Alternatives to Deezer
A music streaming service with a free ad-supported tier and paid plans including FLAC quality. The listings below can replace it for an important use case. Each note says what changes if you switch.
The original
Deezer
A music streaming service with a free ad-supported tier and paid plans including FLAC quality.
Replacements
Listings that take over the same core job as Deezer.
Spotify
A music streaming service with a web player and lossless audio for Premium subscribers.
Spotify also has a free tier and offers lossless audio to Premium subscribers, but it is listed here as a web player rather than dedicated Android and iOS apps.
Apple Music
Apple's ad-free music streaming subscription with lossless audio and Spatial Audio in Dolby Atmos.
Apple Music has no free tier but includes lossless and Dolby Atmos Spatial Audio, and it is best integrated with Apple devices.
Amazon Music Unlimited
Amazon's paid music streaming subscription with HD, Ultra HD and spatial audio tracks.
Amazon Music Unlimited requires a paid subscription tied to an Amazon account and adds HD, Ultra HD, Dolby Atmos and 360 Reality Audio tracks.
Tidal
A paid music streaming service offering lossless FLAC stereo and Dolby Atmos on supported tracks.
Tidal has no free tier and requires a subscription, offering lossless FLAC streaming plus Dolby Atmos on supported tracks and devices.
Qobuz
A hi-res music streaming service with a store for buying lossless and Hi-Res album downloads.
Qobuz requires a paid subscription for hi-res streaming and adds a store for buying lossless and Hi-Res album downloads.
IDAGIO
A classical music streaming app with search built for classical works and lossless sound.
IDAGIO is a paid service limited to classical music, with search built for classical works, lossless sound and video concerts.
Also worth comparing
These listings name Deezer as their own alternative, so the relationship runs both ways.
Pandora
A music and podcast streaming service with radio-style stations, plus on-demand listening on paid plans.
Deezer keeps a free ad-supported tier and adds FLAC streaming on its HiFi plan, lyrics translation, song identification and playlist transfer from other services.
SoundCloud
A music streaming and audio sharing platform where independent artists upload tracks and listeners discover them.
Deezer also has a free ad-supported tier and adds FLAC streaming on its HiFi tier, with apps for Android and iOS, but it is not an open upload platform.
Similar software
Related functionality, not a direct replacement.
Plexamp
A music player from Plex for listening to and exploring the music library on a Plex server.
Snipd
A podcast app that uses AI to save highlights, transcribe snippets and summarise episodes.
Apple Podcasts
Apple's podcast app for following, listening to and watching shows, with sync across Apple devices.
Cider
A community-run desktop client for Apple Music on Windows, macOS and Linux.
Symfonium
An Android music player for local files, NAS shares and servers like Plex, Jellyfin and Navidrome.
Musicolet
An ad-free offline Android music player with multiple queues, tag editing and synchronized lyrics.
