If you’re a student with an NUS Extra card or a UniDays account you can save 50% on Spotify and it also currently offers a 60 day (up from 30 day) trial to give you a taster of the service.

So, Apple Music and Spotify both start at £9.99 a month. In-fact, it was rumoured that Apple had tried to push through a $7.99 pricing tier, but the idea was quickly shut down by music bosses. A couple of services have gone beyond this with more premium offerings (Tidal’s HiFi tier for example), but we’d be very surprised if any new services offered a full featured streaming app for less than £9.99. Music streaming services seemed to have all pretty much agreed – or more likely been forced by labels – to stick with the basic £9.99/$9.99 pricing for their main tier. With both services here and available to everyone, we take a look to see which is most deserving of your money. Of course, Spotify has built up quite the store of playlists, exclusive live sessions and support for a massive number of devices. Result.Īpple’s service comprises of music streaming, 24/7 live radio and a new kind of social network called Connect that will let artists share pictures and behind-the-scenes video with fans. The story didn’t end there though, as Apple finally agreed to pay during the trial, Taylor relented and when Apple Music hits it will be the only streaming service to offer 1989. The pop songstress was dismayed at the lack of payments to artists during the free three-month trial, so she said she wouldn’t put her latest release, 1989, on to the service. Since the WWDC announcement, the Cupertino company has seen a lot of backlash from the music industry. The road to release for what Apple hopes will be an all conquering music service has been, well, a little turbulent.

It boasts some major features and is looking to take your monthly subscription away from Spotify. It has been a long time coming and even needed Apple to spend big on Beats Music, but the brand’s music streaming service is finally here. Apple has launched its long awaited music streaming service Apple Music, but how does it compare to our current favourite Spotify? Let’s take a look.

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