YouTube Music vs TikTok

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. [R9] YouTube Music 3/5 · US No lossless audio option: This is the only music streaming service that doesn’t offer lossless audio which is extremely frustrating to audiophiles.
3. [R17] YouTube Music 5/5 · US Pretty good but..: This app is a lot more less confusing then Spotify or really any other platform for music but the thing is that we have to pay to have music playing in the background that’s all I have to say other then that this app is lovely.
4. [R102] TikTok 3/5 · US It’s good but: Most of it is AI slop. TikTok needs to stop promoting AI videos and start promoting smaller creators. They should have a setting in settings that stops recommending AI videos. Because if you don’t, then you get AI slop on your FYP. Searching something in the search bar? AI slop. Scrolling on your FYP? Here’s some more AI slop. It’s getting out of hand and it’s so annoying to hit “st
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. [R60] YouTube Music 3/5 · GB Please consider making HUGE UX and UI updates.: I really want to love YouTube Music and keep my subscription, but it’s surprisingly frustrating to use. One of my biggest issues is finding podcasts. Some podcasts that are easily available on the other major podcast apps don’t appear in YouTube Music which makes it difficult to rely on it as my main podcast app. There are also several UI issues th
7. [R90] TikTok 3/5 · US Comment do not work: TikTok is a great platform that allows people to share videos and news. However, its comment system does not work. Many times, the app does not notify you of comments. And sometimes I cannot see someone’s (or my) comment on my main account but I can with my backup account. And vice versa. And some of the ways to fix this issue do not work. So many others have mentioned how ter
8. [R104] TikTok 4/5 · US hi tiktok: i love this app a lot but i have a problem right now where im not recieving any notifications from the app whenever im not in it. such as messages, comments on posts, or anything really. i would like this to be fixed cause i heard the same thing is happening for many other people.
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. [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
11. [R100] TikTok 1/5 · US Tiktok freezes every time I open the app: This has been an recurrent issue for months. Both my iPad mini 4 and tiktok are updated to their latest version. This shouldn’t be an issue. I’d much rather you try to fix this then just up the requirement for iOS.
12. [R110] TikTok 5/5 · US Too many bugs rn: okay so like it’s really annoying because my thoughts feature just keeps disappearing. i can’t see images people send because they won’t load. (it’s not a wifi problem i have good wifi) and then it’s just laggy and glitchy. i can’t create polls in my comment sections because the iphone keyboard covers it up like that makes no sense. i really like tiktok and idk what’s going on wi
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. [R36] YouTube Music 3/5 · US Look this….: It's not very friendly to people who want to listen to music for free. Although I felt good about the one-month free Music Premium, on the first day after the month was over, I felt it wasn't so good for me anymore because I couldn't play music in the background.but it still good if u have premium
15. [R48] YouTube Music 3/5 · US it’s good but not the best: this app is amazing but only if u have a subscription that costs more than 30$ a month there’s adds every skip i used to listen on it with my dads account that has the subscription but when i used it on my account i couldn’t listen to one song calmly. If u want to listen to music calmly without paying use spotify it has adds without a subscription but like 1 add per 50
16. [R92] TikTok 4/5 · US Ads: I hate how every 3 videos there’s an ad trying to make you buy their trash products from the least reliable places also pls get rid of stickers i hate them
17. [R109] TikTok 1/5 · US Nonexistent customer support: I would say they have the worst customer support ever but it seems they really have no customer support. Just endless AI loops if you ever have a problem
18. [R53] YouTube Music 5/5 · US Great because I have premium.: It’s only good because my dad pays for premium, if I didn’t it’d be HELL. Like no background play unless you pay? That’s SUFFERING. Although the algorithm is really good, like I started playing “He’s My Man” by luvcat and “Sienna” by the Maria’s played next 🥹🥹. It cares about what YOU listen to, not what others do. The playlists are also great because I love the va