How is Spotify different from Apple Music and Yandex.Music?

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More than 50 million tracks are available to users on Spotify, including many Russian-speaking performers and exclusive releases. Apple Music claims 60 million tracks available to users. "Yandex. Music" loses to both services in this indicator - a situation is possible when you cannot find the desired song. However, representatives of Yandex. Music contacted us after the publication of the material - they claim that the library has more than 65 million tracks.

Output: if you are interested in a vast library of tracks, it is better to opt for Spotify or Apple Music.

Podcasts

All three services have an audio show section. True, with some reservations.

Spotify began actively developing podcasts in 2019. Many exclusives are available to users from other countries: for example, the podcast of the famous American comedian Joe Rogan. But after the launch in Russia, listeners discovered that there were no podcasts on the service yet. Indeed, the company commented that at the launch stage, Russian users will not be able to listen to the audio show.

There are no podcasts in Apple Music itself, there is a separate flagship application for them. You can find almost all existing podcasts in it and listen to them for free.

Yandex. Music is also actively developing this direction. There are many exclusives from Russian producers on the site: for example, "Stories of Russian Sex", stories about life with mental characteristics "One Disorder" and a podcast for children "Toothpicks".

Output: if you love podcasts and do not want to miss new items, now it is best to pay attention to Yandex. Music.

Recommendations

It is for the well-functioning recommendation algorithms that Spotify is so valued by millions of listeners around the world. According to users, the music is selected in such a way that you listen to selections all day long without the desire to switch. All thanks to advanced machine learning.

There are several playlists in the application with individual recommendations. My Mix of the Day is updated every day with your favorite and new songs by genre. The more different music you listen to, the more such playlists there will be.

There's also a Novelty Radar playlist that adds all of the new music from the last week with dozens of artists selected based on your tastes. It is updated on Fridays. In addition to adjusting to the preferences of the listener, the service offers a playlist "Discovery of the week", which is updated every Monday and contains recommended tracks.

Yandex. Music also has several automatic playlists. In the "Playlist of the Day", 60 tracks of new and already familiar music are collected individually for you every day. However, users complain that Playlists of the Day often recommend the same thing. The accuracy of recommendations can be increased by adding likes and dislikes, which are available in all collections.

"Premiere" - new releases and genres that Yandex. Music users may like. Here, for an experiment, the user may be offered a few tracks that do not match his preferences, but, according to the service, they may like. And the playlist "Deja Vu" advises you to listen to songs that are very similar to those that are already in your media library. According to the head of the service, Andrey Gevak, the main advantage of Yandex. Music, through which the company plans to compete with Spotify, is a personalized recommendation system that takes into account the popularity of performers in cities and regions.

Apple Music also has recommendations and playlists with selections such as For You and Review, but they lag quite a bit behind Spotify in quality. Users complain that even though songs are disliked, such tracks still end up in playlists. Yandex. Music and Spotify have no such problem.

Output: Spotify and Yandex. Music both recommend music well, but Spotify does a better job. Apple Music is more suitable for those who prefer to listen to their own music and do not rely on the recommendations of the service.

The convenience of use

In general, all applications are similar, and if you have used, for example, Apple Music, then it will be easy to switch to Spotify.

Spotify has complete and user-friendly clients for all popular platforms. Even on Linux, you can listen to music in a proprietary player. The service works equally well on both a computer and a mobile device. Plus Spotify has a full web version.

Yandex. Music has clients for iPhone, Android and Windows, and a web service is also available. However, Yandex. Music does not have a client for Mac, and the mobile application is inferior in its capabilities to the web version. Users often complain about the latter because of the slow loading of pages.

Apple Music is available on iOS and Android devices, as well as iTunes. There is a web version, but it is not as developed as Spotify. For some, the Apple Music app seems more convenient than Spotify, for others, on the contrary. We recommend that you use each one and decide for yourself.

Output: Spotify is a handy app and web service. Apple Music is a pretty good app. A normal web service and not the most advanced application is Yandex. Music.

Tariffs

	Trial period	Individual subscription	Family subscription	Family members	For students
Spotify	3 months	169₽	269₽	until 6	85₽
Apple Music	3 months	169₽	269₽	until 6	75₽
Yandex. Music	1 month	169₽	299₽	up to 4	No

In addition, Spotify also offers a subscription for Duo couples at RUB 229 per month (both accounts must live together). And along with the payment for a subscription to Yandex. Music, an additional bonus comes with a subscription to Kinopoisk HD, discounts on taxis and 10 GB on Yandex. Disk. It is also worth noting that the full version of Yandex. Music can be obtained for free by anyone who spends more than 5 thousand rubles a month on a Yandex. Money card.

And if you are not against advertising, all services except Apple Music have a free version (without the ability to download tracks to the device and / or with restrictions on listening in the background).

Output: the range of prices is minimal and there is a trial period everywhere, so you can test everything and choose the best option based on the library, additional bonuses and design preferences.