YouTube Music vs Google

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. [R8] YouTube Music 5/5 · US Deep music catalog, sounds great: For YouTube users YouTube Music is a great way to stream music. The song catalog is comprehensive and the audio sounds better than Apple Music (for my taste). I also like the many daily mixes that are algorithmically made to cover a variety of genres you like. Quickly switching between song and video is another strength of YTM. The queuing system is second to no
2. [R44] YouTube Music 5/5 · US arguably better than Spotify: no pay wall for stuff like repeating, more music than other platforms, sure it has some ads but theyre super rare and dont interrupt music
3. [R68] Google 4/5 · US Google: Great for looking things up but the Ai mode is the worst part I asked it what car I should get for my first car not asking image but it gave me an image but I am under 18 it said unable to make an image.
4. [R81] Google 3/5 · US Google works but……..: I enjoy Google and it is effective however it’s clear that its algorithms use prior searches to sell to marketers to entice the purchase of other similar items. Unfortunately there is also an extreme exposure to malware, viruses, spam etc. additionally the AI model limits only certain information of tricky searches on political issues especially negative searches about Donal
5. [R19] YouTube Music 1/5 · US Leaves a lot to ask for: App is carried heavily by its catalog of music, videos, and of course, YouTube access. However, the app itself could be heavily improved to not drain battery, start/stop music randomly, or simply improve the UI to be user friendly. The playlist and queue UI is clunky, slow, and frankly, inefficiently adds music to both processes making it a pain. The download feature i
6. [R28] YouTube Music 1/5 · US bugs: i always regret updating. recent ones have made BT car connections glitchy. playlist keeps closing out ( opened in background) and not remembering recently added songs. so you need to close the app to bring up updated list. it’s annoying. now, playlist has been moved to the bottom of the screen. why it was removed from the main home screen, idk? after the playlist ends, and that’s completel
7. [R63] Google 3/5 · US Title: Too much advertising. I stay away from websites and I’m barely tolerating YouTube. I’m not paying for what they have to offer
8. [R105] Google 3/5 · GB Too many adverts: There is some interesting stuff pop up on google for me, I have no idea how or why, but many of the links are so full of adverts it’s almost unreadable. Advertisers know this: If I see you in my face unwanted I will never buy any of your products, ever!
9. [R1] YouTube Music 1/5 · US Buggy and weird: Cuts out frequently. Just stops the music for no reason, which is pathetic. Can’t even successfully do the on thing it claims to do - play music. Also, lots of weird UI issues because they don’t play music, rather, always trying to play the videos without showing you the video to make you think it’s a Spotify competitor. Hot garbage that should make Google ashamed (but they won
10. [R25] YouTube Music 2/5 · US Problems with Bluetooth: Skips/stops/cuts out a lot when driving with Bluetooth to car and headphones. Spotify had zero problems. What gives? Feels pretty lame.
11. [R49] YouTube Music 1/5 · US Not a happy customer: I downloaded the app and I’m trying the free trial. This app needs improvement every 4 songs it’s will stop playing in the middle of the songs. If this not fix before my free trial is up next month I’m going to cancel.
12. [R97] Google 1/5 · US Freezing: Your app keeps constantly freezing.
13. [R3] YouTube Music 3/5 · US Ehh: I liked it but eventually I had to pay to listen to music with it off which is stupid because ofc I’m gonna listen to it when my phone is off
14. [R51] YouTube Music 3/5 · US Please read: I’d give it more but you have to buy premium just to have music in the background. It’s a great app and all but I believe that background music should be free. Now you have to leave the app open to listen.
15. [R82] Google 1/5 · US Hope Google Can Fix This: I’ve had Fitbits for years. The latest update from Google shows that my Fitbit is connected, but there’s no data. So it’s now just become a glorified step counter and Watch. No data. No sleep. No nothing I do hope they can fix whatever they screwed up. If not, I’m eventually gonna just have to buy another device. If I end up having to do that, it won’t be Google based.
16. [R100] Google 1/5 · US Unnecessary: Hate the new features, it glitches a lot. And the x on tabs doesn’t work.