Music & Audio Mod APK
Meld Mod APK, Spotify's taste on YouTube Music without paying for either subscription.

Meld pulls your Spotify library and taste data into a YouTube Music player, so you get real recommendations and full playback without paying for Premium on either service.

  • Spotify Recommendations
  • No Premium Needed
  • Offline Downloads

Meld mod APK is a fork of Metrolist, an open-source YouTube Music client, with a Spotify layer bolted on top. The pitch is simple: Spotify is good at knowing what you like, and YouTube Music has almost everything to actually play. Meld tries to get both without asking you to pay for either.

What is Meld?

Meld is an Android app that logs into your Spotify account, reads your listening data, and uses it to build a home screen and recommendation engine, then plays everything through YouTube Music instead of Spotify's own streaming. You get Spotify's read on your taste without needing a Premium subscription, since Meld only touches Spotify's data APIs, not its audio.

The project didn't start from nothing. It's forked from Metrolist, an existing open-source YouTube Music client built by Mo Agamy, which itself draws on earlier projects like InnerTune and OuterTune. FrancescoGrazioso took that base and added the Spotify integration, the matching engine, and the queue-building logic that makes Meld more than just another YouTube Music wrapper.

This particular build adds the newest layer on top of that: an early, admittedly rough attempt at Qobuz support for higher-fidelity streaming, alongside a batch of fixes to how Spotify and YouTube talk to each other in the background.

What does Meld offer?

The core idea is a data split. Spotify feeds the app your top tracks, top artists, playlists, and search results, all things Spotify is genuinely good at. YouTube Music does the actual playing, since it has a deeper catalog and doesn't require a paid tier to stream.

Underneath that, Meld runs its own matching system to connect a Spotify track to its YouTube Music equivalent, caching each match locally so it doesn't have to redo the lookup every time. There's also a custom recommendation engine that builds queues from your listening history; artist affinity, genre overlap, and recency all factor into what gets queued next.

Beyond the Spotify layer, it's a full YouTube Music client on its own: offline downloads, synced lyrics, library management, and a Discord Rich Presence integration if you want your listening activity to show up there.

Key features

  • Spotify-powered recommendations: Home screen and search results pull from your actual Spotify listening history, not YouTube's algorithm
  • No Premium needed anywhere: A free Spotify account is enough, and playback runs through YouTube Music at no cost
  • Manual match override: If a Spotify track resolves to the wrong YouTube video, you can paste the correct link and the fix sticks permanently
  • Offline downloads: Cache songs locally for playback without a connection
  • Smart queue generation: Builds radio-style queues using your top tracks, genre similarity, and listening patterns across multiple time ranges
  • Discord Rich Presence: Shows what you're listening to on Discord in real time
  • No developer setup: Log in with your normal Spotify credentials, no Client ID, no API dashboard

What's new in the latest version?

Version 0.7.2 is mostly a stability and integration update, with one experimental addition worth flagging before you install.

  • Added early, experimental Qobuz support for lossless audio; expect bugs if you try it
  • Improved Spotify queue handling and added Liked Songs support
  • Fixed Spotify playlist pagination issues
  • Better YouTube thumbnail fallback and playlist fetch handling
  • High-resolution artwork now shows in the player
  • Quieted benign crash reports and improved queue persistence

Pros and cons

What works
  • Real Spotify-based recommendations without a Premium subscription
  • No ads interrupting playback
  • Offline downloads and full library sync
  • Manual match fixing when the auto-matching gets a song wrong
  • Actively maintained, with frequent point releases
  • Open source, so the code is public if you want to check it yourself
What does not
  • Not on Google Play — you're installing from GitHub, so your phone will flag it
  • Updates happen on one developer's schedule, which can mean gaps between fixes
  • Qobuz support in this version is genuinely unstable, not just early
  • Logging into Google carries a small risk to your account, per the developer's own notes
  • No official support channel beyond GitHub issues

Good to know before installing

Because this comes from GitHub instead of the Play Store, Android will warn you before the install finishes. That's standard for any APK from outside the store; it doesn't mean something's broken, just that Google hasn't reviewed it.

It's still worth downloading directly from the official GitHub releases page rather than a mirror site, and checking what permissions the app requests before you accept. A music app needs storage and notification access; anything beyond that is worth a second look.

How to install Meld APK on Android

Install in five steps
Getting Meld Mod APK on your device
  • 1
    Tap the download button
    The Meld Mod APK file lands in your Downloads folder.
  • 2
    Allow unknown apps
    Grant the install-unknown-apps permission to your file manager when Android prompts.
  • 3
    Run the installer
    Accept the in-place update if a previous version is on the device.
  • 4
    Launch the app
    Complete first-run setup or sign in to your account.
  • 5
    Review permissions
    Open Settings inside the app and confirm permissions match the app's purpose.

Is Meld safe?

Sideloaded apps carry more risk than anything from the Play Store simply because nobody at Google has reviewed them. Meld being open source helps here; the code is public, so anyone can check what it's actually doing, which isn't true of most mod APKs.

On the account side, the developer is upfront that Meld uses Spotify's data APIs in read-only mode, which is against Spotify's terms technically but low-risk in practice, similar to other unofficial clients that have run for years. YouTube carries slightly more risk if you log into a Google account, though the app works fine without one for most content.

FAQ

Do I need Spotify Premium?
No. Meld only reads your Spotify data, playlists, top tracks, and search; it doesn't stream audio from Spotify. A free account works fine.

Why aren't my Spotify playlists showing up?
You need to turn on "Use Spotify for Home" and "Use Spotify for Search" in Settings → Integrations → Spotify, since both are off by default. Then pull down to refresh the home screen.

Is the Qobuz feature usable yet?
Not really. The developer labels it experimental in this release, and playback reliability is inconsistent. Treat it as a preview, not a working feature.

Can I get banned for using this?
No bans have been reported so far, and the Spotify integration only reads data rather than modifying your account. Using a secondary account is a reasonable precaution if you're cautious.

Why is playback slow the first time I play a song?
The first play has to fetch metadata from Spotify and match it against YouTube, which takes a few seconds. After that, it's cached locally and loads instantly.

Does this app track my activity?
The Discord Rich Presence feature shows your listening activity on Discord if you enable it, but that's opt-in and separate from any data collection.

Final verdict

Meld solves a real annoyance: Spotify is better at understanding your taste, YouTube Music has more of the actual catalog, and normally you'd need to pay for both to get the best of each. This gets you there without either subscription, at the cost of installing something Google hasn't signed off on.

The Qobuz feature isn't ready and shouldn't be why you install this; the Spotify-to-YouTube bridge is. If that's the feature you're after, and you're comfortable pulling an APK from GitHub instead of the Play Store, it's a solid pick.