The Aim:

Poweramp:



Poweramp aims to be an advance player for android with features you would expect from a full desktop powered music player. But it will also get the best of android with widgets, notification centre playback controls and lock screen controls and even an alarm clock. It is based on heavy customisation! Skins galore and comprehensive settings.

doubleTwist

If you are heavy in the Apple ecosystem, This app is an absolute no brainier as it had been consider “The iTunes for Android” Other then this it is very simple player to use with the native android interface.

Price and Licence

Poweramp

15 day free trial, $5 AUD

doubleTwist

Free with limited functionally, $10 AUD Full version

Opinion

Poweramp has been around for quite some time which could very well come out on top for you, how ever its navigation layout is one to be begging for an update, It just isn’t logical to the modern Android OS any more. But skins too, it is a very good function but a lot of the skins look outdated and to make it look anything close to the modern android will require an extra download. I must praise the its licence works, It will give you full unlimited access to all functions before buying or moving on. The EQ is quite fun to play with, or use it to enhance the sound. With this player I have never had to worry about different audio formats as Poweramp plays all popular and even some misc. formats

I have had problems with Poweramp playing podcasts, When you skip ahead it will cause the player to stop playback and loose your place. And not to mention the fact that Poweramp doesn’t have any sort of a Podcast mode. In the end Poweramp is a very stable player with more options and features that you can poke a stick at, A very good choice and will work with music purchases on iTunes

I have tried doubleTwist but couldn’t get into it very well. The player screen has a lot of wasted space with not one but two toolbars! Other then this the album chooser spreads the art across the screen so it scales and look good on a tablet. doubleTwist aims to kill the need for so many third party apps and provides somethings Apple users are used to and that is an all-in-one such as iTunes. It even has a Windows-only sync application! But will provide a lot of apple functions such as AirSync and AirPlay. But a lot of these features come at the full price of $10. It will play video all on top of that. If you are a deep in the apple ecosystem and still want all these features upon switching to android, This and the $10 price tag is an absolute must!

Poweramp

95%

doubleTwist

87%