When comparing Bandcamp vs Anghami, the Slant community recommends Bandcamp for most people. In the question“What are the best music streaming services?” Bandcamp is ranked 6th while Anghami is ranked 19th. The most important reason people chose Bandcamp is:
Once you buy (or support) a song/album from an artist on Bandcamp, you get to open a fan account and unlimited streaming and downloads from your purchases.
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Pros
Pro No "Monthly or Yearly" subscription plans
Once you buy (or support) a song/album from an artist on Bandcamp, you get to open a fan account and unlimited streaming and downloads from your purchases.
Pro Multiple filters
The Bandcamp discovery site has multiple filters making it easy to find exactly what you want. If you're looking for Best-Selling Electronic albums on vinyl from 3 weeks ago, Discover has you covered.
Pro Search or browse by tags
When artists upload their music, the can add their own tags to their albums or songs. This leads to some very unique finds and allows you to find interesting music.
Pro Audio fidelity is Bandcamp's name
Downloading songs (you bought) lets you download in multiple choices of codecs/formats, like MP3, FLAC, AIFF, AAC and many more to make sure you get to hear what you want to hear.
Pro Unlimited streaming
Listen to songs as many times as you want.
Pro "Fair Trade Music Policy"
Bandcamp's share is 15% on digital items, and 10% on physical goods. Payment processor fees are separate and vary depending on the size of the transaction, but for an average size purchase, amount to an additional 4-7%. The remainder, usually 80-85%, goes directly to the artist, and they pay out daily. Since they only make money when artists make a lot more money, their interests remain aligned with those of the community they serve. It’s a straightforward approach, and it works well.
Pro Curated, recommended playlists and weekly mixtapes
You get recommended playlists based on your listening preference, plus each week you get a mixtape with tracks that's unique to you.
Pro Create and share playlists
You have complete freedom to create and share playlists with your friends.
Pro Seamless listening across devices
You can continue where you left off from your PC to your Phone or any other device connected to your account, it's like Netflix for music.
Pro Synchronized lyrics
Lyrics are there for almost any song and they are synchronized with the song as well.
Pro Radar Songs Playing Around You
When you hear a song playing around you, and you can't know it's title, or you want it in your library. You can radar it. Just press and hold on "Search" option, and it will automatically open radar, or you can press "Search" option, and press "Tap To Radar" Button. It's a great feature for me, also it's faster than Shazam.
Pro Play More Like This
When you find a song you like, you can chose "play more like this" option and it will suggest pretty similar songs, it works for me greatly.
Pro Upload music from your devices
You can upload your offline music to add to your Anghami streaming library.
Cons
Con Ads
The app has many advertisements