
That’s 190 megabytes of compressed data for a 5-minute song! Qobuz is the service for high res music, currently the only mainstream service offering true lossless music up to a baffling 24 bits at 192kHz. A reason to stick with Tidal is mostly the ‘brand’ and their higher fees for artists and they also offer some unique content like interviews and concerts. Deezer is Tidal’s main rival though: Deezer has a bigger catalogue and better software for less. Qobuz competes with Tidal on absolute music quality, which Qobuz wins. An audiophile should probably look elsewhere. MQA is something the artists, hardware manufacturers, and consumers are all paying for, but are apparently not benefiting from. It’s been recently proven to be lossy and question marks have been raised on what it’s doing to the original audio.

If you are a massive fan of Drake or Taylor Swift, Apple Music is your right choice.The elephant in the Tidal room is MQA.

If you have no idea about which one you should pay for, you can think about your main tastes. And Garth Brooks, the most popular and famous country singer in America, was a big exclusive for Amazon Music Unlimited. Apple has taken steps to secure more exclusives to increase subscriber numbers, including the albums of Drake, Taylor Swift, Frank Ocean, etc. Amazon Music Unlimited gives you the option to purchase the song or albums from its Digital Store and lists all genres of music including relaxing, party, Indie rock, workout, country, classic, pop, R&B music in the bottom of browse section.Īpple Music and Amazon Music have the same catalog in which you will find most of the tracks from big labels or records, but the exclusive may differ. Personally, I do not like the playlists on Apple Music, though it is organized and varied every day, I think it is worse than Amazon Music or Spotify.

Actually, you will find that both Apple Music and Amazon Music have approximately the same offers: featured artists like Taylor Swift, Drake, and more. My own personal feeling: the Euro and American artist and albums are reasonably complete, but lacking of the localized contents in some countries.Īmazon Music has over 100 million licensed tracks and dozens of stations, and the home page will direct you to find new releases, popular and recommended music, playlist, or album, which is similar to Apple Music. Sometimes, you also can find some exclusives on particular albums. Apple Music has over 100 million licensed tracks and is good at curation: you will be asked to select your favorite genres, and artists, then you will get the recommendations tailed to your tastes, playlist or album whatever. Music catalog is another important feature for a music streaming service.
