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Add to SafariWhen comparing Songza vs TIDAL, the Slant community recommends Songza for most people. In the question“What are the best ways of finding new music?” Songza is ranked 11th while TIDAL is ranked 15th. The most important reason people chose Songza is:
Songza will ask a series of questions to deduce what kind of playlist you should listen to.
Specs
Question Ranking
Pros
Pro Music based on mood or event
Songza will ask a series of questions to deduce what kind of playlist you should listen to.
Pro Playlists by music experts
What Songza calls “Concierge” is a service that will offer pre-made playlists created by music experts.
Pro Easy to use
The interface is super-simple and easy to understand.
Pro Free
Songza is free to use.
Pro No audio ads
There are no audio advertisements, only website banners.
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.
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.
Pro Discounted student subscription
Tidal offers a 50% discount on monthly subscriptions for students with a valid university email account.
Pro Awsome desktop app
Pro Built-in audio search
The Tidal music streaming service mobile app has a built-in audio search, similar to Shazaam and Soundhound.
Pro Military/veteran discount a BIG plus
Pro 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
Cons
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.
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.
Con Offline isn’t offline and mobile data is consumed in one song
Con Hi-FI Can be expensive for some
