Spotify Alternatives

The best alternative to Spotify is SoundCloud, which is free. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 100 alternatives to Spotify and loads of them match your filters so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting alternatives to Spotify are Spotube, AntennaPod, Spotifast and Deezer.

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  1. Linthra icon
     3 likes

    Linthra is an open-source, local-first music player for Android and Linux with local library scanning, Jellyfin/navidrome/plex streaming, explicit offline cache, and user-controlled playback.

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Since

    • New

    Platforms

    • Android
    • Android Auto
    • F-Droid
    • OpenAPK
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  2. Musi icon
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    Musi lets you bookmark and organize your favourite music videos, build playlists, share with friends, and more. Musi can also stream onto any AirPlay enabled device. Best of all? IT'S FREE!

    7 Musi alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Since

    • Since 2024

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Mac
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  3. Podcini icon
     3 likes

    Podcini is an open source podcast manager/player project. This is based on a fork from the popular project AntennaPod.

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Since

    • Since 2024

    Platforms

    • Android
    • F-Droid
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  4. Zoff icon
     18 likes

    Collaborate on a live music and video playlist with your friends. It's perfect for parties with integrated chromecasting, or when you want quick access to your favourite playlist.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Since

    • Since 2015

    Platforms

    • Online
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  5. HoloPlay is a audio only alternative Youtube app using Invidious API. You can add your Invidious token and save music to favoris or create your playlists. Open Source project.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Since

    • Since 2021

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Android
    • F-Droid
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  6. Playapod icon
     2 likes

    Playapod is the best way to listen to your favorite podcasts and features cross-platform device syncing, episode tracking down to the second, remote media controls, offline listening, new episode notifications, bulk imports, fast performance, no ads, and more!

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Since

    • Since 2025

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • iPad
    • Android Tablet
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  7. Joytify icon
     3 likes

    Stream songs and playlists at 320kbps, import from YouTube, search albums and artists, access radio stations, trending tracks, lyrics support, dark mode, sleep timer, equalizer, tag editing, favorites, queue management, backup, restore, and cache support.

    59 Joytify alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Since

    • Since 2024

    Platforms

    • Android
    • iPhone
    • iPad
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  8. Tsacdop icon
     7 likes

    Tsacdop is a podcast player developed with Flutter, a clean, simply beautiful and friendly app, which is also free and open source.

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Since

    • Since 2020

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Android
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  9. Free podcast player with AI-powered search across everything you've heard, transcripts, chapters, offline downloads, and CarPlay/Android Auto.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Since

    • Since 2026

    Platforms

    • Android
    • iPhone
    • iPad
    • Android Tablet
    • Apple Watch
    • Android Auto
    • Apple Car Play
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  10. Gtk/Rust native Spotify client for the GNOME desktop. Only works with premium accounts!

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Since

    • Since 2021

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • GNOME
    • Flathub
    • Flatpak
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  11. MyMusik icon
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    An offline music player for personal MP3, FLAC and WAV collections, with a tag editor, audio conversion, synchronized lyrics and optional playback control from an MCP client.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Since

    • Since 2026

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Android
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