Best Music & Audio Apps for Android (2026)

Whether you want a clean music player for your morning commute, a podcast app that remembers where you left off, or a voice recorder that captures more than muffled noise, the right pick really does change how your phone sounds day to day. In our testing, the apps that won were the ones that kept playback smooth over Bluetooth and made it easy to find what you wanted without digging through menus. Below we have grouped our favorite music players, podcast apps, downloaders, equalizers, and voice recorders so you can jump straight to what you need.