Unfortunately its sound quality is really poor in comparison with the others so you must take your choice, sound quality vs discovery: if you are just listening on bluetooth headphones through a phone then maybe you wont notice the difference but if you have any kind of hifi setup that you want to stream your music through then all their competitors have much much better sound quality. Where Spotify comes into its own is for discovery of new music: it's fabulous, streets ahead of the competition. I listen to Classical mostly and while Apple has the same catalogue as Spotify, the search function is dismal - often incomplete and just plain wrongly catalogued.īut… give both Spotify and Apple Music a go.Īll the streaming services have a broadly similar catalogue of music. (But if that is your thing, then by god, Apple will help you fill your needs.

Spotify understands/has learnt I don't want to or need to listen to Hip Hop/Urban whatever that crap is that Apple keeps suggesting to me. I have had Spotify for many years and cannot fault the suggestions of new music etc. I come in from outside listening to something on Spotify and it picks up and continues on my Mac. Main thing is I can control Spotify on my Mac by using the iPhone app. IMHO, Spotify is much better than Apple Music. This is a terribly unpopular opinion to express here on MacRumours, so I am braced for the usual incoming hate mail/death threats/fatwahs etc… I’d hate to put even 3 free months into making playlists and gathering song just to find I don’t like it. How does Spotify compare to Apple Music? I’ve never dived into it.

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