Tidal HiFi has a comparable monthly charge, but you can’t access hi-res streams. A Student Tier allows you to split the Premium sub. Opt for the latter and up six people can have their own account. Spotify Premium costs $9.99/£9.99 a month, with a Duo tier that supports two users for $12.99/£12.99. You can listen for free, provided you can live with ads. When it comes to accessibility, Spotify has it nailed. A recent partnership with DC means there are original big budget Batman stories coming, and I’m well up for that. As evidenced by the $100 million contract that exclusively secured Joe Rogan’s podcast, Spotify is increasingly looking to dominate the lucrative podcast market – and its exclusivity deals may enough to sway you. Perhaps the algorithm has a sense of humour?Īrguably the biggest difference between the two services boils down to non-music content. While the service knows full well the depths and depravity of my musical tastes, it still suggests new tracks from Queen Naija. Tidal’s navigation could probably be more tailored. Similarly, both services offer the titular debut by Canadian punks Billy Talent, but here’s the rub - Tidal has it as an MQA Master stream, with more bits to get your teeth into.
Spin the same on Tidal, and you’ll be served Autopsychosis and Megalodon. Play Korpse’s Retaliation on Spotify and the service points you in the direction of Traumatomy and Extermination Dismemberment. The content recommendation algorithms of both Spotify and Tidal are impressive. Whether your tastes are classic rock, metal, punk, prog, alternative, pop or jazz, you’ll be well catered for. That’s not to say the catalogues are identical, but they’re so evenly matched hunting for differences is akin to looking for a needle in a mosh pit. You’ll be hard pressed to find even the most eclectic of metal and prog missing from either. Both Spotify and Tidal boast exhaustive music catalogues: Spotify claims more than 70 million tracks, while Tidal boasts 80 million.
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