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SoundCloud vs Spotify vs Deezer Music

 vs last.fm vs TIDAL vs Bandcamp vs Pandora vs Amazon Music Unlimited vs Qobuz vs Youtube vs Apple Music vs Slacker Radio vs Digitally Imported vs Earbits vs 8 Tracks vs Mixcloud vs soma fm vs Radio4000 vs Anghami vs Yandex Music vs YouTube Music vs Joox vs hearthis.at vs cmd.fm vs soundhost vs Xiami Music (虾米音乐) vs Mixshake vs Gaana vs Tuner.Guru vs WiredVibe vs Jamendo Music Radio vs icecast vs Tunesnapper vs CloudDeck vs Rdio vs Google Play Music vs Groove Music vs Beats Music vs Whyd vs WiMP vs Soundsuit vs spotify

Specs

Platforms

Web, Android, Desktop, Sonos, Windows Phone

Free tier

Partial

Paid Plan Audio Quality

256kbs AAC

Offline Download

Premium (partial)

Playlist Sharing

Yes

Free Plan Audio Quality

64kbs AAC+

User-Created Playlists

Yes

Premium Tier (Yearly)

EUR 99

Offline download

-

Number of songs available

-

Algorithmic Radio

-

Playlist sharing

-

Other platforms

-

User-created playlists

-

Price

-

HiFi (9.99 US/Month)

-

HiFi Plus (19.99 US/Month)

-

Purchase Audio Quality

-

Other Platforms

-

Top Labels

-

Top labels

-

Radio

-

Audio quality

-

Free Plan

-

Paid Plan

-

Countries

-

Selective downloading

-

Mobile App

-

Platforms

Web; Android; iOS; Linux; Windows; MacOS

Free tier

-

Paid Plan Audio Quality

-

Offline Download

-

Playlist Sharing

Yes

Free Plan Audio Quality

-

User-Created Playlists

Yes

Premium Tier (Yearly)

-

Offline download

Yes

Number of songs available

-

Algorithmic Radio

-

Playlist sharing

-

Other platforms

-

User-created playlists

-

Price

-

HiFi (9.99 US/Month)

-

HiFi Plus (19.99 US/Month)

-

Purchase Audio Quality

-

Other Platforms

-

Top Labels

-

Top labels

-

Radio

-

Audio quality

-

Free Plan

-

Paid Plan

-

Countries

-

Selective downloading

-

Mobile App

-

Platforms

Web, Android, iOS, Windows Phone

Free tier

-

Paid Plan Audio Quality

320 kbps MP3 (Premium) / 1411 kbps FLAC (HiFi)

Offline Download

-

Playlist Sharing

-

Free Plan Audio Quality

128 kbps MP3

User-Created Playlists

-

Premium Tier (Yearly)

-

Offline download

Yes

Number of songs available

~40M

Algorithmic Radio

Yes

Playlist sharing

Yes

Other platforms

Blackberry, Apple Watch, Roku, Chromecast, Android TV, Bang & Olufsen TV, Hisense, Sony Bravia, Samsung TV, LG TV, Toshiba TV, WD TV, Panasonic TV, Philips TV, NetRange, Amazon Fire TV, TV Foxxum, Vestel

User-created playlists

Yes

Price

-

HiFi (9.99 US/Month)

-

HiFi Plus (19.99 US/Month)

-

Purchase Audio Quality

-

Other Platforms

-

Top Labels

-

Top labels

-

Radio

-

Audio quality

-

Free Plan

-

Paid Plan

-

Countries

-

Selective downloading

-

Mobile App

-

Platforms

Windows, Mac, Web, iOS, Android

Free tier

-

Paid Plan Audio Quality

128kbs

Offline Download

-

Playlist Sharing

-

Free Plan Audio Quality

128kbs

User-Created Playlists

-

Premium Tier (Yearly)

-

Offline download

-

Number of songs available

-

Algorithmic Radio

-

Playlist sharing

-

Other platforms

-

User-created playlists

-

Price

$3/mo

HiFi (9.99 US/Month)

-

HiFi Plus (19.99 US/Month)

-

Purchase Audio Quality

-

Other Platforms

-

Top Labels

-

Top labels

-

Radio

-

Audio quality

-

Free Plan

-

Paid Plan

-

Countries

-

Selective downloading

-

Mobile App

-

Platforms

Web (Chrome only for HiFi), iOS, Android, Windows, MacOS

Free tier

-

Paid Plan Audio Quality

-

Offline Download

-

Playlist Sharing

-

Free Plan Audio Quality

-

User-Created Playlists

-

Premium Tier (Yearly)

-

Offline download

Yes

Number of songs available

~60M

Algorithmic Radio

-

Playlist sharing

-

Other platforms

-

User-created playlists

-

Price

-

HiFi (9.99 US/Month)

Up to 1411 kbps FLAC/ALAC (HiFi)

HiFi Plus (19.99 US/Month)

Up to 9216 kbps (MQA, Dolby Atmos, Sony 360 Reality Audio

Purchase Audio Quality

-

Other Platforms

-

Top Labels

-

Top labels

-

Radio

-

Audio quality

-

Free Plan

-

Paid Plan

-

Countries

-

Selective downloading

-

Mobile App

-

Platforms

Web, iOS, Android

Free tier

-

Paid Plan Audio Quality

-

Offline Download

-

Playlist Sharing

-

Free Plan Audio Quality

-

User-Created Playlists

-

Premium Tier (Yearly)

-

Offline download

-

Number of songs available

-

Algorithmic Radio

-

Playlist sharing

-

Other platforms

-

User-created playlists

-

Price

-

HiFi (9.99 US/Month)

-

HiFi Plus (19.99 US/Month)

-

Purchase Audio Quality

Up to lossless

Other Platforms

-

Top Labels

-

Top labels

-

Radio

-

Audio quality

-

Free Plan

-

Paid Plan

-

Countries

-

Selective downloading

-

Mobile App

-

Platforms

Web, Android, iOS, Windows Phone

Free tier

-

Paid Plan Audio Quality

192kbs AAC

Offline Download

Yes

Playlist Sharing

No

Free Plan Audio Quality

64kbs AAC+/128kbs AAC

User-Created Playlists

No

Premium Tier (Yearly)

-

Offline download

-

Number of songs available

~40M

Algorithmic Radio

Yes

Playlist sharing

-

Other platforms

-

User-created playlists

-

Price

-

HiFi (9.99 US/Month)

-

HiFi Plus (19.99 US/Month)

-

Purchase Audio Quality

-

Other Platforms

Sonos, Roku, Direct TV, Playstation, FiOS TV, Pebble Watch, TiVo, Chromecast, Amazon Echo, Apple TV

Top Labels

UMG, SME

Top labels

-

Radio

-

Audio quality

-

Free Plan

-

Paid Plan

-

Countries

-

Selective downloading

-

Mobile App

-

Platforms

Web, iOS, Android, Windows, MacOS

Free tier

Only available to current Prime subscribers and has a significantly smaller catalog

Paid Plan Audio Quality

Unlimited: 256 kbps AAC. HD: 16-bit 44.1Khz or 850kpbs to 24-bit 192Khz or 3,730 kbps

Offline Download

Yes

Playlist Sharing

-

Free Plan Audio Quality

-

User-Created Playlists

-

Premium Tier (Yearly)

-

Offline download

-

Number of songs available

~40M

Algorithmic Radio

-

Playlist sharing

-

Other platforms

FireTV, Sonos, Automotive, Alexa, Echo

User-created playlists

-

Price

Monthly Unlimited Prime/non-Prime Unlimited: $7.99/ $9.99. Music HD Prime/non-Prime: $12.99/$14.99

HiFi (9.99 US/Month)

-

HiFi Plus (19.99 US/Month)

-

Purchase Audio Quality

-

Other Platforms

-

Top Labels

-

Top labels

-

Radio

-

Audio quality

-

Free Plan

-

Paid Plan

-

Countries

-

Selective downloading

-

Mobile App

-

Platforms

Web, iOS, Android, Windows, Mac OS X (macOS)

Free tier

30 days trial

Paid Plan Audio Quality

320 Kbps MP3/ 16-bit 44.1 kHz FLAC/ 24-bit ≤192 kHz FLAC (Studio/Sublime+)

Offline Download

Yes

Playlist Sharing

-

Free Plan Audio Quality

-

User-Created Playlists

-

Premium Tier (Yearly)

-

Offline download

-

Number of songs available

~50M

Algorithmic Radio

-

Playlist sharing

-

Other platforms

-

User-created playlists

-

Price

$14.99 Mo or $149.99 yr Studio premier / $249.99/yr Sublime+

HiFi (9.99 US/Month)

-

HiFi Plus (19.99 US/Month)

-

Purchase Audio Quality

-

Other Platforms

Amazon Kindle/Sonos/ other Hifi brands

Top Labels

-

Top labels

-

Radio

-

Audio quality

-

Free Plan

-

Paid Plan

-

Countries

-

Selective downloading

-

Mobile App

-

Platforms

Web, iOS, Android, Windows Phone, Chrome OS

Free tier

Yes

Paid Plan Audio Quality

-

Offline Download

-

Playlist Sharing

-

Free Plan Audio Quality

-

User-Created Playlists

-

Premium Tier (Yearly)

-

Offline download

Premium (Partial)

Number of songs available

-

Algorithmic Radio

-

Playlist sharing

-

Other platforms

-

User-created playlists

-

Price

-

HiFi (9.99 US/Month)

-

HiFi Plus (19.99 US/Month)

-

Purchase Audio Quality

-

Other Platforms

-

Top Labels

-

Top labels

WMG, UMG, SME

Radio

-

Audio quality

-

Free Plan

-

Paid Plan

-

Countries

-

Selective downloading

-

Mobile App

-

Platforms

Android, iOS, Windows, macOS,

Free tier

-

Paid Plan Audio Quality

Lossless ALAC up to 192KHz/24-bit

Offline Download

-

Playlist Sharing

-

Free Plan Audio Quality

-

User-Created Playlists

-

Premium Tier (Yearly)

-

Offline download

Yes

Number of songs available

~90M

Algorithmic Radio

Yes

Playlist sharing

-

Other platforms

-

User-created playlists

-

Price

-

HiFi (9.99 US/Month)

-

HiFi Plus (19.99 US/Month)

-

Purchase Audio Quality

-

Other Platforms

-

Top Labels

-

Top labels

-

Radio

Yes

Audio quality

-

Free Plan

-

Paid Plan

-

Countries

-

Selective downloading

-

Mobile App

-

Platforms

Web, iOS, Android, Windows Phone

Free tier

Yes

Paid Plan Audio Quality

320kbs

Offline Download

Yes

Playlist Sharing

-

Free Plan Audio Quality

-

User-Created Playlists

-

Premium Tier (Yearly)

-

Offline download

-

Number of songs available

-

Algorithmic Radio

-

Playlist sharing

-

Other platforms

-

User-created playlists

-

Price

$3.99-$9.99/mo

HiFi (9.99 US/Month)

-

HiFi Plus (19.99 US/Month)

-

Purchase Audio Quality

-

Other Platforms

Blackberry

Top Labels

-

Top labels

-

Radio

-

Audio quality

-

Free Plan

-

Paid Plan

-

Countries

-

Selective downloading

-

Mobile App

-

Platforms

Web, Android, iOS, Windows Phone

Free tier

Yes

Paid Plan Audio Quality

320k

Offline Download

No

Playlist Sharing

-

Free Plan Audio Quality

64k

User-Created Playlists

-

Premium Tier (Yearly)

-

Offline download

-

Number of songs available

-

Algorithmic Radio

-

Playlist sharing

-

Other platforms

-

User-created playlists

-

Price

$8/mo

HiFi (9.99 US/Month)

-

HiFi Plus (19.99 US/Month)

-

Purchase Audio Quality

-

Other Platforms

Blackberry, Kindle Fire

Top Labels

-

Top labels

-

Radio

-

Audio quality

-

Free Plan

-

Paid Plan

-

Countries

-

Selective downloading

-

Mobile App

-

Platforms

Web, iOS, Android

Free tier

Yes

Paid Plan Audio Quality

-

Offline Download

-

Playlist Sharing

-

Free Plan Audio Quality

-

User-Created Playlists

-

Premium Tier (Yearly)

-

Offline download

No

Number of songs available

-

Algorithmic Radio

-

Playlist sharing

-

Other platforms

-

User-created playlists

-

Price

-

HiFi (9.99 US/Month)

-

HiFi Plus (19.99 US/Month)

-

Purchase Audio Quality

-

Other Platforms

-

Top Labels

-

Top labels

Indie

Radio

-

Audio quality

256kbs

Free Plan

-

Paid Plan

-

Countries

-

Selective downloading

-

Mobile App

-

Platforms

Web, iOS, Android, Windows Phone

Free tier

-

Paid Plan Audio Quality

64kbs AAC+

Offline Download

No

Playlist Sharing

Yes

Free Plan Audio Quality

64kbs AAC+

User-Created Playlists

Yes

Premium Tier (Yearly)

-

Offline download

-

Number of songs available

-

Algorithmic Radio

No

Playlist sharing

-

Other platforms

-

User-created playlists

-

Price

-

HiFi (9.99 US/Month)

-

HiFi Plus (19.99 US/Month)

-

Purchase Audio Quality

-

Other Platforms

Blackberry, Xbox

Top Labels

Indie

Top labels

-

Radio

-

Audio quality

-

Free Plan

Yes

Paid Plan

$2.99/mo

Countries

USA, Canada

Selective downloading

-

Mobile App

-

Platforms

Web, Android, iOS, Desktop

Free tier

Partial

Paid Plan Audio Quality

-

Offline Download

-

Playlist Sharing

-

Free Plan Audio Quality

-

User-Created Playlists

-

Premium Tier (Yearly)

-

Offline download

-

Number of songs available

-

Algorithmic Radio

-

Playlist sharing

-

Other platforms

-

User-created playlists

-

Price

Premium $6.99/mo - $69.99/yr | Pro: $15/mo - $135/yr

HiFi (9.99 US/Month)

-

HiFi Plus (19.99 US/Month)

-

Purchase Audio Quality

-

Other Platforms

-

Top Labels

-

Top labels

-

Radio

-

Audio quality

-

Free Plan

-

Paid Plan

-

Countries

-

Selective downloading

-

Mobile App

-

Platforms

Windows, Linux, Mac, Mobile

Free tier

-

Paid Plan Audio Quality

-

Offline Download

-

Playlist Sharing

-

Free Plan Audio Quality

-

User-Created Playlists

-

Premium Tier (Yearly)

-

Offline download

-

Number of songs available

-

Algorithmic Radio

-

Playlist sharing

-

Other platforms

-

User-created playlists

-

Price

-

HiFi (9.99 US/Month)

-

HiFi Plus (19.99 US/Month)

-

Purchase Audio Quality

-

Other Platforms

-

Top Labels

-

Top labels

-

Radio

-

Audio quality

-

Free Plan

-

Paid Plan

-

Countries

-

Selective downloading

-

Mobile App

-

Platforms

Everywhere

Free tier

Everything is free

Paid Plan Audio Quality

Free HQ

Offline Download

Yes

Playlist Sharing

Yes, with a clean URL

Free Plan Audio Quality

Highest

User-Created Playlists

Yes

Premium Tier (Yearly)

-

Offline download

Through ecosystem software

Number of songs available

Everything

Algorithmic Radio

Human curation

Playlist sharing

Yes, URL with username

Other platforms

All platforms

User-created playlists

Yes

Price

Free

HiFi (9.99 US/Month)

-

HiFi Plus (19.99 US/Month)

-

Purchase Audio Quality

-

Other Platforms

-

Top Labels

-

Top labels

-

Radio

Everything is a radio

Audio quality

HQ

Free Plan

Yes

Paid Plan

No

Countries

Everywhere

Selective downloading

Yes (through ecosystem software)

Mobile App

-

Platforms

-

Free tier

-

Paid Plan Audio Quality

-

Offline Download

-

Playlist Sharing

-

Free Plan Audio Quality

-

User-Created Playlists

-

Premium Tier (Yearly)

-

Offline download

-

Number of songs available

-

Algorithmic Radio

-

Playlist sharing

-

Other platforms

-

User-created playlists

-

Price

-

HiFi (9.99 US/Month)

-

HiFi Plus (19.99 US/Month)

-

Purchase Audio Quality

-

Other Platforms

-

Top Labels

-

Top labels

-

Radio

-

Audio quality

-

Free Plan

-

Paid Plan

-

Countries

-

Selective downloading

-

Mobile App

-

Platforms

-

Free tier

-

Paid Plan Audio Quality

-

Offline Download

-

Playlist Sharing

-

Free Plan Audio Quality

-

User-Created Playlists

-

Premium Tier (Yearly)

-

Offline download

-

Number of songs available

-

Algorithmic Radio

-

Playlist sharing

-

Other platforms

-

User-created playlists

-

Price

-

HiFi (9.99 US/Month)

-

HiFi Plus (19.99 US/Month)

-

Purchase Audio Quality

-

Other Platforms

-

Top Labels

-

Top labels

-

Radio

-

Audio quality

-

Free Plan

-

Paid Plan

-

Countries

-

Selective downloading

-

Mobile App

-

Platforms

-

Free tier

Yes

Paid Plan Audio Quality

-

Offline Download

-

Playlist Sharing

-

Free Plan Audio Quality

-

User-Created Playlists

-

Premium Tier (Yearly)

-

Offline download

-

Number of songs available

-

Algorithmic Radio

-

Playlist sharing

-

Other platforms

-

User-created playlists

-

Price

-

HiFi (9.99 US/Month)

-

HiFi Plus (19.99 US/Month)

-

Purchase Audio Quality

-

Other Platforms

-

Top Labels

-

Top labels

-

Radio

-

Audio quality

-

Free Plan

-

Paid Plan

-

Countries

-

Selective downloading

-

Mobile App

Android/iOS

Platforms

-

Free tier

-

Paid Plan Audio Quality

-

Offline Download

-

Playlist Sharing

-

Free Plan Audio Quality

-

User-Created Playlists

-

Premium Tier (Yearly)

-

Offline download

-

Number of songs available

-

Algorithmic Radio

-

Playlist sharing

-

Other platforms

-

User-created playlists

-

Price

-

HiFi (9.99 US/Month)

-

HiFi Plus (19.99 US/Month)

-

Purchase Audio Quality

-

Other Platforms

-

Top Labels

-

Top labels

-

Radio

-

Audio quality

-

Free Plan

-

Paid Plan

-

Countries

-

Selective downloading

-

Mobile App

-

Platforms

-

Free tier

-

Paid Plan Audio Quality

-

Offline Download

-

Playlist Sharing

-

Free Plan Audio Quality

-

User-Created Playlists

-

Premium Tier (Yearly)

-

Offline download

-

Number of songs available

-

Algorithmic Radio

-

Playlist sharing

-

Other platforms

-

User-created playlists

-

Price

-

HiFi (9.99 US/Month)

-

HiFi Plus (19.99 US/Month)

-

Purchase Audio Quality

-

Other Platforms

-

Top Labels

-

Top labels

-

Radio

-

Audio quality

-

Free Plan

-

Paid Plan

-

Countries

-

Selective downloading

-

Mobile App

-

Platforms

Web, iOS, Chrome OS

Free tier

-

Paid Plan Audio Quality

-

Offline Download

No

Playlist Sharing

No

Free Plan Audio Quality

-

User-Created Playlists

No

Premium Tier (Yearly)

-

Offline download

-

Number of songs available

-

Algorithmic Radio

No

Playlist sharing

-

Other platforms

-

User-created playlists

-

Price

-

HiFi (9.99 US/Month)

-

HiFi Plus (19.99 US/Month)

-

Purchase Audio Quality

-

Other Platforms

None

Top Labels

-

Top labels

-

Radio

-

Audio quality

-

Free Plan

Yes

Paid Plan

None

Countries

-

Selective downloading

-

Mobile App

-

Platforms

-

Free tier

-

Paid Plan Audio Quality

-

Offline Download

-

Playlist Sharing

-

Free Plan Audio Quality

-

User-Created Playlists

-

Premium Tier (Yearly)

-

Offline download

-

Number of songs available

-

Algorithmic Radio

-

Playlist sharing

-

Other platforms

-

User-created playlists

-

Price

-

HiFi (9.99 US/Month)

-

HiFi Plus (19.99 US/Month)

-

Purchase Audio Quality

-

Other Platforms

-

Top Labels

-

Top labels

-

Radio

-

Audio quality

-

Free Plan

-

Paid Plan

-

Countries

-

Selective downloading

-

Mobile App

-

Platforms

-

Free tier

-

Paid Plan Audio Quality

-

Offline Download

-

Playlist Sharing

-

Free Plan Audio Quality

-

User-Created Playlists

-

Premium Tier (Yearly)

-

Offline download

-

Number of songs available

-

Algorithmic Radio

-

Playlist sharing

-

Other platforms

-

User-created playlists

-

Price

-

HiFi (9.99 US/Month)

-

HiFi Plus (19.99 US/Month)

-

Purchase Audio Quality

-

Other Platforms

-

Top Labels

-

Top labels

-

Radio

-

Audio quality

-

Free Plan

-

Paid Plan

-

Countries

-

Selective downloading

-

Mobile App

-

Platforms

-

Free tier

-

Paid Plan Audio Quality

-

Offline Download

-

Playlist Sharing

-

Free Plan Audio Quality

-

User-Created Playlists

-

Premium Tier (Yearly)

-

Offline download

-

Number of songs available

-

Algorithmic Radio

-

Playlist sharing

-

Other platforms

-

User-created playlists

-

Price

-

HiFi (9.99 US/Month)

-

HiFi Plus (19.99 US/Month)

-

Purchase Audio Quality

-

Other Platforms

-

Top Labels

-

Top labels

-

Radio

-

Audio quality

-

Free Plan

-

Paid Plan

-

Countries

-

Selective downloading

-

Mobile App

-

Platforms

-

Free tier

-

Paid Plan Audio Quality

-

Offline Download

-

Playlist Sharing

-

Free Plan Audio Quality

-

User-Created Playlists

-

Premium Tier (Yearly)

-

Offline download

-

Number of songs available

-

Algorithmic Radio

-

Playlist sharing

-

Other platforms

-

User-created playlists

-

Price

-

HiFi (9.99 US/Month)

-

HiFi Plus (19.99 US/Month)

-

Purchase Audio Quality

-

Other Platforms

-

Top Labels

-

Top labels

-

Radio

-

Audio quality

-

Free Plan

-

Paid Plan

-

Countries

-

Selective downloading

-

Mobile App

-

Platforms

-

Free tier

-

Paid Plan Audio Quality

-

Offline Download

-

Playlist Sharing

-

Free Plan Audio Quality

-

User-Created Playlists

-

Premium Tier (Yearly)

-

Offline download

-

Number of songs available

-

Algorithmic Radio

-

Playlist sharing

-

Other platforms

-

User-created playlists

-

Price

-

HiFi (9.99 US/Month)

-

HiFi Plus (19.99 US/Month)

-

Purchase Audio Quality

-

Other Platforms

-

Top Labels

-

Top labels

-

Radio

-

Audio quality

-

Free Plan

-

Paid Plan

-

Countries

-

Selective downloading

-

Mobile App

-

Platforms

-

Free tier

-

Paid Plan Audio Quality

-

Offline Download

-

Playlist Sharing

-

Free Plan Audio Quality

-

User-Created Playlists

-

Premium Tier (Yearly)

-

Offline download

-

Number of songs available

-

Algorithmic Radio

-

Playlist sharing

-

Other platforms

-

User-created playlists

-

Price

-

HiFi (9.99 US/Month)

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HiFi Plus (19.99 US/Month)

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Purchase Audio Quality

-

Other Platforms

-

Top Labels

-

Top labels

-

Radio

-

Audio quality

-

Free Plan

-

Paid Plan

-

Countries

-

Selective downloading

-

Mobile App

-

Platforms

-

Free tier

-

Paid Plan Audio Quality

-

Offline Download

-

Playlist Sharing

-

Free Plan Audio Quality

-

User-Created Playlists

-

Premium Tier (Yearly)

-

Offline download

-

Number of songs available

-

Algorithmic Radio

-

Playlist sharing

-

Other platforms

-

User-created playlists

-

Price

-

HiFi (9.99 US/Month)

-

HiFi Plus (19.99 US/Month)

-

Purchase Audio Quality

-

Other Platforms

-

Top Labels

-

Top labels

-

Radio

-

Audio quality

-

Free Plan

-

Paid Plan

-

Countries

-

Selective downloading

-

Mobile App

-

Platforms

-

Free tier

-

Paid Plan Audio Quality

-

Offline Download

-

Playlist Sharing

-

Free Plan Audio Quality

-

User-Created Playlists

-

Premium Tier (Yearly)

-

Offline download

-

Number of songs available

-

Algorithmic Radio

-

Playlist sharing

-

Other platforms

-

User-created playlists

-

Price

-

HiFi (9.99 US/Month)

-

HiFi Plus (19.99 US/Month)

-

Purchase Audio Quality

-

Other Platforms

-

Top Labels

-

Top labels

-

Radio

-

Audio quality

-

Free Plan

-

Paid Plan

-

Countries

-

Selective downloading

-

Mobile App

-

Platforms

web, smartphone, mobile web

Free tier

Yes

Paid Plan Audio Quality

-

Offline Download

-

Playlist Sharing

-

Free Plan Audio Quality

-

User-Created Playlists

-

Premium Tier (Yearly)

-

Offline download

-

Number of songs available

-

Algorithmic Radio

-

Playlist sharing

Yes

Other platforms

-

User-created playlists

-

Price

£0/mo

HiFi (9.99 US/Month)

-

HiFi Plus (19.99 US/Month)

-

Purchase Audio Quality

-

Other Platforms

-

Top Labels

-

Top labels

-

Radio

Yes

Audio quality

-

Free Plan

-

Paid Plan

-

Countries

-

Selective downloading

Yes

Mobile App

-

Platforms

-

Free tier

-

Paid Plan Audio Quality

-

Offline Download

-

Playlist Sharing

-

Free Plan Audio Quality

-

User-Created Playlists

-

Premium Tier (Yearly)

-

Offline download

-

Number of songs available

-

Algorithmic Radio

-

Playlist sharing

-

Other platforms

-

User-created playlists

-

Price

-

HiFi (9.99 US/Month)

-

HiFi Plus (19.99 US/Month)

-

Purchase Audio Quality

-

Other Platforms

-

Top Labels

-

Top labels

-

Radio

-

Audio quality

-

Free Plan

-

Paid Plan

-

Countries

-

Selective downloading

-

Mobile App

-

Platforms

-

Free tier

-

Paid Plan Audio Quality

-

Offline Download

-

Playlist Sharing

-

Free Plan Audio Quality

-

User-Created Playlists

-

Premium Tier (Yearly)

-

Offline download

-

Number of songs available

-

Algorithmic Radio

-

Playlist sharing

-

Other platforms

-

User-created playlists

-

Price

-

HiFi (9.99 US/Month)

-

HiFi Plus (19.99 US/Month)

-

Purchase Audio Quality

-

Other Platforms

-

Top Labels

-

Top labels

-

Radio

-

Audio quality

-

Free Plan

-

Paid Plan

-

Countries

-

Selective downloading

-

Mobile App

-

Platforms

Web, iOS, Android, Wear OS

Free tier

Yes

Paid Plan Audio Quality

320kbs MP3

Offline Download

Yes

Playlist Sharing

-

Free Plan Audio Quality

-

User-Created Playlists

-

Premium Tier (Yearly)

-

Offline download

-

Number of songs available

~40M

Algorithmic Radio

-

Playlist sharing

-

Other platforms

-

User-created playlists

-

Price

-

HiFi (9.99 US/Month)

-

HiFi Plus (19.99 US/Month)

-

Purchase Audio Quality

-

Other Platforms

-

Top Labels

-

Top labels

-

Radio

-

Audio quality

-

Free Plan

-

Paid Plan

-

Countries

-

Selective downloading

-

Mobile App

-

Platforms

Windows/Android/iOS/Xbox/Web Player

Free tier

Personal files only

Paid Plan Audio Quality

24/48 khz

Offline Download

Yes

Playlist Sharing

No

Free Plan Audio Quality

-

User-Created Playlists

-

Premium Tier (Yearly)

-

Offline download

-

Number of songs available

-

Algorithmic Radio

Yes

Playlist sharing

No

Other platforms

-

User-created playlists

-

Price

-

HiFi (9.99 US/Month)

-

HiFi Plus (19.99 US/Month)

-

Purchase Audio Quality

-

Other Platforms

-

Top Labels

-

Top labels

-

Radio

-

Audio quality

-

Free Plan

-

Paid Plan

-

Countries

-

Selective downloading

Yes

Mobile App

-

Platforms

-

Free tier

-

Paid Plan Audio Quality

-

Offline Download

-

Playlist Sharing

-

Free Plan Audio Quality

-

User-Created Playlists

-

Premium Tier (Yearly)

-

Offline download

-

Number of songs available

-

Algorithmic Radio

-

Playlist sharing

-

Other platforms

-

User-created playlists

-

Price

-

HiFi (9.99 US/Month)

-

HiFi Plus (19.99 US/Month)

-

Purchase Audio Quality

-

Other Platforms

-

Top Labels

-

Top labels

-

Radio

-

Audio quality

-

Free Plan

-

Paid Plan

-

Countries

-

Selective downloading

-

Mobile App

-

Platforms

-

Free tier

-

Paid Plan Audio Quality

-

Offline Download

-

Playlist Sharing

-

Free Plan Audio Quality

-

User-Created Playlists

-

Premium Tier (Yearly)

-

Offline download

-

Number of songs available

-

Algorithmic Radio

-

Playlist sharing

-

Other platforms

-

User-created playlists

-

Price

-

HiFi (9.99 US/Month)

-

HiFi Plus (19.99 US/Month)

-

Purchase Audio Quality

-

Other Platforms

-

Top Labels

-

Top labels

-

Radio

-

Audio quality

-

Free Plan

-

Paid Plan

-

Countries

-

Selective downloading

-

Mobile App

-

Platforms

-

Free tier

-

Paid Plan Audio Quality

-

Offline Download

-

Playlist Sharing

-

Free Plan Audio Quality

-

User-Created Playlists

-

Premium Tier (Yearly)

-

Offline download

-

Number of songs available

-

Algorithmic Radio

-

Playlist sharing

-

Other platforms

-

User-created playlists

-

Price

-

HiFi (9.99 US/Month)

-

HiFi Plus (19.99 US/Month)

-

Purchase Audio Quality

-

Other Platforms

-

Top Labels

-

Top labels

-

Radio

-

Audio quality

-

Free Plan

-

Paid Plan

-

Countries

-

Selective downloading

-

Mobile App

-

Platforms

-

Free tier

-

Paid Plan Audio Quality

-

Offline Download

-

Playlist Sharing

-

Free Plan Audio Quality

-

User-Created Playlists

-

Premium Tier (Yearly)

-

Offline download

-

Number of songs available

-

Algorithmic Radio

-

Playlist sharing

-

Other platforms

-

User-created playlists

-

Price

-

HiFi (9.99 US/Month)

-

HiFi Plus (19.99 US/Month)

-

Purchase Audio Quality

-

Other Platforms

-

Top Labels

-

Top labels

-

Radio

-

Audio quality

-

Free Plan

-

Paid Plan

-

Countries

-

Selective downloading

-

Mobile App

-

Platforms

-

Free tier

-

Paid Plan Audio Quality

-

Offline Download

-

Playlist Sharing

-

Free Plan Audio Quality

-

User-Created Playlists

-

Premium Tier (Yearly)

-

Offline download

-

Number of songs available

-

Algorithmic Radio

-

Playlist sharing

-

Other platforms

-

User-created playlists

-

Price

-

HiFi (9.99 US/Month)

-

HiFi Plus (19.99 US/Month)

-

Purchase Audio Quality

-

Other Platforms

-

Top Labels

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Top labels

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Radio

-

Audio quality

-

Free Plan

-

Paid Plan

-

Countries

-

Selective downloading

-

Mobile App

-

Pros + Cons

Pro
 Free access to a huge selection of underground music

The SoundCloud music streaming service has over 115 million tracks accessible for free. Majority of those free tracks are uploaded by musicians that aren't backed by major labels. As such SoundCloud is a great place to discover new content that often will not be available on other music services that primarily license their music through deals with record labels.
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Pro
 Anyone can upload and share

Anyone could submit an uploaded track to one or more groups, increasing exposure on the music streaming service platform and building kindred relationships. Furthermore, artists can upload with a distinctive URL.
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Pro
 Creates a true sense of a community

By emphasizing user comments (attached to specific points in songs) SoundCloud brings the community aspect of listening to music to the forefront more so than other music streaming services. Additionally, the ability to follow users and artists, liking, sharing and reposting songs helps strengthen a sense of community further.
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Con
 Lots of variation in audio quality for user-uploaded music

The quality is extremely inconsistent. Which leaves a lot to be desired when wanting to listen to quality sounding music.
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Pro
 Allows discovering new music straight from the source, the artist

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Pro
 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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Pro
 Good discovery features

In addition to typical algorithmic suggestions, on the SoundCloud music streaming service you can view what people you follow (friends or artists) are listening to and you can see what people like and repost.
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Con
 Promoted tracks will appear even with a SoundCloud Go subscription

A promoted track is an advertisement that remains even with paid subscriptions. This negates any form of paying in order to remove any advertisements.
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Pro
 Recommendations

Links to related music, based on what you're listening to, can be found in the sidebar.
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Pro
 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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Pro
 Huge userbase

SoundCloud has over 175 millon monthly active listeners.
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Con
 Mobile app (well at least on Android) lacks messaging options

You'd need to go to desktop version to read and write messages.
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Con
 Growing amount of artists upload teasers instead of full tracks

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Pro
 Subscribe to artists

You can subscribe to artists to be notified the instant they upload a new song or give an update.
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Pro
 Explore tab has new music constantly

Explore tab on SoundCloud shows trending music that can be filtered based on genre/tag. There's a constant stream of new music.
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Pro
 Global availability

Users can listen and share music without to be registered necessarily in all nations.
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Con
 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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Con
 Music distributed through major labels is behind a paywall

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Pro
 Easy to use widgets and apps

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Pro
 Creative Commons filter

SoundCloud allows for finding music that is licensed under Creative Commons.
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Pro
 Pre-releases

Some music labels, especially newer ones, release on SoundCloud before anywhere else.
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Pro
 Supports following users

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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Con
 Audio ads in some uploaded content

Some content on SoundCloud includes audio ads, particularly sponsored podcasts. (Note that SoundCloud itself doesn't add these - all the audio you're hearing is exactly as it was uploaded.)
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Pro
 Pleasant comments

Unlike most comments on the Internet, SoundCloud has managed to create a comment system that's both useful and successfully encourages positive interaction.
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Con
 Interface is full of bugs

The SoundCloud website has tons of problems, including issues with notifications, favorites, and uploading sounds.
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Con
 Autoplay on SoundCloud can't be turned off

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Pro
 All sounds free to stream

All sounds are available to stream for free, and you don’t even have to listen to commercials.
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Con
 Poor capabilities for discovering new music

Lacks any good functionality like radio or dynamic playlists of similar music and so on. It's like tumblr but for music.
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Con
 Lacks the SME catalogue

SoundCloud doesn't yet have a licensing deal with Sony Music Entertainment, one of the “Big Three” record labels, so a good chunk of mainstream music is not available for streaming on SoundCloud.
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Pro
 Huge collection of music

The Spotify music streaming service has over 30 million songs.
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Pro
 Supports offline playback

Spotify enables premium users to mark a playlist to be available offline on their desktop or mobile clients. This allows Spotify to act as a user's primary media player even when no internet connection is available.
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Pro
 Has good tools to help you find new music based on your tastes

Radio stations can be created from playlists and albums that will queue similar music. Discover Weekly Playlist provides amazing personalized playlists. Discover Weekly is a playlist based on your listening behavior and your starred music inside the starred playlist. It is updated on Monday every week.
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Pro
 Social music discovery

Spotify allows users to easily browse the music collections of their Facebook friends and share music. It also has an influencer follow system in place that allows following certain people and get their recommendations. Spotify allows creating, subscribing to and sharing playlists.
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Pro
 Available on virtually every major platform

The Spotify music streaming service is available on all major desktop operating systems - Windows, macOS and Linux, it's accessible from the web and Spotify is supported on almost all mobile platforms including iOS (dedicated iPhone and iPad apps), Android, Windows Phone, Symbian and Blackberry. The mobile application supports syncing local files from the desktop client via Wi-Fi, offline playback and playlist syncing. Spotify also supports a number of Hi-Fi systems such as Sonos, Squeezebox and Boxee so you can easily stream music to anywhere in your house.
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Pro
 Generous free music streaming service

Spotify allows access to virtually all of its catalogue for free. The free plan has certain important limitation and includes ads, but is one of the very rare ones offering access to the catalogue of all major labels without requiring a subscription.
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Pro
 Native client loads so fast that content feels local

Compared to other web-based options, Spotify feels more like an infinite iTunes than a streaming service.
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Pro
 Ability to import local files mitigates issue of missing artists

The Spotify desktop client allows local music files to be imported with the option of syncing with a mobile device which largely mitigates the issue of missing artists.
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Pro
 Great app aesthetic

Spotify overhauled the user interface of all Spotify applications with an all new "painted in black" look. The new design aims for minimalism with a focus on pushing content like album art to the user's attention. The result is a very appealing interface.
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Pro
 Students get a discount

Students can get 50% off the regular price of the Spotify premium though it varies by country.
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Pro
 320 kbps audio for Premium users

Spotify Premium offers the super high quality 320 kbps audio on all devices. Of course on mobile extreme quality streaming must be enabled but it is most importantly available.
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Pro
 Supports wireless streaming to other devices

Spotify is leading the pack when it comes to streaming its service to other devices. From AppleCarPlay using AirPlay to Play-Fi and Sonos systems.
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Pro
 Fast access to newly released songs

Provides fast access to new music.
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Pro
 Stable service through P2P networking

Spotify utilizes peer-to-peer networking to reduce server and network strain and offer a stable service.
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Pro
 Great family plan

Music for the whole family (5 members) for a very reasonable price.
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Pro
 Exclusive content

A spotlight of the newest Spotify exclusives is available [here.] 1
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Pro
 Client's functionality can be extended via third-party apps

Spotify desktop client allows for third-party apps. They extend the functionality of Spotify and many of them offer new ways of discovering music. Noteworthy apps include Moodagent, Last.fm, Swarm.fm, ShareMyPlaylists, The Hype Machine, We Are Hunted, Shuffler.fm.
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Pro
 Weekly Discover playlist uses a great algorithm

A playlist generated by Spotify based on your listening habits and released every Monday. The algorithm used by this playlist is great and stands out from its competitors.
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Pro
 Huge collection of music and fast access to newly released songs  

Spotify has over 20 million songs and arguably the largest collection out of its competitors and usually has the fastest access to new music. The Spotify desktop client allows local music files to be imported with the option of syncing with a mobile device which largely mitigates the issue of missing artists.
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Pro
 Has a free version 

A free, ad-supported account allows streaming from an extensive library of music.
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Pro
 Curated playlists

Public playlists on Spotify created by other people are great for finding new music.
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Con
 Some artists have missing album or tracks

Due to copyright issues some artists on the service have albums or tracks missing.
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Pro
 Android Client is easily modded to give all premium perks to a free account

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Con
 Free plan has very annoying audio ads

Expect to hear a 15 second audio ad after every song. This can become aggravating pretty quickly.
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Con
 Not available in many countries around the world

You can see the list of countries here.
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Con
 Disliking a song is a fairly ineffective as a tool to tailor music to your preferences

Spotify gives you the option to "dislike" a song which is supposed to tailor the music to your preferences. However it is limited to that specific radio station and that specific version of the song. You will still hear a song you've "disliked" on other stations and if the same song is played from a different album, or different edition of an album, your "dislike" will have no impact.
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Con
 The desktop app is a touch clunky

The desktop app can be quite slow, and sometimes confusing to use.
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Con
 Rips artists off

Spotify pays $0.0044 per play.
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Con
 Severe skipping issues on Android

For some users, the Android app skips like an old CD player, even for downloaded tracks, using wired headphones, and with all settings turned down. Googling around shows that this issue has been unresolved since at least 2013. The suggested fix on the community page of deleting the app and manually deleting all caches is involved and often unsuccessful.
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Con
 Poor audio quality

There's a high range of bitrates and most of vary from average to bad.
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Con
 No ability to play specific song in free plan

The free version on mobile doesn't allow you to play a specific song, instead playing a "radio" playlist.
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Con
 Offline download limit

Spotify Premium only allows 3,333 songs to be downloaded for offline use on a device.
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Con
 Sound quality limits in the free version of Spotify

Without a Spotify subscription, computers and tablets are limited to 160 kbps. While on smartphones, sound quality is limited to 96 kbps.
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Pro
 Social network integration

Spotify is the largest social network music service. Facebook integration allows users to follow their friends and see what they are listening to even in real time. Of course Spotify allows you to hide your music activity as well but by default music history is shared.
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Con
 Search is terrible

It regularly doesn't find things that you yet can find when you search them via Google, it doesn't allow for fuzzy search ("did you mean "mad professor" instead of "mad proffesor"?) and it distinguishes between songs, albums and artists in a way that seems autistic.
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Con
 Library has a 10k song or album limit

The limitation includes the Premium account as well. Along with having the 10K limit, there is no warning when you are near that amount. When you add albums/songs after that point, they won't be added.
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Con
 Free account have lots of ads

If you hate commercials, you would buy Premium or go on using something else.
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Pro
 Related artists

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Pro
 Great integration with Alexa

"Alexa play spotify" :)
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Con
 Web player as it is right now is unusable on computers

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Con
 Spotify Connect can only play the last 100 songs in a shuffled playlist

Spotify Connect lets you control playback from multiple devices. If Spotify detects other Spotify Connect devices, then a large playlist on shuffle will only ever play the last one hundred tracks, regardless of the size of the playlist.
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Con
 They re-record many oldies

If you like oldies from the billboard charts and want to hear the original recording, this is not the music service for you. They do this to save money. This is why some quit this service.
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Pro
 Сlose communication with musicians

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Con
 Discovery is terrible

The discovery algorithm is poor and does not learn fast enough. Not obvious how to train it. (Spotify fixed this in its latest ui refresh update)
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Con
 Communism

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Con
 Justin Bieber is available on spotify

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Con
 Justin Bieber is available on spotify

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Con
 Web version requires Flash

Spotify's web app still depends on Flash. With Flash being phased out of web browsers due to security concerns (Safari already blocks Flash and Chrome plans to turn it off by default in fourth quarter of 2016), the need for Spotify to switch their web app to HTML5 is becoming increasingly pressing.
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Pro
 Radio stations allow discovering new music

Radio stations can be created from playlists and albums that will queue similar music.
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Pro
 Discover Weekly Playlist provides amazing personalized playlists

Discover Weekly is a playlist based on your listening behavior and your starred music inside the starred playlist. It is updated on Monday every week.
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Con
 Can needlessly strain your network

Spotify utilizes peer-to-peer networking to reduce server and network strain. By using the service's app in online mode, you are allowing yourself to become a part of a node in their network. This can chew through uploads and place limitations on personal network bandwidth.
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Pro
 Built-in lyrics

Spotify integrates with Musixmatch to provide lyrics based on the track you are currently listening to. Musixmatch is a community based lyrics website, which means anyone can contribute to the lyrics.
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Pro
 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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Pro
 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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Pro
 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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Pro
 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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Pro
 Outstanding CD quality (with Elite Service)

For those that subscribe to the Elite Service ($19.99/mo), the bitrate is hi-def CD-quality 1,411kbps at 16/44.1 kHz.
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Pro
 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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Pro
 Great choice of Musi Mixes

You can download mixes and save.
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Pro
 Can download and play selected music offine

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Con
 Doesn't pay artists enough

Deezer pays artists significantly less than other similar services. As of March 2018 it was paying $0.0064 / play, less than Apple Music and Google Play, half as much as Tidal ($0.0125). Not as bad as Spotify or Pandora, but could certainly do better.
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Pro
 Inbuilt music ID feature

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Con
 Sometimes skipped songs occurred

Some songs skipped even if you are a premium user.
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Con
 No settings to configure “Flow” to work as advertised

Flow is a great idea, but it fails to work as suggested. The idea is it listens to what you like and adds suggestion tracks. But mostly it just plays your track over and over, and pops in a random track, usually nothing you like. They need settings and better algorithms for it to work.
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Pro
 Add your MP3

You can import an MP3 file to listen as a normal song and add it to your playlists.
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Pro
 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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Pro
 Also for podcasts

Deezer has started to include podcasts in 2015 for a few countries, and has since expanded it to all countries and with a dedicated section offering 160K podcasts.
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Con
 No Linux client

Compared to Spotify it has no native Linux client available.
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Con
 Can only listen to 30 second song clips without a subscription

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Con
 A lot of songs are cut at the end

Many songs are not played until final chords, and many others are of very low quality records, showing audio distortions. This is frustrating.
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Con
 Poor search and discoverability

It can be difficult at times to find the music you are looking for. Search can be hit or miss quite often. On top of this, the top tracks section for artists tends to be a pretty poor selection of tracks, nowhere near what anyone would consider "top tracks"
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Con
 Elite is only available on Sonos systems

Elite is the highest subscription tier that Deezer offers. . However it is only available on Sonos systems in the US.
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Con
 Play queue can't be adjusted

On iOS the play queue can’t be adjusted.
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Pro
 Many musics are cut in the end part

Many songs are not played until final chords, and many others are of very low quality records, showing audio distortions. This is frustrating.
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Con
 Unpredictable quality from 3rd-party sources

They bring together music from a variety of different sources so the quality can be inconsistent.
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Pro
 Scrobbling

Last.fm checks what you listen to the most, they're calling it scrobbling, and streams songs based on that information. It works via your computer, smartphone, iPod and other music services.
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Con
 There is no one-time life subscription

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Con
 Lack of compositions

The most popular are there, but forget about something unique.
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Con
 Frequent updates to base software requiring restarts

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Con
 Missing features

There is a lack of features often found in other music streaming services, such as no lyrics support, no way to search by genre, as well as a lack of any live content.
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Con
 Low audio quality

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Pro
 Interesting options for creating own 'radio' streams

You can generate from 1 to 3 artists/tags and manage the stream with liking / disliking currently playing songs.
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Pro
 Perfect integration with Spotify

Clicking on a song in Last.fm list will start playing it in your Spotify music streaming service desktop application, if you have it running.
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Pro
 Almost all the features are available without paid subscription

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Pro
 Plays music from 3rd-party sources like Youtube

Sometimes it's not just audio but video recording of your favourite artists as well.
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Pro
 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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Pro
 Pays artists more

As of March 2018, TIDAL pays the artists 2/3 more than Apple Music and 3 times more than Spotify, for an equivalent catalog and subscription price. (40M songs on TIDAL and Apple Music vs. 30M on Spotify, $9.99/mo for all 3). Napster is the only service that pays the artists more than TIDAL.
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Con
 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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 Discounted student subscription

Tidal offers a 50% discount on monthly subscriptions for students with a valid university email account.
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 Awsome desktop app

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Con
 No free tier

The Tidal music streaming service has no free tier available. Only a 7-day trial. While the trial is helpful for learning what the service has to offer, it may not allow for a complete picture due to the time limit.
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 Built-in audio search

The Tidal music streaming service mobile app has a built-in audio search, similar to Shazaam and Soundhound.
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 Military/veteran discount a BIG plus

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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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Con
 Offline isn’t offline and mobile data is consumed in one song

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 Hi-FI Can be expensive for some

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Con
 Expensive

At $19.99 per month, it's one of the most expensive streaming services out there (there is a cheaper subscription available at $9.99/month).
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 Perhaps I'm crazy...

...shouldn't the first function of any music service provide me the ability to listen to MY OWN music? Everything else is a bonus feature.
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 DJ Oliver Twisted!

I’m a professional DJ and after many years spinning Vinyl then CDs only to start spinning on a a controller serato Dj Pro and a Laptop seems very odd. Perhaps I am just staying current or at least I am trying. Any help or advice welcome 🙏 I’m having a roughy dAy. Thanks., DJ OLIVER TWISTED!!!! Come into my world and take a magical musical journey with me!
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Con
 Small music catalog

The music Catelog selection here is not that big. Other services have over 40 million songs.
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 "Fair Trade Music Policy"

Bandcamp's share is 15% on digital items, and 10% on physical goods. Payment processor fees are separate and vary depending on the size of the transaction, but for an average size purchase, amount to an additional 4-7%. The remainder, usually 80-85%, goes directly to the artist, and they pay out daily. Since they only make money when artists make a lot more money, their interests remain aligned with those of the community they serve. It’s a straightforward approach, and it works well.
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 Audio fidelity is Bandcamp's name

Downloading songs (you bought) lets you download in multiple choices of codecs/formats, like MP3, FLAC, AIFF, AAC and many more to make sure you get to hear what you want to hear.
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 No "Monthly or Yearly" subscription plans

Once you buy (or support) a song/album from an artist on Bandcamp, you get to open a fan account and unlimited streaming and downloads from your purchases.
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 Search or browse by tags

When artists upload their music, the can add their own tags to their albums or songs. This leads to some very unique finds and allows you to find interesting music.
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 Most personalized radio experience

The Pandora music streaming service is the best at predicting which songs the user would enjoy hearing. Unlike services which have rudimentary recommendation algorithms, Pandora uses over 400 selection attributes that are combined to form over 2,000 focus traits including rhythm syncopation, key tonality, harmonies, and instrumental proficiency. Not only does Pandora use this plethora of conditions to determine each song's inclusion in your station, but it also displays the specific reason that each song was played, as well as its relation to your input criteria.
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 Easily learns what you like and dislike

The Pandora music streaming service allows you to rate each song played with a "thumbs-up" or "thumbs-down" to signal your opinion of the song that is played. The station incorporates every single rating to intelligently learn your preferences over time, resulting in an extremely tailored station based on your input.
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Con
 Not available outside the US

For those that live outside the US, the service is not available to them, which greatly limits users from around the globe.
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Con
 Limited bitrate

Most songs played on Pandora Radio are 128 kpbs bitrate. That being said, the paid version of the service offers songs with a bitrate of 192 kbps.
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 Extremely versatile stations

Unlike other music streaming services, Pandora allows you to create a station from a single song, artist, album, or genre, and the service has a huge library of over 800,000 tracks from 80,000 artists. More importantly, Pandora lets you mix and match an unlimited number of input criteria to create a station for any mood/style/occasion.
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Con
 Limited skips

Pandora makes it very difficult by limiting your playlist to only a specific song or artist. The player also does not allow you to rewind or repeat any songs. You are only granted six skips per station per hour, and even this is limited to 72 skips per user per day. This is often frustrating if you are trying to focus your playlist on a very specific music selection.
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Con
 Rips artists off

Only Youtube pays artists less than Pandora. Spotify has been under fire for not paying artists enough, at $0.0044 / play (as of march 2018). Well, Pandora pays less than 3 times that! ($0.0013). Tidal pays artists roughly 10 times more ($0.0125).
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Con
 Frequent advertisements

The free version of Pandora has frequent audio advertisements that are injected every few songs, making the service impossible to use in a party-type setting. However, these can be avoided by paying for the premium edition or by using other ad-blocking software.
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 Available on mobile and in vehicles

Pandora has an application on all major mobile platforms, including iOS, Android, and WP7. In addition, it is available in numerous vehicles as an add-on, many with voice commands.
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 Predicts what you like with great accuracy

Pandora's music genome algorithms are eerily accurate to the point where it can be considered a personal DJ.
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 Free

Being available for free means anyone can try the service in order to see if it appeals.
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 It's the digital version of that friend that knows music better than you and also knows what you will like

A go to source when you want to hear something new that you will like.
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 Premium Streaming

Premium is just like any other paid streaming service for the same amount. It does the same things and has a a comparable library. With the personalized radio it makes it a force that is often overlooked.
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Con
 Limited artists

There are only 1 million songs on the service. This means there are a lot of artists missing.
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 Possible to transfer purchased music between devices with no limitations

Purchased music can be downloaded and transfered to other music players/file storage devices.
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 Discount for prime customers

Prime customers get a discount on the service.
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 Great web app

This service's web app works really well.
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 Supports uploading custom tracks

Upload your own music files with the option to buy more storage if you have more than the limit.
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 Great recommendations

The built-in recommendations feature is great, since it uses both content purchased from Amazon and streamed music to calculate new suggestions.
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Con
 Android App frequently crashes

The Android App for Amazon Music crashes frequently, especially when you leave it in the background.
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 Mobile applications available

Mobile applications for Android and iOS.
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 Desktop client

Desktop client for Mac and Windows.
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Con
 Rips artists off

Amazon pays artists even less than Spotify! Per count, as of march 2018 Amazon paid $0.0040, Spotify $0.0044, Apple Music $0.0074 and Tidal $0.0125.
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Con
 Clunky desktop app

This service's desktop app is clunky and nowhere near as nice as its web client.
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 High quality streaming

Music streams at 16 bit, 44.4 khz, Flac, CD Quality. Also, high-res is available.
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 High quality (CD+) streams; subscribers gain access to booklet, when available

Metadata, while better than many, still can't compete with physical media. New to N.A. at the time of this review so there are still some gaps in their catalog.
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Con
 Officially available in a limited number of countries

Qobuz is only officially available in 10 countries (which does not include Canada and the US). You can use a VPN in order to pay for the service in an unsupported country. Some users have mentioned success with contacting the country and being added manually (you can read more here).
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Con
 Confusing service for music

There is a Youtube Music app, which allows one to stream music videos as well as just the studio audio versions of songs. This feature is not accessible on the Youtube website, or the regular Youtube app. In order to get ad free service on the site as well as the music app, ones needs to subscribe to Youtube Red for $9.99 a month. This nets the user features, such as Youtube (Google) created movies and videos as well as a way to save musical playlists for offline use, but only in the Youtube Music app. This makes for a confusing and fragmented service that requires using multiple apps, a website, and a subscription to a paid service that encompasses much more than just music, in order to get the full use out of music on Youtube.
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 Large catalog of music

Huge variety of music to pick from including rare recordings, covers, mixes, etc.
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Con
 Lots of ads unless you buy a subscription

There are lots of ads on YouTube, even in the middle of long songs. Some of them can be skipped, however others cannot. Most of the time ads are only displayed between songs.
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Pro
 Community created mixes and remixes

Because anybody can upload to YouTube, it has content from remixes of popular songs to hour long mixes and everything in-between. Much of this content can't be found on other music streaming services.
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Con
 Rips artists off

YouTube pays artists $0.0007 / play, which is less than 6 times what Spotify pays ($0.0044), and Spotify itself is criticized for ripping artists off.
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Con
 Ambient music monetization denied

YouTube doesn't allow the monetization of the ambient musical tracks.
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Pro
 Really good suggestions

YouTube has some of the best suggestions around. Almost all of the suggestions are similar to the song you're currently playing, and allow for an endless music streaming service.
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Pro
 Multiple frontends available

There are Chrome extensions (UpNext, Streamus), webapps (The Parade) and even native desktop apps (Atraci) that are all powered by Youtube. They provide additional functionality and convenience on top of what Youtube already offers.
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 Sleek interface 

iTunes has a flat, clean design with playback controls at the top-left, search at top-right and a row of ways to categorize available media beneath that. Plus it can be minimized to take up much less space. The minimized interface is called the MiniPlayer and it can be set to display on top of all other windows. It's possible to show iTunes on top of all other windows when playing movies as well.
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 Syncs across devices 

iTunes can synchronize playback information, podcast subscriptions & settings and automatically download purchases made on other devices.
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 iTunes Store has a huge selection of media

iTunes has a huge catalog of videos, songs, and podcasts in the iTunes store.
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 Playlists created by people

The Apple Music streaming service focuses on playlists selected by curators rather than intelligent radios in other streaming services. Choosing playlists selected by the curators improves the experience with another method of music discovery. Of course you can still heart or disheart any song on your own to improve the service's suggestions in the For You section.
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 Family sharing for up to six devices

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 Siri integration in a music streaming service

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 Internet radio 

iTunes includes a streaming music service called Radio that creates stations based on chosen genre, song or artist. Requires Apple ID to access.
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 Airplay support 

iTunes allows streaming audio to all Airplay enabled devices within Wi-Fi range. It's possible to select more than one device to play a song at the same time.
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 Beats 1 Internet radio offers a shared audio experience

Beats 1 is a 24-hour radio station station run by Apple. It is hosted Zane Lowe, Ebro Darden and Julie Adenuga.
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Pro
 Built-in parental controls 

iTunes parental controls can be used to deny access to certain parts of iTunes such as podcasts, internet radio, store or shared libraries and restrict access to media that has a certain rating or warnings.
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Con
 No free plan

While there's a three month free trial that lets you test out features of the service, Apple Music is a subscription-only deal. There's no ad-supported free version or anything like that.
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Pro
 Connect feature allows closer communication with musicians

Musicians post on the Apple Music streaming service about news, ideas, new music etc. You can engage with them directly on the site.
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 Great podcast integration

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Con
 Poor audio quality compared to other services

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Con
 Heavyweight 

Appears to get bigger and bigger with each update, without really adding more value to someone who just wants to listen to and organize music.
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Con
 The mobile app is known to crash from time to time

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 Lossless at no additional cost

Includes streaming lossless formats as part of the basic subscription.
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Con
 Buggy iTunes app

Immediately after the launch of Apple Music worldwide with the release of the iTunes 12.2, once users upgrade to the latest version of iTunes, many users experienced issues with music list being mixed up, wrong metadata etc.
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Con
 Some albums have missing tracks / artists have missing albums

Due to copyright issues some albums on the service have tracks missing or some artists on the service have albums missing, which begs the question, why list the album if it is not complete.
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Pro
 Dynamic Crossfade

When crossfade is set to automatic, its length changes based on what's playing to keep the flow between songs.
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Pro
 Programmed DJ Sessions

DJ sets can be listened to like it’s a set.
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Con
 Mediocre algorithms

Apple Music's algorithms are not very helpful if you are trying to find more music.
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Con
 Poor UI

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Con
 Doesn't pay artists a fair price

As of march 2018, Apple Music paid the artists $0.0074 per count. That's better than Spotify ($0.0044) and slightly more than Google Play ($0.0068) but way less than Tidal ($0.0125) or Napster ($0.019).
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Con
 It changes the default artwork of your music

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Con
 Confusing onboarding process

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Con
 No crossfade

There is no crossfade, or gapless playback, which is pretty useful for a party for example.
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Pro
 Largest music catalog among streaming services

Apple Music has the largest streaming music song catalog in the world. With over 40 million songs to choose from for $9.99/mo, you can’t go wrong with Apple Music.
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Con
 Apple Music has in some situations deleted user's local files

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Con
 Requires an Apple device

Apple products are expensive as hell, and you can't use Apple music without one or iTunes.
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Con
 Apple Music is tied to iTunes

It is not tied to iTunes.
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Pro
 Curated music streaming service

Actual human beings take time to decide what should be played, and on what stations. Sometimes people curating these stations are professional DJs who have experience in curating music content. This makes the music streaming service feel much more organic.
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Con
 UI is too focused on social media

About half of the UI wastes space on social media info posted by Slacker Radio hosts and DJs. Basically advertisements (but different from their regular advertisements), but in a social media setting.
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Con
 Rather intrusive ads

While it's understandable that the free tier will have ads, between video, audio and banners, they can be quite intrusive.
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Pro
 Large music library

Offering such a large library ensures there is enough music of different kinds to appeal to anyone.
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Pro
 Algorithmically generated stations

Stations are created based on an artist, album or track. Slacker then recommends tracks to the user who can either upvote or downvote them, and Slacker will follow suit and recommend tracks considering how the user voted.
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 Low cost subscription

There's a mid-tier subscription of only $3.99 and a full subscription of $9.99
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 Works on a large number of platforms

Web, iOS, Android, Windows Phone, Blackberry are all platforms that Slacker will work on.
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 Streams for free on T-Mobile

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 Allows downloading stations locally

Easily save music for offline use by downloading the tracks that you enjoy.
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 Great selection of electronic music

DI has a large selection of curated channels with a great variety of electronic music.
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 You can skip songs

This is a rebuttal to the "can't skip songs" con listed below. That is simply untrue.
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 More than just DI.com is included.

This entry needs to be updated. Yes, the price went from $5/month to $7, however you also get jazzradio.com, rockradio.com, radiotunes.com, classicalradio.com and zenradio.com for that price.
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Con
 List of Pros and Cons for this service is outdated

Several entries are no longer true.
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Con
 Advertizements with the free account

If you have a free account, the music stream is interrupted fairly often (every few songs) suggesting you upgrade to a pro account.
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Con
 Can't save songs for listening offline

You're limited to streaming with an internet connection.
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Pro
 Curated music 24/7

The free account gives you access to over 90 curated channels. These are channels created by music lovers who take the opinions of listeners into consideration.
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Con
 Raised prices for grandfathered program

Used to be $5 a month, then raised to $7 a month.
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Con
 Low bitrate in free plan

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Con
 Can’t advance to next song

NOT TRUE. You've been able to skip songs for months now (9/30/21 is the date this CON was updated
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Con
 Not all genres are covered

DI.fm is electronic-music only and while you also get premium access to classicalradio.com, radiotunes.com, jazzradio.com and rockradio.com, you'll be limited to exploring within those genre.
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Pro
 Paid for by the artists, not the users

The Earbits music streaming service has an interesting business model that allows the service to be complete free (and ad free) to listeners. Some musicians pay for added profile features or other different tools that aids in exposure for them. See the full explanation here.
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Con
 No app in other countries

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 Great way to discover indie musicians

The Earbits music streaming service is open to independent artists only and does a great job of helping you discover lesser known music.
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Con
 Underdeveloped

Some areas of the service are lacking in polish and design. The user profiles are pretty sparse, making it difficult to customize. Navigation can be a bit unintuitive at times, which makes it a pain to browse the site. There are also issues with playback as well, adding up to many unpolished areas that leaves the user wanting.
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Con
 Limited to independent artists

You won't find much of the Top 40 type music on Earbits as it's limited to independent musicians currently.
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Pro
 Available on Android, iOS and Chrome

Easily use the app on your preferred platform, as it supports Android, iOS as well as Chrome.
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Con
 Poor music streaming service outside of North America

8Tracks has changed its policy for how it supplies music to those outside of North America by not using any of their servers for those users. This change resulted in using Youtube for those users in order to still have a way to add songs to playlists. Sadly using Youtube results in many songs just disappearing and many playlists becoming defunct.
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 Individualistic and personalized user playlists

The site is human-curated not automated. This can give a more personal feel, as each playlist on the music streaming service has been curated by a user.
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Con
 Advertisements in free version

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Con
 No way to find certain songs

8 Tracks allows you to search for a playlist based on keywords, then requires you to listen to most of that playlist without skipping. As such, it's not so good for hunting down a specific song, but is great for discovering new music.
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Pro
 Great for discovering new music

Due to how the service works, listening to user created playlists allows for pretty good discovery of new or undiscovered bands.
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Pro
 Sound Quality

Music sounds crisp and punchy when streaming/playback (if you're using quality headphones/speakers).
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Pro
 Wide & varied content

There is a massive and varied range of content across many styles, genres & vintages all easily found via tags and particularly effective recommendations.
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Pro
 Big number of curated stations in different genres

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Con
 Low audio bitrate

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 Calm and anonymous

No notifications, social pressure, branding. Just explore what people around the world really care about.
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Pro
 Listen to selections from around the world

Everyone can create and share their selection of favorites.
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Pro
 Easy media library management

It is possible to use #hashtags to manage your media library. In the default presentation mode, medias are organized by month, it gives a sweet overview of a radio.
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Pro
 Free (as in tea and speech)

Free for everyone, no advertising, and free software
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Con
 No app

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Pro
 Fresh alternative to the traditional and old music software

Music crisis, artists not getting payed, major softwares and labels controlling the ecosystem. With open alternatives it is possible to redefine interactions between artists, content producers, listeners, and everyone who cares about music, creation, culture, knowledge, societies.
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 Open ecosystem (free software + API)

You can easily export and manipulate your data. All the website and software are free to copy, study, look at and share. It makes it possible to build other cool tools, with your music library data.
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Pro
 Curated, recommended playlists and weekly mixtapes

You get recommended playlists based on your listening preference, plus each week you get a mixtape with tracks that's unique to you.
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 Create and share playlists

You have complete freedom to create and share playlists with your friends.
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Pro
 Seamless listening across devices

You can continue where you left off from your PC to your Phone or any other device connected to your account, it's like Netflix for music.
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Pro
 Synchronized lyrics

Lyrics are there for almost any song and they are synchronized with the song as well.
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Pro
 Radar Songs Playing Around You

When you hear a song playing around you, and you can't know it's title, or you want it in your library. You can radar it. Just press and hold on "Search" option, and it will automatically open radar, or you can press "Search" option, and press "Tap To Radar" Button. It's a great feature for me, also it's faster than Shazam.
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Pro
 Play More Like This

When you find a song you like, you can chose "play more like this" option and it will suggest pretty similar songs, it works for me greatly.
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Con
 Ads

The app has many advertisements
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Pro
 Upload music from your devices

You can upload your offline music to add to your Anghami streaming library.
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Pro
 30 days free premium

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Pro
 SoundCloud integration

Allows importing SoundCloud tracks if you have a SoundCloud account.
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Pro
 Multi-language

hearthis.at is a multi-language website with several languages available.
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Con
 Limited genres

For the available genres the user can pick from, there are only so many listed. Any more fine grained controls of being able to play genres not listed is not supported. This means the eclectic and more niche genres can only be played by directly selecting the bands that play that style of music.
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Pro
 Easy music discovery

Just type in the command to play a particular genre you are interested in and it will play that style of music randomly. This allows for a way that you can discover new music you may not be familiar with.
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Pro
 Fun terminal-like interface

Using a terminal interface as the front end of the player is quite the unique twist for a music player on the web. It can be fun for those that are/aren't familiar with such an interface due to how original and easy it is.
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Con
 Only uses the Soundcloud music streaming service

There is no way to get other licensed music, you can only play what is available on the Soundcloud music streaming service.
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Pro
 Fast interactivity

A fast music service geared towards terminal users. The premise being, that you input specific "terminal" commands to listen to particular genres or artists. This can be a quick way of finding and playing music for those familiar with a terminal interface.
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Pro
 Funny

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Pro
 SoundHost

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Con
 Chinese service

To make an account, pay for premium, or sometimes getting around the many options, you'll need to have some knowledge of mandarin or of what you're doing.
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Pro
 No ads

Seamless music playing experience and a very clear interface.
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Pro
 New listening experience

The music player has an ability to customize your playlist by fine-tuning music genres, while your music never stops playing or gets interrupted.
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 Free

It's completely free.
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Pro
 The interface is simple and easy to use

No changing between menu options.
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Pro
 Genre based playlists created automatically

Select musical genres from a slider UI and it will create a playlist automatically.
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Pro
 No registration required

You don't have to register for an account. You can stream music immediately.
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Pro
 No Ads

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Pro
 Free of charge

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 Everything is free to download

All Jamendo music has a free license. Some are even free for commercial use.
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Pro
 Easily save music for offline use

You can download MP3's to your mobile device for offline use, this is convenient for those that do not have an internet connection throughout the whole day.
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Pro
 Free to stream music

The service is completely free, meaning you never need to pay in order to stream what is available on the site.
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Pro
 Share playlists over Facebook

Create and share your favorite playlists with your friends on Facebook. This way you can socially display and even discuss what you have been listening to.
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Con
 Seems questionable

Google chrome for example gives a security warning when visiting the Tunesnapper website. This is now fixed with SSL since its a https:// from slant
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Pro
 Free

There is no limitation to use it
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Con
 Discontinued

This application has been discontinued, The official website is no longer available.
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Con
 Relies on soundcloud

It uses SoundCloud as an audio platform
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Pro
 Large catalog of music

Rdio has over 20 million songs in its catalog and has consistently added new music as it has been released. One caveat however is a lack of some older music.
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Pro
 Strong music discovery features

Rdio has fantastic social and UI mechanisms built in to help you discover great new music from both your friends and other music aficionados in the Rdio network.
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Pro
 Beautiful UI

On all web/desktop/mobile devices, the apps are beautiful and the interface is clean. The album view is immersive and everything is easy to access. Rdio features a bright interface with a white theme rather than some of the darker themes in other services. The service also features a glossy blurred background inspired by the album art of the song you are listening to.
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Con
 Shutting down

The company is filing for bankruptcy, its assets are being purchased, and so will likely be shut down.
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Pro
 Ability to download songs locally to mobile devices for offline play

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Pro
 Ability to subscribe to channels to act as a radio service

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 Wide availability

Rdio is available in over 50 countries around the world.
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 Cross-platform desktop, mobile and web

Rdio offers a web application, desktop application, and a mobile application for Android, iOS, and Windows Phone. There is also a specific iPad app.
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Pro
 High quality sound for premium users

In the past sound quality was a disadvantage of Rdio but recently the service matched its competitors with an update to the AAC format. The change updated the catalog to 320 kbps for premium listeners (when selected in the settings). Free users still listen at 160 kbps maximum.
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Pro
 High degree of station customization

Rdio provides filters to fine tune the types of music selected in Rdio's stations. Aside from the normal thumbs up or thumbs down, Rdio allows you to select between adventurous and familiar in your own station or adventurous and artist only when listening to a station of a specific artist. This is an excellent feature because it allows Rdio to suggest riskier choices when you want it or just what you expect.
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Pro
 Has free streaming option

With the web application users can play an unlimited of on demand music and Rdio Stations with advertisements for free. On mobile the experience is limited to Rdio Stations with a limit of six skips per hour.
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Pro
 Social integration with Heavy Rotation

Heavy Rotation is another Rdio feature that helps its users discover new music. Heavy Rotation highlights the music that its user's followers are listening to. Rdio users can follow music blogs, magazines, artists, or friends from Twitter and Facebook.
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Con
 No song lyrics

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Con
 No Android tablet application

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Pro
 Offers free cloud storage for personal music streaming service

Up to 50k songs can be uploaded to an online cloud storage and streamed directly from there at up to 320kbps without a paid plan. Additionally, during the upload process user's library will be scanned to see if any songs match Google's catalogue. The ones that do don't need to be uploaded and can be streamed directly from Google's catalogue.
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Pro
 No advertisements for paid or free listeners

The Google Play Music experience for free and paid listeners is 100% uninterrupted with no advertisements.
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Pro
 Subscription includes YouTube Red in certain countries

YouTube Red is a paid video streaming service that allows you to play all YouTube content ad-free as well as offers original and exclusive series and films creating in partnership with major YouTube networks and personalities. The YouTube Red service is however only available in a few countries, including the United States.
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Pro
 Access to the growing, well-curated Google Play library

The service certainly isn't lacking in the choice department.
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Pro
 Nice web UI

The web app provides access to the "Listen Now" view that suggests music you've recently listened to or may like to revisit, and the Queue, an intuitive now-playing list that integrates with the rest of the user interface.
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Pro
 Can organize streamed music alongside uploaded music

Organizing and listening to music is easy with the Queue system that integrates perfectly with the library and search views.
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 Many albums become available as soon as they're released

Many of the albums in Google Music All Access music streaming service becomes available as they are released. If you like listening to new music as it comes out this is great.
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 Good mobile app designs

The designs are bright and easy to use. The applications are well developed and feel very quick. The search as you type feature also works very quickly.
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 Not available in the Middle East

Google Play Music is not available in the Middle East for example Jordan
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 320 kbps sound quality

By default Google Play Music will automatically adjust the sound quality according to the network speed but 320 kbps can be selected in the settings to be played regardless of network speed.
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 No native desktop apps

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 YouTube red and podcasts not available in all the countries

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 Family plan available in certain countries

For $14.99, you can give up to 6 members of your family access to Google Play All Access. The family plan is available in Australia, Brazil, Canada, France, Germany, Japan, United Kingdom and United States. This makes financial sense if even just 2 people are using the service.
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 Can make smart recommendations based on an artist or song

Google Play Music can make smart recommendations for playlist by the user just picking an artist or song they want recommendations formed from.
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 No support for Education or Work (formerly Google for Apps) accounts in the family plan

If you have a custom domain tied to a Google for Apps account then the family plan is not an option.
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 Limited options without a subscription

Free users can only listen to music they uploaded or purchased through Google Play, or ad-fronted radio stations that are curated or based on a chosen song or artist. They can't play specific songs from Google's streaming library on demand.
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 Quality only as high as 320kbps MP3s

There is no option to listen to lossless music, even if that is what the user has uploaded. The highest quality is 320kbps MP3s. If a lossless track has been uploaded and the user then downloads the track at a later date the file will also only be a 320kbps MP3.
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 Rips artists off

At $0.0068 / count, Google pays the artists a little less than Apple Music ($0.0074). It's not as bad as Spotify ($0.0044).
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 Casting goes in and out

Sometimes the casting from google music doesn't work too well.
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 Interface

Google's "material design" is supposed to promote best user experience practices, but it can be ugly and impractical.
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 Upload library through browser

Google has added the option of uploading songs through the browser with the help of a Chrome extension download as well as directly through the desktop Chrome app.
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 No directory-based searches

Can't find artists by searching through structured folders.
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 Google+ integration

Play Music is only integrated with Google + but the social network allows you to share links to your favorite music or a YouTube video of the song for friends that don't subscribe to Google Play Music.
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 Youtube Music included

Your subscription includes Youtube Music.
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 Free no advertisements

Google Play Music is a free service for storing and streaming ones library that has zero advertisements in the interface as well as the playing music.
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 Also offers streaming service

GPM can be used as a normal music player but also as a streaming service like Spotify.
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 awesome "radio" mode to discover related artists!

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 Quick and well optimized applications

On the few platforms Google Play Music supports the applications are well developed and feel very quick. The search as you type feature also works very quickly.
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 Unlimited streaming costs just $9.99

Play Music All Access is $9.99 a month and unlocks unlimited streaming and offline playback of any music in Google's library and personalized radio stations with no advertisements or limits on skips.
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 Cannot limit bit rate on a metered network

Google chooses the bit-rate based on the network speed. If you have a fast network that is metered, your download limit could be reached quickly.
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 Instant mixes

Google Play Music can make smart recommendations for playlist by the user just picking an artist or song they want recommendations formed from.
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 Built-in integration with Songza

All Access subscribers can use one app to access their stored and streamed music, as well as custom playlists from Songza.
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 Available cross-platform

A Groove Music application is available for Windows 10, Xbox, Android, iOS and Windows Phone. There is also a web app that will open all of your music with a simple sign in.
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 Huge music library

Groove Music has a massive music library with over 40 million songs, more than Spotify, Tidal, Deezer and Google Play Music,
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 Poor music quality

Bitrate quality is not explicitly stated by Microsoft, but music is reported to be streamed at 192kbps WMA which is lower than most comparable streaming services. While music is downloaded at 256kbps WMA, an improvement but still lower than Google Play Music and Spotify.
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 Integration with OneDrive

Groove Music integrates the music streaming service with OneDrive so that users can stream their own music files hosted in their OneDrive.
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 Inconsistent updates to Android app

It's a lot better than it used to be, but the update cycle is a slow and painful process.
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 Modern UI design

The designs of each Groove Music application from the web application to the Windows Phone 8 application are all slightly different but they all share a modern and attractive design. Though the applications on iOS and Android are less appealing than on the other platforms.
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 Ability to request missing content

While other music streaming services simply suggest to contact the artist to add their music to their service, Groove Music allows you to easily file a request for missing content right from the Groove Music player.
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 Free music streaming on computers and tablets

The Groove Music web application and Windows 8/10 application offer free music streaming on demand or artist based radio stations with unlimited skips. Although there are occasional advertisements and after 6 months of use, free streaming is limited to 10 hours a month.
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 No social network integration

This may be a huge pro or a con for different types of people. Groove Music does not offer comprehensive social integration like other music services such as Spotify. The only social feature Groove Music offers is the ability to a share a link to a song to Twitter, Facebook, or email. Groove Music will keep all your musical tastes strictly private unless you individually share it.
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 Over 92,000 music videos available with Groove Music Pass

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 Has monthly and yearly subscription plans

The Groove Music Pass offers unlimited on demand music and artist based radio stations with unlimited skips, no advertisements, and offline playback. A one month Groove Music Pass is $9.99 and (a better deal) a 12 month pass is $99.90. The 12 month pass is great for kids, those that do not want to pay for a continuous subscription, or those that do not want to use their credit card.
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 No song lyrics

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 No family plan

Many other streaming services now offer a family plan, Groove is lagging behind.
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 No tablet specific app for iOS or Android

The exclusion of a tablet specific application leaves Android or iOS tablet users with an unoptimized feeling experience.
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 Extremely basic Android app

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 Mad Libs-esque playlist creation based on mood

Beats Music offers a new method of music discovery with "The Sentence." The user fills in the four blanks in the sentence with any of the options available to create a playlist based on where they are and how they are feeling. "The Sentence" is a creative deviation from the overdone "personalized radio station" of other music services and actually works well with over 1 million possible sentences.
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 Playlists created by people

Beats Music focuses on playlists selected by curators rather than intelligent radios in other streaming services. Choosing playlists selected by the curators at Beats improves the experience with another method of music discovery. Of course you can still heart or disheart any song on your own to improve the service's suggestions in the Just For You section.
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 No advertisements

There are absolutely no advertisements of any kind in Beats Music.
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 Available on the web and mobile apps

Compatibility is a strong suit of Beats Music. Beats Music offers an iOS application for both the iPhone and the iPad, an Android application, and a Windows Phone 8 application. Computers use the web application. The only exclusion is a Windows 8 metro style application.
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 Good music library

There are some important omissions in the growing library of Beats Music and it is not the largest of all music streaming services but overall Beats has an impressive library with over 20 million songs.
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 High quality sound

Beats Music streams at a high quality 320kbps when selected in the settings and by default streams at 128kbps.
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 Family pricing with AT&T

With AT&T, a family plan for five people is an unbeatable $14.99.
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 Beats inspired presentation

Beats Music features an attractive interface inspired by the Beats brand with a black and white theme that allows the album art to really pop.
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 No free option

Beats Music is a purely subscription based service. A free option would be useful to test the quality of the web and mobile applications and look for any holes in the music library. But at least the service is 100% focused on catering to its paid subscribers instead of trying to make money off of a free service.
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 Can play music from many streaming sources

Supports streaming tracks from Youtube, Soundcloud, Bandcamp, Vimeo, Deezer, Jamendo, Dailymotion etc...
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 WiMP is now TIDAL

WiMP no longer exists as a service, having been fully integrated into TIDAL.
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 Has high quality lossy streams and is available in lossless HIFI mode

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 Auto-pilot for Mood adapting at different times of day

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 Fresh new songs daily

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 Legal for commercial use (in businesses)

Spotify, Pandora, Deezer, Apple Music or Amazon Music are only licensed for private use, not for business use.
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 Easy to set up

Soundsuit's digital assistant creates the perfect playlist for your store. It requires no music knowledge, and takes only one minute of your time.
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 Plug & play

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