Spotify Alternatives

Spotify streams online music with browsing by genre, playlists, artists, and albums, plus offline listening via Premium. Users praise its playlist creation and catering to different music tastes through discovery and recommendations, though some are frustrated by features being removed over time.

Deezer is the top-ranked Spotify alternative here, offering offline listening, lyrics support, and a large music catalog with synchronized lyrics and a karaoke-style experience. SoundCloud ranks highly and stands out for community discovery and tools that support smaller artists. YouTube Music combines music and video streaming with recommendations based on your listening taste.

For audiophiles, TIDAL focuses on lossless and Hi-Res FLAC playback for listeners who care most about audio fidelity. Bandcamp emphasizes buying music often DRM-free and sending most payments directly to artists. These Spotify alternatives range from mainstream streaming subscriptions to self-hosted servers and creator-first marketplaces that emphasize ownership and artist support.

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Open source options like Funkwhale, Spotube, and Ampache offer transparency and privacy-focused playback for users who prefer open-source software. Linux users have native desktop options through Funkwhale, Spotube, and muffon for workflows outside Windows and macOS.

For lossless audio, Apple Music and Qobuz highlight higher-fidelity listening than typical streaming, appealing to audiophiles. Offline listening extends beyond Spotify Premium with TIDAL, Deezer, and Apple Music all supporting downloads for travelers and commuters.

Personalized recommendations remain strong across YouTube Music, Deezer, and Apple Music for listeners who rely on discovery algorithms similar to Spotify. AirPlay support appears in Deezer and Apple Music for easy playback to Apple speakers and receivers, benefiting Apple ecosystem listeners. Dark mode comes standard in Deezer, YouTube Music, and Apple Music, matching a common Spotify preference for night listeners.

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  1. Yala.fm icon
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    Listen and download Arabic music for free

    • Instant access to over 280,000 tracks
    • Explore 4,500 arab artists by browsing their biography, discography, photo gallery
    • Search for your favorite songs and artists, by countries or by genres
    • Create your own playlists and synchron.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Online
    • Android
     
  2. mubo icon
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    mubo is a social jukebox app that let’s you control the music together with your friends. But mubo is not a simple jukebox app where you can just up and down vote songs. There is so much more we developed to bring you and your friends a great music experience for your next party...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
     
  3. Joytify icon
     3 likes

    Stream songs and playlists at 320kbps, import from YouTube, search albums and artists, access radio stations, trending tracks, lyrics support, dark mode, sleep timer, equalizer, tag editing, favorites, queue management, backup, restore, and cache support.

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    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Pay once)
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Android
    • iPhone
    • iPad
     
  4. Noon Pacific icon
     9 likes

    Weekly mixtape of the best songs handpicked from the best music blogs, delivered to your inbox every Monday at Noon (Pacific Time).

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
     
  5. Get unlimited, on-demand music on your computer, iPhone, Android or BlackBerry smartphone. Import music from iTunes, sync it to your phone and listen offline. Start your free trial today.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    Alerts

    • Warning

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Blackberry
    • iPad
     
  6. Panamp icon
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    Panamp is an evolution of the native iOS music playback application. It’s simple, yet powerful interface allows you to control, browse, list and listen to your music intuitively. Panamp’s operation has a natural and ergonomic feel, which will be picked up instinctively.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • iPhone
    • iPad
     
  7. aux.app icon
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    aux.app is a non-commercial music player for desktop computers and the browser. It lets you play music and videos from popular streaming providers like SoundCloud, YouTube, Mixcloud and Deezer all in one player.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
     
  8. Kuku FM icon
     2 likes

    you can search and discover an unlimited number of podcasts, audiobooks, talk shows, comedy shows, and many more... this was India's favorite multilingual online audio.

    4 Kuku FM alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Chrome OS
    • Windows Phone
     
  9. Zoff icon
     18 likes

    Collaborate on a live music and video playlist with your friends. It's perfect for parties with integrated chromecasting, or when you want quick access to your favourite playlist.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
     
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