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Best Music Streaming Service

SPOTIFY

Subscription Price: $9.99 per month

As a digital music streaming service, Spotify gives you access to millions of songs. It also allows you to create playlists, download them, and listen to songs without an internet connection. You can even see what your Facebook friends are playing. The digital platform revolutionizes the way you listen to music by making playlists social as well.

Launched on 7 October 2008, Spotify offered the service free of charge for the first six months in the US. It opened paid subscriptions to everyone in 2012 to remove all limits on the free service tier. Premium users can listen offline, skip tracks, hear high-quality songs, and share them with friends and family for $14.99 a month.

App

The Spotify app has a clean, user-friendly interface. It has a black theme that works well with most devices. The Home page is tailored to your preference, starting with announcements from the top, followed by shortcuts to playlists you always listen to, recently played, and other recommendations. You will also find Editor’s Picks and songs and playlists you might like.

On the left side, you will find your library with all your liked songs, albums, artists, and podcasts. Below that are your playlists. On the right, you may click the “Find Friends” button to see what your friends are playing. Spotify instantly gives you a list of your Facebook friends who are also using the app.

Finally, you will see the search bar on the uppermost part. Enter the song title, name of the artist, or album to find the audio content you want to hear. Spotify then gives you Top Results based on your preference. As a result, you get the ultimate music streaming experience.

Subscription

Spotify has a ton of music and audio content, and it is available on a range of products. It is an excellent choice if you listen to music on a variety of devices. It even allows up to six people to connect to the service at the same time. If you can afford the commitment, the Premium Subscription is definitely worth it.

The music streaming platform offers three membership levels: a free service that allows you to play audio up to 20 hours per month with occasional ads and restrictions, a Student Plan for $4.99 per month unlimited streaming, and Premium subscriptions starting at $9.99 per month.

The $9.99 monthly subscription allows one account to listen to music ad-free, play offline, and enjoy on-demand playback. Spotify also offers a Premium plan for two persons, the Duo, for $12.99. But, the best value comes with the $14.99 per month subscription that allows up to six family members to use the application at the same time.

There are many streaming services but when it comes to the best music streaming services, Apple Music and Spotify come to one’s mind, which is not surprising as they lead the competition in terms of paid subscribers. The combination of different features according to the needs of specific users can make it difficult to choose between the two.

Both the services are not only just a music streaming platform but also provide a platform that allows artists to share their works like Spotify allows the artists to upload their music on Spotify and get more monthly listeners on Spotify. Even Apple Music also provides a platform to the artists so they can share their content.

Let’s take a look at Spotify vs. Apple Music to find out which music streaming service is right for you.

1.Pricing and Subscription Options

Spotify offers premium services free for 1 month, then $9.99 per month whereas Apple offers premium services free for 3 months, then $9.99 per month. Spotify and Apple both offer $4.99 for student’s plans and $14.99 for family plans. The Spotify premium version enables many features like high-quality offline streaming, listen to the latest Music, and many more.

Spotify offers a Premium Duo subscription for $12.49 for twousers residing at the same address. If you are a student, your premiummembership gives you access to Hulu and Showtime (with ads).

Spotify is one of the music services that offers access to streaming music even if you are not a premium member. The free trial has some limitations like you cannot listen to songs on demand but in shuffle mode, you can listen to any artist, and don’t forget you will encounter ads between songs.

With Apple Music, free users can only listen to songs fromtheir iTunes library or stream Beats1 Radio.

Winner: Spotify

2. Music Library

Both Apple Music and Spotify have huge libraries, but Appleclaims 60 million songs whereas Spotify’s 50 million more songs. However, nolibrary has greater exclusivity. Both provide early access to certain albumsfrom time to time, and Apple Music occasionally offers exclusive deals forcertain music videos. Spotify is the only service that offers podcasts withinthe app. Apple splits podcasts into a separate Podcasts app.

Winner: Tie

3. Music Quality

Apple hasn’t officially announced the bitrate at which songs are streamed, but the files stored locally are 256 Kbps AAC (Advanced Audio Coding) format, the same format as songs purchased from iTunes whereas Spotify uses the OggVorbis format for all music streams (regardless of the web player) with different bit rates (96 kbps, 160 kbps, and 320 kbps) for quality depending on the device and subscription.

Spotify Music Or Apple Music Free

Winner: Tie

4. Interface and Navigation

Apple Music gives it a crisp white look on mobile, while Spotify paints it black on the app. Both are very easy to navigate on mobile devices. The main tabs (Radio, Search, Library, etc.) are at the bottom of the interface.

Depending on the title, Spotify offers animations and short videos that appear in full screen mode while you listen. Either way, you can see the text on the screen if you can use it for a specific title. However, you can only search with Apple Music by entering the text stream to find songs you don’t know the name of.

Google Maps allows you to listen and control the playback ofSpotify or Apple Music through the navigation interface of iOS and Android.Waze offers similar features for Spotify users.

In addition to supporting CarPlay, Apple Music for Androidworks with Android Auto, so you can control playback through the infotainmentsystem.

Apple Music Price Vs Spotify

Winner: Tie

5. Availability

Spotify available on any device which is capable of playing music (including phones, tablets, smart devices, and PlayStation consoles) whereas Apple Music is available on all Apple devices (iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple TV, and Apple Watch 4th generation), PC and Android devices, Mac and PC, as well as vehicles equipped with Apple CarPlay.

Spotify is not available for Apple’s upcoming Siri-based homePod speakers, as Apple’s digital assistants cannot be used to control services other than Apple Music. So if you want Siri to be a DJ, you’re limited to Apple Music.

Spotify Music Or Apple Music Player

However, gamers earn a lot from Spotify. As you can connect Spotify to the PlayStation and Xbox One consoles (no streaming service on Switch). Until recently, Xbox gamers had to rely on Microsoft’s Groove Music, but the service is slated to end in December, and Microsoft is helping people move their playlists to Spotify.

Winner: Spotify

6. Social Networks

One of the most obvious benefits of Spotify is socialsharing that complements your Facebook account so your friends can keep trackof your listening habits and send you song links. Apple Music can add friendsthrough some social integration features in iOS 11 and show an icon next to thealbums they are listening to. However, Spotify’s activity indicator isdisplayed. Your friend is second to none. Of course, this can be too easy forsome people and gives you a reason to go to Apple Music.

Winner: Spotify

While both services offer a solid set of streaming features, they don’t really separate users from the others. While Apple Music supports those who store their music files, Spotify is more attractive to those who want to know what their friends are up to and is available on almost any type of device.

Without the free version of Apple Music, it will probably be difficult to delete Spotify for many users.

Neha Singh

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