I don't like paying for subscriptions. I use free Pandora and I like the stations. I also use free YouTube music because that's where I uploaded all my flac. Are there better free options (I don't mind the ads) with good quality bitrate that I don't know about.

I'm honestly just really annoyed with streaming right now. Recently I left Spotify because I was forced to listen to music on shuffle when listening on my Mac (the device I use the most when listening to music). Then I switched to Deezer and I was liking it a lot. But now I can only listen to 30 seconds of a song if I stay on the free plan.

Frankly, I don't think being able to listen to an album the way an artist intended, or listening to a song in full, are premium features. I just want a simple, user-friendly, streaming service that will actually let me listen to my music in peace. Any suggestions?

Here, I will provide a summary of free and open-source music apps, as many users are looking for an alternative to the banned Spotify mod APK.

Youtube music account sync:

Spotify account sync:

Apps without account sync:

I tested all this apps, currently SimpMusic, Metrolist and Spotube are my favorites.

Please share your suggestions and recommendations. Which Apps are you using?

I currently use Harmony Music, it's great but the creator of Harmony Music is gonna change it to offline streaming app. But I ain't a big fan of Offline music apps cuz you can't really discover new musics and I really just don't like offline music apps. Pls suggest me some good, free Online music streaming apps

Any free streaming sites with good quality music / music videos

So If you haven’t heard, the CEO of Spotify is using artists money to invest in AI military drones (for more context here’s a link to what I’m talking about: https://consequence.net/2025/07/king-gizzard-remove-music-spotify-ai-drone-tech/ )

And I’m thinking of switching services. Can anyone point out any that are much better than Spotify so I can listen to more to go against Spotify and their actions?

I don’t wanna continue paying for Spotify. Is there a way to get what Spotify offers for free?

I always have used Spotify for finding and listening to music because of how easy it is to use, however I honestly really don't want to keep using it out of moral reasons. I tried getting into Bandcamp but I heard that it sold out to epic game (out of all companies off course) and that the revenue increased. I also struggled with having to pay money to add a song onto a playlist, although I understand why they have that feature.

I know the answer is probably no, but are there ANY good sites which are ad free, give a actual good cut to the artists, aren't sold to a big company, good discography?

The next best thing would also be absolutely good, I just want a good alternative to Spotify

What's the best free music streaming service that allows me to upload my saved music to their platform and stream through my Echo Studio? I'm USA based.

Considering dropping Spotify.

Hi

I'm switching away from Spotify for two reasons: Playlists are bugged. When I play a playlist, I always get the same few songs. Some of the songs I can tell 100% will be played within the first 10 songs. It's driving me crazy. Also, they're focusing more on audio books and podcasts which I don't care about, they pay songwriters less, and they're upping the premium price. A paying customer since the beginning is now signing off for good.

What are my alternatives? Tidal? I didn't like it when I tried it 2-3 years ago but I'm willing to give it another shot. Are there any other good options? I don't mind paying.

• No ads between songs (consistent banner ads are fine, I just don't want the music to stop - and no audio/video ads)

• Easily able to find new music. I like that Spotify will automatically play similar artists once a playlist/album is done, and that they show similar artists all the time.

• Able to make playlists.

• Able to skip songs, unlimited.

That's pretty much it. A lot of people care about syncing and downloading and other things that I don't. Just want to keep the music going, skip what I don't like, find new stuff often, and make my playlists.

I tried Freefy and that was a bust. Going to try out Freegal once I get my library card situation figured out. Looking for other suggestions in the meantime. Thanks!

Android

Do any of the streaming services include a high quality (say the equivalent of the Spotify Premium feature) option for free?

I have been using Spotify for a bit but i don't want to pay for Spotify premium so is there any other streaming app based on Spotify client cause i don't like vi music or inntertune thingy

My Spotify student subscription just expired, and I'm looking at other options like YouTube Music and other streaming services. What's the best one currently and why?

I want to know about:

Usability (navigation, user experience, etc...)

Catalog of music and artists

Extra features (like lyrics, playlists, connectivity, etc...)

Price and available plans

Audio quality

"Useless extras" (like Spotify Wrapped, for example)

Edit 1: I'm using YouTube Music Premium for 1 week Edit 2: I'm sticking with Spotify because I use the student package (R$11.90), and the YouTube Music student package doesn't include YouTube (separate student subscription for R$16)

Spotify is terrible on the free version (no song selection), YouTube mobile is bad without premium (must stay in the app), Apple Music/iHeart/basically everything else only lets you listen to radio, meanwhile Pandora forces you to watch a 5-15 second ad and you have 30 minutes of being able to choose music with no ads, much better than Spotify. While the audio quality isn’t great, it’s perfectly bearable, and the song selection is large too, just barely smaller than Spotify in terms of relevant music. The only cons to me are that the search results are by popularity and have no relevance to me, and it dosent have synced lyrics. Why more people don’t use Pandora puzzles me.

I have an iPhone and used Apple Music since its inception but changed to Spotify at the beginning of the year mainly due to the AM app on Windows being trash. However, I’m looking to try something other than Spotify because it never suggests any new music. It’s been driving me insane that I’ll make a new playlist of a different genre but keep getting unrelated suggestions to that genre, and all the suggestions are the exact same songs over and over for the past year no matter what the genre is for that playlist!

My top priority for a music streaming service is the UI on both iPhone and Windows, and music discovery. I do care about sound quality but the other 2 are more important. I also make playlists with my boyfriend so collaboration would be important to me too.

What is everyone’s experience using Tidal or AM for music discovery? I can’t remember if AM had good discovery because they had just released a new feature in my country when I switched over to Spotify. I’ve also heard their windows app has improved too so I’ve been thinking of switching back. But is Tidal better?

Edit: Thank you for all the recommendations! I was not expecting to get so many responses. I’ve learned of a lot of streaming services I didn’t know about. I do use other sources to find music too but I was hoping to find one that could do it all. Sadly, I don’t think there is just one service that fits all of my needs. Also for those recommending Pandora, it is only available in the US (as others have mentioned…) and I do not live there.

Ik that's a lot demands in one question but I discovered stremio and youtube revanced from here and they were MIND BLOWING apps (saved me from buying so many streaming platforms just to watch stuff I'm actually interested). Is there something for music? I wanna buy spotify premium just for very high audio quality (320kbps) but that's a lot of bucks just for one feature. Is there an alternative I should know?

Pandora, youtube music, and spotify (on desktop) is what I'm eyeing