N-Zik

N-Zik is a multilingual fork of Kreate, built with performance improvements, UI/UX refinement, bug fixes, and new features in mind with long-term support.

N-Zik may not yet be as stable as the original Kreate, so feel free to use it or other solid alternatives like Metrolist, VIVI Music, or RiPlay if you need a more mature option (RiPlay doesn't have download / cache feature).

N-Zik is a side project I originally built for myself and friends, not chasing glory. It's grown a bit since then, which is cool.

I use generative AI to assist with code, structured with the BMAD Method, but everything gets reviewed and tested before it's pushed. I'm not shipping blind.

If AI-assisted development isn't your thing, no hard feelings, there are plenty of great alternatives.

🎧 Features 🌍 Multilingual Support – Available in English, Italian, German, Russian, French, Spanish, Czech, Turkish, Romanian, and more. Contributions are always welcome! 🔊 High Quality Audio — Connect a YouTube Music Premium account and select Web Remix as your preferred client to unlock Premium streaming quality on N-Zik. 🎨 Modern and Intuitive UI 🌓 UI Mode Toggle – Switch between the N-Zik experience and the classic ViMusic interface. 💾 Smart Offline Caching – Automatically cache songs for offline playback with customizable cache limits. 📥 Downloads – Download individual tracks or entire playlists for permanent offline access. ▶️ Background Playback – Keep your music playing while using other apps. 📊 Listening Statistics – Track your habits, favorite artists, and playback trends. ⬇️ OTA Updates – Receive automatic in-app updates without needing to reinstall manually. 🌈 Audio Visualizer – Enjoy real-time visual effects synchronized with your music. 🕹️ Discord Rich Presence – Display your currently playing track directly 📰 News Feed – Explore moods, genres, releases, and albums from your favorite artists. 🔄 Playlist Import & Export – Easily back up, share, and restore playlists, you can import from Riplay, Spotify (Exportify), Youtube Music and N-Zik ✍️ Advanced Lyrics Support – Fetch, display word by word, sync and unsync lyrics with smart fallback mechanisms, edit, and translate them. 🎭 Custom Themes – Personalize the app with multiple theme options. ⏲️ Sleep Timer – Automatically stop playback after a configurable duration. 🎚️ Advanced Audio Controls – Adjust volume, playback speed, pitch, normalization, silence skipping, crossfade, volume boost and silence skipping. 📺 Wide Platform Support – Compatible with Android Auto, Android Automotive, Android TV, and YouTube video playback. 🪟 Widgets – New widgets for your home screen.on your Discord profile. 📤 Media Export – Export cached or downloaded music to external storage with full metadata (title, artist, album, cover art, copyright, etc.) powered by FFmpeg. (Note: Not available on 32-bit builds as they drop FFmpeg) ✏️ Metadata Editor – Edit song metadata (title, artist, album, genre, year, cover art, and more) directly in-app. Supports both AAC and Opus codecs with automatic cover art embedding. ⚙️ Settings & Database Auto-Backup – Save, restore, and automatically back up your complete app configuration and database with customizable intervals, retention limits, and optional YouTube/Discord credential inclusion. 📡 Offline First – Enjoy your music library even without an internet connection. ▶️ YouTube Integration (Early Access) – Recommendations and profile-related content are already synchronized from your YouTube account. Full synchronization is currently in development.