Hi all. I found a couple similar threads but they were several months old...
I'm in trial mode with spotify and Rdio using on a mix of devices: iPad, iPhone, Mac and pc. Trying to decide between the 2. I guess I'm just tired of collecting music and I really like the idea of having access to whatever I want anytime.
Both have really nice ipad apps, display album art on Apple TV, cost the same, etc.
Spotify tends to organize songs only in playlists with no universal library similar to iTunes, at least not in the mobile apps. Rdio has the "collection" that organizes musing by artist, then album & song which is a bit more familiar
Rdio offers a lot more suggested music in the "activity" area that keeps updating what others are listening to despite the fact that I'm not signed in to any social network.
I think I may be leaning toward rdio mostly because I can't wrap my head around a library strictly built out of playlists but I'm hanging with it to see if it grows on me....
Spotify also continues to grow in ipad storage space even though I am "steaming". This is a known issue and to date the only fix is to occasionally delete and reinstall the app
Anyhoo, I may be rambling but looking for any opinions before I she'll out 10.00/month for either service
I'd recommend either for for a test spin. Both beautiful ipad apps and very cool to be able to pull up just about any song or full album at will.
Tia
Jeff
I'm in trial mode with spotify and Rdio using on a mix of devices: iPad, iPhone, Mac and pc. Trying to decide between the 2. I guess I'm just tired of collecting music and I really like the idea of having access to whatever I want anytime.
Both have really nice ipad apps, display album art on Apple TV, cost the same, etc.
Spotify tends to organize songs only in playlists with no universal library similar to iTunes, at least not in the mobile apps. Rdio has the "collection" that organizes musing by artist, then album & song which is a bit more familiar
Rdio offers a lot more suggested music in the "activity" area that keeps updating what others are listening to despite the fact that I'm not signed in to any social network.
I think I may be leaning toward rdio mostly because I can't wrap my head around a library strictly built out of playlists but I'm hanging with it to see if it grows on me....
Spotify also continues to grow in ipad storage space even though I am "steaming". This is a known issue and to date the only fix is to occasionally delete and reinstall the app
Anyhoo, I may be rambling but looking for any opinions before I she'll out 10.00/month for either service
I'd recommend either for for a test spin. Both beautiful ipad apps and very cool to be able to pull up just about any song or full album at will.
Tia
Jeff