Spotify Alternatives

Spotify is described as 'Stream millions of tracks online with genre, playlist, artist, and album browsing. Get offline listening and ad-free experience with Premium' and is a leading Music Streaming service in the audio & music category. There are more than 100 alternatives to Spotify for a variety of platforms, including Android, Web-based, iPhone, Windows and Mac apps. The best Spotify alternative is Deezer, which is free. Other great apps like Spotify are SoundCloud, YouTube Music, Funkwhale and Apple Music.

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Spotify alternatives are mainly Music Streaming Services, but if you're looking for Music Discovery Services or Audio Players you can filter on that. Other popular filters include Android + Open Source. These are just examples - use the filter bar below to find more specific alternatives to Spotify.
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Spotify alternatives page was last updated Jun 11, 2025
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    Podcatcher offers a free, ad-free podcast experience with a simple user interface. Discover and subscribe to podcasts, add custom URLs, and get notifications for new episodes. Enjoy playback speed control without distortion, chapter support, artwork, and automatic pause skipping.

    License model

    • FreeProprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • iPhone

    Properties

    1.  Privacy focused

    Features

    1.  No Tracking
    2.  Ad-free
    3.  Import/Export OPML Feeds
    4.  No registration required
    5.  Playback speed control
    6.  Push Notifications
    7.  Silence-Skip
    8.  speech transcription
    9.  Chapter detection

    Podcatcher: Podcast App VS Spotify

     
  2. Spotify-qt icon
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    A Spotify client using Qt as a simpler, lighter alternative to the official client, inspired by spotify-tui. Much like spotify-tui, you need an actual Spotify client running, for example spotifyd, which can be configured from within the app.

    26 Spotify-qt alternatives

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Snap
    • Windows
    • Mac
    • BSD

    Spotify-qt VS Spotify

     
  3. Qobuz icon
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    Qobuz is an online music platform offering streaming subscriptions and downloads. Qobuz offers more than 40 million titles in lossless quality (16-Bit/44.1 kHz, similar to CD quality), and possesses a large catalogue of high-resolution content (75,000 albums in 24-Bit Hi-Res).

    138 Qobuz alternatives

    License model

    Country of Origin

    • FR flagFrance
    • European Union flagEU

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • iPad
    • Android Auto
    • AirPlay

    Qobuz Features

    1.  Hi-Fi Sound
    2.  Music Store
    3.  Lossless Audio
    4.  Unlimited music
    5.  Works Offline
    6.  Stream audio
    7.  Music Library
    8.  Playlists management

    Qobuz VS Spotify

     
    Comments about Qobuz as an Alternative to Spotify
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    Positive Jan 10, 2019
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    You can stream and download music at the same price as Spotify...

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    • Most users think Qobuz is a great Spotify alternative.

    • Qobuz is Paid and ProprietarySpotify is Freemium and Proprietary
  4. Apple Podcasts icon
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    Access millions of shows spanning entertainment to news with Apple Podcasts. Enjoy streamlined listening across devices, expert curation, and exclusive content through subscriptions. Save favorites to your library, sync with iCloud, and listen offline or via CarPlay.

    112 Apple Podcasts alternatives

    License model

    • FreeProprietary

    Country of Origin

    • US flagUnited States

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Online
    • iPhone
    • iPad
    • Apple Watch
    • Apple TV
    • Apple Car Play

    Apple Podcasts Features

    1.  AirPlay Support
    2.  Works Offline
    3.  Personalized Recommendations
    4.  Chapter detection
    5.  Sync with iCloud
    6. Alexa icon  Alexa integration

    Apple Podcasts VS Spotify

     
  5. Koel icon
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    A personal music streaming server that works.

    If you want to use the mobile apps, you have to pay for it.

    License model

    • FreemiumOpen Source

    Country of Origin

    • VN flagVietnam

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Self-Hosted
    • Cloudron

    Koel Features

    1.  Self-hosted music
    2.  Music Library
    3.  Unlimited music
    4.  Web-Based

    Koel VS Spotify

     
  6. Spotfy icon
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    The frontend app for delivering musical content registered in Spotify by using YouTube's API. It does not require any account to use the app and allows to anonymously listen to music, podcasts, etc.

    License model

    • FreeProprietary

    Platforms

    • Online

    Spotfy Features

    1.  Ad-free

    Spotfy VS Spotify

     
  7. Faircamp icon
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    A static site generator for audio producers.

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Country of Origin

    • AT flagAustria
    • European Union flagEU

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Self-Hosted

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight

    Features

    1.  Support for MarkDown
    2.  Works Offline
    3. Git icon  Git Support
    4.  Ad-free
    5.  Stream audio

    Faircamp VS Spotify

     
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