All of Apple's plans allow you to listen online or offline without any ads. Like Spotify, Apple Music offers three monthly subscription tiers: Student ($4.99), Individual ($9.99), and Family ($14.99), which offers up to six users and the ability to share purchases. Those including frequent advertisements, lower streaming quality, and shuffle-only playback on mobile devices for most tracks. A basic Hulu subscription costs $5.99, while Showtime is regularly $11 per month, making this plan the most cost-effective subscription for those who qualify.Īdditionally, Spotify offers a free, ad-supported plan, which also offers access to millions of songs, podcasts, and audiobooks without forking over a penny-but there are some caveats. If you’re a student, Spotify’s Premium Student Plan gives you all the benefits of the regular Premium plan, as well as Hulu’s ad-supported TV plan, and unlimited access to Showtime, all for $4.99. There’s also a $14.99 family plan, which allows for up to six users and comes with all of the above, as well as Spotify Kids, a special app for children 12 and under.

Spotify Premium’s basic plan costs $9.99 per month for unlimited skips, the highest-quality playback the service offers, and the ability to download up to 10,000 songs on five devices for playback offline. Unlike Apple, which is a subscription-only service, Spotify comes in two primary flavors: the free version, which is supported by ads and has streaming restrictions, and the paid version, Spotify Premium. Spotify offers a free plan but Apple Music does not.

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