Amazon Music vs. Apple Music Unlimited [Hot Review 2019]

Apple Music was released by Apple in 2015, especially welcomed by Apple device users. With the dramatic increase of iPhone owners, up to now, Apple Music has gotten more than 56 million subscribers worldwide. Amazon Music is another popular music streaming platform operated by e-commerce giant Amazon.

If you didn't use Apple Music and Amazon Music ever or just subscribed one of them, please don’t worry. Today we will make an ultimate comparison with these two popular streaming services in terms of features, music catalog, price, and more. Keep reading to find out which one is suitable for you.

Part 1. Amazon Music vs. Apple Music: Price

For most streaming music subscribers, the price is a foremost factor you need to consider before using it. Apple Music and Amazon Music both are not free. Now, let’s see the detailed price difference between these two streaming platforms.

Apple Music:

Apple provides three different plans for customers. An individual subscription plan will cost $9.99 per month, Family Plan needs to pay $14.99/month (share with up to 6 people), the cheapest tier for the college student only needs $4.99 per month. In fact, this is a standard among the streaming music market. Comparing with purchase a single or album, this price is affordable for common users.

If you are hesitated to choose subscription among streaming music services, Apple Music offers three-month free trail. To Version Wireless customer, you can get six months free trial of Apple Music. You can also cancel the free trial at any time without paying a penny.

View Also: How to Get Six Months Free Apple Music

Amazon Music:
Amazon Prime users will be able to subscribe to Amazon Music Unlimited at $7.99 per month, which is $2 off the Apple Music monthly price. But if you are not a Prime subscriber, you can also enjoy the Amazon Music Unlimited for $9.99 per month. Besides, Amazon also supplies the family plan for $14.99/month or $149.99 annual year. The family plan is available up to 6 members. Moreover, Amazon offers the free music streaming service for Alexa-supported machines in U.S. New customers can also get 30 days to try Amazon Music Unlimited for free.

Part 2. Apple Music vs. Amazon Music: Music Catalog

Amazon Music:

In fact, Amazon offers two music services. Amazon Prime Music and Amazon Music Unlimited.
Many users feel confused between these two streaming services. Both these two plans are using the same apps and interface, and even has similar features like download streams, playlists, albums. The biggest difference of these two plans is the catalog of song you can access. Amazon Prime Music users be allowed to access 2 million songs only, but after upgrading to Amazon Music Unlimited, you will able to play 50 million songs and get the privilege to listen to new releases.

Apple Music:

Apple Music has 50 million tunes in the catalog, no matter you are individual, family, or colleague student. Once you subscribed Apple Music service, you will capable of listening all the tracks in the catalog and download them for offline playback.

Part 3. Amazon Music vs. Apple Music: Features and Design

Apple Music: 

Apple allows users to download a maximum of 100 thousand songs and upload them into Apple’s iCloud, then users can transfer Apple Music songs on any device with the same Apple account only. As for the interface of the Apple Music, it is familiar with other common Apple’s websites and looks clear and concise.

Amazon Music: 

Not surprisingly, Amazon Music Unlimited is associated with the Amazon voice control. You can directly search the specific track and play them on Echo, Dot, etc. via voice command. In addition, Amazon Music support to play the songs with the web player on a browser. This feature is unavailable for Apple Music. The Amazon streaming music interface looks is ordinary compared with Apple Music. But this player is easy to use for new users, you can browse and play the song on it intuitively.

Part 4. Summing Up

In terms of interface and apps features, Apple Music is outstanding than Amazon Music Unlimited since it provides more beautiful UI and social sharing. Comparing with the media content, Apple provides more like radio shows, live performances, and concerts. But if you just want to play a few songs to kill your leisure time, don’t forget Amazon Premium Music is the best choice for you.