GOM Audio 2.4.5.9 for Android

It turns an Android phone into a real music player - not just another app that happens to play MP3s.

Stock Android handles basic playback fine.

Where it runs out of road is control - a ten-band equalizer, lyrics that scroll in time, a sleep timer that truly stops the audio.

GOM Audio picks up exactly there.

What Stock Android Music Players Leave Out

Android itself decodes most common audio formats, so playing a file is rarely the problem.

What the default player gives you around that playback is thin:

• Tone controls instead of an equalizer - a couple of presets and a bass slider, with no per-band adjustment.
• No synced lyrics - you get a track title and cover art, nothing that follows the song.
• No real sleep timer - you either pause manually or let audio run until morning.
• Local files only - no way to pull music straight from cloud storage or a home server.

GOM Audio covers each of these, which is why it keeps showing up on shortlists next to AIMP for Android and VLC for Android.

Format Support - What GOM Audio Actually Plays

GOM Audio handles MP3, WAV, FLAC, OGG, AAC, WMA and OPUS out of the box, with no codec packs or add-ons to install.

FLAC files are played as they are, with no lossy re-encode in the middle, so a lossless library stays lossless on the phone.

If you are still deciding whether to keep music as FLAC or MP3, the FLAC vs MP3 comparison guide weighs it up in practical terms - sound quality, storage cost, battery impact.

For the desktop side of the same library, the FLAC codec for Windows is a separate free download, and the rest of the audio codecs section covers the formats Windows does not handle on its own.

Converting before you sync is worth a thought too. LAME remains the MP3 encoder to beat in 2026, and our browser-based online audio converter handles one-off files without installing anything.

The 10-Band Equalizer and the Effects Around It

The built-in EQ is GOM Audio's clearest advantage over a basic player. Ten adjustable bands cover deep bass through the high end, with genre presets for rock, classical, jazz and pop alongside a full manual mode.

Next to the EQ sit a reverb control and a pitch and speed slider, so you can slow a track down or push playback up to double speed without the voices turning into chipmunks.

That speed control earns its keep outside music: podcasts at 1.5x, or a language lesson slowed to 0.8x with a section set to repeat.

AIMP for Android offers an 18-band EQ if you want finer control, while VLC for Android also ships a 10-band EQ but is a video player first. GOM Audio's strength is a clean interface built only around music.

Synced Lyrics - the Feature People Stay For

Lyrics scroll line by line in time with the track, which is the part of GOM Audio most users end up keeping it for.

You can search for lyrics from inside the app, hide or show them with a long tap, and paste in your own text when a track comes up blank.

A smart lock screen shows the same synced lyrics plus play controls and the current playlist, so the phone stays useful face-up on a desk.

Sleep Timer and Late-Night Listening

The sleep timer is set in hours, minutes and seconds, and it shuts playback down completely rather than leaving a paused app holding the audio session.

That is the difference between waking up to a flat battery and waking up to a phone that stopped when you did.

Playlists, Cloud Storage and Your Own Server

Your library sorts by artist, album and folder, and you can build custom playlists on top of that without touching a desktop.

Cloud support is where it pulls ahead of most free players: Dropbox, Google Drive, WebDAV and FTP are all supported, so music parked on a NAS or a home server plays without being copied to the phone first.

If you stream as well as keep files, SpotiFLAC Mobile pairs neatly with it - one side covers streaming, the other your local lossless collection.

To move off streaming altogether, the guide on building a free music and radio playlist with M3U walks through the whole approach.

Our Playlist Builder and YouTube Playlist to M3U tools put those playlist files together in the browser.

The Web Player then lets you test one before it goes anywhere near the phone.

Ads, and What the Paid Version Changes

Worth being straight about this: the free GOM Audio is ad-supported, and the ads sit in the interface rather than interrupting playback.

GOM Audio Plus is the same player without them, a one-time $0.99 purchase on Google Play. There is no subscription on either version, and nothing about the EQ, lyrics, sleep timer or cloud access is locked behind the paid build.

GOM Audio for Android vs the Windows Version

If you already run GOM Audio for Windows, the Android build follows the same thinking: clean layout, broad format support, audio quality over feature bloat.

The desktop version covers a wider codec range and is the better place to manage a large library. The APK is built for listening on the move, and the layout and EQ work the same way, so moving between the two means nothing new to learn.

GOM Audio Alongside a Video Player

GOM Audio is audio-only by design, so video needs a second app. MX Player is the usual pairing - it covers practically every video format, though its music library handling is weaker than GOM Audio's.

For anything MX Player stalls on, the MX Player custom codec fills the gaps. Music in GOM Audio, video in MX Player is a clean split that keeps each app doing what it is good at.

Download Requirements and What's in the APK

• Android version: 7.0 or higher
• Root: not required
• Account registration: not required, except to link a cloud service
• Subscription: none
• Ads: yes in the free build, removed in the $0.99 Plus version

Nothing useful is paywalled: the 10-band equalizer, synced lyrics, sleep timer, cloud access and full format support all work from first launch.

If you prefer to check an APK before installing it, our APK Checker reads the package details in the browser, and Play Check tells you whether it needs Google Play services to run.

The rest of the Android APK section lists the other players worth a look.

Who GOM Audio for Android Is For

GOM Audio is the right pick if you want:

• A music-only player with no video, no social feed and no clutter.
• Native FLAC and lossless playback with no extra codec installs.
• A real 10-band equalizer rather than a bass-and-treble tone control.
• Synced lyrics that follow the track, with your own text as a fallback.
• A sleep timer that genuinely stops playing, plus speed control for podcasts and study.
• Music on a NAS or cloud drive, reached over WebDAV or FTP instead of copied across.

For video playback, pair it with MX Player. For finer EQ control, AIMP for Android is the alternative worth trying.

And if you would rather tidy the library on a PC before it reaches the phone, Helium Audio Converter handles the batch work.

Who Should Look Elsewhere

Three tells, each one checkable before you download anything:

• Your phone reports Android 6 or older under Settings, About phone, Android version - the free build needs 7.0, though the paid Plus build still lists 6.0.
• Most of the files in your music folder end in .mkv, .mp4 or .avi - those are video containers, and MX Player is the app for them.
• Your library is in a format not named above, APE and DSD among them - check the file extensions first, because GOM Audio will simply not list what it cannot decode.

If the ads are the sticking point and paying is not an option, AIMP for Android is the closest free alternative with a deeper equalizer.

Quick questions

Download GOM Audio for Android and see how it handles your own library, or tell us how you got on if you have used it before.