Apple Music vs Pandora

What reviewers actually said

Built only from these 110 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. [R5] Apple Music 5/5 · US Thank you Apple Music!: I love Apple Music and how easy it is to use. Making playlists, finding music, and everything is so easy to use. I also love how it has features like showing the credits to songs and albums. As a musician myself, I love being able to see all the people and parts that go into creating something. And the artist bios as well as birthplaces and when bands and artists formed or
2. [R11] Apple Music 5/5 · US Toya: I will forever love Apple Music
3. [R29] Apple Music 5/5 · US Music: Very good app better than Spotify
4. [R63] Pandora 3/5 · US Not Bad: They play the same songs over and over - I’ll even put on the 70’s station and it plays the same songs over and over even play today’s songs on the 70’s channel over and over .
5. [R14] Apple Music 5/5 · US Apple Music: Very easy to use and lots and lots of songs
6. [R59] Apple Music 4/5 · US Apple Music: Honestly this is my favorite music app by far! It has most of my favorite songs , but it misses some demos and stuff that you could probably find on Spotify or smth. Streaming isn’t too expensive either! Would recommend
7. [R61] Pandora 2/5 · US Free listening: The songs played on pandora sound pretty clear but you can’t do much on the app unless you pay for a subscription. I was recently able to do replays by watching an ad and apparently that was because I accidentally started a free trial but now that it is over, the app is difficult to work with. If you leave the app or refresh it in the middle of a song it will skip the rest of the s
8. [R3] Apple Music 3/5 · US Doesn’t Always Load: Apple Music would be great if it always loaded properly on my computer. But it doesn’t. At least once a week it will not load at all. I have to use a competitor’s player. It’s very frustrating. It loads fine on my phone and iPad.
9. [R27] Apple Music 3/5 · GB Buggy since last update: Having to restart my phone each time to get Apple Music to work with my downloaded music when out and about. It just refuses to start. Data on too
10. [R50] Apple Music 1/5 · GB Awful and untested: Slow unreliable and buggy Buttons don’t work screens don’t load music stutters or stops or goes silent Probably one of the worst Apple apps from the company that made the iPod the downfall of this app should be studied.
11. [R7] Apple Music 1/5 · US I’m broke: Costs money
12. [R10] Apple Music 1/5 · US Disappointed: So, there is no free option. If you are not subbed you can’t even look for songs to buy to add to your phone. They will go in and delete what’s downloaded to your phone and iCloud without your permission. They did that to me.
13. [R54] Apple Music 2/5 · GB I’m upset: Overall, I loved this app. I could listen to whatever I wanted to whenever I liked and they had so many songs. Now, I have to pay 10.99 a month to listen to them? You may as well just pay for the whole app. What’s the point of having it if I cannot listen to anything now. I want to listen to Ariana grande’s new song! 😩. I think it’s very unfair, prices nowadays have gone up enough. I am
14. [R18] Apple Music 3/5 · GB Pain: Dear developers, This is a message of near-breakdown-level cry for help about how surprisingly inconvenient Apple Music can still be nowadays. I'm not asking for much. Please, for the love of all things reasonable, let us sort playlist tracks by the date they were added with a single click. And while you're at it, could you please make the currently playing song more obvious in the playli
15. [R34] Apple Music 2/5 · GB Abysmal “upgrade”: The latest version of this app is abysmally bad for navigation. Wherever I click none of the options are the thing that I want to do. All the options are counterintuitive and all over the place. The currently playing song shows now at the bottom of the screen next to the search button, if I want to search for something while listening I always press the wrong thing because of th
16. [R56] Apple Music 1/5 · GB Somehow has more bugs than Spotify: I’m honestly lucky if I can play one song all the way through without this crashing. I have a free trial and still feel ripped off. By far the worst music streaming app I’ve used yet and will definitely not keep a subscription to this. Update. A few years later I’m back on Apple Music due to the fact my phone contract comes with an Apple one subscription and I’m
17. [R68] Pandora 4/5 · US Pandora needs an update: I have used Pandora almost daily for years and have collected hundreds of songs. In fact, my downloaded music alone takes up 5.56 GB, while the app itself is only 159.3 MB. Pandora has been a huge part of how I discover and enjoy music, but I believe a few additions could easily make it a five-star experience and help Pandora stand out in a very competitive market. 1. Sha