# REAL Shuffle Player

> Music player with unique features such as a real and intelligent shuffle mode.

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/com.HIGStudio.REALShufflePlayer](https://chrome-stats.com/d/com.HIGStudio.REALShufflePlayer)

## Overview

- **ID:** `com.HIGStudio.REALShufflePlayer`
- **Platform:** Android
- **Type:** Android app
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** HIG Studio
- **Category:** MUSIC\_AND\_AUDIO
- **Downloads:** 14,120
- **Rating:** 3.29 / 5 (109 ratings)
- **Version:** 10.10.13
- **Last updated:** 2026-02-07
- **First published:** 2018-08-06
- **Publisher country:** BG
- **Size:** 101 MB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-09
- **Store listing:** [Google Play Store](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.HIGStudio.REALShufflePlayer)
- **Website:** [https://hig.dev](https://hig.dev/)
- **Privacy policy:** [https://hig.dev/legal/privacy-policies/real-shuffle-player](https://hig.dev/legal/privacy-policies/real-shuffle-player)

## Description

## REAL Shuffle Player

REAL Shuffle Player is an innovative and efficient audio player designed to enhance your music listening experience. Its standout feature is the "Smart Shuffle™," which prevents the double play of songs to ensure a truly random and engaging shuffle experience powered by ANU QuantumRNG.

Key features include folder-playlists with auto-sync, filtering new or liked songs, favorites and playlist management, and exporting playlists to a folder. The player supports popular audio formats such as MP3, FLAC, OGG, M4A, and WAV, boasting a responsive design perfect for phones and tablets.

The PRO version offers advanced tag editing with smart suggestions, casting to Fire TV and Chromecast, streaming from OneDrive, Google Drive, and YouTube playlists, linked playlists combination, "Hot or Not" mode to rate songs during playback, and smooth transitions between tracks. REAL Shuffle Player offers a comprehensive and smart music playing solution for both casual and tech-savvy users.

## Rankings

- #493,702 — Overall
- #10 — shuffle

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `android.permission.ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE`
- `android.permission.ACCESS_WIFI_STATE`
- `android.permission.CHANGE_WIFI_MULTICAST_STATE`
- `android.permission.FOREGROUND_SERVICE`
- `android.permission.FOREGROUND_SERVICE_MEDIA_PLAYBACK`
- `android.permission.INTERNET`
- `android.permission.MEDIA_CONTENT_CONTROL`
- `android.permission.READ_EXTERNAL_STORAGE`
- `android.permission.READ_MEDIA_AUDIO`
- `android.permission.WAKE_LOCK`
- `android.permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE`
- `com.HIGStudio.REALShufflePlayer.DYNAMIC_RECEIVER_NOT_EXPORTED_PERMISSION`

## Review summary

REAL Shuffle Player is praised for its genuine shuffle functionality that avoids song repetition and its ad-free experience. Users appreciate local file selection and playlist creation features. However, the app suffers from stability issues such as crashes and audio interruptions. Its user interface is considered clunky and unintuitive, and it causes conflicts with other Android audio apps. Additionally, shuffle can occasionally become repetitive and a lack of clear instructions makes the app hard to use without trial and error.

### Pros

- Effective shuffle feature that plays all songs before repeating, avoiding repetition common in other players
- No intrusive ads present, providing a clean user experience
- Ability to select local phone files and folders for playlist management
- Supports creation of internal app playlists and playback from local storage
- Generally good audio playback with options like repeat and rewind

### Cons

- App is prone to crashing and frequent audio cutouts, requiring reopening to resume playback
- User interface is clunky, unintuitive, and difficult to navigate with unclear options
- App interferes with other Android apps playing audio simultaneously causing playback conflicts
- Shuffle sometimes gets stuck or songs repeat more often than intended, not maintaining perfect randomness
- Lacks clear documentation or in-app instructions causing confusion about using features like folder play and playlist import

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Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/com.HIGStudio.REALShufflePlayer)