Pulsar Music Player

Full featured mp3 and audio player with Chromecast and Android Auto support.

Rhythm Software · com.rhmsoft.pulsar

4.5 out of 5 (48 ratings) 5M+ downloads v1.12.12 5.9 MB Android 4.4+ PEGI 3 · Everyone

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At a glance

Latest version: v1.12.12 (250)
Updated: Nov 17, 2025 (11 months ago)
APK size: 5.9 MB
Requires: Android 4.4+ (API 19)
CPU support: Any (no native code)
Category: Music & Audio (app)
Listed since: Feb 15, 2021 (at least)
Permissions: 19 (7 sensitive)
Website: rhmsoft.com/pulsar
Developer contact: [email protected]
Privacy: Developer's privacy policy

About this APK

Pulsar Music Player is an app by Rhythm Software in the Music & Audio category, listed since at least February 2021. It has no native code, so it runs on any Android processor.

Since version 1.12.4, the minimum Android version rose from 4.1 to 4.4. It asks for 19 permissions, 7 of them sensitive, including record audio, read media images and read shared storage. Compared with version 1.12.4, it adds 3 new permissions (“Access adservices ad id”, “Access adservices attribution” and “Foreground service media playback”) and drops 1 (“Receive push notifications”).

Ratings

4.5out of 548 ratings

5 ★73%
4 ★15%
3 ★8%
2 ★2%
1 ★2%

Ratings from users of the source store — not collected or verified by AAPKs.

What's new in v1.12.12

✓ Fixed a loading error in Android Auto triggered by extensive song libraries.

Description

From the listing uploaded by “appupdater”.

Pulsar Music Player has long been one of the best music players on Android. It is an offline audio player without advertisements. Its gorgeous user interface matches every single detail of the material design guidelines. Pulsar contains almost every necessary feature to fulfill all of your musical needs including: gapless playback, lyrics display, crossfade, play speed adjustment, tag editing, last.fm scrobbling, Chromecast, voice command, Android Auto, equalizer, music visualizer, audio balance, ReplayGain, sleep timer, etc. Pulsar is the ultimate audio player on Android, with millions of downloads. It has been translated into 36 different languages. Key Features: ✓ Gorgeous user interface and animation with material design. ✓ Manage and play music by album, artist, folder, and genre. ✓ Smart playlists with most played, recently played, and newly added tracks. ✓ Automatic sync missing album/artist images. ✓ Fast search across albums, artists, and songs. ✓ Resizable home screen widget. ✓ Gapless playback support. ✓ Play speed adjustment. ✓ Crossfade support. ✓ Replay gain volume normalization. ✓ Built-in metadata tag editor (mp3 and more). ✓ Display lyrics (embedded and lrc file). ✓ Sava/restore playback position (useful for podcast and audiobook). ✓ Music visualizer rendering. ✓ Chromecast (Google Cast) support. ✓ Google voice commands support. ✓ Android Auto support. ✓ Disable car auto play on Bluetooth. ✓ Sound balance adjustment. ✓ Last.fm scrobbling. ✓ Various colorful themes. ✓ Free of advertisements. ✓ Sleep timer. Pulsar supports standard music file types including mp3, aac, flac, ogg, wav and etc. If you cannot find your music in Pulsar, please click the “rescan library” menu item from the action bar to rescan your device. Pulsar audio player has a complete online user manual, click here: https://rhmsoft.com/pulsar/help/help.html If you can help to translate this mp3 player to your native language, or there is any mistake in current translation, please contact our email: [email protected]. If you run into any issues or have any suggestions while using this mp3 player, please feel free to contact us: [email protected]. You can also share your comments to the Pulsar audio player thread on xda-developers: http://forum.xda-developers.com/android/apps-games/app-pulsar-music-player-t3197336 Thanks for using Pulsar Music Player! Album and artist images used in the screenshots are licensed under Public Domain License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/

Version history

2 versions are listed, going back to v1.12.4. Since v1.12.12 it requires Android 4.4+.

v1.12.12 LATEST Nov 17, 2025 5.9 MB TRUSTED v1.12.4 Nov 25, 2025 5.6 MB TRUSTED

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Security & authenticity

Security rating: Trusted

Signing certificate

Signature matches the Google Play version Checked by the source store on Nov 17, 2025.
Certificate issued to “Rhythm Software” This is the certificate of the Google Play version.
Same certificate as the other version checked

Store checks and file details

Developer signature not checked yet Nov 17, 2025
Validated against Google Play Nov 17, 2025
Signed byCN=Hao Wang, O=Rhythm Software, L=Beijing, ST=Beijing, C=CN
Signing certificate (SHA-1)A0:2C:12:DD:FA:A3:EF:37:39:90:7B:DC:59:26:FA:8C:6A:93:2E:90
File MD5660ece67b65fdbce411ac49c6d90919d
Uploaded by “appupdater” Gold tier · 117,810 followers · uploading since 2020

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Permissions (19)

Pulsar Music Player requests 19 permissions, 7 of them sensitive.

Bluetooth connect Sensitive android.permission.BLUETOOTH_CONNECT
Modify shared storage Sensitive android.permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE
Read media audio Sensitive android.permission.READ_MEDIA_AUDIO
Read media images Sensitive android.permission.READ_MEDIA_IMAGES
Read shared storage Sensitive android.permission.READ_EXTERNAL_STORAGE
Record audio (microphone) Sensitive android.permission.RECORD_AUDIO
Write settings Sensitive android.permission.WRITE_SETTINGS
Access adservices ad id android.permission.ACCESS_ADSERVICES_AD_ID
Access adservices attribution android.permission.ACCESS_ADSERVICES_ATTRIBUTION
Bluetooth android.permission.BLUETOOTH
Foreground service media playback android.permission.FOREGROUND_SERVICE_MEDIA_PLAYBACK
Full network access android.permission.INTERNET
Google Play install referrer com.google.android.finsky.permission.BIND_GET_INSTALL_REFERRER_SERVICE
Internal broadcast protection (app-defined) com.rhmsoft.pulsar.DYNAMIC_RECEIVER_NOT_EXPORTED_PERMISSION
Prevent the device from sleeping android.permission.WAKE_LOCK
Run foreground services android.permission.FOREGROUND_SERVICE
Show notifications android.permission.POST_NOTIFICATIONS
View Wi-Fi connections android.permission.ACCESS_WIFI_STATE
View network connections android.permission.ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE

Required hardware & features

Basic touch input android.hardware.faketouch
Microphone android.hardware.microphone
Wi-Fi android.hardware.wifi

Pulsar Music Player APK: questions and answers

Is there a version of Pulsar Music Player for older Android phones?

The current version needs Android 4.4 or later. Version 1.12.4 is the newest listed build that installs on Android 4.1 and later. Get version 1.12.4 · All versions

Can I install this APK over the version I already have?

Yes, if your installed copy is older. It is signed like the Google Play version, so Android installs it as an update and keeps your data.

Is the Pulsar Music Player APK safe?

No one can promise that a file is safe, but some things can be checked. The source store rates this file Trusted. Its signature matches the Google Play version. It is signed with the same certificate as the other version checked. After downloading, check that the file's MD5 is 660ece67b65fdbce411ac49c6d90919d.