PVSTAR+ (YouTube Music Player) 2.5.11
Unappealing UI with some features
The app opens with a list of all its features, together with icons. The search bar is displayed at the top of the screen, together with player controls and a section with more information about the developer and the option of rating the app.
There's a banner ad at the bottom of the screen, but this app will keep you safe from ads at the beginning of videos on YouTube. The app comes with some instructions of use, but a tutorial would have been quite helpful.
Play music from YouTube or Dailymotion
There's a popular videos section, where you can scroll through trending songs and clips. In addition, you can set the famous platform as the default search engine and have the app delete your search history, so it wouldn't take up too much space on your phone. Video quality can be adjusted, so you'd save battery and the video wouldn't take long to load.
You can search through videos in certain categories, like the top artists or search for playlists. But even if you’ll like to listen to an entire playlist, you must select each video and then hit play, which is quite inconvenient. There's also the option of searching for certain channels on YouTube.
Manage your list of songs
Each video that you listen to can be added to your own playlist in the app. You can set your own wallpaper to the playlist. However, the app fails to sign in to accounts on YouTube, so you probably won't be able to import your playlist. Each song comes with details on the artist, an equalizer and a section with related videos. You also have the option of setting up a sleep timer.
There are many word misspellings in the app, which give it a cheap feel. Also the app has some stability issues and may crash at times. There's no lock screen feature and the home screen widget is quite useful but interrupts audio streaming when launching the app. Other than that, audio quality is the same as on YouTube and the app continues to play in the background.
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Bottom Line
Design / UI7
For a music player app the design is quite simplistic and doesn't come with additional skins or instructions of use. |
Function7
It may crash at times, has trouble with logging into YouTube and audio gets interrupted when the app is opened. |
Security7
Few permissions from your phone, but the app has trouble logging into YouTube. |
Battery6
It's a video streaming app which means it has the potential of draining your battery. |
Price8
It comes with banner ads and no option of removing them. |
Compatibility8
This app should work just fine on devices running Android version 2.3.3 or later. |
Specifications
- price:
- Free with ads
- current version:
- 2.5.11
- reviewed version:
- 2.5.11
- developer:
- ASBIT
- category:
- VIDEO
- os version req.:
- Android version 2.3.3 or later
- age rating:
- N/A
- in-app purchases:
- No
- hits:
- 3419