Where Does Boomplay Store Offline Music?
Boomplay offline songs, playlists and account sync on mobile.
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Boomplay (huge across Africa for Afrobeats, Amapiano and gospel) downloads songs into app private storage for offline, with playlists, favorites and boom coins on the account. Free tier streams with limits.
Local files get special treatment here: the player also indexes side loaded MP3s from device storage alongside streaming catalog. Streaming downloads stay encrypted cache; your own MP3s remain ordinary files wherever you put them.
Where Boomplay stores this, by platform
App-private storage (streaming downloads) plus your own MP3 folders
Offline songs for subscribers or ad supported tiers per region. Local music scan covers device folders separately. Clearing app data drops streaming cache; playlists return on login.
App sandbox (streaming downloads in-app)
Same account shelf on iPhone with offline toggle. Local file import runs through Files or computer transfer. Deleting the app clears streaming downloads only.
Frequently asked questions
does Boomplay play my own MP3 files
Yes. Its local scan finds MP3s in device folders and plays them beside streaming tracks. Those files are yours to move and back up normally, unlike encrypted streaming downloads.
where are Boomplay streaming downloads kept
In encrypted app cache, manageable only from the in-app downloads screen. They need active subscription state to open and never appear as files.
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