Music Streaming Service reviews from Reddit
Summary
We analyzed 572 Reddit reviews across 45 subreddits and 73 posts to rank the best Music Streaming Service brands recommended by redditors, including communities like r/iphone, r/audiophile, r/AskReddit, r/AppleMusic, r/TIdaL. Top-rated brands include Apple Music (4.3/5), Spotify (4.2/5), YouTube Music (4.3/5).
Stats
Reviews572
Subreddits45
Posts73
Brands53
Products1
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By Brand
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#1
Apple Music
4.3
(133)
"Apple Music has lossless music the other 2 don't."
"Apple music for streaming high-quality music"
"Apple Music."
"Naturally Apple Music is the superior service, for no other reason than my personal preference."
"Apple Music for me, love to stream lossless via the usb c on my iPhone"
"Apple music."
"Apple music for overall. And YT music for superior algorithm."
"Tbh for artist is apple Music."
"Apple music for quality sound."
"Apple Music is amazing."
#2
Spotify
4.2
(129)
"Spotify."
"Definitely gotta say spotify premium."
"Spotify."
"Spotify."
"Spotify is leagues and bounds ahead of any of these!"
"Spotify & youtube."
"Spotify all the way. They have everything you might want and podcasts too."
"From me, Spotify is the best one."
"Spotify based on Spotify Connect alone."
"Spotify all the way."
#3
YouTube Music
4.3
(95)
"YouTube music."
"YT music easy."
"Not having commercials for that and a music service added as a bonus is a no Brainer."
"Youtube is like my most used app, ever. I’m always on it."
"I stuck with Youtube Music. Well, Youtube Premium, which includes ad-free Youtube videos."
"Easily Youtube Music and its not really close."
"YouTube Music."
"I'm happy with YouTube music."
"YouTube Music. I get that and ad free YouTube."
"YouTube Music is goated."
#4
Tidal
4.4
(60)
"One of the best is Tidal, I use YouTube music"
"Tidal."
"Love the interface"
"Tidal is excellent. I have a student plan, and it's hands down the best quality for streaming on headphones and proper Hifi gear."
"Tidal so far has been unbeaten for me in terms of audio quality and stability."
"Tidal."
"Tidal."
"Tidal has HiFi quality."
"I'm using Tidal but I'm also using a streamer that supports Tidal Connect with FLAC."
"Tidal, all the way after getting sick of both YouTube Music and Spotify."
#5
Qobuz
4.5
(23)
"If you’re only looking at sound quality - Qobuz."
"Qobuz is great"
"Qobuz 100%, especially if you have computer or mac."
"Notice how the folks with Qobuz don’t feel they need to give a long winded explanation about why the like Qobuz…"
"Had tidal for years, switched to quboz and haven’t gone back."
"1. Qobuz the quality is amazing"
"Qobuz"
"Qobuz"
"Qobuz + Roon and you're done"
"Qobuz is the gold standard for streaming music sound quality."
#6
Deezer
3.9
(20)
"Deezer has been the best for two main reasons: Music quality (up to High Fidelity) and music recommendation."
"I use Deezer, which is mainly FLAC so theoretically better quality than Spotify."
"I use Deezer and I'm satisfied"
"Deezer."
"Deezer & Spotify."
"Deezer has the most songs"
"I started using Deezer and I really like their Flow radio."
"Love Deezer."
"I used Deezer years ago and had a great experience."
"I'm now using Deezer and am pleased."
#7
Pandora
3.9
(18)
"Pandora hands down for new music "recommendations" based on your stations."
"I love Pandora. Their ability to nail exactly what kind of music I want to listen to is uncanny."
"Pandora"
"I'm a Pandora hold out only because my lists are there and I find it superior for discovering new music."
"Pandora works well for me."
"Honestly I've not found anything to work even close to as well as what Pandora did 10 years ago."
"I really love Pandora, I love the personalization of the algorithms."
"Pandora and spotify Both have free ad supported music"
"Pandora. Been using it for years."
"I love the way Pandora makes stations and picks music."
#8
Amazon Music
3.7
(16)
"Amazon music HD sounds the best to me and it's the best value especially if you already have Prime."
"Amazon because it’s free with my prime account."
"I joined Amazon music cause I got a discount ages ago and never left."
"Amazon Music and Qobuz both have tracks in up to 192kHz/24-bit."
"Amazon Music is the only service which provides lossless audio quality and Dolby Atmos which subjectively makes it the best service for me."
"Amazon Music has a decent discovery playlist based on your past choices."
"I quite like Amazon music, seems pretty broad in content and comes with prime anyway."
"I use Amazon music and like it a lot."
"Amazon music."
"Amazon music"
#9
Bandcamp
4.2
(10)
"Bandcamp? Only streaming service that is artist oriented."
"Bandcamp. A vast majority of established to up and coming musicians have their work on there."
"Bandcamp"
"Bandcamp and last fm is also decent."
"Bandcamp"
"I like to use Bandcamp."
"Bandcamp it's a very good app in terms of privacy."
"I use Bandcamp and prefer it over any other service."
"Bandcamp"
"Bandcamp is pretty good and seems to have an artist friendly venue sharing model."
#10
BluePlayer
3.8
(8)
"BluePlayer iOS"
"The BluePlayer app on iPhone"
"BluePlayer on iPhone"
"You can try the Blueplayer app. It works on both iPhone/iPad and Mac."
"Try the Blueplayer app if you are on iPhone."
"I use the Blueplayer app on iPhone and am satisfied with it."
"I use the Blueplayer app on iPhone and the quality is OK for me."
"Blueplayer app on iPhone."
#11
SoundCloud
3.8
(6)
"Better for more alternative/underground music, remixes, sets… really love it."
"SoundCloud."
"SoundCloud is free and just great."
"SoundCloud"
"Sound Quality varies but none of the platforms that anyone said comes close to the catalogue on SoundCloud."
"I tried using a streaming service (Soundcloud) for my library but some artists apparently can block their music from being used by 3rd party apps."
#12
YouTube
4.0
(4)
"YouTube: HUGE library of auto generated for YTM Eurobeat tracks in decent quality."
"YouTube for me, if I want music or just ambient noise I can find it there a lot faster than elsewhere."
"Honestly, YouTube with its recommended videos."
"YouTube, because it has everything and it’s free."
#13
Soundsuit
5.0
(2)
"I chose a service called Soundsuit. For now, I am very satisfied."
"I chose a service called Soundsuit. For now, I am very satisfied."
#14
YouTube Vanced
5.0
(2)
"Youtube Vanced, basically a third party app that eliminates all of the bad things that the free YouTube has."
"Use Youtube Vanced. You can hear anything that exists."
#15
Amazon Music Unlimited
3.0
(3)
"I'm honestly thinking about trying Amazon Unlimted since the quality is as good as Tidal."
"Does what I want (allows me to download, and listen through albums)."
"Amazon Music Unlimited if you can get past the horrid interface."
#16
Plexamp
4.5
(2)
"Definitely Plexamp"
"Plexamp if you want to serve your own."
#17
YouTube Premium
4.5
(2)
"If I wasn't a YouTube premium users, I'd probably use Spotify."
"I think the best value is YouTube premium. Music plus no ads on videos for around the same price as the other ones."
#18
Musi
4.5
(2)
"Musi. It’s free. Music from YouTube but you can play music when your phone is locked."
"I personally use Musi; a free app that grabs music from YouTube."
#19
Deezer Hi-Fi
4.0
(2)
"I’m a contrarian. I prefer Deezer Hi-Fi."
"I've been using Deezer Hifi for about 18 months now and I'm happy with it."
#20
Beatport
3.5
(2)
"I use Beatport but also similar to yourself - bought a DDJ-400 at start of lockdown."
"I have Beatport link. It is so-so."
#21
Bugs!
5.0
(1)
"I use Bugs!, but it’s a Korean streaming service. I love it."
#22
Apple Music, Tidal, Deezer, Qobuz
5.0
(1)
"Use high-definition streaming services like Apple Music, Tidal, Deezer, and Qobuz."
#23
Radio Paradise
5.0
(1)
"I actually prefer Radio Paradise."
#24
Spotify, Apple Music, YT Music
5.0
(1)
"You can't go wrong with either of the three(Spotify, Apple Music, YT Music)."
#25
Plex
5.0
(1)
"No music streaming service is better than your own music hosted on a plex server."
#26
Napster
5.0
(1)
"NAPSTER"
#27
MPD
5.0
(1)
"MPD and a hard drive full of FLACs."
#28
Ototoy
5.0
(1)
"If you just want digital, and dont HAVE to have streaming, ototoy.jp is the best place."
#29
Record Pools
5.0
(1)
"Record pools is the way to go. Build your library."
#30
Apple One
5.0
(1)
"The “Apple One” plan is just so far superior to every other service."
#31
IDAGIO
5.0
(1)
"My favorite is IDAGIO. It’s the best that I’ve found for streaming classical music."
#32
Relisten
5.0
(1)
"Relisten"
#33
Roon
5.0
(1)
"My biggest sources for discovering new music are usually via Roon's Valence system."
#34
Last.fm
4.0
(1)
"Last.fm … way to find similar artists"
#35
Sirius XM
4.0
(1)
"Sirius XM Indie channel is well curated."
#36
AccuRadio
4.0
(1)
"I listen to Accuradio at work. It has hundreds of collections so I can change up what is playing every day."
#37
Streaming Services
4.0
(1)
"I personally recommend streaming specifically for when you’re starting out."
#38
zipdj
4.0
(1)
"Much preferred subbing to dj pools. Might as well start building your library. I'm using zipdj and soundeo."
#39
Nugs
4.0
(1)
"Nugs."
#40
MusicHarbor
4.0
(1)
"If following an artist on Spotify gives you information on new releases, MusicHarbor is a pretty good companion app for that functionality."
#41
AWA
4.0
(1)
"I have been using it for a while now. And am very very happy with it."
#42
Amazon Prime Music
4.0
(1)
"I am happy with amazon prime unlimited."
#43
QWEST.tv
4.0
(1)
"QWEST.tv is worth checking out."
#44
Compilation Albums
4.0
(1)
"I usually go onto sites and buy compilation albums. I mostly dj house music and as a beginner its the most bang for my buck."
#45
Spotify, Apple Music
4.0
(1)
"I prefer Spotify because of how easy it is to use, but Apple Music has some perks."
#46
Spotify, Pandora
4.0
(1)
"Spotify (but members of my family like Pandora)."
#47
Newpipe
4.0
(1)
"You can use Newpipe and download all the songs you like"
#48
Shoutcast
4.0
(1)
"Shoutcasts work well since they're basically streaming radio stations."
#49
Amazon Music HD
4.0
(1)
"I'm surprised from an audiophile perspective, Amazon Music HD isn’t rated higher."
#51
Amazon
4.0
(1)
"I like both amazon and tidal(without mqa) but ive never tried qobuz"
#52
Audius
4.0
(1)
"Audius is a new streaming service using cryptocurrency and the blockchain."
#53
Djay Pro
4.0
(1)
"Having your own library is totally worth it - but if the process of building it is tiresome for you, or too expensive, I can recommend the streaming services."
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