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What are the best alternatives to Spotify?
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Best alternatives to Spotify
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Deezer Music
Free/Paid
Web, Android, iOS, Windows Phone
320 kbps MP3 (Premium) / 1411 kbps FLAC (HiFi)
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SoundCloud
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Web, Android, Desktop, Sonos, Windows Phone
256kbs AAC
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TIDAL
$9.99-$19.99/MO
Web (Chrome only for HiFi), iOS, Android, Windows, MacOS
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Deezer Music
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Deezer Music
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Available on a large number of platforms
Deezer (with a premium subscription) is available on a wide range of devices such as those running Windows, Mac, iOS, Android, Windows Mobile, smart TV and a web app. You can see the full list here.
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Limited free plan
Only 30 seconds per song.
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RickZeeland's Experience
Deezer is an online music streaming service. Created in France in 2007 it is the No. 1 service in Europe.
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Platforms:
Web, Android, iOS, Windows Phone
Paid Plan Audio Quality:
320 kbps MP3 (Premium) / 1411 kbps FLAC (HiFi)
Number of songs available:
~40M
Free Plan Audio Quality:
128 kbps MP3
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Browser Deezer
If you use Deezer on PC you don't need to download it, as the web version is the same as the desktop app.
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No Linux client
Compared to Spotify it has no native Linux client available.
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Built-in lyrics
Deezer comes with a lyrics feature where users can see the lyrics when the selected track is playing.
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Personalised radio
The Deezer music streaming service offers a radio-like service called Flow which plays random music based on your favorites.
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Huge collection of music
The Deezer music streaming service has more than 73 million songs, which makes Deezer one of the largest music catalogs available now.
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Available to customers living outside the US
The Deezer music streaming service is available in 182 countries. There are 192 countries on this world, which means Deezer is available in all but 10 countries.
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SoundCloud
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SoundCloud
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SoundCloud
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Free to use
You don't even have to log in or sign up for an account if you don't want to. There are paid options for if you want to upload large quantities of audio (eg if you're a music label you'll need this), but it's free to download as much and as often as you like.
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Can't do an advanced search
You can't search, for example, for Creative Commons music with the tag #trap. It could be useful to search for music you like that is under Creative Commons.
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Meshkovst's Experience
best music app, I like the recommendations it gives me, and the interface's user-friendly.
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Specs
Platforms:
Web, Android, Desktop, Sonos, Windows Phone
Paid Plan Audio Quality:
256kbs AAC
Free Plan Audio Quality:
64kbs AAC+
Free tier:
Partial
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Follow people
You can follow people with similar tastes or that often find new music. When they favorite a song, SoundCloud will notify you about it.
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Recommendations
Links to related music, based on what you're listening to, can be found in the sidebar.
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TIDAL
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TIDAL
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Get one-month free Hi-Fi (FLAC, 24-bit music)
Almost all if not most songs are 24-bit FLAC files, "Master" is an ever higher quality.
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Songs may take some time to load
The Tidal music streaming service may take up to 10 seconds of buffering to load and play a song, sometimes even stopping a song mid-way to buffer.
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Specs
Platforms:
Web (Chrome only for HiFi), iOS, Android, Windows, MacOS
Number of songs available:
~60M
Offline download:
Yes
HiFi Plus (19.99 US/Month) :
Up to 9216 kbps (MQA, Dolby Atmos, Sony 360 Reality Audio
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Amazing quality
The Tidal music streaming service has a maximum streaming quality of 1,411Kbps bit rate with FLAC-formatted lossless files. This is quite an upgrade compared to most music streaming services, which go at about 320Kbps bit rate.
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