# Ad-Free (open-source music player)

> 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.

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.

## Key facts

| Fact | Value |
|---|---|
| Repository | https://github.com/abertschi/ad-free |
| Platforms | Android |
| Built with | Kotlin |
| GitHub stars | 300 |
| License | Apache-2.0 (open source) |
| F-Droid | https://f-droid.org/packages/ch.abertschi.adfree/ (package ch.abertschi.adfree) |
| F-Droid anti-features | Depends on non-free software |
| Google Play | not linked |
| App Store | not linked |
| Website | https://adfree.abertschi.ch/ |
| Official | no |
| Category | Music players |
| Latest release | v4.0 (Aug 28, 2026) |
| Last commit | Aug 28, 2026 |

F-Droid builds its apps from source and flags anti-features: https://f-droid.org/en/docs/Anti-Features/

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