Spotify vs Deezer: streaming music head-to-head

La streaming music It is fashionable, or at least that is shown by the millions of users around the world who consume this type of content through various applications. In this article we will see two of those applications, the first is the first par excellence, Spotify, and the second is an App that has not had the same echo or impact as Spotify, but that when it comes to offering services is practically the same, we are talking about Deezer.

Spotify

Spotify, of Swedish origin, is currently the App reference in this of music in Streaming and mainly due to:

• Plan free and unlimited via PC, Mac or your own website.
• Access from mobiles and tablets (currently also in the free version).
• Creation of a radio (playlist with themes similar to the initial one) based solely on an opening song.
• Wide variety of preset radio stations, based on moods, greatest hits, latest releases, etc.
• Sound quality Premium up to 320kbps.

In the aspect of cons, to Spotify, in my opinion, only two things can be held in his face, the amount of advertising that they put in their plan Free, since sometimes they can be quite "Machacones" with that, and that in the free plans, so they only offer music playback in shuffle mode and you can only skip ahead in song playback 5 times in an hour. But of course, if you don't like this, the alternative is clear, pay for a Premium account that eliminates advertising.

 The Prices from Spotify Premium:

Finally I can't help saying that he design, thanks to the latest Spotify updateIt will enter your eyes, at least it seems exceptionally clean and simple to me.

Deezer

Deezer, of French origin, is a Music Streaming App relatively little known. Paradoxically, it has been active for longer than Spotify, but without having as much impact Why? Well, mainly because he has not left France, his native country. It has not spread to the US, on the other side of the pond, it has only reached Latin America. Therefore, we could say that a large number of American users is being lost with the great publicity and possibilities of later expansion that this implies. The most credible theory to explain this strategy of not entering the United States is that there copyright demands many more royalties that in Europe and apparently, for Deezer that is too much.

 In favor of Deezer we found that:

• Offer free plan, Premium plan, and Premium plan +, so there is a intermediate possibility between the free and the most complete plan at a price, also intermediate.
• Offline access in your Premium + plan.
• Catalog superior to Spotify.
• Easy creation of playlists and radio stations.

Finally, and to highlight some points against Deezer we would have to emphasize that the Free version suffers from occasional cuts in playback (which I suppose would be solved with the odd future update), so in aspects of audio quality and playback, does not stand up to Spotify.

The Prices and Deezer offers are:

In short, we are facing two great applications, which in my opinion they can only be enjoyed one hundred percent if you are willing to pay for a Premium subscription. What is better to pay for? The usual, they are so similar, their catalog and possibilities are so similar, that in the end, it will only depend on the one you like the most. I currently have Deezer on Premium +, simply for an offer, just as I had Spotify Premium before, and really, I don't miss anything from one App to another. Although it is true that only by design, I would stay with Spotify.

And now we only have the final and expected arrival of iTunes Radio to Spain to make the final comparison.