Spotify vs. Apple Music in 2023
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- Should most people subscribe to Spotify or Apple Music? What features really help differentiate Apple Music from Spotify? Which service has better music quality and formats? Which service has better recommendations and personalization? We'll answer these questions and more.
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0:00 - Personalization
0:58 - Spotify DJ
1:37 - Network Effects
2:21 - Spotify Connect
3:16 - Superior Like System
3:49 - Device support
4:07 - HiFi and Dolby Atmos
5:58 - iTunes
7:06 - Radio Stations
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8:27 - Apple Ecosystem Benefits
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10:52 - Recommendation
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Does Spotify still lack 2 factor authorization?
I do prefer the simplicity of Apple Music, but the cross device support of Spotify is really what keeps me there. I can listen wherever on whatever device & don’t have to be logged into my Apple account.
Not really, cuz you do have Apple Music on Android and there’s a Windows app too. I think there’s also an Apple Music player website. I don’t see an issue with using different devices.
@@carlosasan2604 Does apple music have a Alexa skill that will allow me to play my Apple Music on my home Alexa mesh zones?
@@carlosasan2604 itunes on mac or pc also utilizes your library, like it's shared across any/all devices you are using itunes on too (as long as you're signed in. i don't see the issue with needing to sign in anyways, wouldn't you have to sign into your spotify??)
@@carlosasan2604sometimes i wish i could change the volume of other systems like in spotify, my favorite feature
@@carlosasan2604that android app is shit, i recently switched from iphone 13 to pixel 7 so i decided to download apple music there but i instantly decided to get the spotify app instead
I used Apple Music for 8 years and finally decided to switch to Spotify about 6 months ago and the main thing I notice is how many new songs I find. It felt so hard to find new music but Spotify just slips it in without me even realizing.
“Slips it in with out me realizing” - that’s what she said
@@angryhenry2283😭😭
I just switched from Spotify to apple because of the higher quality audio. And because Spotify is not supported on my HomePods, but I really miss this feature and hope apple will add it Awell
@@ivarniessen1760
Apple has discover new music playlists, new music daily radio, etc. Not to mention you can create radio stations off of 1 song and discover new music that way.
@@epjp4evrbut Spotify recommendations are so much better than Apple Music tbh
AppleMusic's UI is so gorgeous but Spotify has a much, MUCH better UX. Its so well laid-out compared to the clunky mess of AppleMusic.
For me ui doesn’t matter all it’s matter is quality and I find the Apple Music had a better quality especially loseless 🔥 from my EarPods I significantly find the difference
It’s definitely not a clunky mess it’s better organized
I’m currently testing other music apps and Apple Music definitely has the best UI/UX. It’s so easy to use.
@@AamirK11you cannot listen to lossless audio even on AirPods Pro 2nd gen u less you have a headphone like the latest Beats Studio pros or maybe AirPods maxes and a wire, no wire = no lossless
@@MinerManDouglasexactly, 99% of these ppl can’t tell the difference even if they had the proper setup, so cringe lmao
im not sure if i missed this but spotify also has this sick new thing that when you're hanging out with friends you can all connect to one person and add to their queue when they're playing off of a speaker which is way better than having to put songs on their phone
Yeah he totally missed that
AM has something similar.
Yeah, Apple Music has got the same thing. It's coming in iOS 17.1 i think...
I’m just curious as to why people feel the need to abbreviate Apple Music. It doesn’t take a lot of effort lol I’m over here thinking it’s talking about am radio feature in Apple Music 😂😂😂
Apple has that feature too.
An underrated AM feature has to be the insightful descriptions that accompany many albums and playlists. They educate you and give you nice tidbits of information. I wish there were more of them
THIS!!! And now the offer liner notes too. I’m on other apps struggling to see when the album came out.
Those editorial stuff are called iTunes reviews since they technically comes from the iTunes Store lol. I love them too, especially when there’s an interview!
Spotify does this too, along with artist information there is also live lyrics.
@@Sam-le9ok not the same, I'm talking about actual analysis of the album. The closest Spotify comes to that is the Rovi commentary you can still find in some artists pages
yesss. i love explore the music i listen, and am can do that.
Great breakdown! Personally, I've found it's basically this:
Do you like listening to songs and playlists? Spotify. Do you like listening to albums, making your own playlists, and curating your own library? Apple Music
Do you like to discover music in a manner similar to listening to the radio, where you put something on and passively let the algorithm throws songs at you? Spotify (Apple Music Radio aside). Do you like to discover music in a manner similar to browsing though a music shop, forcing you to take a more active role in discovery? Apple Music
I think both of these comparisons really strip it down to the essentials, because the rest of both of the services user experiences and interfaces are heavily influenced by these differences in philosophy.
On the service's playlists... I think Spotify definitely has a big advantage on algorithmically generated playlists - especially mood/vibe-oriented ones. Apple Music's advantage is human-curated playlists. I find Spotify's "best of ____ genre" playlists kind of horrible, frequently missing out on important artists, or just full-on miscategorizing, whereas Apple Music's obviously human-curated equivalents are significantly better.
Welp. Spotify for me. Would have both if they didn’t over charge
This is the best description I’ve ever heard!!! No wonder I love apple music
Great description and exactly why I stick with Apple Music 🙏🏾
Well said.
Yes I like listening to albums, no I dont like apple music. Boom you are wrong
Used Spotify for as long as i can think. I switched to apple music cause they offered a 2 months free subscription and the first thing i noticed immediately was how much clearer and better apple music sounds compared to Spotify. I personally like the UI more (but im sure thats because i used spotify for too long that it got boring). So as someone who wants to hear every detail, every background vocal and every stem i am more than happy with apple music.
are you with Apple or Android?
Same
cuz spotify premium can provide only 320kbps, but apple music provides studio quality ALAC (same as FLAC). FLAC quality can also provide deezer, qobuz or tidal etc.. I prefer deezer and qobuz for the best quality (i do not use their apps, i just download music from these services). If I want to find new music I use spotify with his algorithms
I might have missed it, but one big advantage Apple Music has is the Apple One bundle. If you’re part of the Apple ecosystem and use multiple services, getting Apple Music at a discount is a clear winner IMO. I split the cost of the top-tier Apple One bundle and get all of Apple’s premium services for about the same price as Spotify’s monthly cost.
Nope, we should have had that in there. That is def a plus for Apple Music. Thx for commenting on it! - Josh
Yes this. It is just more worth it to get Apple One. That and I love Dolby Atmos.
yea because of my wife needing the 2tb storage, and the price of music, through apple one I now get arcade and appleTV essentially for free. the Foundation and The Silo even got me to start reading books again
Apple One, Apple ecosystem and better sound quality are the main reasons why we chose AM
I have hulu and Spotify for $5 a month. How much is apples deal?
Apple Music NEEDS to lean into their social aspect more. Being able to see when your followers add/ listen to your playlists and what other albums they listen to is such an amazing feature. They should really take advantage of this considering Spotify doesn't have this yet
You can see who is subbed and listens most often to your playlists and you can collaborate on playlists... but we don't need anymore narcissism social media shit. If you're looking for people to like your recommendations to pump your ego... do it on other social media.
I’ve been using Spotify since 2018 and upgraded to premium in 2020. I dabbled in Apple Music with the free trial I got from my iPhone. I like Spotify better because of the connectivity, UX, and the way the liked songs is sorted by date of liking, most recent up top. I started paying for the yearly this past July to save some $.
How where you able to pay yearly on spotify
@@JMTZS a Spotify premium gift card
@@JMTZS What it's just 11 bucks a month
If you need music every day
It's so worth it
@@Culereterno1899 it’s $99 for the yearly
As a musician and beatmaker, the sing along function is dope! I just wish they could make a function for pitching the songs, that would really make Apple Music my go to app.
I like the Shazam integration in Apple Music, Shazamming something and it adding to an Apple Music playlist for Shazam’s automatically is really nice.
Shazam also integrates with Spotify like Apple Music.
@@rafiqaliit did a couple of years ago. But they changed it so it will only suggest apple music on all iphone’s
@@jokey4619 If you want to sync your music to Spotify, first you have to connect your Spotify account to Shazam app. I have been using this feature for a long time.
No it still exists you just need to change the setting
Spotify was my music app for almost 2 years, but I went back to Apple Music for 2 reasons: 1) Spotify never (and has ye to) released a HD tier, and 2) - And this was the kicker to move back - They muddied up the Spotify app with the spoken word integration. I listened to a handful of podcasts on the app, but then it would never stop showing me podcasts it thought I might like. I didn't need it for podcasts. And I tried everything to make the interface music-focused. To no luck. So about 5 months ago, I transferred my library back to Apple. And truth is, I'm okay with that. Working great. And the iTunes integration is cool.
As a casual music listener, I don't think you can really go wrong with either service. However, when it comes to managing a larger music library I just find Apple Music so much more manageable. Being able to edit tags, rearrange and add new columns in the Songs view, smart playlists, and iCloud Music Library. Spotify's Liked Songs playlist becomes pretty unwieldy when you start getting 10k+ songs, or even less than that. I try to keep Spotify organised in genre playlists, but it is not ideal. When I add a new song to Apple Music I change the genre and I am good to go. I have a Smart Playlist that shows any songs that aren't in one of my pre-defined genres. Plus if I change a song or album genre in Apple Music, that is all I have to do in the tags and the genres will automatically update. In Spotify, I have to manually drag the songs or albums to the other playlist and remove it from the previous playlist.
YESSS!! I agree with you on the organization aspect. I have about 2,000+ songs on apple music and I love how it is all categorized in my library. I have tried Spotify to see how I would manage all my songs, but no it’s just much more crowded and cluttered. This is a big win Apple Music though. I do have to give it to Spotify with its smart connect system and better music suggestions
I agree that smart playlists in Spotify would be great. One thing that drives me nuts with Spotify is that you can’t easily see which of your playlists a song is in. This is especially needed because of the lack of smart playlists. I often go through my liked songs to get them into playlists but it’s easy to forget which have already been done, and the Add To Playlist menu doesn’t indicate it.
I love Apple Music and I’ve used it for years, it’s getting better but god I really do miss all my personalised playlists etc with Spotify that I used to have.
Hopefully they’ll work on it and improve but for me that’s really my biggest issue, apart from that I can’t think of anything else.
One feature you didn't touch on for Apple Music which I feel is comparable to the Spotify DJ is the Discovery Station. It picks music that isn't in your library based on what you have listened to and I am quite impressed with it.
Ohhh I’ve never heard about this. Will try it out.
Spotify has this option as well.
Yeah Spotify has the same feature. I actually like Spotify’s version more simply because it gives you a tab that pulls up new music that it thinks you might like as well as older songs that it thinks you might like too. They also have a cool playlist that changes every week called Release Radar. It makes a playlist of new and old songs that updates weekly based off of your most listened tracks. I’ve found so many new songs through this feature.
I don’t know when they recorded this video, but the Discovery Station only came out a month ago. It’s a great addition, though!
You can also tell Siri to play music you like and it generates songs that you like and a what they think you’ll like which is similar to DJ it just doesn’t have that random ai voice
Switched to spotify a few years ago and the algorithm is no joke. So many different radios and playlists that introduced me to new genres and artist. Plus they have the spotify duo plan that’s only $14
Spotify can allow you to download all the music in your library with just one tap while with Apple Music I can only download music in my playlists but songs that I just added to the library I will have to download them one by one
You can turn on automatic downloads so every time you add something new to your library it will automatically download
skill issue lmfao
Personally, Apple Music paying artists significantly better is a big selling point for me.
I don’t think the artists would think the same if it was reverse. They already make more money than I do
@@luisfermin608well that's just not true at all, regards: making music & working a full time job
Apple was also the ones that trying to pay artist ~zero~ dollars for trial periods
@@midnightpurplemusic up to you my boy. I’m paying for what I like the most.
@@luisfermin608 As you should! Just saying that unless you’re HUGE, artists dont make any money and even then streams are only a fraction
The one we've been waiting for. Really great comparison video. I'm an Apple Music user myself because of my old iTunes library and Apple Music Classical, but can see the draw that Spotify might have for some.
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I do prefer Spotify’s recommendation algorithm but the changes they’re making are a big turn off. The fact that users would have to pay more for Hi-Fi while Apple Music already has higher audio quality at no extra cost should say enough. I used to love Spotify but Apple Music is my main music listening app now.
I love Spotify but I do wish that they will get higher quality audio. It’s the only thing missing that I am wanting.
One thing I feel is super underused is Spotify’s equalizer settings. It can make your music sound so much better with your headphones and especially in your car.
Apple Music 🎧 Same 👉🏻 iPhone settings
@@techdyuk0vYes but you only have select options, the nice part of Spotify is you have custom ranges and more control over how you want it to sound, it’s my personal favorite feature. I like to have higher bass nd treble with a bit less mids and I’ve used both apple and Spotify and the eq for apple doesn’t have anything close to the perfect balance I like that I can achieve on Spotify.
@@HiFiReactsis there a way to do this in AM? I love this about spotify but im thinking about switching to apple music
@@johnhennessey5 To my knowledge, the only thing you can do to change the EQ for AM is to go into the iPhone Settings>Music>EQ and choose from a selection of pre-made options. Spotify gives you full range adjustments, where AM gives you a handful of selections to pick from, and imo I'm not the biggest fan of the available options they give, and that's why its my favorite Spotify feature.
@@johnhennessey5 AM has only default presets (acoustic, dance, deep, rock, vocal booster, etc.) and unfortunately, you can't adjust individual frequencies
I switched to Spotify from Apple Music earlier in the year and thoroughly enjoying it. Everything this guy says about Spotify is accurate, making it superior to Apple Music. Plus Apple Music is expensive.
Apple Music just added a Discovery Station that’s supposed to do the same thing as Spotify is and so far for me it’s pretty good (not on Spotify level yet, but it’s getting closer). In the current iOS 17.1 Beta Apple Music values “Favorites” a lot more (previously loved songs). Your favorites will help the algorithm and you can even filter your library to only show favorites. I’ve switched back and forth between Spotify and Apple Music but I’ve been using Apple Music for the past 4-5 years and I love it and wouldn’t switch back to Spotify
Honestly I really like both. I used to exclusively use Spotify as I get it for free due to family relations, but I got a 6 month trial of Apple Music and love it. Overall Spotify is clunkier and I prefer Apple Music, but Apple Music is worse in connecting with others, multi device control and device compatibility. But they’re both very close. Also Spotify has better plans, but apple has mp3s.
For me, i always used the default music app on my phone. So when i switched to iphone when i lost my android, i decided to just use apple music. At first i didnt know you had to pay for it so i just download and covert music from youtube and to itunes. I got so sick and tired of the process that i decided to just buy the subscription. In the end i was happy and amazed by the sound quality, it was even better when i got my airpods pro. So yea, thats my take
my favourite thing about spotify is the statistics that it provides about my listening history, which i love to look back on
Reason why I chose Apple Music is because of the UI, Sound Quality and Dolby Atmos. I do agree that Spotify’s algorithm is much better, but Apple Music just takes so much more time than Spotify. After using Apple Music for about 1-3 months it can finally come out with good recommendations.
Ya I’ve found the UI has been so much better and then I listened to the same song on both platforms and the song quality difference is insane
Apple Music’s UI takes some time getting used to, but it’s worth it when you compare the sound quality. Pair your phone with an external DAC and you get lossless, Dolby Atmos versions (of course some settings apply). Plus Apple Music is cheaper here than Spotify, would you believe.
Just turn off the normalising volume setting off in the playback settings of Spotify if you have it on and then compare the quality with AM. This worked for me and i don't see a big difference between the two now.
This made a big difference
I’ve got TH-cam premium and it came with TH-cam music, and I make all my playlists and don’t dive too deep into how it sounds while I casually listen on my headphones or car. Works great for me!
8:50 Spotify does have the lyrics card synced and Spotify Jam, which is basically joining in to someone's music session so you can control the music queue of your car/speakers together or even for long-distance relations to listen to music together.
Spotify getting Hi-Fi music just might make it better than Apple Music, at least for me. The only reason why I come back to Apple Music is because of the audio quality which is noticeably superior to Spotify or TH-cam Music (I’m not even an audiophile, but I can actually notice the difference). Overall, Spotify still feels easier to use, recommends songs better and really is better when sharing music because everyone else I know use it. I hope Spotify supports Dolby Atmos someday too cause it really elevates my listening experience.
Try turning off the audio normalization in Spotify’s playback settings. That makes the sound quality almost identical to Apple Music
I already have that turned off. It really only has something to do with the volume of each tracks (like instrumentals, background vocals, etc) and it does help a little, but still not as good as something like Dolby Atmos. But thanks though.
It’s especially noticeable on higher end PCs and Macs with a wired connection. When set up correctly, lossless audio is amazing!
Use wired headphones/earphones and a DAC and you’re in for a different listening experience.
As an Apple product users, I’ve been using Spotify since 2018, premium since 19 and doing the family plan. It’s the UI and curating songs/playlists will always keep me into spotfiy. I do appreciate the changes Apple Music has made over the years but the playlists between friends and family, the devices it has over Apple Music: it will take a while for me to switch
Where my TH-cam music people at?
I dont know why people tend to use spotify/apple music when these apps dont own rights for all the artists. Where YT music has everything!!
I use yt music too
TH-cam music has most songs best algorithms and TH-cam premium 👌
2:56 It’s true that Spotify Connect is widely supported but this ignores the fact that AirPlay is also widely supported. The thing that Spotify has over Apple Music in this area is continuity. If you pause a track on your computer, you can pick up exactly where you left off on your phone
But if you’re in the apple ecosystem then this isn’t really an issue because you can just switch where it’s playing.
@@JamesDerousselleyes, you can switch seamlessly but the continuity functionality is missing. I would love to be able to play a song on my Apple TV, pause it, then jump into my car and have it resume exactly where I left it. That doesn’t happen and, if you consider all the magic that Apple can already achieve with Continuity and Handoff, it seems like a feature they would’ve implemented first or at least copied by now
@@RifumoThey’re getting there with that, the tapping of the phone onto a HomePod to handoff music onto either device is a start.
I used to use it all the time, listening on my HomePod, leaving the house so AirPods in, tap the HomePod with my phone then it carry’s on playing through my AirPods.
@@Rifumo
Not really true, you just have to know how to use the system which isn’t really complicated. I seamlessly move music from whatever apple device I’m on to my phone, I do it daily. I have a playlist playing on my HomePod, transfer to my phone when I head out the door, hit play once I’m in the car, then when I get home from work transfer it to my MacBook and keep listening.
@@scubasteve1555read my comment again
You didn’t mention Apple’s new Discovery station, which in my opinion is much better than Spotify’s discovery. The music it gives you is exactly what I’m looking for.
Otherwise I do have both.
Apple Music is great for people who love the sound of music, like the production and quality.
Spotify is great for background listening and maybe more people use it, so that’s why it’s good for sharing, but I do wish more people used Apple Music.
I agree. The Discovery Station is surprisingly good. If Apple Music can just keep giving more of those options then I think it would be a big win for Apple Music.
Hey there .. i just saw your video I have Spotify for a couple of years .. and I’m wondering about the Apple Music .. I’m with an iPhone and generally using apple airpods ( pro/ max) is it true that the sound quality is better on Apple Music? More than at Spotify?
In Spotify you have your friends listen to and control what you all listen to in Remote session.
You also have the Jam feature too it let's your friends add their songs to your queue and y'all listen together
Now TH-cam music does the lyrics just like apple but it’s always accurate and not buggy. Plus it comes with you tube premium. Plus it’s linked to the video of each song. It’s the best one now.
now that spotify is gearing to increase it's subscription price, will that affect the pros you stated in the video or do you think it won't have much of an effect to the over-all recommendation?
Right now, I am paying more for Spotify than for Apple Music. Add to this the better sound quality of Apple Music (Spotify said they’d add an HD tier but nothing has materialized though) and it’s an easy choice of Apple Music for me. The AM UI I can get used to (I’ve been on Spotify Premium since 2015), plus Spotify’s categorization of music genre can be a bit funny at times.
Does Spotify allow you to sync 2 headphones or wireless earbuds? Or is that an Apple only thing at the moment?
I use a mix of both, I use Spotify more though to seamlessly jump between different devices for playback while not losing my playlist or queue I was listening to. Plus listen history is synced across devices unlike Apple Music
I do the same thing with Apple Music.
I’ve been itching to pull that Apple One trigger for a while now but I just can’t let go of Spotify. Years, almost a decades worth of playlists…it’s just too bad there’s no simple way of transferring them over (at least none that don’t have a ridiculous cost).
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Spotify made me love streaming music. The algorithm is just too good.
I literally was on the same page confused which one to choose because at the end it's higher quality music vs great recommendations, after using both I realised guys like us who listen to few particular artists like I'm into rap hiphop and stuff so I already know what I've to listen and apple's hi-res audio with it's apple products which I have be it AirPods Pro or Mac they sound absolutely fantastic. so eventually chose Apple Music over Spotify from last 14 months and I don't regret it.
iOS iPadOS 17 Apple Music app have gotta even more beautiful, incorporating floating frosted glass windows to indicate depth priority, likely made for Apple Vision Pro.
I keep both but my primary is Apple Music for the fidelity and dolby atmos. I use Spotify when I can’t find some songs on Apple Music like Game OSTs. Oh and I prefer Spotify for podcasts as well.
I used both, as CD collectors, some of the CDs that I put into local files in Spotify are being blocked to be uploaded into mobile devices (maybe due to copyright). But this is not happening with Apple Music.
Lies haha. Apple Music also region locks your own uploaded mp3s. Had it happen so often and I don’t even maintain a very large music collection just 4gigs until now.
It didn't happen to me @@yungwildnfree
Whichever one creates a “add to top” or playlist sort software… I will love forever
Already use Spotify and TH-cam music i just need basic music player and switch wenever device i use so trying navidrome sofar so good
I think some other advantages that Spotify has over Apple Music, is the ability to use Spotify for free but with ads. Also I’m not entirely sure if Apple Music has this feature but on Spotify you can customize the sound inside the app. So if you want more emphasis on highs or lows you can change it.
Yes you can but it’s in the Settings (for iPhone), not inside the app itself.
I actually don’t like Spotify’s like system. I don’t care about having a liked playlist and I don’t want all the songs I like to be automatically added to my library and downloaded to my phone. But I’m pretty sure that’s just me 🤷🏼♂️
Used spotify from 2013-2019, then switched to apple music.i mainly switched because a group of buddies asked if i wanted to go in on a family plan, so now I only pay like $3 a month vs 10 a month on spotify. As a casual listener, I gotta say I didn’t really notice a difference between the two. Only differences I really missed was spotify’s crossfade between songs and spotify’s xbox app because until this year apple didnt have one. BUT apple music THANKFULLY just added an xbox app this year, as well as crossfade in ios 17 so now I have zero reason to go to Spotify lol.
I've come to a point where I have to pay and use both, as I want lossless / atmos / sing, but I want the algorithm and Spotify connect, so I switch back and forward and use SongShift app to move playlists back and forth.
I’m in no effort to switch from Spotify. But it is nice to know Apple Music is catching up. Spotify taking away the radio mix from the playlist and the addable songs at the bottom of the playlist still bothers me though
I don't think they did. You can still add music and (while admittedly more annoying & clunky) you can still create a radio mix of a playlist by creating a similar playlist
@@furrsukikala1420 Yeah but that’s not the same. The addable songs were recommended based on how the entire playlist and often never heard before.
The radio also had many songs you've never heard increasing your likelihood of finding new favorites. I don’t get why they have to take away features like this. especially considering there isn’t really other ways to do the exact same thing the features offered. Adding to playlist relies on you already knowing the song and radio mixed what you might like with stuff you've never heard before. I consider both of these features irreplaceable.
I just find Apple Music simpler to use.
I would find it easier to use if they removed the Radio and Browse tabs.
Real, launching Spotify always seems like I’ve to duck and dodge a sticky salesman who wants me to buy his shit before I can listen to podcasts
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The best reason I keep Spotify is I have Spotify connect in almost every room in my house. Both my blu-ray players, and my receiver. Bought all those items before I got Spotify. They made it easy to live with. I know I'm not getting the best quality but honestly it gives me a reason to work on my CD and hi-res collection on the side.
I start using it tunes in 2007 with a ipod classic 80gb that i used until 2018. and i am happy that i can complete my old music from cds from itunes matched with the libary from apple music. And i can use my playlists that i build over the years and make them bigger and better with new music.
One thing to note, Apple Music is going to have a liked songs playlist sometime this year. After that, the only thing keeping me from switching will just be Spotify’s song recommendations at this point.
While id say that is a big plus you can actually already make a liked songs playlist with about 10 clicks or less on AM. Smart playlists are so good I’m surprised they didn’t mention them in the video.
But yes you can make a smart playlist for liked songs and it’ll automatically add songs you like to the playlist. Plus you can do a lot more with smart playlists.
@@armsid do smart playlists work seamlessly on mobile after you’ve created them on desktop? (Assuming you can’t just create them on mobile)
Don't they already have that with the Loved Tracks playlist? Or are you referring to something else?
@@kaedenmurphy9937 yes. I use smart playlists a lot (multiple playlist with my most played songs by artist and also the loved songs playlist). They work really really well and show up on my phone pretty much the second I make them and they also update seamlessly. I’ve never had to think about it or troubleshoot things after making them (at least not yet) and I’ve been using them for a few years now.
@@jonathan.legend Apple Music doesn’t have a default loved songs playlist. But you can make one really easily with smart playlists. These also let you set other conditions to add songs into the playlist.
I feel like one thing you left out which is really why many people use Apple Music over Spotify is that the app just looks prettier and for listening to the music within your own library, it’s just a greater experience. There’s vivid colors, a well designed lyric view, and better animated cover art. I find Spotify’s UI to be very clunky and with way too many features which most people won’t use. I do wish Apple Music had better recommendations though because I never use the browse and radio tab. I find most my music through TH-cam or various other social media, and find discovery to be far greater there.
Would love to see the family plan included in the comparison. Any thoughts on that? (especially non US) Thanks.
Something I missed in this video is the discussion of privacy, which streaming platform respects your privacy more, from my understanding Apple Music is the winner here but would have loved to see a more deep dive into this!
After shifting to Apple Music for about 4 months, I understand that Spotify works better for me. The way the playlists work for me, recommendation, continuity across devices. For me Apple Music even though I did see some upgrade in quality, it wasn't enough for me to keep me there
I was an Apple Music fan but I used the free Spotify sometimes until I traveled abroad to study and had to switch region on my phone and for me to do that I HAD to cancel my Apple music subscription and there was no work around. I was pissed of because I was loosing all the playlists I curated for myself since Apples playists are shit. My Spotify was fine it saved all the playlists I had there and have really good recommendations too.
I know this is a niche issue but it was big enough for me to switch platforms.
I'm not the one paying for my Apple Music (hence why I use it) but I genuinely appreciate being able to put my own music files on the service and have it sync. There are some stuff I listen to that just isn't available on not just Apple Music, but most streaming services. For example, I bought the Cassette Beasts soundtrack (videogame soundtrack) and it's just not available outside of like, Bandcamp - Steam and YT. Boom, now I have it. A song that is only on TH-cam, boom! My favourite artist does some bandcamp exclusive music, no worries, it can just be part of my library. And if the songs are set up properly, I get lyrics, I get the artist info, I get the genre and all that jazz.
Another example is with my favourite artist, he just released an album. Unfortunately, due to the songs being longer than usual (the longest in the album reaching almost 9 minutes), Apple Music has taken it's sweet time releasing it. No worries, I was planning on buying the album anyway, and now I get to listen to it without worry. Best part, when the album does release on Apple Music, the service will just detect that it's the same thing and wont need to change anything (except maybe do live lyrics).
Windows app could use more updated though.
Can you do a comparison between google maps, waze and apple maps??
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Spotify connect is just unbeatable bruh
I ended up canceling Apple Music last month. Anytime there was an artist I didn’t like, I would dislike the song (not easy as you have to go into a separate menu). After disliking many songs of the artist, it still kept playing that artist all of the time. This was pretty aggravating. Spotify is nice with the ability to like and dislike easily, which is nice when driving. So far it seems better at picking what I want to listen to.
Have or can you a comparison between Apple Music and Pandora?
🍎🎵 Apple Music's library customization and cloud library is something I couldn't live without. I have too large of a library of ripped CDs and other downloads from my iPod days that has carried forward over the years. And I have a good amount of albums or downloaded live bootlegs that I listen to regularly that are not available to stream.
That alone will forever keep me an Apple Music user. But I also prefer the separate apps for podcasts and audio books (I rarely listen to those, so I'm glad they're not in the way when I want to listen to music), and I enjoy the Sing feature, as I sometimes like to just focus on the instrumental part of a song to hear parts that I don't always hear. And of course the higher audio quality is the cherry on top!
I also don't care about the algorithm and community features of Spotify. I usually prefer to seek out my own new music, and Apple Music's algorithm, works well enough for me when I want it. And I listen to music for me. I don't need any of the community stuff to enjoy my music.
I've used both and I eventually settled on Apple Music. Maybe it was simplicity, or eco-system integration. But I do miss the incredible recommendations I used to get with Spotify. I think they're both great and you won't regret signing up to either.
It's also worth mentioning that one of Spotify's advantages mentioned in this video is integration which I feel is a little bit unfair since I found Apple Music everywhere I looked even in Console and Smart TVs. I don't know where else would people want to listen to music. Do we really need a music app in a fridge door for example? I wouldn't call that an advantage.
I feel like Apple saw this and immediately added their Discovery Station, which is pretty awesome, as well as adding a “Favorite” playlist which I similar to liked songs on Spotify
Very good comparison. Clear and concise. Thanks Josh.
JWL - New York
If you click on iPhone on music app in watch, and you phone is not nearby, will the music still play on iPhone?
I have both Spotify Premium Family plan for my kids and I have my own plan for Apple Music plan. I don’t care what extra things Spotify offers if the music quality isn’t good. You can’t beat the Apple Music song quality. Spotify has claimed for years that they were going to improve their song quality but still hasn’t. The ever famous “Maybe sometime this year.”
100% agree with you Michael.
You do know most people can’t hear this “superior song quality “ you talk of
@@danielosagie6778I don’t think he’s referencing lossless. AM uses a different codec vs Spotify and it does sound significantly crisper. I use both but mostly use Spotify. There is a difference in sounds setting aside the lossless.
The Dolby atmos and higher quality was enough for me to switch . I have an iPhone and AirPods Pro 2. I think higher quality outweighs the others
The karaoke feature works really well and I usually like to sing as well 😅
Dolby and audio quality was the reason why i switched as well. some of the songs honestly sound dead on spotify compared to apple music.
I hate that spotify duplicates songs, I love apple's music library but whats keeping me in spotify are 2 things, cross device controls "Jam" and the algorithm is better to discover new music.
A quick quality AM/Spotify comparison - try playing any cut on the Blind Faith 1969 album. You will quickly hear the difference. This old geezer was transported back to his college years.
I've never used Apple music but one Spotify feature I love is that when I'm listening to music in the car and I lose cell service Spotify will still play several songs.
They must be loading the next batch of songs on a playlist or album so that even when I'm out of service I can still listen. I had a promo for TH-cam music and couldn't play anything without a connection. My drive to and from work is rural so I lose my connection and being able to continue to play songs is a small but really great feature. It's to the point where I'm hesitant to try a different app because of this.
Both services offer a “download for offline use” feature, but you do have to pay for that.
what I don't like about apple music is... when I put my local files on apple music, apple music AI change the tags of that local files automatically.
It is still nice to have them available, especially when the album isn’t on any of the music services.
@@uofmtigertech1316 yeah but youtube music and spotify allows putting local files to playlist too. youtube music has cloud like apple and youtube music never change the tags.
The thing that got me on spotify is it is sooooo much easier to add your own music and add any songs you want that arent on spotify itself, like unreleased music, etc.
@6monthslater (Josh), thank you for such a great comparison and review of these music services. I did, however, notice one thing that was incorrect. You mentioned that only Spotify can work with Amazon speakers devices. Apple has been supported by Amazon for quite a while, I have had Apple Music as my default music source on my Amazon Echo and Show devices, for more than a year. Thanks again for the awesome video!
I appreciate the insights! 😊 However, I’ve found that Apple Music doesn’t seamlessly connect to Amazon Alexa when you press the AirPlay button on your iPhone. Unlike Spotify, which seems to have broader device compatibility. While Apple Music does support Amazon devices, it doesn’t quite connect to them like the smooth AirPlay to HomePod. Just my experience! 🎶📱
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Have you gone into your Alexa settings and added/connected Apple Music to Alexa, and set it to the default music app? If you have not already done that, then I can understand your problem. You need to do this setup just one time.
If you have done this, you should see a speaker on top of another speaker glyph icon in the Apple Music app when you play a song. Just click on that a select the smart speaker or group of your choice. Or, you can just say, “Alexa, play [song or album title] by [artist],” and it will switch to playing on that Amazon speaker. I have been doing both of these , successfully, for quite a while.
TH-cam music is my fave music streaming platform, algorithm is unbeatable and the yt premium combo is unmatched
I would use that if it could separate my YT account and YT Music account. I don’t like seeing my non-music playlists on YT Music.
@@mr_red13 THIS. EXACTLY.
But audio quality is not the best in yt music.
@@sidharthtk8309I barely hear a difference when listening in the car or at home, plus I listen to lots of TH-cam video loops anyways so it’s so convenient to have access to them
Unfortunately the music quality sucks on YT music, it’s a lot softer than even Spotify, which is already lower than Apple Music. The volume range is all over the place for each song, especially when you get away from mainstream music.
I am Team Deezer and it has all the features you mentioned here 😅😂 the best of both I would say. But as the chart shows its a minority in the market 😅
Deezer has a god awful UI lol
As a long time Apple Music user i have been dabbling in Spotify lately. Mainly at this point i can say i like how Spotify serves up music choices (similarly well done on TH-cam Music) compared to Apple. But then like some have mentioned Apple is simple and straightforward that i like where Spotify does not seem as intuitive to navigate. Also the radio stations i would say.
Apple has a “discovery” station that has phenomenal recommendations (in my personal anecdotal opinion). Not sure if that’s what you’re referring to. You might be discussing the playlists by genre, to which I would say Apple does it more simplistically via the search function, in my opinion lol.
I switched from Spotify to Apple Music because of the UI and the user experience is just so much better. Shazam for one on my iPhone. Also whenever I plug my phone into my car speaker, or connect vea bluetooth Apple Music automatically starts playing. I got so tired of pausing Apple Music and opening Spotify that I just switched to Apple Music. Also at the time Spotify had no specific advantage for me over Apple. However, that DJ does look cool.
Spotify combining the “like” and “add to library” is the biggest gripe I have with it. I really wish they were separate like on Apple Music. I’d prefer to add all songs to my library and then download them, instead of having a “Liked Songs” playlist with over 5000 songs
I hate this too. Awful UX choice, IMO
Literally the reason I stayed w Apple Music
@@rodrigoc9699then i have some bad news for you🫣 in iOS 17.1 AM also has the favorite button (instead of the love button) that instantly adds the song to your library as well
Give me TH-cam music any day. That also means I'm not watching annoying ads on TH-cam either.
As someone who is currently typing to you on the platform of TH-cam, the added benefit of TH-cam music is very worth it.
I like the Spatial Audio in Apple Music.
I like the music recommendation in Spotify.
I listen to Spotify to find new music and then add it to my Apple Music library
Been with apple music since launch. Even when I switched from iPhone to Android I'm still using it. Most people don't even realize apple music is on the play store. It's the move. Such a fan of the service and they continue to surprise. I have my yearly recap playlists from 2015 all the way to now.
I hate the podcast and audiobooks mixed into music HATE. That’s why I’m on Apple Music
WOW! Your 6 advantages of Spotify over Apple are the exact reasons why I would never use Spotify. I don’t want anybody suggesting listening sets to me. Thank you for clarifying my thoughts as to the reasons why Apple, iTunes, Music Match, and radio (which I don’t care about much) will always be my choice for listening to and managing my personal 16,000 song library.
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The only reason why I use Apple Music is because my phone plan provides it for free lol but Spotify is & will always be my favorite. That is of course if Apple levels up the interaction you get when using the product
3:26 I want control over my own library so I much prefer a like meaning that I liked the song and add meaning I chose to add the song myself
Apple Music is so slow and frustrating in some moments. But the aesthetic and content quality is so much better than Spotify
Slow?
@@AaronFigFront yup, the buffering time in my iPhone and PC are too long
@@gnobocyou got something going on with the network, perhaps don’t use ISP’s provided DNS, just change to cloudflare’s.
TH-cam Music Anyone???
As an audiophile I can't let go of apple because it's such a far superior sound (to me) than Spotify. I enjoy also that songs just get added to my library verses me having to make a playlist for everything.
However, Spotify appears to have a much more adaptive recommendations for personalized song recommendations
I use youtube music since there are full uncut concerts I could listen to. And also, game soundtrack compilation that are not available in other platforms. Most importantly the live versions of artists in different radio shows