Best-loved Music apps, ranked by real reviews
We read 2,050 recent App Store reviews of 5 Music apps. Here is who users like most, what they complain about, and what they want next.
Right now, users like Apple Music the most. It scores 72 out of 100 for satisfaction, based on 500 recent App Store reviews. Spotify comes next with 70. Read the Apple Music teardown.
The ranking
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Rank 1
Apple Music
Loved for sound and catalog, but icon swap and vanishing songs are angering people.
Top love Huge catalog, finds nearly any song
72/100 -
Rank 2
Spotify: Music and Podcasts
Loved for its catalog, but ad overload and loading failures are driving users away.
Top love Huge music selection covers every taste
70/100 -
Rank 3
SoundCloud: Discover New Music
Loved for underground music, but a crash wave is driving people away.
Top love Best place for underground and unreleased music
52/100 -
Rank 4
YouTube Music
Loved for its catalog, hated for crashes, ads and AI-filled shuffle.
Top love Better than Spotify for many users
YouTube Music alternatives · Compare with stats.fm for Spotify Music App
42/100 -
Rank 5
stats.fm for Spotify Music App
Users love the stats, but ads and broken data are driving them away.
Top love Detailed listening history and personal stats
stats.fm for Spotify Music App alternatives · Compare with YouTube Music
35/100
What Music users complain about most
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Price and paywalls5 apps · 67 mentions
you have to pay like $10 to do anything that the app advertised
· stats.fm for Spotify Music App user -
Too many ads4 apps · 153 mentions
every button you click will take you to an ad
· stats.fm for Spotify Music App user -
Crashes and bugs3 apps · 150 mentions
App crashes on startup and when it doesn't, it crashes when I click on a song.
· SoundCloud user -
Content quality2 apps · 19 mentions
it starts over after a hundred songs or so
· YouTube Music user -
Lost data or progress1 app · 35 mentions
streams are constantly disappearing
· stats.fm for Spotify Music App user -
Red icon swapped for black and white1 app · 25 mentions
Bring back the RED app icon!
· Apple Music user
What Music users want most
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More content3 apps · 17 mentions
there's no way to filter out AI music
· YouTube Music user -
Better support2 apps · 11 mentions
it would be super cool if you guys expanded to more music platforms
· stats.fm for Spotify Music App user -
Fewer ads2 apps · 11 mentions
Less ads please lol
· SoundCloud user -
Offline use2 apps · 7 mentions
at least give 12 free song downloads per person
· SoundCloud user -
Restore red icon or offer icon choices1 app · 22 mentions
Can you give us maybe 5 choices of what kind of app icon
· Apple Music user -
Real shuffle through entire playlists1 app · 8 mentions
make it so that the whole playlist is actually shuffled
· YouTube Music user
We group similar points from each app’s teardown. A theme that shows up in more apps ranks higher.
Compare top Music apps
Spotify vs YouTube Music
Apple Music vs Spotify
SoundCloud vs Spotify
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Apple Music vs YouTube Music
SoundCloud vs YouTube Music
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Apple Music vs SoundCloud
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SoundCloud vs stats.fm for Spotify Music App
Questions people ask
What is the best-loved Music app?
Right now, users like Apple Music the most. It scores 72 out of 100 for satisfaction, based on 500 recent App Store reviews. Spotify comes next with 70.
What do Music app users complain about most?
The most common complaints are about price and paywalls, too many ads and crashes and bugs. Price and paywalls comes up in 5 different apps.
What do Music app users want most?
Users most often ask for more content, better support and fewer ads. More content comes up in 3 different apps.
How do you rank Music apps?
We read the most recent App Store reviews of each app and give it a satisfaction score from 0 to 100. We rank apps by that score. An app needs at least 20 recent reviews to get a rank.
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