TIDAL vs. Spotify - Which is the best music streaming service?
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In this video, we’re comparing TIDAL vs. Spotify to see which music streaming service you should subscribe to. We’ll be judging both services based on content, interface and user experience, algorithms, sharing, sound quality, and price.
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TIDAL HiFi Plus vs. Spotify Premium
TIDAL HiFi vs. Spotify Premium
TIDAL HiFi vs. Spotify
00:00 Introduction
00:30 Music libraries
02:07 Interface and user experience
04:22 Music recommendations and sharing
04:43 Live on Tidal
04:55 Spotify Group Sessions
05:48 Sound quality
07:26 Price
Are you Team Tidal? Team Spotify? Neither? Let us know which and why in the comments!
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Team Tidal all the way. Because of audio quality.
Tidal pays artists almost 4 times more per stream than Spotify does, please consider that when subscribing to one of these
I also pay 3x more for a tidal sub.
Tidal does not pay the artists, they pay the labels who in turn pay the artists. The problem is not with the streaming services, it is with the labels. They own the rights, not the artists.
@@greenthunder1000thats how they pay artists dumb dumb
@@yxmichaelxyyxmichaelxy3074Its also a problem by the streaming services. Im an indie artist. I use spotify and i release on Spotify too. So now spotify sent me an email as user to tell me, its getting more expensive. And they contacted me as an artist telling me, they wont pay me anything anymore, because they will only pay, when you reach a minimum on streams, which i dont hit. So i pay more as User and i also wont get my 5€ a year as an artist for my music🥲
@@greenthunder1000Tidel Hifi and Spotify Premium are both $11 a month. The only way you're paying more for Tidel is if you're getting Hifi+, which unless you have really high end audio equipment, you won't be able to tell a difference to the regular Hifi.
I love to listen to hi-res audio 192 khz 24-bit on my gas station bought earbuds
🤣🤣🤣😂 can you tell a difference?
@@user-gr2jn6ri2iyou can, but it would vary from user to user. I have only compared between KZhead Music and Tidal, and it's night and day difference, whether it's through my crap earphones or expensive headphones. KZhead Musics tracks sound like all the songs are compressed together and pushed through a generic mono or stereo output. On Tidal it feels like every single instrument has its own crisp track and variances in volume. I can easily hear each individual instrument and their placements throughout the songs on Tidal, but through KZhead Music it's all just compressed together.
This comparison makes it seem as Spotify is vastly superior whereas the 1 point Tidal has probably outweighs all other points by a lot. Sound quality and the ability to play lossless formats is worth way more than shown here.
Depends on who you ask. While lossless audio may be the most important thing to some people - for some it may not matter at all. For example, I play most of music on bluetooth speakers via wireless connection from my phone and that means I'll never benefit from lossless quality of audio.
@@LukeR1M isnt there also a speaker that have lhdc and aptx modul on them
Tidal pays the artists a lot more and you can actually use your playlists to mix with Dj Serato.
Tidal also recently removed the hifi plus and now you get the highest quality audio included in all the plans available, individual for 10,99. i recently subscribed to it since i do have decent SQ setups in car and home. I was soundcloud user for the longest time but decided to try this out. really happy so far.
Hey! This is really a fantastic video. Have a couple of suggestions. Harley is tremendous. A great presence on camera. I could make a couple of very small tweaks…but really, do not change. Harley, you’re incredible on camera. My other note would be to add the “Tidal” logo and/or “Spotify” logo when you’re displaying a shot of either service on screen. You jump back and forth so often, that the viewer can get a touch confused with which service you’re talking about.
Honestly great job with the video. Subbed. I enjoyed the format of the video and very informative
What spotify messed up on was canceling their third party dj mixing support. I wouldn't have tidal if I wasn't making money doing shows
Spotify is the better service, Tidal has the better sound quality (if you're picky about it).
Tidal pays the artist more than double of what Spotify does. I also like the Tidal interface more than Spotify.
Who really cares about sound quality when listening to music on a potato 🥔 😂
I used senheiser momentum 3 wireless in the past, the quality between apple music and spotify is clear as day. But i just bought a wf-1000xm5 and try tidal hifi plus for the sony 360 stuff. It kinda weird that between spotify and tidal, they sound the same to me on wf-xm5 😅.
I think it's because it's still wireless so the quality ain't gonna be high, with the headset noise cancelling that sony has that can be plugged is where you gon listen the difference, wireless is just not there yet in terms of quality compared to plugged
Because you don t have HIFI heaphones. They have LDAC - 990 kbps and Tidal Hi-Res has more than 9000 kbps.
Would be weird given the iphone has high bitrate turned off and you need an external dongle now to get the high quality audio, and thata after you plug in your dongle and enable that audio method. The iphone doesnt have a high quality audio chip/amplifier inside it. Good headphones always help bring out details though.
Try Sennheiser Momentum 4 bro
I really wish you would show playlist sorting in the interface section. For example, spotify makes it very difficult to auto-sort playlists in a way you want (song release date, plays, etc.), so I was hoping to see if Tidal's playlist sorting is better or just as lackluster.
well, the artists im listening to, mostly indies, they don't upload music on Tidal. I did check Tidal a several months ago and i was disappointed that 90% of the music i listen to are not available on it. So, Spotify is just the only option for me, i just wish they bring Hi-Res audio soon 😮💨
Same. I listen to a lot of Japanese rock bands like The Novembers and Coaltar of the Deepers. They're on Spotify, but not on Tidal. I would like to support Tidal, but Spotify always seems to have the bigger library.
Tidal has a lot of DJ player support as well
Can you please elaborate
I believe Tidal use to have a discount for veterans. Not sure that's still an option. Nice review! Thanks
Yes Tidal provides discounts for the military.
I am using B&W px7 with usbc cable to iPad pro 2021 with Tidal. And I can hear the difference. The sound is better, brighter and mora alive. I have not tried it with iPhone 15 yet but I will. I am user of Spotify but now I am trying Tidal. I did not know the sound difference but now I do. Tidal is way better. If Spotify will introduce hifi quality with the price around the same as Tidal, I will choose the latter. And not through the apple market but directly. Apple charges 30% more than Tidal on their web, so it is a no brainer.
I may switch to Tital if, and only if, it allows me to start playing a playlist, then add cherry picked songs to a separate queue that plays before the rest of the playlist that I'm currently playing, not after, like Google Play Music does.
Wdym? In Tidal works exactly as you said
@@kudaty1808 That's great to hear. I hadn't actually checked. I just grew so used to Spotify being the only streaming service that does it that way that I have tried.
Tidel sounds good but since i am using wireless headphones i dont you will hear the extra bitrate.
I've been trying out Tidal with a free trial and I must say, I'm a little underwhelmed. Aside from the lossless playback, Tidal doesn't do anything better than Spotify, and some features I use on Spotify all of the time are missing on Tidal, not to mention some tracks aren't available on Tidal. When Spotify introduces Hi-Fi, I'll definitely be making the switch back.
Totally agree with you. I’m on the free trial right now and I am absolutely and utterly disappointed with Tidal’s sound quality. Lossless audio doesn’t mean anything if you got bad EQ. Without good EQ it doesn’t matter if it’s lossless audio. That’s where Spotify does it right. They may not have Lossless audio (yet). But they know how to compensate by having very good EQ. I’m sticking with Spotify. You should switch back. Spotify sounds great now. Imagine how it will sound when they finally go to Hi-Fi.
@@cesarvaldez112975they are the same price though so why switch back?
@@cesarvaldez112975Lossless don t need eq. It is quality itself.
The thing that made a big difference for me is the spotify algorithm for suggestions, it’s insanely good !
Spotify's algorithm is pretty good! No wonder why it's popular. Happy listening! :D
The UI and UX (mostly) is also better and more reliable.. not to mention that artists sometimes takes weeks longer to release their music on Tidal.
Still won't go back to Spotify tho. Pay the artist fairly! :)
It’s too specific. You will get to a point where the algorithm will try to box you in
I'm gonna disagree on that one. Might work well for some people but it's constantly recommended me crap I have no interest in based off shallow similarities to things I do like. Spotify is REALLY hit or miss on recommendations
TIDAL pay the artist more for 100 million stream's Is 1.2 million dollar's for Spotify 100 million stream's Is 500 thousand dollar's TIDAL Is the highest paying streaming platform than any service today
I have Amazon music hd unlimited. If you have a prime account it is $80 a year which is cheaper Spotify and you get hd and even lossless audio if u have the equipment to run it.
Amazon Music HD is a great choice, too! Perhaps we'll do a video on that as well... 👀 Happy listening!
@@SoundGuys yeah it's good but the UI is definitely lower quality than Spotify, and there's definitely a lot more bugs especially on Android so I would be expecting that. But it works for me.
If you opt not to pay for Tidal HiFi, is the sound quality the same as Spotify?
In the last 6 months since you posted this video, Spotify removed the heart button to add a song as a 'Liked Song' / favorite song. The removal of that function is a big issue for me and at least 1,000 other users in a Spotify forum begging them to bring it back. It seems unlikely. It honestly makes me wonder if the developers at Spotify use their product on a regular basis. Many of us have stopped paying Spotify and are looking for an alternative. Tidal appears to be the leading contender. Migrating data is possible, but may result in a one-time fee if you have too many songs. Anyway, it's a big motivator... assuming Spotify doesn't reverse course; or Tidal doesn't similarly remove that function.
I got tidal because I can use it the Djay App n Sound Quality
i got tidal years ago simply because i didn’t want to use what everyone has, and the green logo for spotify sucks 😂
Team tidal all day
You forgot to mention that Tidal pays over 2x more to artists per listen than Spotify... So that makes the final score obviously 4:2
Who cares?
@@BumpNrun69 literally every musician out there who provides music to listeners?
@@StRosen No, who cares - if "Artist get paid 2x more". They are well paid, especially when they perform.
@@BumpNrun69yeah maybe for your ed Sharen’s and Billie eilishes’ but most artists out there are struggling big bud..
Tidal also has regional price
Thx
Tidal is the better service. Spotify has individual advantages but tbh their algorithms for recommendations arent that great, their podcast browsing is a shitshow, and they pay artists peanuts and are trying to pay them less because they arent profitable. Tidal will outlast Spotify because only one of them is trying to create a survivable business model.
8:48 tidel military discount frist responder discount but that's for USA
Tidal have downloaded songs too!
Выбираете что лучше? А мы теперь аудиокассеты слушаем😂
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You forgot to mention that Tidal’s Hi-Fi subscription is still cheaper than Spotify’s regular subscription while still offering Lossless sound quality.
I’m tidal because they offer a military discount unlike Spotify )I just wish they had an equalizer like Spotify) and as a poor airman those 5 bucks I’m saving can get me a gallon of gas
Im gonna have to switch to tidel becos off Spotify is getting more expensive.
Is better tbh n different
Spotify on TV and Tidal on Receiver
Tidal and it's not even close.
Spotify is the most accessible platform
gotta have local files
Used to use Spotify but the sound quality is so far behind Tidal and now Tidal just told me they’re reducing my subscription cost because “ normal” subscription will be the same as HD. If you don’t have a decent stereo at home then sure, Spotify is fine but direct comparisons are so far apart poor old Spotify sounds very low rent by comparison ( yes, ANYONE can pick the difference if your audio system isn’t a POS ) Would ditch Spotify if my kids didn’t use it.
Ihave a modded spotify app that doesn't gives me pro features without offline features. Spotify for the win
Tidal!
if most people use airpods, isn't spotify audio quality sufficient?
Most casual listeners would say so! :) Happy listening!
Yes but you can tell the difference.
I like Spotify playlists
Surround sound and (allegedly) lossless just isn't needed for like pretty much all listeners. And Spotify's popularity makes it so convenient ie services that use the API, or simple stuff like sending a playlist/music to a friend. As a producer with some pretty solid audio gear, I cannot hear the difference between Spotify hq and lossless. It's a myth imo. Only matters when you're doing serious audio work with lossless files
True. Convenience tends to be the priority for most listeners. Happy listening! :)
I don't want to undermine your experience but there is definetly a difference, it's subtle but you can pick up more details with flac, so is just as simple as, you want better quality with more details and to enjoy better the music and to be fair to artists? You go to Tidal. Maybe you don't hear the difference because you interact with alot more quality music so when you go to tidal you expect something more notable, but for me a casual listener when I download a flac file and compare it to my mp3 320kb songs, it just notable and again,you pick up alot more details and I find myself aprecciating even more the music I already have
Get a revealing system to listen to music through, THEN come back and talk to us...
@@BumpNrun69 define "revealing", interested to know
@@Tommo_ Something that allows more through the system (i.e. a Tube Amp; DAC; High Sensitivity Speakers - more than 95dB) without high quality you'll probably never tell the difference listening to FLAC and Compressed. Flac is less compressed if any at all. Therefore it's more revealing on a better system than those systems found in the aisle-way at Best Buy. With a Tube pre-amp/amp it's a lot more revealing. You could compare it like, "surround sound" in a home theater system opposed to just "stereo" sound. That's why people who are serious listeners spend 10's of thousands dollars or more than Best-buy (store) systems. If you're listening to music with a phone, you'll never understand.
with regards to the sound quality, AAC 256 kbps is already past perceptual transparency so it shouldn't be a problem I think In that sense, I'd say NOT offering FLAC or other HiFi formats is a clever decision as it saves up on bandwidth as well as storage costs. These savings would then be passed on to the consumers.
Big daddy 💀
Too bad MQA is lossy
Neither. We used to get the music for free or at the very least for almost nothing per track. And we had a file to use. You know what, the music industry survived 30years even with the piracy. How? Theyre ripping you off so bad theyre good for 30years even with next to no sales.😂
None of both. A good analog sound system beats both Spotify, Tidal and rest of any other digital bs. Come and prove me wrong that any sound comes out of a computer speakers/headphones, are better than the vinyl sound from my Technics SU-G700M2 amp, combined with Marantz TT-15S1 & Sonus Faber Il stereo speakers. But wait.. Internet generation don't even know what a vinyl is..
Not exactly portable is it though, you point is correct but there are quite a few downsides.
We know more about vinyl than you do about the English language
The belief that digital audio stairsteps and therefore loses data during conversation from analog to digital is a myth. Both digital and analog audio has its pros and cons, but audio quality essentially stays the same across the board.
High digital files will always be better than a record. With the right setup a good dac its miles away. Im a record collector but the sound is different.
It's not called Title lol. Til-DA
Spotify biased review.
Apple?! Hahahaha! No.
You use AI for the voice overs
Foobar2k and some change
24 bit/192 khz ONLY WITH ANDROID PHONE SIR ! NOT WITH IPHONE ! 😂
I'll tell you what's the best. Neither of these. It's KZhead Music now.
I know one thing they ALL WANT your credit card info...
Tidal is the best
Incredible! Let's be friends :)