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   SoundCloud

    662 likes

   Soundcloud is known for having an impressive music and audio library. We are talking about more than 200 million files between songs and podcasts. This is mainly because it is the preferred music streaming platform for new indie artists, those that you probably couldn't find on Spotify (shoutouts to electronic music lovers). The main disadvantage with SoundCloud is that you won't find a lot of well-known established artists.

   It also works as a kind of music social network where you can share, like, and comment on entries; highlight parts of songs; create your own lists and podcasts; and follow your favorite artists. All this means that you can find an impressive variety of content compared to Spotify. Soundcloud has a free version with ads, but you can subscribe to one of their premium memberships from as little as $5 USD per month.

   175 SoundCloud alternatives

   Cost / License

   • Freemium
   • Proprietary

   Application typeApplication types

   • Music Streaming
   • Audio Player

   Origin

   • Germany
   • EU

   Platforms

   • Windows
   • Online
   • Android
   • iPhone
   • Android Tablet
   • iPad
   • Android Auto
   • Apple Car Play
   • Apple Watch
   • Android Wear

   • Germany
   • EU

   

   

   

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   SoundCloud vs Spotify Comments

   Top Positive Comment by Jonathan Jewell · Jan 7, 2023

   It is far more concerned with individual and small musicians and has way less of a sense of corporate obsession and political interference with it. I do think that Spotify, thanks to its influence, can basically draw anything to its collection and make or break a major artist, but for smaller artists, Soundcloud offers hope that there is a route into the industry.

   Top Negative Comment by Harvey Williams · Nov 23, 2018

   SoundCloud generally allows small artists to share their music, where as Spotify rarely has small time artists and instead focuses on artists which have full albums or have been signed.

   Positive comment by Guest · Apr 7, 2024

   Because Spotify is paid it spoil the entrainment because of repeting of same ads

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   • SoundCloud is Freemium and ProprietarySpotify is also Freemium and Proprietary
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   Spotube

    162 likes

   Cross-platform client for desktop and mobile enabling manual playback, free streaming via YouTube without a Spotify Premium account, playlist creation, auto-generation, time-synced lyrics, music download, dark theme, integration with Piped and Sponsorblock, and multi-language support.

   89 Spotube alternatives

   Cost / License

   • Free
   • Open Source

   Application typeApplication types

   • Music Streaming
   • Audio Player

   Origin

   • Bangladesh

   Platforms

   • Windows
   • Mac
   • Linux
   • Flatpak
   • Flathub
   • iPhone
   • Android
   • F-Droid
   • OpenAPK

   • Bangladesh

   

   

   

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   Spotube vs Spotify Comments

   Positive comment by Myrano · Apr 18, 2024

   Free, open-source, ad-free and privacy-friendly. A bit slow sometimes.

   Positive comment by dudubo · Jul 15, 2023

   Thank you so much guys !!!!

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   • Spotube is Free and Open SourceSpotify is Freemium and Proprietary
   • Spotube is Lightweight and Privacy focusedSpotify is not according to our users
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   AntennaPod

    217 likes

   A free and open source podcastmanager for Android, allowing you to subscribe to podcasts (via iTunes database & OPML), automatically download episodes using powerful mechanisms and listen to them the way you like (speed, balance adjustments, etc).

   87 AntennaPod alternatives

   Cost / License

   • Free
   • Open Source (GPL-3.0)

   Application typeApplication types

   • Podcast Player
   • Podcast Manager

   Origin

   • Germany
   • EU

   Platforms

   • Android
   • Android Tablet
   • Android Auto
   • F-Droid
   • OpenAPK

   • Germany
   • EU

   

   

   

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   AntennaPod vs Spotify Comments

   Top Positive Comment by Frexode · Dec 17, 2023

   AntennaPod is great for podcasts. Has all the necessary features minus the tracking and ads. You wont find the spotify exclusive podcasts though. So if you listen to some of those, then Spotify might be your only option.

   Positive comment by collorfrisie · Aug 16, 2024

   much easier to sort podcasts and downloads are always available

   Positive comment by Guest · Mar 2, 2024

   It is a easy to use, nice looking, privacy friendly and OpenSource all in one solution for Podcasts. Probably the best podcast app there is. Only thing that is missing is being able to comment or see comments on ActivityPub Podcasts' feeds

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   • AntennaPod is Free and Open SourceSpotify is Freemium and Proprietary
   • AntennaPod is a Podcast Player Spotify is a Music Streaming Service
   • AntennaPod is Privacy focused, Lightweight and CustomizableSpotify is not according to our users
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   Spotifast

    51 likes

   Spotify, native and fast. One lightweight Rust app for your whole library, local playback, and Spotify Connect on Linux, macOS, and Windows.

   14 Spotifast alternatives

   Cost / License

   • Free
   • Open Source (MIT)

   Application typeApplication types

   • Spotify Client
   • Audio Player

   Origin

   • Germany
   • EU

   Platforms

   • Mac
   • Windows
   • Linux
   • Homebrew
   • Nix Package Manager
   • Flatpak
   • AppImage
   • Arch Linux

   • Germany
   • EU

   

   

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   Deezer

    477 likes

   Deezer is an excellent option since its user experience is quite similar to Spotify, but it also has approximately 70 million songs available, about 30 million more than its competitor. It also has a feature similar to the Shazam called SongCatcher, which you can use to identify the name of the songs that are playing. Flow is another cool feature missing on Spotify, with recommendations created exclusively for you and songs that you no longer remember so you can enjoy long hours of music. The free version of Deezer works similar to Spotify (although with less advertising between songs), but you can always get the premium version from $10 USD.

   196 Deezer alternatives

   Cost / License

   • Freemium
   • Proprietary

   Application typeApplication types

   • Music Streaming
   • Audio Player

   Origin

   • France
   • EU

   Platforms

   • Mac
   • Windows
   • Online
   • Android
   • iPhone
   • Android Tablet
   • iPad
   • Apple Watch
   • Apple TV
   • Kindle Fire
   • HUAWEI AppGallery
   • Samsung Galaxy Store

   • France
   • EU

   

   

   

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   Top Positive Comment by Douze · Feb 3, 2022

   Deezer roughly pays the artists 40% more money per stream than Spotify ($0.0064 instead of $0.00437, according to dittomusic.com). It doesn't seem like much, but to me it's an fairly important point, which led me to use Deezer over Spotify.

   Negative comment by Sam Lander · Jun 24, 2023

   With Deezer you can only listen to 30 seconds of a song unless you pay.

   Positive comment by mulang · Jan 26, 2023

   It's a nice and easy to use ui

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   • Deezer is Freemium and ProprietarySpotify is also Freemium and Proprietary
   • Deezer is LightweightSpotify is not according to our users
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   Funkwhale

    188 likes

   Funkwhale is one of the most popular options when it comes to Open Source and Self-Hosted alternatives to Spotify. You can have control over your personal music library without worrying about it ever disappearing from the platform for any external reason. Unlike Spotify, Funkwhale consists of several independent websites or "pods" (sometimes called "servers" or "instances") where you can upload your personal library to be streamed to mobile devices or shared with friends. Funkwhale is completely free, giving the user an experience free of tracking and ads.

   102 Funkwhale alternatives

   Cost / License

   • Free
   • Open Source (AGPL-3.0)

   Application typeApplication types

   • Music Streaming
   • Music Discovery

   Origin

   • France
   • EU

   Platforms

   • Mac
   • Windows
   • Linux
   • Online
   • Android
   • iPhone
   • Self-Hosted
   • F-Droid
   • Cloudron
   • Kodi

   • France
   • EU

   

   

   

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   Funkwhale vs Spotify Comments

   Top Positive Comment by loziniak · May 13, 2021

   It's open and distributed.

   Top Negative Comment by szpijon · Aug 19, 2024

   Not a streaming service like spotify, only a self-hosted music library

   Negative comment by L-M · Oct 2, 2026

   has nothing to do with Spotify

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   • Funkwhale is Free and Open SourceSpotify is Freemium and Proprietary
   • Funkwhale is Decentralized, Lightweight and Privacy focusedSpotify is not according to our users
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   Bandcamp

    208 likes

   It is an excellent option for independent musicians that combines many features from a social network where you can display your music, with an ecommerce function that lets you sell your merchandise. Unlike Spotify, Bandcamp allows users to stream your music or buy your discography in physical or digital formats (with a commission of 10 to 15%). 

   If you are a musician, the premium version offers you several extra benefits such as: Sending private messages to your fans, seeing the location of your buyers and how they have reached you, batch uploading audio to the platform, adding videos to your music and related merchandise, sending VIP songs through private links, the ability to configure a custom domain, connecting your profile with Google Analytics, and disable some songs so that cannot be listened for whatever reason.

   136 Bandcamp alternatives

   Cost / License

   • Freemium
   • Proprietary

   Application typeApplication types

   • Music Streaming
   • Music Discovery

   Origin

   • United States

   Platforms

   • Online
   • Android
   • iPhone

   • United States

   

   

   

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   Positive comment by MaterialFuture · May 13, 2022

   Bandcamp allows you to support artists directly and without having to use an app and with less fees. It has a lower barrier to entry than Spotify so you'll find more independent artists. The merch feature is great and allows you to buy merch (digital/physical) and music all in one place.

   Positive comment by szpijon · Aug 19, 2024

   Allows you to actually own the songs you pay for. Vast majority (if not all) of the money you pay goes directly to the artist. It also supports Lossless audio. And you can also order some cool merch

   Positive comment by Guest · Nov 24, 2025

   Really a good alternative also main music player of all devices. (It grants artists their rights.)

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   • Bandcamp is Freemium and ProprietarySpotify is also Freemium and Proprietary
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    YouTube Music

     198 likes

    YouTube Music has an important advantage over Spotify, in addition to its extensive music catalog, it includes millions of videos and uses the extremely intelligent and powerful YouTube search engine, which means that you just have to type or say some word that identifies a song or part of the lyrics and you will surely find it.

    Its interface is really easy and familiar to navigate, on its main page you will find different playlists according to your mood. Thus, if you need more energy, need to focus, or need to relax or cheer up, you can use them to forget about looking for specific genres or songs.

    But beyond the content, there are two main advantages: you can have your music offline or watch videos without having to be connected to WiFi or mobile data. In addition, you can have YouTube videos in the background and continue using other applications without the music being cut until you decide. You can purchase YouTube Music Premium from $10 USD.

    195 YouTube Music alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application typeApplication types

    • Music Streaming
    • Audio Player

    Origin

    • United States

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
    • Apple Watch
    • Android Auto
    • Android TV
    • Chrome OS
    • Android Wear

    • United States

    

    

    

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    Top Positive Comment by Irina Manets · Aug 6, 2020

    Free, included in YouTube premium

    Top Negative Comment by choudharipremchand505 · Nov 13, 2023

    YouTube music is good but you can't listen to it if you are on some other app or your phone is off, unless you pay.

    Positive comment by tbmcqueen · Jan 15, 2026

    I have found this easier to use than Spotify, but it has plenty of drawbacks. I recommend digging up an older APK for it, though, because it got overall laggier and buggier in 2025. I believe mine is from Oct, 2024. Playlists don't have good tools to manage and won't load in their entirety without a lot of scrolling – and then their UI gets laggy once hundreds of tracks are shown. It doesn't come up often, but if you need to delete something from the end of a long playlist, expect it to take at least several minutes. Shuffle play works fine as long as you remember to actually "Shuffle Play" rather than hitting play and turning shuffle on, although in some circumstances involving stopping and restarting a shuffled playlist it can un-shuffle. Ethically, it looks like YTM pays out a similar amount to Spotify (very little), and then of course there's the fact that it's owned by Alphabet. Does that make it worse than Spotify? I don't know, but they're in similar territory, IMO.

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    • YouTube Music is Freemium and ProprietarySpotify is also Freemium and Proprietary
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    iTunes

     1051 likes

    Serves as a media player and library for music, videos, and playlists, streams Internet radio, imports CDs, syncs content and manages iPhone or iPad, offers purchasing and downloading of music, TV shows, movies, supports podcasts, audiobooks, and works on macOS or Windows.

    255 iTunes alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application typeApplication types

    • Audio Player
    • Internet Radio

    Origin

    • United States

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • iPhone
    • iPad

    • United States

    

    

    

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    Discontinued

    In macOS Catalina or newer, they don't support it anymore. It can still be downloaded for Windows.

    iTunes vs Spotify Comments

    Negative comment by Guest · Jan 7, 2018

    you are buying music instead of just listening it

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    • iTunes is Free and ProprietarySpotify is Freemium and Proprietary
    • iTunes is an Audio Player Spotify is a Music Streaming Service
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    Pocket Casts

     246 likes

    Podcast player supporting streaming and downloads, advanced search, cross-device 'Up Next', improved discovery, playback effects, and offline listening essentials.

    142 Pocket Casts alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Open Source (MPL-2.0)

    Application typeApplication types

    • Podcast Player
    • Podcast Manager

    Origin

    • United States

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Chrome OS
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
    • Apple Watch
    • Android Auto
    • Android Wear
    • Apple Car Play

    • United States

    

    

    

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    Pocket Casts vs Spotify Comments

    Top Positive Comment by sedeti · Apr 15, 2022

    That's just a podcast player

    Top Negative Comment by Guest · Jul 10, 2020

    Pocket Casts is a podcast player not a streaming music service.

    Negative comment by Benjamin Brooks · Apr 14, 2025

    its solely for podcast and would be a waste of time for spotify users

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    • Pocket Casts is Freemium and Open SourceSpotify is Freemium and Proprietary
    • Pocket Casts is a Podcast Player Spotify is a Music Streaming Service
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    Pandora

     665 likes

    Pandora offers a free, ad-supported internet radio, analyzing over 400 song attributes through the Music Genome Project. Customize your listening with Pandora One for $4.99/month, featuring high-quality streaming, unlimited skips, no ads, and enhanced user interaction across desktop applications.

    214 Pandora alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application typeApplication types

    • Internet Radio
    • Music Streaming

    Origin

    • United States

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
    • Apple Watch
    • Apple TV
    • Kindle Fire
    • Android Auto
    • Apple Car Play

    • United States

    

    

    

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    Negative comment by khunphraew · Oct 20, 2023

    I know people can listen to the radio, but isn't spotify a multimedia player? (It's not)

    Negative comment by Guest · Jan 26, 2017

    Pandora is an internet radio that chooses the songs for you while Spotify lets you decide which song to play

    Negative comment by Guest · Apr 21, 2017

    This is a radio, spotify is a media player.

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    • Pandora is Freemium and ProprietarySpotify is also Freemium and Proprietary
    • Pandora is an Internet Radio Spotify is a Music Streaming Service
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    Metrolist

     26 likes

    Free open-source Android client enables YouTube Music streaming, background play, offline caching, account sync, live lyrics, playlist import, audio normalization, silence skip, tempo/pitch adjust, local playlist management, dynamic themes, and sleep timer.

    71 Metrolist alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (GPL-3.0)

    Application typeApplication types

    • Audio Player
    • Music Streaming

    Platforms

    • Android
    • F-Droid
    • Obtainium
    • OpenAPK

    

    

    

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