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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Spotify Rdio MOG
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)
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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
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16 Million songs
[source]
Bitrate Quality Between 96 and 320 kbps
[source]
Undisclosed
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320 kbps
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User Count 18 million
[source]
Undisclosed
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Undisclosed, however research says 23.7M unique pageviews per month
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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!

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