Wednesday, June 5, 2019

Which Do You Prefer… Spotify or Apple Music?

Gretchen Newman and Meghan Miller

One of the biggest debates now a days is which music app do individuals use more. Do you think that Apple music is better or Spotify music? Both apps are $9.99 a month. Some positives on having spotify music is it comes with hulu. It also is cheaper to do a family plan when having Spotify. On the other hand, with not having a family plan, only one person can be on spotify at a time. 
     Up to six people can access the services using a personal account for each family member. Apple Music members can also share iTunes purchases in addition to catalog content. Apple Music does, however, require all family members to use the same credit card for App Store purchases. This is a downfall if your family would argue about who is paying.
     A review on macrumor.com stated “I tried Apple Music a couple of times, but it doesn't even come close to Spotify in my opinion. Spotify has far better-curated playlists. They are great at finding music I prefer. I usually listen to a ton of Indie. Too much corporate stuff pushed by Apple Music and all the "New" stuff they display are same old stuff. When I go to Spotify my "Discover Weekly" playlist is filled with good stuff and hidden gems. I have yet to see Apple make a decent playlist towards my tastes.”
     If you're just looking for a free music streaming app and you don't mind ads than Spotify limited version would be highly recommended. Over the years of 2015 and 2018, Spotify has 83 millions subscribers while Apple Music is only 40 million. Overall, Spotify gives more of an option