Spotify alternatives

What reviewers actually said

Built only from these 120 real reviews (foreign ones translated). Superscripts jump to the quote here. Apple has no per-review links, so [ref] opens that app's reviews on the App Store.

1. [R1] Spotify 1/5 · US Don’t get it free: This is so stupid. It basically doesn’t work unless you pay for it. It chooses songs for you that you don’t want to listen to. Only get this if you want to buy the premium!!!
2. [R8] Spotify 4/5 · US It was great but the free version needed more perks: I specifically wish we could have unlimited skips and were able to choose what songs we wanted to play bc some people can’t afford the premium version. Other than that it was awesome, WAY better than Apple Music.
3. [R14] Spotify 4/5 · US Everything: Spotify is overall really good! But there are a few cons. 1. there are too many ads. 2. there isn’t a wide selection on videos and podcasts with things of interest. 3. audiobooks. the audiobooks are SO overpriced! why not give people on the free plan like 6 hours every other day to listen to audiobooks? I think people on the free plan would be so much happier. But overall, i love Spoti
4. [R33] Spotify 3/5 · GB Good AND Bad: So many adssss ahh it won’t actually let me shuffle/ skip / search a song if I’ve searched afew already??? Tbh probs would have deleted but the podcast r good so that’s why im still here lol …kk
5. [R4] Spotify 2/5 · US Repetitive shuffle ruins an otherwise good app: Repetitive shuffle ruins an otherwise good app
6. [R6] Spotify 3/5 · US Playlist: I make playlist a month long so I don’t have to hear the same song twice in a month but yet I find the list playing stuff I heard the same day or next. How is that possible? None to happy bout that.
7. [R10] Spotify 1/5 · US Shuffle: Shuffle option sucks. It replays the same few songs.
8. [R16] Spotify 1/5 · US Sadly we’re stuck with Spotify: The algorithm needs work!! Every playlist has 300+ songs but shuffle mode plays the same 20 songs everyday… Nothing like Pandora back in the day. Fix the algorithm, I’m sure it wouldn’t cost anywhere near 1/30th the CEO salary!
9. [R7] Spotify 1/5 · US App has become unreliable: The app has become unreliable and will stop playing randomly or just won’t connect to the internet. I’m going to cancel my subscription because the updates seem to make it worse. And yes Spotify I’ve cleared the cache, closed the app, uninstalled reinstalled, restarted my iPad. The app is broken.
10. [R13] Spotify 2/5 · US Something’s wrong…: I added a playlist to my gallery (playlist A) and whenever I try to play another playlist playlist A plays when I skip a song/when I finish it. My playlists are all different genres so this is really easy to point out. Is there any way I can fix this?
11. [R27] Spotify 3/5 · GB Can you fix this: I’ve been using Spotify for a while but sometimes it puts me on offline mode while I have full WiFi and mobile data and it gets really annoying but except from that I really love the app and I defo recommend premium family plan
12. [R30] Spotify 3/5 · GB The song: I put on a song and it does a differnt one
13. [R24] Spotify 3/5 · US Unlimited: I feel like we should be able to purchase unlimited audio books a month, just give us a flat rate so we don’t have to keep paying $10 here. $15 here to get extra hours.
14. [R40] Spotify 2/5 · US Price increases: Constant price increases
15. [R5] Spotify 4/5 · US The AI generated moving album covers are creepy and I’m tired of pretending they aren’t: Just the original art please!!
16. [R28] Spotify 1/5 · US where are my popular / top songs: when i go on an artist or bands’ page i cannot see the popular or top songs only “artist picks” if you do not fix this i will cancel my expensive family subscription and delete the app and tell everyone else to also delete your app. This is bad publicity and you should fix this.
17. [R25] Spotify 1/5 · US Saudi Arabia: So you're saying I have to subscribe to listen? Long live YouTube, seriously. · translated
18. [R53] YouTube 3/5 · US My YouTube review: Most ads aren’t relevant to the content I consume and there are far too many many ads, there’s no point in a ad if it’s to long or there’s to many it doesn’t grasp people’s attention anymore it strays them away, we’re all just little gold fish with short attention spans. Other then that I think YouTube is a great platform other then the fact you guys ban people for freedom of sp
19. [R60] YouTube 1/5 · US YouTube shorts is the worst thing ever: Get rid of YouTube shorts it’s Miserable. It’s just pure brain rot. Your insane for getting rid of the dislike button like there’s any hate because it’s just 5 yo using it
20. [R61] YouTube 5/5 · US My Happy Place: Easy to navigate overall a great experience as a viewer at least I enjoy it not back breaking ads so that’s good I’ll pay it in ads any day
21. [R68] Pandora 1/5 · US Pandora: The best platform for listening to music while doing daily activities or even just relaxing after a long day but there is a ton of adds HOWEVER, has sooooo many ads in comparison to Apple Music or Spotify
22. [R69] Pandora 5/5 · US Smart Music at its Finest: It can read my mind I tell ya; it always plays exactly what I’m needing to vibe out! 🎧🎶🎵🪘🥁
23. [R70] Pandora 2/5 · US Welp: It’s not worth paying for. I tried that! Both versions on free and paid, I literally hear the same repetitive songs back to back and itself annoying. Even songs i dislike keep popping back
24. [R71] Pandora 5/5 · US Be original: I wish they didn’t play the same music when I turn on the blues I don’t want too here my playlist of music from before
25. [R79] Google 2/5 · US Google way: I can’t stand how difficult you make it to sign in and then steal all available information about me you can get your T1000 hands on. Its just absurd and completely violating
26. [R81] Google 3/5 · US It’s Just Okay!: I prefer a different search engine that doesn’t change the screen if you leave it and come back to it. I also prefer one that doesn’t track your information or location. I also don’t like having suggestions based on something that I looked up because I wasn’t sure what it was.
27. [R82] Google 1/5 · US New features buggy: It does not sent me to the right Directions, now is offering all the time to add a stop on a shopping mal/store/gas station
28. [R86] Google 1/5 · US Your AI sucks: Do you ever find yourself with a question racking your brain that you just have to talk out and do you ever find yourself while talking desperately desiring for the AI you’re talking to to just mute you and stop listening delete the whole conversation you were having and start from the ground up if that’s the case, then Google AI is for you outside of a two sentence question you’ll
29. [R94] Amazon Music 5/5 · US MY ALL TIME FAVORITE MUSIC APP!!: This app is by far the best app I have ever had to listen to music!! Unlike Spotify, there are no ads!! I wouldn’t trade this app for the world!! In middle school, this app was a staple on the bus, all I needed was my earbuds, my music, and a seat and I was happy💗💗✝️✝️
30. [R95] Amazon Music 1/5 · US No shuffle: Platform is confusing. If i hit shuffle i get an error code everytime. Added albums and it says i have no songs. Going back to apple music.
31. [R96] Amazon Music 5/5 · US Awesome!!!: I tried so many different music streaming platforms but all of them had tons of ads and they were poor quality but Amazon music is a great choice and I highly recommend it!!
32. [R98] Amazon Music 5/5 · US SO AMAZING!!: you have all ur music and no ads it’s like the best ever!! totally recommend!!! (but the podcast variety could be a little better but it’s still great)
33. [R109] Apple Music 3/5 · US Apple Music: This app might be better then Spotify you have like as many skips as you need no ads and also the only bad thing about Apple Music is that at the end of the songs the like combined with each other song but yeah most of all it is pretty good love it you should try this app out
34. [R111] Apple Music 5/5 · US better than Spotify: When i originally saw the price i was like what the hell But I decided one day to buy it , and wow I wasn’t expecting it to be this good
35. [R112] Apple Music 3/5 · US Wow: Your app is very good and I love it but try try to fix some songs they are messed up some times ⭐️⭐️⭐️3 stars
36. [R115] Apple Music 3/5 · US M: Es buena pero tiene muchas canciones que no la tiene y otras que las quita si uno darse cuenta aparecen bloqueadas
37. [R106] Amazon Music 5/5 · US Amazon Music: Absolutely the best way to listen with no commercials and has every album
38. [R67] Pandora 3/5 · US Jojo: Wish I could go through and pick certain songs and wish I could search for just one single song and then added to a playlist but other than that, it’s a good app
39. [R77] Pandora 5/5 · US Please Install: You should definitely install Pandora. It is the best music app to have, letting you create your own station and even creating an entire playlist of all of your liked (thumbs up) songs. Thank you Pandora for giving me and amazing musical experience.