Amazon Music App Vs Spotify

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In the wake of Amazon recently introducing Music Unlimited, I figured it was time to breakdown the music streaming service and see how it compares to Spotify. What do they cost? What perks does one offer that the other doesn’t? What type of music listener would benefit from each? You get the idea. Hope this comparison helps you make the best decision for you and your family.

Now that we have reviewed the detailed comparison between Spotify and Apple Music, Spotify and Deezer, Spotify and Tidal, today we will make a further comparison between Apple Music and Amazon Music from various aspect: price, library features, audio quality, exclusives, so that you can choose the right one. Amazon Music isn’t often in the conversation about music streaming competition, which usually ends up following a Spotify vs. Apple Music narrative. But Amazon considers itself in their company. Spotify and Play Music have over 30 Million songs in their libraries. Amazon has ‘only’ 1 million. But they are Amazon and the service is fairly new. It will likely grow. There is no difference between both apps when it comes to funcionality! The only difference is that you will be receiving updates through Windows Store rather than by Spotify directly 🙂 Please let me know if you have any other doubts!

Monthly Price

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Spotify Premium comes in at $9.99/month.

Prime Music Unlimited is priced at $7.99/month if you’re a Prime member, $9.99/month for non-Prime members.

Amazon also offers an Echo-only plan for $3.99/month.

Winner: At $7.99/month, Prime Music is the cheaper option.

Available Songs

Spotify boosts an astounding 30 million songs.

Prime Unlimited won’t give an exact number, but instead say they have “tens of millions” of songs.

You might try on another machine just to see if the same thing is happening. Download spotify outside app store. I'm honestly not sure what could be preventing you from running the standard executable file, as from my own experience I've never had an issue like that on Windows 10 and am able to install either the store or standard version without issue; however, I'm running the home version not the pro version like you, so it seems likely there's just some configuration option specific to Windows 10 Pro that may be redirecting you to the store.

You better believe that if Amazon had more songs than Spotify they’d be yelling it from the roof tops.

But instead they stay very vague with an incredibly rough estimate.

Winner: Spotify.

See Also: Can You Get Spotify Premium Free? Here’s The Real Scoop

Ability to Download for Offline Listening

Both music streaming services allow for offline listening which is a great data saver and handy for when you don’t have reception.

Winner: Tie.

Interfaces Available

Both Spotify and Amazon Music Unlimited allow for listening on desktop, mobile, and web-based players.

Winner: Tie.

Personalized Features

Spotify does a fantastic job personalizing your music experience.

They offer something called Discover Weekly, Release Radar, and Daily Mix which are personalized playlists that help you find great new music based on what you listen to.

While Prime Music Unlimited does recommend music based on what you listen to, and actually has more stations and genre playlists than Spotify, it feels very computer generated and algorithmic in nature.

In other words, I rarely discover new music that I really like from their generated “personalized” content.

Put simply, it doesn’t go as deep into the archives as Spotify to pull new artists and deeper cuts.

Winner: Spotify is the clear winner here.

Ease of Use

Put simply, both services are easy to use.

But the Spotify app makes you feel like you’re browsing tunes at the cool record store in Berkeley, CA.

Conversely, the Prime Unlimited app, while totally functional, feels more like shopping for CD’s at your local Walmart or Target.

Spotify just feels like your hanging out with your cool musician uncle who’s pulling out his old vinyl to spin for you.

Winner: Spotify.

Family Plans

Spotify Family costs $14.99/month and gives you, and up to 5 family members, full access to Spotify. Each member gets their own account and can listen independently of everyone else.

Prime Music Unlimited also has a family plan that costs $14.99/month. With their Family Plan, you can also listen on 6 devices simultaneously.

Winner: Since Spotify offers more songs overall, I’d go with Spotify here.

Student Plans

Both have discounted plans for students for those enrolled in a degree-granting college or university.

Spotify Student comes in at $4.99/month, which even includes the Hulu Limited Commercials plan.

Amazon also has a Music Unlimited Student program which costs $4.99/month.

Amazon Music Vs Spotify Premium

Winner: Winner is Spotify simply because they also offer Hulu with your student subscription.

Music Sharing

Both services offer you the ability to share songs, albums, artists, stations and playlists with family and friends.

Keep in mind that the person you’re sharing music with must also be signed up with the streaming service to access the tunes.

Winner: Tie.

Free Trial?

Both music streaming services offer a free trial so you can take them for a test drive.

Amazon offers a 30-day Music Unlimited Trial and Spotify does the same.

Final Analysis:

When choosing a music streaming service it really comes down to personal listening preferences.

If you’re NOT an eclectic music fan, you probably won’t need the huge catalog that Spotify provides, making the Prime Music Unlimited a great deal at $7.99/month.

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But if you’re into bands and artists whose music can be hard to find, then Spotify is definitely a better bet.

Amazon Music Vs Spotify Quality

Also, if you’re WAY into discovering new artists and always looking for your new favorite band, Spotify is the better choice.

Ask the Reader: What music streaming service do you use and why?

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By Kyle James