Just wondering out here, cause Im really torn between these two. With Spotify family and Apple One I use both alternately and in both Im missing some parts that the other one have.
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for Apple Music I mostly lack good new songs suggestion algorithm, because it very often just plays me a song that I would never ever listen to - and that’s based on “continue playing” from current playlist.
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for Spotify I lack Losseless and Spatialise.
in terms of UI, both are somewhat not great
- Apple Music is cumbersome and hard to navigate to song that is currently playing.
- Spotify is just too much noise on the screen for me
What are your thoughts?
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Apple Music because it’s part of my Apple One subscription. I’d use it over Spotify regardless.
I only pay for one other music related subscription…SiriusXM
My partner and I may be the only people on earth using Tidal, but I love it!
The main benefit is that it pays artists like double what the next highest per-stream rate is (I think that’s Apple Music).
The Tidal app is basically Spotify but without podcasts shoved in your eyes. It has personal mixes, daily discovery, new music you might enjoy, etc. All that useful discovery stuff.
Spotify Premium.
Spotify Connect alone is worth the choice between the two services, in my opinion.
Besides, Spotify doesn’t require you to update your OS in order to update the app.
Spotify Connect is the “killer app” for me as I have a couple of amplifiers with the inbuilt connect client. That being said I use plex-amp to listen to all of my ripped CDs (being collecting since buying Brothers in Arms as my first CD when it was originally released), which is Spotify like for music on the go, and it’s loss-less (then I use Bluetooth headphones :-( )
Spotify. I’ve been using them for years. I see no reason to switch to another service and start all over again
I use Apple Music. I don’t mind the app menus and have a fairly good grasp on where everything is now. The real draws are Apple Music Classic’s new app, spatial surround sound and lossless audio. In addition, it comes with my Apple One subscription and makes it that much of a better deal.
Qobuz, for audio quality.
This is the way!
first time I see Qobuz mentioned. how’s the library in it? and songs suggestions?
Library’s very good. It has every song from the major labels and a very decent library of independant artists.
Song suggestions are… fine ? I mean, it will suggest songs from a broader spectre. It’s very cool for somebody who likes to discover new genres that kinda relates to what you are listening to.
But if your aim is to have the most similar music to what you are listening, and also have a very closed suggestion list based on spotify and youtube-like algorithms, then qobuz won’t give it to you.
To me, I’d rather have a wider gamut of suggestions than always the same songs going round. So qobuz all the way.
The fact Qobuz has a download store is great, though I’ve heard they’ve stopped people from downloading from the website, forcing you to use the app. Not so great.
Spotify because I’ve been on it since it was in beta, so my music recommendations are really good. I just don’t really feel like starting over.
I’m also grandfathered in with a deal where I get Hulu with it (Hulu has commercials but whatever, I don’t pay for it), so I don’t really feel like giving that up.
I use Spotify simply because my FiL had an extra spot on the family plan. If that weren’t the case, I’d probably be trying one of the Apple bundles. I’m actually quite happy with Spotify, but I’m curious what Apple Music’s native integration would feel like.
Spotify:
- not linked to Apple ecosystem (which I don’t use at all). not part of any of the other big corps (Google, Amazon) trying get full control of our digital life.
- properly multi-platform. has a Linux client
- cheap enough, no ads. advertise
- great family plan, the best of all subscription services I have seen. Single payment, but each family member has their own separate account with their own password, not just a profile like on Netflix
- most of the music I care about is available there
- great remote control between different Spotify apps and devices. When I start Spotify on my Linux box I can control it with my Android phone, just like that
pretty much all of this. i bought into a family plan of spotify premium back in maybe 2016 and haven’t looked back.
audio quality is fantastic. arguably only tidal has a higher bitrate for their premium plans, but it’s so negligible unless you’re really deep into audiophile territory. discover weekly is actually really good if you carefully curate your playlists and has led me to many new artists. while i don’t have personal experience with other platforms underground music, spotify has a shockingly large number of small time artists that i absolutely love.
The Discover Weekly playlist is far from perfect – it would often give me the same songs again and again or multiple covers of single song. But still, good enough for everyday use. And I like for alternative/indie/niche music too, so Spotify Discover Weekly is much better than most audio stations or existing playlists.
Yeah, it’s definitely not perfect, but years of crafting my existing playlists has led to a pretty solid foundation for discovery to work with. I’ll get something I’ve heard before maybe once a month these days, but this is after basically 7 years of listening almost weekly.
I have both and like Spotify better. It‘s WAY easier to navigate. It‘s also possible to listen/resume on several devices (eg. switch from iPhone to Mac to Alexa to TV etc.) without interrupting or restarting the playlist.
Spotify because the duo subscription.
ViMusic lol
Tidal. Better audio quality and revenue share than Spotify, plus no Joe Rogan.
I didn’t want to post it specifically unless someone else said it, but yes, Tidal. It has been great. Well working integration with Plex and Sonos, every song I’ve tried looking for they have, and they have a discount for military veterans.
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