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Add to SafariWhen comparing Spotify vs Breaker, the Slant community recommends Spotify for most people. In the question“What are the best podcast apps for iOS?” Spotify is ranked 11th while Breaker is ranked 16th. The most important reason people chose Spotify is:
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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Question Ranking
Pros
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.
Pro Related artists
Helps to find new authors based on your previous picks
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.
Pro Curated playlists
Public playlists on Spotify created by other people are great for finding new music.
Pro Has a free version
A free, ad-supported account allows streaming from an extensive library of music.
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.
Pro Skip Silence feature
Keeps podcasts moveling quickly without increasing speech speed.
Pro Great for discovering new podcasts
It's like a podcast app with social system. People can comment, like, etc. It's relatively new. It's based on social aspect. It can only get better after more people joining in.
Pro UX is clean and easy to use
Pro Absolute free, no ads
Cons
Con Free account have lots of ads
If you hate commercials, you would buy Premium or go on using something else.
Con Discovery is terrible
The discovery algorithm is poor and does not learn fast enough. Not obvious how to train it.
Con Poor audio quality
There's a high range of bitrates and most of vary from average to bad.
Con Only has one playlist
In newer versions, multiple playlists are possible for episodes and podcasts
Con Wonky bluetooth support
Sometimes the player will randomly reset to an earlier timestamp when listening on bluetooth devices.
