Mornye (SpotiFLAC Mobile) 5.3.0 for Android

Mornye 5.3.0 is the new name for SpotiFLAC Mobile, a free and open-source music app for Android.

The name change arrived in version 5.2.1, so if you had SpotiFLAC Mobile installed, this is the same app from the same developer.

What it does has changed too, because Mornye is now a full music player and library manager whose downloads come from extensions you add yourself.

What Mornye Actually Does

• Built-in player - full-screen cover art, a clear audio quality label, a sleep timer and AutoMix, which blends one track into the next.
• Hi-res output - USB bit-perfect playback to an external DAC on Android 14 and later, plus a direct USB driver that also works on older versions.
• Equalizer and loudness - a multiband equalizer, volume normalisation and ReplayGain scanning for single tracks or whole albums.
• Lyrics - synced lyrics with word-by-word timing and optional translation lines.
• Local library - scans your music folders, spots duplicates, edits tags and exports playlists as M3U8.
• Network storage - plays music from SMB, WebDAV, HTTP and Subsonic or OpenSubsonic servers at home.

How Downloading Works Now

Out of the box, Mornye has no download sources of its own, because the built-in providers were retired. You add community extensions in the Repo tab by entering the address of an extension repository, then set their order under Settings, Extensions, Provider Priority.

With an extension installed, paste a track, album or playlist link into the search bar on Home and the app queues every track. Quality depends on what the source and the extension offer, and files are saved to Music/Mornye unless you pick another folder.

That also explains older reviews of SpotiFLAC Mobile saying there was nothing to search with. The search bar is on the Home screen, but it has nothing to download until a download extension is installed.

What Is New in Mornye 5.3.0

• Sort by file size - for songs and albums in your library.
• Folder templates - set your own folder path pattern for downloads.
• Subsonic and OpenSubsonic - browse, search and stream from your own music server.
• Scan report - a list of files the library scan could not read, so you can fix them.
• About 30 fixes - including MP3 files with broken ID3 tags and Android media controls not updating when track details change.

This release also moves the project to the LGPL-3.0 licence. The app stays free, and the developer warns that anyone charging for it may be running a scam.

Which File to Download

Mornye needs Android 7.0 or later. Not sure the file is what it says it is? Our APK Checker inspects it before you install.

New to installing apps from outside Google Play? Our guide on how to install an APK safely walks you through it, and Play Check tells you whether an app needs Google Play services.

The Small Print

Mornye does not host any music, and its developer describes it as for educational and research use. Downloading from streaming services through extensions can break those services' terms and, depending on where you live, copyright law, so keep it to personal use where your local law allows.

Other Ways to Play FLAC on Android

Mornye plays its own downloads, but you do not have to use it as your player. VLC for Android plays FLAC with no setup, and foobar2000 Mobile suits people who already use foobar2000 on a PC.

For a simple offline music player, Musicolet is light and ad-free. AIMP for Android adds a strong equalizer and wide format support.

New to the format? FLAC explained covers what lossless means and how big the files get. On a Windows PC, SpotiFLAC is a separate desktop project that turns Spotify links into FLAC files.

More apps like these are in our Android APK section.

Quick Questions

Download Mornye 5.3.0 APK and see how it handles your music, or tell us how you got on if you have used it before.