WrathofTank on 16 October 2013
Hello everyone.
I use to listen to music all the time, but I stopped keeping up with music I liked and the radio always annoys me because it is 50% commericals.
Recently I decided to give Pandora a shot, and sure enough I'm loving it and discovering good music every day. However I can't help but wonder if I would prefer a service like Spotify, Google All Access, Rdio or Itunes Radio.
So I put up a comparison chart where I compiled everything that I thought that matters.
What service do you use? What are the pros and the cons? Which service would you recommend?
| Service | Price | Advertisments | Offline Listening |
Mobile Listening | Skips | Song Library | Customized Radio | Music on Demand | Time Limit | Quality |
| Pandora | Free | Yes | No | Yes | Limited | 900,000 | Yes | No | No | up to 128kbps |
| Pandora One | $3.99 monthly | No | No | Yes | Limited | 900,000 | Yes | No | No | up to 192kbps |
| Spotify (basic) |
Free | Yes | No | No | Limited | 20 mil + | Yes | No | Yes | up to 160kbps |
| Spotify Unlimited | $4.99 monthly | No | No | No | Limited | 20 mil + | Yes | No | No | up to 160kbps |
| Spotify Premium | $9.99 monthly | No | Yes | Yes | Unlimited | 20 mil + | Yes | Yes | No | up to 320kbps |
| Rdio Web | $4.99 monthly | No | No | No | Limited | 18 mil + | Yes | Yes | No | up to 160kbps? |
| Rdio Unlimited | $9.99 monthly | No | Yes | Yes | Unlimited | 18 mil + | Yes | Yes | No | up to 160kbps? |
| Google All Access |
$9.99 monthly | No | Yes | Yes (Android) | Unlimited | 20 mil + | Yes | Yes | No | up to 320kbps |
| Itunes Radio | Free | Yes | No | Yes (IOS) | Limited | 23 mil + | Yes | No | No | 256 kbps |
| Itunes Match | $24.99 yearly | No | Yes | Yes (IOS) | Limited | 23 mil + | Yes | No | No | 256 kbps |
