Android has always been a little weird with equalizers. The operating system has supported equalizers for some time. However, it’s still not a great experience. Some music apps have them, and some devices have native ones in settings that work system-wide. However, many apps like YouTube Music don’t do this, and it’s strange that it all works all the time. Here are some great equalizer apps for Android that you can try.
We’ve reached a point where your best options are the cookie cutter EQs with bass boost and other simple presets. We have listed some of them. However, we think most people would want to try Poweramp Equalizer and Wavelet as they have cornered the market here. Luckily both are very good.
Best Equalizer Apps for Android Equalizer and Bass Booster
For free
Equalizer and Bass Booster is pretty self-explanatory. It has an equalizer and a bass booster. More specifically, it includes a five-band equalizer, ten equalizer presets, and a bass booster. The developers state that it should work with most music players, video players and FM radio. The only major issue is that sometimes the app closes if it stays in the background and sometimes it doesn’t always work. It’s one of the simpler equalizer apps and should work on most devices.
Equalizer FX
Price: Free / $1.99
Equalizer FX is one of the cleaner, more modern equalizer apps. It is exceptionally easy to use. It comes with a five-band equalizer, bass boost, virtualization, and even a loudness enhancer (Android 4.4+ only). Like most, it comes with a widget along with presets to get you started. The developer has also stated that this should work with most music players including Spotify, Google Play Music, Pandora and others. The paid version is the same as the free version. Only ads will be removed.
Music volume EQ
For free
Music Volume EQ and Bass Booster is one of the most popular equalizer apps on the market. Luckily, it actually works pretty well. It includes the standard 5-band EQ along with nine EQ presets. In addition, you get volume control, bass boost, loudness enhancement and more. The developers also boast that it should work well with most video and audio players. All in all a positive experience for a software equalizer. It obviously doesn’t work with everything, and you get more presets from others on this list, but that works okay. It’s also completely free, as far as we could tell.
Poweramp equalizer
Price: Free / $1.99
Poweramp Equalizer is one of the newest equalizers on the list. The app includes a lot of things that other equalizers don’t have, including an adjustable number of bands, bass and treble tone controls, and more. It’s relatively easy to use once you learn the different settings. It should also work with most bluetooth and wired headphones along with most streaming music apps and local music players. It is newer and therefore benefits from its modern approach. This is one of those that you should try first.
SoundID is a unique premise. It tries to make your headphones sound like a different pair of headphones. There’s a lot you can do with digital equalization, and this app proves it. It works with most popular streaming and local music players. You can play around with the sound and make fine adjustments to get everything just how you want it. It’s a slightly more complex app than most other equalizers, but it’s not terrible once you get the hang of it. This app has improved dramatically since it was first launched, so the developers are doing a good job of fixing bugs as well.
Wave
Price: Free / $5.49
Wavelet is comparatively the newest equalizer app on the list. It came out in 2020 and it’s not half bad. The app includes a 9-band equalizer, as well as a bunch of different presets if you want to keep it simple. It also offers the ability to automatically EQ over 2,400 different pairs of headphones. The AutoEQ function measures and compensates the Harman curve for optimal sound. That sounds like an ad, doesn’t it? In any case, this one is really good and among the best you can get without root access.
Lots of music player apps
Price: Free / Varies
Many music player apps have built-in equalizers. Some notable examples are UAPP (up to 10-band), jetAudio (up to 20-band), and Neutron Player (up to 60-band). These apps have effective equalizers that actually change the sound. However, they only work within the app. Therefore, those of you who stream music cannot use the equalizers in these apps for your streaming music. On the other hand, those with private collections can use them all day long. Music player apps vary in price and functionality, but it’s almost hard to find a bad one these days.
Also see: The best music player apps for Android
Equalizer on the device
Price: Free (usually)
Many Android OEMs have EQs in the sound section of settings. Some devices do this better than others, but about half of them allow you to adjust the device-wide audio with an EQ. Usually it’s something close to a 10-band EQ, along with some extra stuff like Dolby Atmos or EQ presets. LG devices with quad DACs have a 10-band EQ and a separate set of presets that you can apply as well. Even the more modern devices from Sony with a headphone jack have some extras. Finally, most Bluetooth headsets have some configurable sound profiles that you should also look into. It really depends on what you want, but Samsung and LG tend to do it a bit better than the others.
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