# Poweramp

Hacker Approved page: https://hackerapproved.com/p/poweramp/

8 people recommended Poweramp in Hacker News comments, 1 had mixed feelings and 1 criticized it, November 2025 to October 2026. It was recommended in 4 of 12 months, in 5 threads. It does not meet the Hacker Approved badge rule.

4 of the 8 people who recommend it commented in one thread, “Using an old Android phone as a music player”.

**Verdict:** Android music player that people call excellent and incredible; one recommender misses it most after moving from Android to iOS.

Summary written by Claude from 9 comments.

## Why people recommend it

- Praised as excellent, incredible Android player (3 comments in the sample): "PowerAmp is an incredible app, used it and loved it before." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49393147)) "PowerAmp and Symfonium for Android are excellent" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49395557)) "It’s still nowhere near as good as Poweramp" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49394817))

## Other music players people recommend

- [VLC media player](https://hackerapproved.com/p/vlc-media-player/): 139 recommend, 31 mixed, 79 criticize
- [mpv media player](https://hackerapproved.com/p/mpv/): 68 recommend, 11 mixed, 11 criticize
- [Infuse video player](https://hackerapproved.com/p/infuse/): 61 recommend, 14 mixed, 9 criticize
- [Winamp](https://hackerapproved.com/p/winamp/): 53 recommend, 6 mixed, 6 criticize

## Where to get it

- [Visit the official site](https://www.poweramp.com/)

## The badge

A product earns the Hacker Approved badge when at least 10 people recommend it, recommenders outnumber critics at least 2 to 1 (mixed feelings count toward neither side), it was recommended in at least 4 of the 12 months and in at least 5 different threads, and no single thread supplies more than half of the people who recommend it. Health and money products are never badged.

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "Poweramp", https://hackerapproved.com/p/poweramp/ (8 recommend, 1 mixed, 1 criticize; Hacker News comments, November 2025 to October 2026).

Counts updated 3 Nov 2026, with data through October 31, 2026.