Apple Music and Spotify are two of the main bastions of the streaming music industry when it comes to listening to music on any device, including all Apple devices. However, despite the benefits that the Swedish brand presents, Apple Music has some advantages that make it the ideal application for listening to music.
Apple Music is better than Spotify
Apple has some tools that make its streaming music app better than Spotify. It is true that both companies have their services optimized to offer the best user experience. However, we are going to mention some advantages of the native Apple app below:
- Quality: The Apple Music catalog is much larger and extensive than that of Spotify, since it has more than 90 million songs and more than 30,000 Playlists. In addition, Apple has reached exclusive agreements with companies in the music sector so that the content of songs or artists can be found exclusively on the Cupertino platform.
- Catalog: Likewise, these record companies and artists make a separate version of all the albums for Apple Music, generating better sound algorithms, lossless audio and the recent addition of 360º Spatial Audio . Within the artists, we can find other advantages such as the possibility of watching a video clip or live recordings to be able to enjoy your favorite band in a different way.
- Greater variety of prices: it is true that Apple does not have a free option as if it has Spotify, but you do have a three-month free trial period and many promotions when you purchase an Apple device on platforms such as El Corte Inglés or Media Mark, where you can get up to 6 months free with the purchase of the product. Apple Music has a wide variety of subscription prices and some of them are even cheaper than Spotify. We have a clear example in the Apple Voice option, a new subscription service that allows you to listen to music thanks to Siri and that works really well with your HomePods. A second example is the Apple One subscription plans, which for a little more, you get Apple Music along with other additional services like iCloud, Apple TV+, and Apple Arcade.
- Ecosystem: the biggest difference between Apple Music and Spotify does not lie in what each of them offers, but in the integration that the app has with the rest of the Apple ecosystem. Apple’s music app improves the symbiosis that occurs between all Apple devices, making it relatively easy to switch from one device to another and start listening to music with your AirPods or HomePods.
- Cache: the huge amount of cache that downloads to our devices when we listen to songs. It is true that many applications work like this internally, but it can limit the memory of our devices, an aspect that Apple Music does not execute.
In short, each user can use the application they like best and with which they feel most comfortable within their ecosystem. However, what if you can be clear is that you choose Spotify or Apple Music, the user experience will be more than satisfactory enjoying your favorite albums and artists in an incredible way and with audio quality.