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Add to SafariWhen comparing Spotify vs 1by1, the Slant community recommends Spotify for most people. In the question“What are the best audio players for Windows?” Spotify is ranked 11th while 1by1 is ranked 25th. 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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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 A lot of features
Gapless play, transition overlapping, audio enhancer, cue sheet support, playlist support, favorites, theme presets, global hotkeys, and more.
Pro Small footprint
Very small size, low resource usage, and portable.
Pro Full resume play
Remembers last track and position.
Pro Cool audio equalizers
You can select presets or customize the whole listening experience.
Pro Fast and smooth play
Gapless play is supported. You can add transitions so that the last ten seconds melt into the first of the next song. There is an intro scan where you can fastly find a certain song. When you drag the wheel to the maximum, the loudness is better than with other players.
Pro Fully customizable design
You can adjust every single color. And adjust everything else.
Pro Many settings
You can change everything, including shortcuts that also work in other apps.
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 Basic installer
The installer sometimes does not create a start menu shortcut. To get full functionality additional steps are required.
