Ranking of music streaming apps

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music streaming appsOpinions Minimal monthly pricing Number of subscribers Number of tracks Music quality (with subscription) Family pricing Family subscription price Maximal number of members allowed to use the same subscription Student pricing Student subscription price
1
SoundCloud
1
SoundCloud
5
0
N/A
N/A
0 00
2
musicme
2
musicme
1
3.99 €
N/A
IIIII
CD (lossless compressed format - Bitrate up to 1411 kbps - FLAC, AAC, WMA lossless...)0 €00 €
3
Hungama
3
Hungama
1
3.84 $
IIIII
IIIII
CD (lossless compressed format - Bitrate up to 1411 kbps - FLAC, AAC, WMA lossless...)0 $00 $
4
Gaana
4
Gaana
N/A
99
IIIII
IIIII
CD (lossless compressed format - Bitrate up to 1411 kbps - FLAC, AAC, WMA lossless...)0 00
5
Qobuz
5
Qobuz
N/A
9.99 €
N/A
IIIII
CD (lossless compressed format - Bitrate up to 1411 kbps - FLAC, AAC, WMA lossless...), Hi-Res (lossless [un]compressed format - Bitrate up to 9216 kbps), 0 €00 €
6
Napster
6
Napster
N/A
9.95 €
N/A
IIIII
CD (lossless compressed format - Bitrate up to 1411 kbps - FLAC, AAC, WMA lossless...)0 €00 €
7
Pandora
7
Pandora
N/A
0 $
IIIII
N/A
0 $00 $
8
Spotify
8
Spotify
6
9.95 €
IIIII
IIIII
CD (lossless compressed format - Bitrate up to 1411 kbps - FLAC, AAC, WMA lossless...), Hi-Res (lossless [un]compressed format - Bitrate up to 9216 kbps)14.99 €64.99 €
9
Amazon Music
9
Amazon Music
4
10 €
N/A
IIIII
CD (lossless compressed format - Bitrate up to 1411 kbps - FLAC, AAC, WMA lossless...)14.99 €60 €
10
TIDAL
10
TIDAL
N/A
9.99 $
IIIII
IIIII
Hi-Res (lossless [un]compressed format - Bitrate up to 9216 kbps), 14.99 $54.99 $
12


SoundCloud is a free streaming site to listen some music from all over the world. You will find all kind of music from a large library, and listen whatever you want 24hour per day, 7days per week ! Artists, singers, musicians, can share their music and be known easier !Free musical streaming, SoundC...
  • Free
  • Large choice
  • Open to new artist
Minimal monthly pricing
0
Number of subscribers
N/A
Number of tracks
N/A
Music quality (with subscription)
Family pricing
Family subscription price
0
Maximal number of members allowed to use the same subscription
0
Student pricing
Student subscription price
0
Minimal monthly pricing
3.99 €
Number of subscribers
N/A
Number of tracks
IIIII
Music quality (with subscription)
CD (lossless compressed format - Bitrate up to 1411 kbps - FLAC, AAC, WMA lossless...)
Family pricing
Family subscription price
0 €
Maximal number of members allowed to use the same subscription
0
Student pricing
Student subscription price
0 €
Hungama is one of the most cluttered music streaming apps available right now, but it has some interesting features that can help make up for this. When you play any song, Hungama automatically downloads it for offline use as well. It also has a nice tool for discovering music - you select your mood...
  • Automatic downloading
  • Good song recommendations
  • Hard to use UI
  • Inferior library
Minimal monthly pricing
3.84 $
Number of subscribers
IIIII
Number of tracks
IIIII
Music quality (with subscription)
CD (lossless compressed format - Bitrate up to 1411 kbps - FLAC, AAC, WMA lossless...)
Family pricing
Family subscription price
0 $
Maximal number of members allowed to use the same subscription
0
Student pricing
Student subscription price
0 $
4
logo Gaana
Not rated
4
Gaana
Good availability of songs and gaana.com has the potential to be a great music streaming app. Their curated playlists and albums are a treat. You DO NOT find all the songs that you are looking for but you'd get MOST of them. Perhaps, the best Indian app for English songs lovers. Quality of the Songs...
Minimal monthly pricing
99
Number of subscribers
IIIII
Number of tracks
IIIII
Music quality (with subscription)
CD (lossless compressed format - Bitrate up to 1411 kbps - FLAC, AAC, WMA lossless...)
Family pricing
Family subscription price
0
Maximal number of members allowed to use the same subscription
0
Student pricing
Student subscription price
0
5
logo Qobuz
Not rated
5
Qobuz
Qobuz: a music streaming website created by music lovers, for music lovers! Pioneer website offering CD quality and Hi-Res Quality titles, Qobuz refers more than 40 million of titles you will enjoy listening in recording studio quality. You can make a choice between 4 types of subscription, from 9...
Minimal monthly pricing
9.99 €
Number of subscribers
N/A
Number of tracks
IIIII
Music quality (with subscription)
CD (lossless compressed format - Bitrate up to 1411 kbps - FLAC, AAC, WMA lossless...), Hi-Res (lossless [un]compressed format - Bitrate up to 9216 kbps),
Family pricing
Family subscription price
0 €
Maximal number of members allowed to use the same subscription
0
Student pricing
Student subscription price
0 €
6
logo Napster
Not rated
6
Napster
Napster is one of the oldest music streaming websites. More than 40 million of tracks (in MP3 format) can be played by the subscribers, for only 9,95 EUR/month, from a smartphone, a tablet, a computer etc.
Minimal monthly pricing
9.95 €
Number of subscribers
N/A
Number of tracks
IIIII
Music quality (with subscription)
CD (lossless compressed format - Bitrate up to 1411 kbps - FLAC, AAC, WMA lossless...)
Family pricing
Family subscription price
0 €
Maximal number of members allowed to use the same subscription
0
Student pricing
Student subscription price
0 €
7
logo Pandora
Not rated
7
Pandora
Pandora is a free music streeming app only available in the USA. They also have a premium service with more services . The site was launched in january 2000 in the USA , and they plan to expand to other countries. Music recommendation service. Registration is optional. Freemium business ...
Minimal monthly pricing
0 $
Number of subscribers
IIIII
Number of tracks
N/A
Music quality (with subscription)
Family pricing
Family subscription price
0 $
Maximal number of members allowed to use the same subscription
0
Student pricing
Student subscription price
0 $
In the global ranking of music streaming: Spotify is King! With more than 30 million of titles and 60 million of subscribers, Spotify is the most popular music streaming website throughout the world. The music can be played on several mediums: from your smartphone to your car, include your TV, you...
  • Stream qui ne s'interromp pas ,qui s'adapte avec la collection de l'utilisateur
  • Bibliothèque large (tout les genres)
  • Contient des musiques anciens qui sont indémodable et même introuvables dans le net
  • Il vous permet d'écouter toute la musique ou bien la chanson,il est pas comme les autres
  • Il ne permet pas de télécharger la musique sous format mp3
  • La politique de Telechargement hors connexion qu'il utilise n'est pas fiable
  • Beaucouq de pub (ads) pour ceux qui ne ont pas une abonnement
  • Il n'affiche pas toutes les historiques que vous avez accédé, il affiche seulement les dernières 30 ou 50 stream que avez ecoutez
Minimal monthly pricing
9.95 €
Number of subscribers
IIIII
Number of tracks
IIIII
Music quality (with subscription)
CD (lossless compressed format - Bitrate up to 1411 kbps - FLAC, AAC, WMA lossless...), Hi-Res (lossless [un]compressed format - Bitrate up to 9216 kbps)
Family pricing
Family subscription price
14.99 €
Maximal number of members allowed to use the same subscription
6
Student pricing
Student subscription price
4.99 €
Amazon Music offers you more than 50 million titles including the latest novelties, all at the price of 9.99 EUR / month or 99 EUR / year or the family rate up to 6 members to 14.99 EUR / month or 149 EUR / year. Professionals music create for you hundreds of playlists and radio stations. And fin...
Minimal monthly pricing
10 €
Number of subscribers
N/A
Number of tracks
IIIII
Music quality (with subscription)
CD (lossless compressed format - Bitrate up to 1411 kbps - FLAC, AAC, WMA lossless...)
Family pricing
Family subscription price
14.99 €
Maximal number of members allowed to use the same subscription
6
Student pricing
Student subscription price
0 €
10
logo TIDAL
Not rated
10
TIDAL
Tidal is a musical streaming platform presents in 46 countries throughout the world and owned mostly by artists. It offers over 46 million of tracks, in CD quality and high quality (lossless), without any advertising. 3 subscriptions are available (individual, family and student), with, for each o...
Minimal monthly pricing
9.99 $
Number of subscribers
IIIII
Number of tracks
IIIII
Music quality (with subscription)
Hi-Res (lossless [un]compressed format - Bitrate up to 9216 kbps),
Family pricing
Family subscription price
14.99 $
Maximal number of members allowed to use the same subscription
5
Student pricing
Student subscription price
4.99 $
12
Know more about music streaming apps

While Spotify remains the leader in music streaming with over 60 million subscribers, lots of competitors are still trying to compete (like Deezer, Apple Music, Napster etc)

Even if the subscriptions are pretty similar from a website to another (from 9,99 € for an individual subscription), some of them are trying to compete offering Family subscription (at 14,99 € for 5 or 6 members) or Student subscription (at 4,99 €).

The price of the subscription is not an evidence due to the tariff alignment, so the user will focus on other criterions, such as sound quality and/or artists' remuneration.

High Resolution Audio VS Signal original

Sound quality

Those for whom the artits' remuneration is one of the most important criterions, will naturally go to websites like Qobuz or Tidal, whose subscriptions, more expensive, reflect a better remuneration of the music professionals. In return, the sound quality is optimal, lossless, reflecting studio recording (which is not the case of most of the websites that usually offer MP3 format).

To help you understand, here is a quick summary of different music formats used in the music streaming world:

MP3 format: It is a zipped format with lots of losses. The sound quality is degraded compared to the original files, but it doesn't require a lot of storage space. 

AAC format: It is a zipped format with losses, but it offer a better sound quality than MP3 format.

OGG Vorbis format: It is a zipped format with losses, often used by Spotify.

WMA format: It is a zipped format with losses, created by Microsoft, wich is protected against illegal copying. It is often used by Napster.

FLAC format: It is a lossless zipped format. The sound quality is very similar to a CD quality, while it requires twice less storage space.

Hi-Res format: “It is THE lossless audio capable of reproducing the full range of sound from recordings that have been mastered from better-than-CD-quality music sources” (definition as per Digital Entertainment Group). To date, only Qobuz and Tidal offer such high quality to their users. Here is an article published in What Hi Fi  that will tell you everything you need to know about this High-Resolution format.

CD vs Hi-Res vs MP3

 

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