“I have a duo account with my friend and I like being able to listen to each other’s music and playlists and we can also collaborate and make our own joint playlist.” Apple Music didn’t have that and you have to use a separate podcast app to listen and while on Spotify, you can listen on the same app which is nice,” she explained. It always has daily mixes for all your music preferences. I really like Spotify’s feature that displays songs that you might like and you can automatically add it to your playlist. “I used Apple music for two years and recently switched to Spotify. Liberty senior Emma Johnson has used both platforms and shared her opinions about these two apps. These two streaming platforms are the most commonly used by Liberty students.

Spotify also offers a duo account for two people who live in the same household for $13 a month.

The difference between the family plans is that Apple Music’s family plan is $15 a month while Spotifys is $16, which isn’t a big difference but is still notable. Each service allows a three month free trial and both have family plans for up to six people. Apple Music also shares these same prices for their services. Spotify does have an option to listen ad free and that basic subscription costs $10 a month, $5 for students. The main difference between Spotify and Apple Music is that Spotify is free with ads while you have to pay for Apple Music. As of June 2020, Apple music had around 72 million users and generated approximately 4.1 billion dollars in revenue. Apple Music was released in June of 2015 and had 11 million users in their first year as an app. Today, there are around 381 million users using Spotify. Spotify was launched in 2008 and has over 70 million songs and more than 3.2 million podcasts. Although these platforms are alike when it comes to music, there are some major differences between them.

These platforms are two of the most popular streaming services in the world.

When talking about music streaming services, there are two main ones that come to mind. Two Liberty students using their music streaming services, Spotify and Apple Music.

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