Spotify is a popular music streaming service with over 159 million users, but most of them are free account holders. That means they get the limited Spotify experience: ad interruptions every 30. Spotify Premium costs $9.99 a month and for that, you get an entirely ad free experience. You can listen to as much music as you want and you’ll never get interrupted by an ad. You can also listen to any track, album, artist, or playlist you like at any time in any order with unlimited skips.
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The way we consume music has evolved dramatically over the past 50 years.
One of the biggest changes is the shift from ownership of physical – and latterly digital – music (remember Steve Jobs pulling 1,000 songs out of his pocket in 2001?) to streaming; playing songs in real-time from a library in the ether.
Streaming has in some ways provided a huge boost to the music industry, offsetting the decline in sales of physical formats and reshaping the way music is packaged, distributed and consumed.
According to global music industry representative IFPI, by the end of 2019, streaming accounted for more than half (56.1 per cent) of global recorded music revenue for the first time.
It is the industry’s fastest-growing revenue source, with 89 per cent of music-lovers across the globe listening to music through on-demand streaming, and 54 per cent of 35 to 64-year-olds using a streaming service in the past month – up eight per cent on figures taken 12 months previously.
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The state of play
There are plenty of streaming services vying for your attention: Deezer, Google Play Music, Primephonic, Amazon Music Unlimited, and YouTube Music to name a few.
Tidal, with its CD-quality lossless streaming tiers, has made ripping CDs a thing of the past, while Qobuz’s Sublime+ subscription offers hi-res downloads too.
But the biggest two by far are Spotify and Apple Music. Since 2008, Spotify has been at the forefront of streaming.
As one of the longest-running and most subscribed-to services, its dominance has seen many rivals fall by the wayside. But Spotify arguably faces its biggest threat yet from Apple Music (previously Beats Music until Apple acquired it in 2014). Bonde do funk spotify download free music.
Here, we compare the two giants to see which most deserves your money.
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Subscription plans
If you don’t have the extra cash to splash on streaming, then Spotify should probably be your go-to service.
Staying true to its “music for everyone” ethos, it is one of the few to offer a free (ad-supported) subscription tier alongside its Premium service.
The desktop version is pretty unrestricted in terms of search and stream options, and while free users on the mobile app could previously only listen to playlists in shuffle mode rather than specific tracks and were limited to six song-skips per hour, Spotify updated the app in 2018 to allow free users unlimited listening to as many as 750 tracks across 15 top playlists every month (including Discover Weekly), equating to about 40 hours of music playback.
Of course, there are adverts, and the data rate is capped at 160kbps, but the service is free, so it'd be churlish to complain.
The majority of Spotify’s 100 million active users settle for the free tier but, as the 140 million who now subscribe to the paid-for Premium service can vouch for, there’s plenty of reason to shell out: 320kbps streams, offline listening, Spotify Connect support, search and skip tracks on mobile devices, and no adverts.
Apple Music doesn’t have a free tier, although there is a three-month free trial and you don’t need to be a member to listen to Beats 1 radio – one of the service’s most celebrated features.
For online and offline streaming and access to more radio stations, the monthly fee is also £10 ($10) (or £5 ($5) for the student membership).
Apple Music may have arrived late to the party, but it did so with a huge fanfare. While it may currently have around half the number of paying subscribers as Spotify (68m by the end of 2019, according to German statistics portal, Statista), the fact that it has skyrocketed to that in just over five years is staggering.
App to access your spotify downloaded. Now that Spotify has revised the initial monthly £30 cost of its Family Plan, both services now offer £15 ($15) family membership covering up to six users. Recently, Spotify also launched a £12.99 ($12.99) Duo membership too, for couples.
**Winner** Spotify
Catalogue
It’s a pretty even match when it comes to catalogue size and platform support.
Apple Music claims over 60m tracks in its back catalogue, while Spotify's figure is 50m songs. And that’s growing – in April 2019, Spotify founder Daniel Ek told investors that 40,000 songs were being added to Spotify's streaming platform every day. It's not just music though, the catalogue is growing in terms of types of content too.
Battling to be at the forefront of innovation, Spotify has focused on podcasts as well as music for its content growth. Since the acquisition of podcasting production specialist Gimlet Media in 2019, over 700,000 podcasts have been made available to stream and download on Spotify, including a raft of Spotify exclusives.
And if that sounds a bit much, there a set of human-curated podcast playlists to help you find your new favourite shows with names such as 'Best Podcasts of the Week', 'Brain Snacks' and 'Crime Scene' – all self-explanatory and well worth delving into.
Perhaps Apple's advantage over Spotify here is that while both services offer playlists that comprise songs based on your listening habits, Apple also has the Beats 1 Radio stations which feature human DJs at the decks.
But streaming services aren’t quite the global jukebox they could be.
Some anti-streaming artists, including Adele and, historically, Prince, have deliberately restricted their work. Spotify has come into conflict with artists over both the low royalties it pays acts and the very existence of its free tier.
In 2014, Taylor Swift publicly pulled all but one of her songs from Spotify. At the time, Spotify said that 16m of its users had played Swift's music in the 30 days leading up to the removal, adding that she appeared on 19m Spotify playlists.
Swift wrote in a Wall Street Journal op-ed, 'It's my opinion that music should not be free' although she has now conceded this protest.
Jay-Z’s involvement in Tidal has seen some of his albums, including The Blueprint, appear exclusively there, although the artist eventually threw in the towel on that particular exclusivity war.
Apple has cut exclusive deals, including Dr Dre’s Compton album, Drake's Views From The 6 and Britney Spears' Glory, all of which initially appeared on Apple Music only – although they are now available on Spotify. Still, the lure of a paid-for service clearly works when it comes to securing artists, to a degree at least.
Time will tell whether Apple Music’s artist-exclusives will hurt Spotify in the long run, but Spotify is rumoured to be considering keeping some music off its free tier to get more artists on board.
Both services are available on a number of platforms: there’s desktop support for PC and Mac (Spotify has a web player too), plus Android and iOS apps.
Spotify also has the benefit of Connect, which lets premium subscribers stream directly to speakers, TVs or systems, while Apple deploys AirPlay 2 here.
Both have become a function on many hi-fi and AV products – and it's a big pull for those interested in bringing streaming and multi-room listening to their existing system.
**Winner** Draw
The user experience
Both Spotify and Apple Music offer similarly clean, simple and intuitive layouts. That wasn’t always the case, though. When Apple Music first launched, we found its busy interface a bit clunky to use.
But with Apple's 2016 iOS 10 update, the Cupertino giant stripped it back, with cleaner typography and graphics. Features and options are hidden away behind icons and collapsible tabs, and the layout is easier to navigate.
The rule of thumb for using Apple Music is to click everything. Tapping the ellipsis that appears almost everywhere opens options such as: play next, add to library, add to a playlist, share (to any social media), lyrics and download.
Everything is neatly contained within five sections: Library, For You, Browse, Radio and Search/store. Sub-sections for New Music and Curated Playlists are clearly labelled within the Browse section.
The Library is where all your music lives. This includes files stored on your smartphone, CD-ripped WAVs, your own playlists and any music you’ve saved and downloaded while streaming or listening to radio in Apple Music.
Thanks to its compatibility with iCloud sharing, you’ll also be able to see all the music stored on your iTunes account.
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Spotify allows you to bring your local files into its interface too, but it’s not as well integrated. If you want all your music in one place, Apple Music does it better.
Spotify’s iconic green-tinted silver-on-grey interface has long been the ideal template with its logical and accessible sidebar menu layout, and its consistent focus on content over the years has made it all the more practical.
The Browse (or ‘home’) page throws up context-based playlists, constantly updated UK and global charts, and new releases for your attention, as well as content sorted by genre and based on tracks you’ve previously listened to.
Spotify program vs app. A new ‘Concert’ tab that flags up gigs based on your music tastes and location, as well as ones that are ‘popular near you’, is a nice addition for music-lovers too.
**Winner** Draw
Discovery
For those who like to explore new bands, both Spotify and Apple Music encourage the pioneer in you.
When you register for Apple Music, tapping on floating red circles highlighting different genres of music and artists gives an indication of your initial preferences.
Hitting ‘Love’ or ‘Dislike’ on songs updates this and we are certainly impressed by Apple’s curation, and by how on-point the playlists are. On the iOS app, clicking on the 'For You' heart also brings up a list of regularly updated playlists such as Get Up!, Chill, New Music, and Favourites – new, zero-effort playlists specific to your listening.
By attributing a great deal of focus on music discovery through personalised algorithmic playlists, Spotify has managed to take this step too.
One of its most popular features is Discover Weekly, which uses Spotify’s ‘deep learning’ system to generate a playlist of 30 songs every Monday that are relevant to your listening habits.
There’s also more concentration on discovering new music. Complementing Discover Weekly is Release Radar, a two-hour playlist of brand-new music sent out every Friday, so that you never miss the latest tracks from your favourite artists.
It even includes new remixes of songs from artists you like or have recently listened to, and in case you need even more songs to soundtrack your weekend, there’s a New Music Friday UK playlist that ties in with the official UK chart. Rinsed them by Wednesday? That’s where the Daily Mix, which consists of five genre-specific playlists, comes in. The more you listen the more they evolve…
**Winner** Draw
Video and radio
Content isn’t limited only to music. Both Spotify and Apple have branched out into video content.
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They won’t be challenging YouTube just yet, but we’re keen to see how – and if –these develop. Apple Music still boasts a more attractive and comprehensive radio offering, however.
Unlike Spotify’s algorithmic radio, which curates songs around a particular artist, Apple Music can shout much louder about its live 24/7 global ‘youth-orientated’ station, Beats 1. Fronted by DJs such as Zane Lowe and featuring a host of celebrity guest slots (from the likes of Dr Dre, Pharrell Williams and Elton John), Beats 1 is something that no other streaming service has – and ultimately one Spotify has to take on the chin.
**Winner** Apple Music
Sound quality
The 256kbps AAC files on Apple Music’s iCloud library sound more open and involving than Spotify’s 320kbps MP3 streams, and benefit from extra space, subtlety and punch too.
It’s not a million miles ahead, though. If you listen on Spotify's web player or via Chromecast, it streams in AAC at 128kbps for free users, or 256kbps for Premium.
Apple Music streams 256kbps AAC files across the board. Spotify still offers decent detail levels and a tonally balanced presentation that’s refined and easy on the ears – it’s just not quite as engaging at 128kbps, of course.
Ultimately though, we’re still waiting for Spotify and Apple Music to adopt a lossless sound quality option similar to Tidal’s. For both services, this seems the next logical barrier to push.
**Winner** Apple Music
Verdict
Calls don’t get much closer than this. Apple Music sounds slightly better and is probably the pick for those who value Beats 1 radio, like having all their music in one place and can’t live without certain artists and access to their brand new albums.
But Spotify is undoubtedly the choice for those who value discovering and sharing music most, and the clear winner for those not wanting to splash out.
So, while Apple Music is an undeniable threat with the definite potential to leapfrog Spotify in the future, the Swedish service remains the one to beat – for now at least.
**Overall winner** Spotify
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Spotify++ for IOS Devices – A Complete Installation Guide
Hey there! Today I am going to show you how to install Spotify++; It’s a Free Version of Premium Spotify and made only for IOS Devices.
Yes! It is possible.
So, let’s get started!
First of all, I want to inform you that using Spotify++ or Tweaked Spotify (Another name of the premium version for free) on your iPhone/iPad is a little bit tricky. I researched for two days to figure out the best method to use Spotify premium version for free on IOS devices.
So to do our dirty work we are going to need the help of this little app store called “AppCake,” there are other stores too trying to help us, but I found this better than others.
Step 1:
Open Safari, then open iPhoneCake.com make sure you open this link only from safari, not from any other browser, why? Don’t know, just use Safari.
Click on INSTALL APPCAKE.
It should install within seconds, After installation click on the app icon and you will see this error;
Now, we have to trust this developer before using his apps; to add trust, you need to open Settings ⚙️ > Open General > Scroll down, and you will see an option named as “Device Management” Click on this and then you will see something like this;
Click on: Trust “Qingjian Group Co., Ltd” and click Trust Button. Now we have trusted this Enterprise Developer to install his application on our iPhone. The app is entirely safe, so you do not need to worry about anything and also no jailbreak required to install Spotify++, and it also works perfectly on jailbroken phones.
Now Step 2: Download AppCake Profile
After trusting the developer, open AppCake, and it would ask for verification before using it.
Click on Verify, and it will take you to the Profile Downloading Page >
Click on Allow. Profile Downloaded:
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Step 3: Installing AppCake Profile
To install Appcake Profile, you need to open Settings ⚙️ > Open Profiles & Device Management Option > Click on AppCake Verification > Click on Install > Enter your password > Click Install > Click on Open > DONE, it will automatically take you to AppCake.
Step 4: Spotify++ / Spotify Tweaked, Installation
in AppCake, you will see an Option named Tweaked; click on that option.
You can choose any from the list; I chose “Spotify w.Spos + Spotilite” Click on GET > Install > 3 options of installation > Click on Install > Now installation is started > Wait for the installation to be completed > then click on Install. Done
Spotify Premium Version has installed on your device, Now Open Spotify and Navigate to Account and you will see your subscription is Premium.
You can see it is the Premium Version. Enjoy ?…
Here is the Video Guide!
Spotify++ Drawbacks:
There are few things that can be frustrating in this premium version.
- You cannot download songs from Spotify++, BUT you can download podcasts.
- AppCake may not install due to their revoking certificate problem.
- Sometimes the app you are downloading from AppCake can be stopped downloading in halfway.
- Downloading AppCake and Spotify is a bit frustrating.
- To Download AppCake, you need to make sure their Certificate is working ( AppCake Twitter: https://twitter.com/iphonecake_com ).
Spotify++ Features:
Since the Spotify++ is a tweaked version of Spotify Premium, so features of both apps are the same except the download feature. The download feature in spotify++ is not working for songs, but it is still downloading podcasts. There are more features to discuss. So, let’s dive in.
Unlimited Skips
In Spotify free, you can’t skip songs more than 6 times in 1 hour period, and that is annoying, But, With Spotify++ / Tweaked Spotify Version, you can do unlimited skips. That’s right, you can get rid of shuffle only mode and can do unlimited skips as you using the original premium version.
No Ads
In Spotify freemium version, users have to face 15-30 seconds ad breaks while listening to songs. If you want to get rid of those ads, you have to buy the Premium version of Spotify. OR, You can use Spotify++, where you can also skip ads without purchasing a subscription.
High-Quality Audio
You can double your bit-rate pleasure with the Spotify++. For Cellphones, low quality is 24kbps, normal quality is 96kbps, high quality is 160kbps, and extreme quality is 320 kbps. In Free Version, you can only select Normal or High, but in Spotify++, you can also choose extreme quality. You can also set your default sound quality, or Spotify will auto-detect sound quality according to your internet connection speed.
Download Music
The Premium version of Spotify allows you to download songs, podcasts, or entire playlists for offline listening. An impressive feature, and it will enable you to download 3,333 tracks on one device and a total of 9999 tracks on three different devices. But in Spotify++ / Tweaked Spotify, you can download podcasts, but you cannot download songs. Yes, this is sad, but that is the best developer can do.
Spotify Your Uber
Spotify partnered with uber, and now you do not have to listen to FM all the way, you can control Spotify within your uber app and can play any song you want. This feature is only for Spotify Premium users, But you can still have that feature for free in Spotify++ version.
More Features of Spotify++ :
- Recover deleted playlists.
- Listen to music while playing games.
- Download podcasts.
- Spotify Radio
- View Lyrics
- Extreme Sound Quality
- Discover Concerts near your area.
- Discover the World’s listening trends.
- Share on social media (Instagram, and Facebook, etc).
- You can embed tracks to your own site.
- Create fading transitions.
- Connect with your car.
- The Car View feature is also amazing.
- Listen to songs while using google maps.
- Connect with Amazon Echo / Google Home.
- Stream on Speakers / Other devices.
- Create your private playlist.
- Create a Collaborative playlist.
- Listen to non-censored music.
- You can also stream on the browser.
- Add music from your Pc/Mac.
So, that’s it, if you face any problem while downloading/installing spotify++, please let me know in the comments box below, I will assist you with all your problem. Thank you!
Note: If you want to download the Spotify Premium Apk for Android Devices, please check our post below.
Spotify for Android Devices: https://spotifyplusapk.net/spotify-premium-apk/
FAQs
Where can I get Spotify ++?
Here is the complete guide on how to download and install spotify++ on ios devices. Click Here
Does Spotify++ still work?
Yes!, Spotify tweaked works perfectly.
How do I get Spotify++?
First, of all, you need to install Appcake, and then install the Spotify tweaked version.
Does Spotify++ work on IOS 13?
Of course, the tweaked version of Spotify / spotify++ works perfectly on IOS 13.
How do I get unlimited skips on Spotify for free?
You have 2 options to select from:
- Buy Premium version of Spotify
OR - Download Spotify Premium apk for Android or Spotify++ for IOS devices and enjoy premium versions for free.
Spotify Premium Unlimited Skips Apk
How can I get Spotify on my iPhone for free?
Spotify May Allow Unlimited Skips To Free Users List
If you want to use the premium version of Spotify on your iPhone or iPad for free then you have to download Spotify++ or tweaked Spotify version.