NostalgicPod
A nostalgic offline music player for Android.
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jesus curreri

NostalgicPod - A nostalgic offline music player for Android.

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NostalgicPod ā€” is an offline Android music player for people who still want to own their music. No subscriptions, no ads, no accounts, no cloud sync, no tracking, no algorithmic feed. Just your local music, your device, and a classic wheel-based interface.

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jesus curreri
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Hey Product Hunt šŸ‘‹ I built NostalgicPod because I missed the feeling of owning my music. Streaming apps are powerful, but they increasingly feel like feeds: subscriptions, recommendations, tracking, accounts, cloud libraries, and algorithms deciding what comes next. NostalgicPod goes in the opposite direction. It is an offline Android music player built around local files, a nostalgic wheel-based interface, haptic feedback, and the idea that your music should stay on your device. No subscriptions. No ads. No accounts. No cloud sync. No tracking. No streaming algorithms. It is still early, so Iā€™d love feedback on the interface, positioning, and what features people would expect from a modern offline music player.
jonathan williamson

Love this idea! Classic feel and song. Problem is - I don't have any music since switching to Spotify years ago. I wonder if you could create a version using the Spotify APIs so they could host it and I could use your app to listen!

jesus curreri
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@jon_w1Ā  Hey Jonathan, thanks!

The whole idea was to bring back that iPod era where you owned your music and didn't depend on streaming, so Spotify isn't really the direction I'm going.

The Spotify thing actually comes up a lot. It's technically possible but tricky: on mobile, Spotify only lets third-party apps remote-control their app in the background (Premium only), and they tightened their API this year with a 5-user cap unless you apply for special access. So a full Spotify-powered version isn't really on the table.

But there's cool stuff coming, like a "Discover" section where I'd love to spotlight good indie bands and musicians from Bandcamp, since platforms like Spotify or Tidal don't give them much real visibility.

jesus curreri
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