Where Spotify comes into its own is for discovery of new music: it's fabulous, streets ahead of the competition. I listen to Classical mostly and while Apple has the same catalogue as Spotify, the search function is dismal - often incomplete and just plain wrongly catalogued.īut… give both Spotify and Apple Music a go.Īll the streaming services have a broadly similar catalogue of music. (But if that is your thing, then by god, Apple will help you fill your needs. Spotify understands/has learnt I don't want to or need to listen to Hip Hop/Urban whatever that crap is that Apple keeps suggesting to me. I have had Spotify for many years and cannot fault the suggestions of new music etc. I come in from outside listening to something on Spotify and it picks up and continues on my Mac. Main thing is I can control Spotify on my Mac by using the iPhone app.

IMHO, Spotify is much better than Apple Music.

This is a terribly unpopular opinion to express here on MacRumours, so I am braced for the usual incoming hate mail/death threats/fatwahs etc… I’d hate to put even 3 free months into making playlists and gathering song just to find I don’t like it. How does Spotify compare to Apple Music? I’ve never dived into it.

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