Spotify is a free music player, allowing you listen to the music stored on your computer, and on the Spotify's servers.
This piece of software has a neat-looking interface that is well-designed, all Spotify functionalities can be accessed from the left panel of the main window.
Featuring more than 20 million of songs in its database, you will probably find most of the music that you want to listen to. The quality of the music depends on your subscription: if you have a free account, then Spotify will let you listen to 128kbps music, which means poor quality. Additionally, some advertisement spots will be played from time to time.
Nevertheless, if you pay for the premium subscription, you will be able to listen to high quality music, up to 320kbps. Moreover, with the premium subscription, you can listen to music when you are not connected to the Internet: when you are online, you can decide to download some titles on your computer, so that they are available in offline mode.
Yet, you will maybe find the premium subscription expensive, if you don't listen to music very often. However, you can activate a 30-day trial in order for you to make up your mind.
The major advantage that I have found while testing this application, is that it can be installed onto mobile devices for free. This allows you to bring your music library with you everywhere, and it does not require you to have a premium account. However, there is also a downside that I consider as big one: Spotify does not have a music widget that would allow you to change music in one click, like most of its alternatives. You will need to open the Spotify Application every time you want to change the music, or see what is currently playing, for all I know.
Briefly, Spotify is a very good online and offline music player, if not the best available. Thanks to its impressively huge music library, you will find most of the songs that you are looking for. Even if you can buy a premium subscription that brings some features like better music quality, it is not mandatory, and some users might find it too expensive.
Pros
- Sleek interface
- High quality songs
- Huge music library
- Wide range of features
- Listen to music offline
- Very reactive support team
- Available on many mobile devices
Cons
- No desktop widget
- Premium is overpriced for occasional music listeners
- Organizing the content of a playlist is not practical
Well I downloaded this and I got excited but I had a problem installing it and a text was shown or a reminder maybe that goes like this "Please install Spotify using a normal account instead of an administrator account." Could you fix this kind of problem? Because I really love this app.
Just search for the music you love and hit Play.
Spotify, to me, is basically Pandora but revamped and is like Grooveshark but not as buggy and glitchy. The program utilizes and combines both desired aspects of music discovery and entertainment. Spotify is now free on mobile and tablet devices so you'll get a kick out of that. The software is very light and has little demand. My Windows XP computer runs the program faster than a hot knife cutting warm butter. I really recommend this program to all (yes, even 2 year old!). Music lovers and even non-music enthusiasts alike will love this product. One thing that I have to mention is that, once in a while for the free account, there will be a voice-over advertisement if you don't want any advertisement upgrade to a premium account for a flat rate per month. Also in the premium account, you can go into offline mode. Offline mode is when you don't need WiFi to listen to you music. I strongly recommend getting Spotify.