Comparing Subscription Music Streaming Services
It's hard to choose which music streaming service you want to roll with. Whether it's Spotify vs. Rdio or Spotify vs. MOG, hopefully this chart will help you out. It's sole purpose is to give you the important information when you choose the subscription music streaming service that suits your needs.
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| Desktop App | Mac & Windows | Mac & Windows | Mac & Windows |
| Web App | No | Yes | Yes |
| Mobile App | iOS, Android, Windows Phone Symbian, Palm, & BlackBerry | iOS, Android, Windows Phone, & Blackberry | iOS & Andriod |
| Amount of Free Music | Unlimited - Desktop only (ad supported) | Dynamic/unknown (based on personal usage) [source] |
Unlimited - Web & Desktop only (ad supported) |
| Cost to Subscribe | Free - $0 Unlimited - $4.99/month Premium - $9.99/month |
Web - $4.99/month Unlimited - $9.99/month Unlimited Family - $17.99/month |
Ad Supported - $0 Basic - $4.99/month Primo - $9.99/month |
| Advertisements | Yes (for free version) | No | Yes (for free version) |
| Music Library Size | Over 18 Million songs [source] |
18 Million songs [source] |
16 Million songs [source] |
| Bitrate Quality | Between 96 and 320 kbps [source] |
Undisclosed [source] |
320 kbps [source] |
| User Count | 18 million [source] |
Undisclosed [source] |
Undisclosed, however research says 23.7M unique pageviews per month [source] |
| Country Availability | Australia, Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Ireland, Luxembourg, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, United States, & United Kingdom | Australia, Canada, Brazil, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, New Zealand, Portugal, Spain Sweden, United States, & United Kingdom | Austrailia & United States |
History
November 27, 2012: Updated Spotify's music library size from 15 million to 18 million users. Spotify now mentions 18 million users in their press information.
November 13, 2012: As TechCrunch reports, Ireland and Luxembourg have been added to Spotify's list of countries.
August 16, 2012: Updated Rdio's music library size to 18 million songs. Also added Blackberry to Rdio's list of mobile apps. Their Blackberry app is apparently more than just a mobile version.
August 15, 2012: The chart has launched!