When comparing Rate Your Music vs Qobuz, the Slant community recommends Rate Your Music for most people. In the question“What are the best ways of finding new music?” Rate Your Music is ranked 8th while Qobuz is ranked 13th. The most important reason people chose Rate Your Music is:
Rate Your Music has albums, singles, bootlegs, videos, non-musical releases and films that are cataloged, rated and reviewed by users. Based on this information, recommendation on similar music will are offered.
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Pros
Pro Extensive crowdsourced database
Rate Your Music has albums, singles, bootlegs, videos, non-musical releases and films that are cataloged, rated and reviewed by users. Based on this information, recommendation on similar music will are offered.
Pro Powerful charts
Organize lists of best music by genre, release format, time, performance type, location, etc.
Pro High quality streaming
Music streams at 16 bit, 44.4 khz, Flac, CD Quality. Also, high-res is available.
Pro 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.
Cons
Con Terrible mobile interface
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).