When comparing Rate Your Music vs Digitally Imported [DI.fm], 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 Digitally Imported [DI.fm] is ranked 14th. 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 Dozens of genre-specific channels
DI.fm currently lists 89 distinct channels, each representing a different sub-genre of electronic music.
Pro Cross-platform
DI.fm has apps for iOS, Android, Blackberry and Windows phone.
Cons
Con Terrible mobile interface
Con You have to sign up
You can listen to DI.fm for half an hour before you're asked to sign up for a free account.
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.
Con Occasionally the channels won't connect
Every once in a while, the channels won't connect and you have to wait some time and try again.
Con Electronic only
DI.fm is electronic-music only, so you'll be limited to exploring within that genre.