Alternatives to Symfonium
An Android music player for local files, NAS shares and servers like Plex, Jellyfin and Navidrome. The listings below can replace it for an important use case. Each note says what changes if you switch.
The original
Symfonium
An Android music player for local files, NAS shares and servers like Plex, Jellyfin and Navidrome.
Replacements
Listings that take over the same core job as Symfonium.
Plexamp
A music player from Plex for listening to and exploring the music library on a Plex server.
Plexamp is a freemium player for Android, iOS and desktop, but it depends on a Plex Media Server and some features need a paid Plex Pass.
Finamp
An open-source music player app that streams and plays music from a Jellyfin server.
Finamp is a free open-source Jellyfin music app for Android and iOS, dropping Symfonium's support for other servers, local files, casting and USB DAC output.
Poweramp
An Android music player for local libraries with a 64-band parametric equalizer and Hi-Res output.
Poweramp is a paid Android player for local files with a 64-band parametric EQ and USB DAC output, but it does not connect to media servers.
Musicolet
An ad-free offline Android music player with multiple queues, tag editing and synchronized lyrics.
Musicolet is a free, ad-free Android player with multiple queues and no internet permission, playing local files only without server support.
Auxio
A simple open-source music player for Android that plays audio files stored on the device.
Auxio is a free, open-source GPL-3.0 Android player with a simple interface for local files, without Symfonium's server connections or casting.
Gramophone
An open-source Android music player for local files, built with Media3 and Material Design.
Gramophone is a free open-source Android player for local files built on Media3 and Material Design, with no support for media servers or streaming.
Harmonoid
A cross-platform music player and library manager built on mpv and FFmpeg, with a Material Design interface.
Harmonoid is a free player running on Android, iOS and desktop, playing a local library through mpv and FFmpeg rather than self-hosted servers.
foobar2000
A light, deeply configurable audio player for people who care about their local music library.
foobar2000 is free on Android, iOS, Windows and macOS with advanced tagging and ReplayGain, but its listing does not mention Jellyfin, Plex or Navidrome support.
Also worth comparing
These listings name Symfonium as their own alternative, so the relationship runs both ways.
Feishin
Listen to music from a compatible server through a desktop client.
Symfonium is a paid Android-only player for Plex, Jellyfin and Navidrome servers plus local files, adding Hi-Res USB DAC output and casting.
Supersonic
Play music from your Subsonic or Jellyfin server.
Symfonium is a paid Android app that connects to Jellyfin, Plex, Navidrome and NAS shares, moving playback from the desktop to phones.
Similar software
Related functionality, not a direct replacement.
gonic
A lightweight self-hosted music streaming server that implements the Subsonic API.
Supysonic
A Python server implementing the Subsonic API for streaming your own music collection.
Koel
A self-hosted personal music streaming server with a web interface and mobile apps.
Ampache
A self-hosted web application for managing and streaming a music and video collection.
mStream
A self-hosted music streaming server for playing your own collection from anywhere, with web and mobile players.
