Music Streaming reviews from Reddit
Summary
We analyzed 193 Reddit reviews across 27 subreddits and 35 posts to rank the best Music Streaming brands recommended by redditors, including communities like r/audiophile, r/Vocaloid, r/galaxybuds, r/gratefuldead, r/AskReddit. Top-rated brands include Tidal (4.4/5), Apple Music (4.1/5), YouTube Music (4.2/5).
Stats
Reviews193
Subreddits27
Posts35
Brands28
Products1
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#1
Tidal
4.4
(43)
"Tidal, has probably the highest quality."
"For me, one of the best is Tidal, I use YouTube music 👍👍"
"I’ve been really happy with Tidal."
"I went from Spotify to Tidal and never looked back."
"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 by a long shot"
"Tidal. Tidal Connect through a WiiM is the best thing I’ve used by far."
"Great sounding and the algorithm has me pegged."
"Couldn't be happier with sound quality."
"I can only think of a small handful of things I have searched on tidal that weren't available."
#2
Apple Music
4.1
(31)
"Lossless audio, family plan is cheaper than Spotify, and you can get a bundle discount with other Apple services."
"Use high-definition streaming services like Apple Music, Tidal, Deezer, and Qobuz."
"Apple Music has lossless music the other 2 don't"
"Apple music for streaming high-quality music"
"It’s easily the largest catalog and most easily accessible."
"Currently Apple is the best imo."
"I think Apple Music is the best if you care about streaming quality."
"Apple music is best for lossless and even better if you can get the family pack."
"A lot of music on Apple Music is lossless (no comoression). Very noticeable difference from the compressed music of Spotify."
"I use apple music on all my devices, apple and samsung."
#3
YouTube Music
4.2
(28)
"You Tube Music is the best."
"Youtube music."
"YT music is much better."
"Get YouTube Premium."
"Youtube music."
"YouTube Music."
"Youtube Premium. It's 2-in-1."
"YT Music mas madaming song selection."
"YouTube Music hands down."
"YT music is the best."
#4
Qobuz
4.2
(24)
"Qobuz! It's the best of them all for audio quality and miles ahead of Spotify."
"Qobuz / Tidal / Apple TV / Amazon in that order."
"Qobuz or Tidal are best choices for lossless hi-res music."
"Switched from Spotify 3 years ago, as an audiophile you won't look back IMO."
"I choose Qobuz, purely for the Sound Quality."
"Qobuz. After years of using Tidal I switched and it sounds so much better."
"Qobuz 100%, especially if you have computer or mac."
"If you’re only looking at sound quality - Qobuz."
"Qobuz is great"
"Qobuz or Tidal.....everything else is far behind imo."
#5
Spotify
3.7
(16)
"Spotify."
"Havent found anything that could beat spotify."
"Browser spotify with adblocker"
"Spotify is ur best guess. It definitely has a lot of new releases!"
"It’s just a solid service."
"I've used Qobuz, Tidal and Spotify."
"Their apps are a better experience than the alternatives."
"Now that it feels like Spotify fixed the shuffle I gotta say Spotify."
"I prefer Spotify over Apple Music because of the Spotify Wrapped at the end of the year."
"Spotify. I have a Toyota and there's a bug that Toyotas and Lexus have with their android auto which doesn't allow you to change the volume with non-android auto apps."
#6
YouTube
4.0
(9)
"Genuinely YouTube, u will find popular songs to obscure covers on there."
"100% YouTube, since the vast majority of Vocaloid music is on there."
"Youtube easy"
"YouTube. Use Musi (only available on android currently ) for a free yt music!"
"A lot of good, classic, and iconic songs aren't in any streaming services. EXIT TUNES Presents Vocaloseries are one of them. YouTube is the best place you can find them."
"YouTube with Adblock. I listen to many very obscure tracks some with around a hundred views."
"YouTube, soundcloud"
"If you have an android phone i highly recomend youtube revanced. It's basically an enhanced youtube premium for free"
"Youtube for sure. i use spotify but i often have to just download songs from youtube and add them to my playlist that way"
#7
Deezer
4.0
(8)
"I use Deezer, which is mainly FLAC so theoretically better quality than Spotify."
"Of the popular streamings that are not high res audio specific, deezer haz the best cost for kpbs"
"There is also Deezer, which I believe pays artist‘s the best of the four."
"Deezer is great, give it a try."
"I use Deezer and I'm satisfied"
"The service and selection is excellent."
"Between Spotify and Deezer, Deezer."
"I used Deezer years ago and had a great experience."
#8
Relisten
4.0
(5)
"Relisten"
"I just checked and Android now has Relisten! I'm stoked."
"ReListen for the win... They just changed the interface as well... Free is free"
"Relisten"
"Relisten app or archive.org"
#9
Amazon Music
3.8
(5)
"Amazon Music, finds me the best songs as well when I let it autoplay."
"AMAZON UNLIMITED MUSIC"
"Use i Amazon unlimited music and tidal with samsung galaxy bud pro 3"
"Amazon Music has a decent discovery playlist."
"Does what I want (allows me to download, and listen through albums)."
#10
Pandora
5.0
(3)
"They have the best algorithms to play the best recordings."
"Pandora hands down for new music "recommendations" based on your stations."
"I really love Pandora, I love the personalization of the algorithms."
#11
SoundCloud
4.0
(2)
"I use soundcloud since 2017 and my vocaloid playlist has over 20hours worth of music"
"Soundcloud in my opinion"
#12
Nugs
4.0
(2)
"Nugs > Sturgill Simpson or Relisten/Archive > Grateful Dead"
"Outside of nugs it’s all I use now. Haven’t had Apple Music or Spotify in a long while."
#13
Taper's Section
3.5
(2)
"Taper's Section works with Android Auto"
"I use Tapers, cause I don't like Apple. I wish we had re listen"
#14
Radio Paradise
5.0
(1)
"RadioParadise is the best quality streamer. No question."
#15
MP3 Streams
5.0
(1)
"MP3 Streams is the best music add-on in my opinion."
#16
Plexamp
5.0
(1)
"Plexamp and lossless legs downloads for the win."
#17
Vocacolle
5.0
(1)
"I will always recommend vocacolle pretty much every popular vocaloid song is on there"
#18
Sony
4.0
(1)
"Sony WH-1000XM3 for 219€ currently, which if you can get them for that price would by far be my recommendation."
#19
Seeker
4.0
(1)
"You could try Seeker (free app) on PlayStore"
#20
Plex
4.0
(1)
"Plex, Spotify and YouTube premium."
#21
Deadspread
4.0
(1)
"I personally am a fan of Deadspread. Its free, cataloged by year, you can download shows from the app."
#22
Archive.org
4.0
(1)
"These days mostly just archive.org through my browser."
#23
Radio Box
4.0
(1)
"Radio Box app for internet radio. There are at least 2 GD channels one is full shows the other is random stuff. Both are great."
#24
Demus
4.0
(1)
"IPhones users can use : Demus"
#25
YouTube Revanced
4.0
(1)
"I use YouTube Revanced. Works great for me."
#26
Nuclear
4.0
(1)
"If you're looking for a desktop app, then give Nuclear a try."
#27
Stingray
3.0
(1)
"Stingray."
#28
Deadhead Archives
2.0
(1)
"Used to use Deadhead Archives, but post-update it got really buggy and they removed the ability to Cast to other devices through the app."
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