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Add to SafariWhen comparing Google Play Music vs Shuttle+ Music Player, the Slant community recommends Shuttle+ Music Player for most people. In the question“What are the best audio players for Android?” Shuttle+ Music Player is ranked 6th while Google Play Music is ranked 22nd. The most important reason people chose Shuttle+ Music Player is:
Shuttle+ Music Player can auto find and display the lyrics to songs.
Specs
Question Ranking
Pros
Pro Free no advertisements
Google Play Music is a free service for storing and streaming ones library that has zero advertisements in the interface as well as the playing music.
Pro Instant mixes
Google Play Music can make smart recommendations for playlist by the user just picking an artist or song they want recommendations formed from.
Pro Also offers streaming service
GPM can be used as a normal music player but also as a streaming service like Spotify.
Pro Plays from any source
Plays local music as well as from DLNA sources, so I can play from my home servers as well.
Pro Upload library through browser
Google has added the option of uploading songs through the browser with the help of a Chrome extension download as well as directly through the desktop Chrome app.
Pro Lyrics display
Shuttle+ Music Player can auto find and display the lyrics to songs.
Pro Gapless playback
Gapless playback is built in to the app.
Pro Multiple themes
There are multiple themes to choose from including black, white and blue themes.
Pro Sleep timer
There is an included sleep timer built into the app.
Pro Voice search
Pro Multiple widgets
There are 2x1, 4x1, 4x2, and 4x4 widgets available to use that are color customizable.
Pro Free version available
There is a free version available for users to download.
Pro Notification controls
There are included notification controls where the user can pause, play and change tracks from the notification pull down.
Pro Lockscreen controls
There are included lockscreen controls where the user can pause, play and change tracks from the lockscreen.
Cons
Con Confusing to use
Con No folder support
Con Want credit card info before using "free" service
Con Status bar not sensitive nor customizable
There is no way to go easily go back a specific amount of time (for example: Audible has a button that allows you to go back 30 seconds).
The status bar could be more time specific. If you want to go back to a particular segment of listening, there is no way to know exactly where you will land. You have to do some kind of guessing and it is annoying. Lot of time wasted in searching in a blind manner.
Con Quality only as high as 320kbps MP3s
There is no option to listen to lossless music, even if that is what the user has uploaded. The highest quality is 320kbps MP3s. If a lossless track has been uploaded and the user then downloads the track at a later date the file will also only be a 320kbps MP3.
Con No way to start the app in ones library
The app offers no way to actually start up in ones library, either in the desktop Chrome app or the Android app. For those that only use this app for listening to their purchased or uploaded music this is pretty annoying as there s no real need for the front page of recommendations and activity. This doe snot necessarily need to be some social platform but just a way to listen to ones music, really the user should have the choice, especially if they are paying for this service through purchased music or their streaming service.
Con Buttons may be difficult to view in album view
The search, favorites, and options buttons can become obscured by album covers in album view.
