Spotify and More:
The Best Free Music Streaming Apps

Not everyone is willing to pay to listen to their favorite songs without advertising and without restrictions. However, the panorama of streaming music services includes not only Spotify, but also many other applications that offer identical or similar functions.

Best Free Spotify Alternatives

1. YouTube Music

Lets you listen to songs by searching for them in the search bar or selecting them from playlists divided by genre, artist, and category. However, YouTube Music doesn’t allow you to listen to songs in the background, so if you want to go to WhatsApp or Facebook (продукт Meta Platforms Inc., компания признана экстремистской организацией, деятельность на территории РФ запрещена) while playing, the music will stop. Despite these limitations, it’s a pretty nice app.

To enjoy listening with the screen off or while doing other activities, you’ll need to switch to YouTube Music Premium, which has no ads and only allows you to set the mode to audio (no video).

2. Apple Music

Spotify’s main competitor is definitely Apple Music, which offers a three-month free trial.

The Apple Music catalog contains more than 45 million songs that you can listen to both online and offline, and with the paid version you have access to many services. Among the most interesting are the ability to communicate in Connect, a special social network and access to all exclusive content.

3.MP3UK

A large and free service where you can listen to music online , without the need to install any applications, directly in your browser. Huge archive and the latest news. A special feature is the ability to download songs to your device.

4. MFlow

MFlow is a great alternative to Spotify: it offers 5 million songs, is free of ads, and also integrates a social network with which you can discover new songs.

The playback quality is very good and the catalog is extensive: you can find many different genres.

5. Last.fm

Last. fm is very useful for finding new songs: it analyzes and stores everything you listen to and then makes suggestions. Its main drawback is that many of the songs in the catalog are only previews.

Last. fm doesn’t allow you to create playlists, but you can select the artists you want to listen to. The quality of the music is very good and the catalog is quite extensive.

6. SoundCloud

Designed for downloading and sharing original and independent music. It is available in mobile and desktop versions and contains both famous and emerging artists.

7. Pandora Radio

Pandora is a site and contains over a million songs. Allows you to create your own playlists and skip songs you don’t want to listen to. The pass is limited to a certain number of times.

You can access a paid service or, like Spotify, have a free version that forces users to listen to ads from time to time.

Pandora is also available for mobile apps, but not for desktop computers.

8. Stereomood

Stereomood offers a service entirely based on people’s moods.

Stereomood doesn’t offer maximum personalization: you can’t create your own playlists, you can only tag songs according to the mood they suit. The service is absolutely free and without advertising.