{"id":6069,"date":"2016-05-29T21:22:48","date_gmt":"2016-05-29T15:52:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/13.201.39.237\/?p=6069"},"modified":"2016-05-29T21:22:48","modified_gmt":"2016-05-29T15:52:48","slug":"india-music-streaming-app-spotify-jiosaavn-gaana-youtube","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/13.207.105.184\/?p=6069","title":{"rendered":"Let the Music Play: A Comprehensive Guide to Picking the Right Streaming App"},"content":{"rendered":"\nU<\/span>nless you\u2019re the kind of person who spends their time looking for the latest version of \u201csongs.pk\u201d to illegally download mp3s, chances are you\u2019ve stumbled on one of dozens of music streaming apps launching in India every few months.\n\nWith the average Indian spending nearly 20 hours<\/a> a week listening to music, both global and domestic companies have been scrambling to capture a share of our wallets. And in this chaos, we\u2019ve managed to squeeze the best deals even out of the likes of Apple Music and Spotify, the former being forced into cutting its subscription fee<\/a>, and the latter forced to give Indians more freebies than anywhere else in the world<\/a>.\n\nNow, given all these options, we have a new problem \u2014\u00a0one of plenty. We\u2019re left grappling with the more serious question: Which of these music apps is going to give me my daily fix of both Jagjit Singh<\/a> and Beyonc\u00e9? Maybe this will help.\n\nSpotify \u2014 The Cool Kid\u00a0<\/strong>\n\nIn typical cool-kid fashion, Spotify entered the party fashionably late. But, in this case, the delay was justified considering it followed a strict BYOB (Bring Your Own Beats) rule, and signed deals with all major music labels in India before its launch.\n\n

Spotify’s delay was justified considering it followed a strict BYOB (Bring Your Own Beats) rule.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\nNow, it\u2019s transformed into that guy at the party who has the ideal Bollywood song<\/a> for every occasion, and owns an Android phone, but still enjoys decent design. Cool Kid Spotify does have a tendency to take up a lot of space \u2014\u00a0both in your phones and at the bar \u2014 in which case, you could opt for Spotify Lite, which manages to retain almost all the features of the old app in about 10 MB.\n\nRegardless of whether you\u2019re friends with the cool kid or not, everyone gets an invite to the birthday party \u2014\u00a0all Spotify users, premium or otherwise, get complete access to the app\u2019s 50 million-strong library of songs and podcasts, along with a recommendation engine that helps you discover the newest Honey Singh track almost instantly.\n\nAnd if you don\u2019t really care about any of the above, you can at least get a \u201cSpotify Wrapped\u201d at the end of the year, which shares your top tracks to Instagram, a feature that every cool kid worth their air pods<\/a> cares about!\n\nJioSaavn \u2014 The Try-Hard<\/strong>\n\nFormed as a merger between Saavn, one of the earliest players in the streaming market, and Jio, everyone\u2019s favourite corporation, JioSaavn is often dubbed as the Indian Spotify, if only by Jio users. In the short period since its launch, it\u2019s gained a reputation for being a try-hard: kinda good at everything, but not really great at anything.\n\nWhile the app does a fairly decent job keeping up with Cool Kid Spotify with its artist radios, a desktop version, and a decent library, neither the user interface nor the recommendation engine is quite as smooth as its Swedish pen pal.\n\nWhen it comes to the price too, JioSaavn may initially seem like the cheapest option with a \u20b9399 a year plan, but when compared to Spotify or YouTube Music\u2019s family plans, it\u2019s actually slightly more expensive. Still, it saves you the trouble of convincing your other middle-class friends<\/a> from pretending to be a part of your family.\n\nAnd while Jio users are still probably waiting for this article to load on their top of the pack Jio handsets, they are at least compensated with a three-month ad-free subscription to the app. Still, the app has nothing unique to offer against its global or domestic competitors, so I recommend you make a new WhatsApp group<\/a> with all your friends and dosti ko rishtedaari me badal do.\n\n

Gaana is the only app that allows you to pick between 10 regional languages.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\u00a0YouTube Music \u2014 Sharma ji ka Music App<\/strong>\n\nYouTube Music, or as I like to think of it, Sharma ji ka music app, has consistently been at the top of the music streaming game.\n\nKnown for recommending songs with the same accuracy that Sharma ji ka beta<\/a> answers teachers questions, YouTube Music boasts of a slick user interface and the ability to play both music videos and songs on the same screen. In addition to the standard library of mainstream music that every app offers, YouTube Music also offers the thousands of remixes and covers that are uploaded to YouTube every minute as individual tracks. Is there anything that Sharma ji\u2019s app can\u2019t<\/em> do?\n\nThere\u2019s really nothing to complain about \u2014 a YouTube music premium subscription will cost you the industry-standard \u20b999 per month. There\u2019s also value in opting for a YouTube premium subscription at \u20b9129, which gives you ad-free YouTube experience.\n\n\u00a0Gaana \u2014 The Self-Made App<\/strong>\n\n\u201cBas bajna chahiye gaana\u201d \u2014 if you sang that jingle instead of reading it, you may want to spend less time in front of the TV. But jokes apart, this brand recall is pretty much the main reason for Gaana\u2019s \u2014 or as I like to call it, the self-made app\u2019s \u2014 success.\n\nGaana is the first Indian music app to hit 100 million subscribers<\/a>, to introduce an AI-led \u201cFor You\u201d recommendation page, and include music videos on its platform. While the homepage design does have scope for improvement, Gaana is also the only app that allows you to pick between 10 regional languages<\/a>.\n\nSo now you see why this app reminds me of Abhishek Bachchan<\/a>\u2019s Gurukant Desai from Guru<\/em> \u2014\u00a0despite all odds, it\u2019s come out of nowhere, and managed to throw in a great mix of above-average features in a cutthroat world.\n\nNow that you have all this information at your disposal, picking your music app should be as easy as Baba Sehgal\u2019s hairstylist\u2019s job. Whatever you do, make your decision quick, because TikTok<\/a> is entering the streaming market soon, and you don\u2019t want that to be your first.\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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