually all audio formats (mp3, ogg, flac, wav, ...)

New in this fork:
* Search function
* Multiple sources for album art (metadata, fallback to longest filename prefix match for .jpg and .png files in the same folder)
* Per-device mono/stereo settings
* More options in long press menu, e.g. search on Genius.com or YouTube.com
* More translations (most notably Spanish), basic support for screen readers


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Versions

Although APK downloads are available below to give you the choice, you should be aware that by installing that way you will not receive update notifications and it's a less secure way to download. We recommend that you install the F-Droid client and use that.

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  • Version 2.4.5 (38) suggested Added on Feb 11, 2026

    This version requires Android 8.0 or newer.

    It is built and signed by F-Droid, and guaranteed to correspond to this source tarball.

    Permissions
    • view network connections
      Allows the app to view information about network connections such as which networks exist and are connected.
    • run foreground service
      Allows the app to make use of foreground services.
    • run foreground service with the type "mediaPlayback"
      Allows the app to make use of foreground services with the type "mediaPlayback"
    • android.permission.MANAGE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE
    • read the contents of your shared storage
      Allows the app to read the contents of your shared storage.
    • control vibration
      Allows the app to control the vibrator.
    • prevent phone from sleeping
      Allows the app to prevent the phone from going to sleep.
    • modify or delete the contents of your shared storage
      Allows the app to write the contents of your shared storage.
    • xyz.mordorx.sicmu.DYNAMIC_RECEIVER_NOT_EXPORTED_PERMISSION

    Download APK 3 MiB PGP Signature | Build Log

  • Version 2.4.4 (37) - Added on Jan 25, 2026

    This version requires Android 8.0 or newer.

    It is built and signed by F-Droid, and guaranteed to correspond to this source tarball.

    Permissions
    • view network connections
      Allows the app to view information about network connections such as which networks exist and are connected.
    • run foreground service
      Allows the app to make use of foreground services.
    • run foreground service with the type "mediaPlayback"
      Allows the app to make use of foreground services with the type "mediaPlayback"
    • android.permission.MANAGE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE
    • read the contents of your shared storage
      Allows the app to read the contents of your shared storage.
    • control vibration
      Allows the app to control the vibrator.
    • prevent phone from sleeping
      Allows the app to prevent the phone from going to sleep.
    • modify or delete the contents of your shared storage
      Allows the app to write the contents of your shared storage.
    • xyz.mordorx.sicmu.DYNAMIC_RECEIVER_NOT_EXPORTED_PERMISSION

    Download APK 2.9 MiB PGP Signature | Build Log

    • New in version 2.4.2
    Version 2.4.2
    * Fix a bug with the radio shuffle mode
    * Reworked album art caching
    * Added FreeDroidWarn
  • Version 2.4.2 (35) - Added on Dec 13, 2025

    This version requires Android 7.0 or newer.

    It is built and signed by F-Droid, and guaranteed to correspond to this source tarball.

    Permissions
    • view network connections
      Allows the app to view information about network connections such as which networks exist and are connected.
    • run foreground service
      Allows the app to make use of foreground services.
    • run foreground service with the type "mediaPlayback"
      Allows the app to make use of foreground services with the type "mediaPlayback"
    • android.permission.MANAGE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE
    • read the contents of your shared storage
      Allows the app to read the contents of your shared storage.
    • control vibration
      Allows the app to control the vibrator.
    • prevent phone from sleeping
      Allows the app to prevent the phone from going to sleep.
    • modify or delete the contents of your shared storage
      Allows the app to write the contents of your shared storage.
    • xyz.mordorx.sicmu.DYNAMIC_RECEIVER_NOT_EXPORTED_PERMISSION

    Download APK 2.0 MiB PGP Signature | Build Log

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