Taproom

Cider for Android

Apple Music on your Android phone, with the lyrics, look, and integrations you know from Cider on your computer.

Requires
Android 10 or later
You need
An Apple Music subscription
Also on
Meta Quest
Works with
Android Auto, Discord, and Last.fm
Now playing, with the artwork filling the screen

Inside the app

  • Top picks, recently played, and stations made for you.
    HomeTop picks, recently played, and stations made for you.
  • Every album page takes its color from the artwork.
    AlbumsEvery album page takes its color from the artwork.
  • The latest songs and releases, all in one place.
    NewThe latest songs and releases, all in one place.
  • Apple Music Radio stations and the latest episodes.
    RadioApple Music Radio stations and the latest episodes.

Also on Meta Quest

A panel you can put anywhere

On Quest, Cider opens as a panel you can move and resize, with the player floating along the bottom. The Quest build comes with Cider for Android, on the same license.

  • Windows you can place

    Grab the panel to move it, and pull its edges to resize it.

  • The same account

    Sign in with Taproom and Apple Music, just like on your phone.

Highlights

  • Native, not a wrapper

    Written from scratch in Kotlin and Jetpack Compose. Not a web view, not a port of the desktop app. Every screen was drawn for the phone it runs on.

  • Color from the music

    A design language of our own, built to move. The player takes its palette from the album cover, so the whole app shifts shade with whatever you put on.

  • Cerium, our own playback engine

    Gapless playback, crossfade, loudness matching and AutoMix, running on an engine we wrote rather than whatever the platform hands us.

  • Lyrics that keep up

    Word-synced lyrics pulled from several providers, so the line you are hearing is the line that is lit.

Already in the works

Not in the app yet. Listed here so you know what is coming rather than finding out later.

  • Tablet and foldable

    Later in the beta

    Layouts made for bigger screens and folding phones. Arriving later in the beta.

  • TV

    A big-screen version for Android TV and Google TV.

  • ChromeOS and Googlebook

    Cider on Chromebooks and Googlebooks, sized for a laptop screen.

  • Wear OS

    A companion watch app.

  • Offline downloads

    Keep your library on the device for flights and dead zones.

  • Dolby Atmos

    Spatial audio where the hardware supports it.

Cider for Android

Become a supporter

From $8.49. Supporters get early builds, Cider for Android, and supporter channels on Discord.

Ways to support