Noozy – an audiophiles’ dream Music Player app that resembles Zune player

by Paul Wilks Oct 18, 2012 10:33 AM – 7 Comments

Noozy is a gorgeous stand-alone audio application that also packs in some fantastic sound enhancement tools. While music and sound apps occupy a tight space in the Google Play Store; i.e. people have their favourites and tend to stick with them, Noozy has begun to turn my head. Let me explain why…

Noozy is no longer available in Google Play

Price: Free

Tested on: HTC One X
Content Rating: Everyone

AndroidTapp.com Android App Review:

Pros & Cons:

Pros

Amazing UI!
Great effects and enhancement tools!
Widgets!
Access to Internet radio, podcasts, videos and charts!
Simple to use!

Cons

No landscape mode.
Doesn’t offer the sync services of apps like WinAMP and Google Music.

Features:

I feel like a complete luddite reviewing Noozy Studio 3, but I’m going to try to anyway. I feel as such because some of the incredibly rich sound enhancements- which, I can attest, make your tunes sound great, are beyond my non-technical vocabulary to explain. Like an advert that tries (and fails) to tell you how an aftershave smells (usually by creating some pretentious concept video) or a wine connoisseur explaining trying to define ‘woody tones’ (again this always ends up sounding pretentious) I literally have no chance in explaining Nozzy’s features. Therefore, I’m going to use the words of the developers:

“Noozxoide LogicSurround ES™” – create 5.1 virtual surround on 2.1 practical speakers and widen the sound stage on the listening content.
“Noozxoide NogicQ™” – delivers higher vocal definition, pitch and warm audio.
“Noozxoide Psychoacoustic™ II” – increase the speaker size and added a phenomenon psycho-acoustic and audiophile for any audio monitors.
“Noozxoide MaxxBass™” – add 1 Octave low-freq on the content as low as 20Hz, removes muddy and boxy low-freq and reproduce the premium bassline.
“Noozxoide Balanced X-EQ™” – 5-channel balanced parametric digital crossover with overload-free limiter. Reproduce crisp and profound vocals.

So hopefully now, the genuine audiophiles among you will be informed, whereas if you’re like me, you’ll just be somehow impressed but none-the-wiser. What I can say is, it sounds great- certainly far better than default music players. I tried a direct comparison between Noozy, Google Music and N7 Player and found Noozy to offer a richer and more rounded sound than the others.

Of course there are people that have their set music app favourites and these might depend on streaming and syncing functionality. Currently Noozy doesn’t offer this kind of service so that might put people off. This aside, you won’t find the app lacking in any other respect. One other strength, purely from an aesthetic perspective, is the user interface.

The first thing the app reminded me of, before I even pressed play, was the way it looks a little like the stunning to-do app Any.Do. More importantly, it resembles Microsoft’s Zune player near identically, so much so… this is our theory why it is not available in the U.S. version of the Google Play store. Minimalist, well designed and extremely rich in terms of animations and transitions, Noozy really looks the part. The app comes with a flurry of useful widgets too and, while it doesn’t support landscape mode and isn’t designed for tablets, it looks superb and very high quality.

Regardless of your app preferences, I would recommend you check Noozy out. For the audiophiles out there, check out the developers website which describes the functionality and audio features in far more detail. For the average user, just download, open it up and play your favourite tunes to see if you can hear the difference, I think you’ll be nicely surprised.

: Noozy Studio 3 – Player, with background art 1

: Noozy Studio 3 – Player with background art 2

: Noozy Studio 3 – Player, without background art

: Noozy Studio 3 – Player, without background 2

: Noozy Studio 3 – Widgets 1

: Noozy Studio 3 – Widgets 2

: Noozy Studio 3 – Songs

: Noozy Studio 3 – Songs (2)

: Noozy Studio 3 – Artists

: Noozy Studio 3 – Albums

: Noozy Studio 3 – Artist albums

: Noozy Studio 3 – Playlists

: Noozy Studio 3 – Genres

: Noozy Studio 3 – Radio playing

: Noozy Studio 3 – Radio station search

: Noozy Studio 3 – Podcast player

: Noozy Studio 3 – Bios

: Noozy Studio 3 – Charts

: Noozy Studio 3 – Similar artists

: Noozy Studio 3 – Scroll down player

: Noozy Studio 3 – Equaliser

: Noozy Studio 3 – Enhancements

: Noozy Studio 3 – Enhancements 2

: Noozy Studio 3 – Theme settings

: Noozy Studio 3 – Settings

Usefulness:

For listening to your on-board music, checking out loads of online radio stations, listening to podcasts and more, Noozy is fantastic. It comes with a variety of great widgets too- see screenshots above. If you’re looking for a premium sound experience, definitely give Noozy a go.

Ease of Use:

Noozy is incredibly high in user-friendliness. Everything about it is intuitive and simple, meaning that it’s child’s play to use.

Frequently Used:

I think, with the powerful audio functionality, widgets and gorgeous UI, Noozy might quickly become you new favourite music app. In which case, it’s something you’ll use every time you use your device for listening to music, podcasts or radio.

Interface:

Simply stunning! I was impressed with the UI as soon as I opened it up. For the first few seconds, it feels a little laggy in places as it loads and settles. After this I found it to be buttery smooth and really slick.

AndroidTapp.com Rating

AndroidTapp.com Rating! (4.8 out of 5)

Should you Download Noozy? Absolutely yes! Noozy provides a very premium music-listening experience that- in my experience- is practically unrivaled. Furthermore, the user interface is second to none. Even if you’re stuck on a favourite music player- be sure to give Noozy a go, I think you’ll be nicely surprised. It’s free, so definitely check it out.

Developer: dogsbark

Tags: Android App, Android Apps, AndroidTapp.com App Review, Audio, Audiophiles, Google Music, MP3, MP3 Music Player, MP3 Player, Music, N7 Player, Noozy, Noozy Studio 3, Poweramp, Winamp

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7 Comments

By Lee on October 18, 2012 at 11:13 am:

Ummm, can’t see Noozy on the UK Play App Store \

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By Toby on October 18, 2012 at 3:42 pm:

Yeah…me neither! What gives???

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- By StuPC on November 6, 2012 at 7:56 am:
  
  Could be because it’s a major rip-off of Z-Player (which is a paid for app, but still under active development and a lot more stable and better quality than Noozy…)
  
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By Haggie on October 18, 2012 at 4:40 pm:

If it sync’ed with J. River Media Center, it would be a keeper. Until then, I’ll keep using Gizmo. Allows me to stream all of my 80gb+ from my NAS to my device or control playback of music through the desktop computer that Media Center runs on.

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By photopaul65 on October 18, 2012 at 6:36 pm:

I like the app, but haven’t found a way to keep my podcasts from showing up with my music. Driving me nuts…is there any way to choose a music folder instead of the app pulling in everything MP3?

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By Terrormaster on October 18, 2012 at 6:49 pm:

Looks like it’s not in the US Play Store either. And the Noozy link to DogsBark.net in the article 404s. I wonder if it got pulled for looking too much like Zune’s Metro style music player. Damn shame because I <3 my Zune.

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By GreG on January 13, 2013 at 1:51 pm:

It’s looks similar to Inline Music Player

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