Ad-Free
Ad-Free is a free, open-source music player for Android. AdBlocker for Spotify. It has 300 GitHub stars and is released under the Apache-2.0 license, and you can install it from F-Droid.
- Android
- Kotlin
- Music players
- Actively maintained
About Ad-Free
Ad-free is an ad audio blocker for Android. This app is a research project attempting to show flaws in the way how audio advertisement is shown on Android. It is a proof-of-concept of a modularized audio ad blocker written in Kotlin with a modern and simplistic user interface. - Support for Spotify (Lite), Soundcloud, Deezer, Accuradio - No root required - Plugin based design - Mute audio when ads are playing - Play arbitrary audio You can pick from one of three options to play instead of the ad: 1. Mute audio 2. Local music files 3. Interdimensional Cable from Rick and Morty (discontinued) Browse for more information.
Privacy and F-Droid
F-Droid builds Ad-Free from its published source code and flags anti-features such as ads, tracking or reliance on non-free services.
- Depends on non-free software
Screenshots
Screenshots from the app's F-Droid listing.
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What is Ad-Free?
Ad-Free is a free, open-source music player for Android. AdBlocker for Spotify. It has 300 GitHub stars and is released under the Apache-2.0 license, and you can install it from F-Droid.
Is Ad-Free free and open source?
Yes. Ad-Free's source code is public on GitHub under the Apache-2.0 license, which is OSI-approved or FSF-free. F-Droid flags these anti-features on its latest build: depends on non-free software.
How do I install Ad-Free?
You can install Ad-Free from F-Droid (package ch.abertschi.adfree); the links are on this page. Its GitHub repository also publishes releases (latest: v4.0).
Is Ad-Free still maintained?
The repository's most recent commit was on Aug 28, 2026. Its F-Droid listing was last updated on Aug 30, 2026. appsgit only lists apps whose repository had a commit in the last six months.