Reviews of Rocket Music Player

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List of user reviews and ratings for Rocket Music Player

Total ratings

4.17 (Rating count: 371,437)

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Review summary

Rocket Music Player is a long-standing, well-liked app with a strong feature set, but frequent crashes and intrusive monetization dominate feedback. Users praise its longevity and basic playback quality, yet report stability issues across updates and devices, plus UI/playlist glitches. Ad changes and subscription pricing frustrate many. A subset still appreciates editing features and background playback, but reliability and monetization concerns are the main themes.

Pros

Long-standing, well-loved music player used by many for years.
Reliable core performance, with reviewers noting stable operation and even 'works flawlessly' over time.
Feature-rich app including track editing capabilities.
Good value as a strong free option with solid basic functionality.
Background playback/cross-app listening (useful for audiobooks).

Cons

Frequent crashes, freezes, and unresponsiveness across updates and devices.
Intrusive ads and monetization changes, including ads returning in the no-ads version and subscription price hikes.
UI/playlist glitches and navigation problems, such as random stops, widget errors, and difficulty scrolling through tracks.
Device-specific stability issues, with some models/Android versions experiencing crashes.

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User Reviews

Recent rating average: 2.90

All time rating average: 4.17

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28% (122)

Date	Author	Comment
2026-08-07	Jo*****	lost my music. opening appI get a message saying, Rocket player needs access to folders.
lost my music. opening appI get a message saying, Rocket player needs access to folders.
2026-08-07	Br*****	why is my rocket player full of adds ....when i paid subscription $5.39 to get add free
why is my rocket player full of adds ....when i paid subscription $5.39 to get add free
2026-08-06	Qu*****	wow
wow
2026-08-06	St*****	Does most things I want it to edit: changing the rating back down to a 3 because of a bug - when I've set Rocket Player to 'shuffle all' on 'songs', then paused and moved to another app, if I come back to Rocket Player (without closing the app) it will default back to the first song on the 'all songs' list. Every time, without fail. This is very annoying and has persisted across several years and two phones now. I got around it previously by making an 'all' playlist instead, but still annoying.
Does most things I want it to edit: changing the rating back down to a 3 because of a bug - when I've set Rocket Player to 'shuffle all' on 'songs', then paused and moved to another app, if I come back to Rocket Player (without closing the app) it will default back to the first song on the 'all songs' list. Every time, without fail. This is very annoying and has persisted across several years and two phones now. I got around it previously by making an 'all' playlist instead, but still annoying.
2026-08-05	Go*****	It's nice
It's nice
2026-08-02	Gr*****	not so great anymore, just chockerblock full of ads. A great player now gone.
not so great anymore, just chockerblock full of ads. A great player now gone.
2026-08-02	An*****	great 😃👍🏼
great 😃👍🏼
2026-08-01	Ly*****	Used it for years, but now ads everywhere on free version. App freezes.
Used it for years, but now ads everywhere on free version. App freezes.
2026-07-31	tu*****	Ads make it unusable
Ads make it unusable
2026-07-30	Ko*****	It takes forever to open.
It takes forever to open.