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24 alternatives to Watermelon Music

Open-source Android music streaming, ad-free forever

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Prices are shown for the 1 we have checked on their own sites, 1 of them free or with a free tier.

1
YouTube Music▲254
Google's YouTube app built just for music
2015 · music.youtube.com · its alternatives →
2
SoundCloud Go▲343
Your favorite music and new discoveries, offline and ad-free
2016 · checkout.soundcloud.com · its alternatives →
3
Free Music▲66
Enjoy any song, anytime and save your internet data
2018 · play.google.com · its alternatives →
4
CloudTunes▲307
Web-based music player for the cloud :cloud: :notes: Play music from YouTube, Dropbox, etc. - GitHub - jkbrzt/cloudtunes: Web-based music player for the cloud :notes: Play music from YouTube, Dropbox, etc.
2014 · github.com · its alternatives →
5
SPLASH▲86
Making music is hard, Splash makes it fun!
2019 · its alternatives →
6
Spekify▲6
Music streaming Android app
2025 · spekify.netlify.app · its alternatives →
7OS
Open source music player in beta▲44
2016 · play.google.com · its alternatives →
8
Rythme▲97
Free unlimited music streaming tailored for you
2018 · play.google.com · its alternatives →
9
Songstream Player▲74
Free, fast mp3 streaming with songs/playlist from YouTube
2016 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
10
Lofimusic.app, an open source Background Music Progressive Web Appfree▲136
Listen to Lo-fi music radio Taiki on the Lofimusic open-source player: an installable Progressive Web app (PWA) written in Go (Golang).
2020 · lofimusic.app · its alternatives →
11
Yami – An Open Source Music Player with Spotdl Integration▲88
An open-source music player with simple UI. Contribute to DevER-M/yami development by creating an account on GitHub.
2024 · github.com · its alternatives →
12
Cloudtunes▲82
Web-based music player for the cloud
2014 · github.com · its alternatives →
13
Melotune▲7
A clean, ad-free android music streaming app
Nov 2025 · melotune-web.vercel.app · its alternatives →
14
Raccoon Music▲6
Free streaming audio player without ads
2020 · play.google.com · its alternatives →
15
MusicSource▲106
An open source desktop music player.
2022 · music.creasource.app · its alternatives →
16
Adaptr▲89
Instantly license popular music for your app, try for free
2021 · adaptr.com · its alternatives →
17
ViMusic Music App▲4
An open-source app for streaming music from YouTube Music
2023 · its alternatives →
18
OpenMusic: Music and Videos▲5
A free music player like spotify.
2024 · play.google.com · its alternatives →
19
Tunes▲6
A Free, Open-Source, Non-Profit Music Streaming App
2024 · its alternatives →
20
Echo Music▲5
Free ad-free music streaming app
Dec 2025 · echomusic.fun · its alternatives →
21
StreamScout▲68
A search engine for music streaming services
2020 · its alternatives →
22
LÜM | For Artists & Super Fans▲71
Discover the Best Music You Have Never Heard
2018 · liveundiscoveredmusic.com · its alternatives →
23
I just open sourced Muxamp, a streaming media playlist in Node.js▲32
Hey HN! I've been working on Muxamp for over a year now, and I decided that there's no point in keeping the source closed. (I never planned on making money from it.) I've learned a lot since I started, and I hope others can benefit from its release--and perhaps teach me a thing or two as well :)
2013 · github.com · its alternatives →
24
Music Meal▲6
Create playlists from the top song streaming sources
2020 · its alternatives →

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