Alternatives to Tidal
A paid music streaming service offering lossless FLAC stereo and Dolby Atmos on supported tracks. The listings below can replace it for an important use case. Each note says what changes if you switch.
The original
Tidal
A paid music streaming service offering lossless FLAC stereo and Dolby Atmos on supported tracks.
Replacements
Listings that take over the same core job as Tidal.
Spotify
A music streaming service with a web player and lossless audio for Premium subscribers.
Spotify offers a free tier alongside Premium, with lossless audio limited to Premium on supported apps and devices, and no Dolby Atmos mentioned.
Apple Music
Apple's ad-free music streaming subscription with lossless audio and Spatial Audio in Dolby Atmos.
Apple Music includes lossless and Dolby Atmos Spatial Audio, with apps for Windows, macOS and iOS, a family plan, and closest integration with Apple devices.
Qobuz
A hi-res music streaming service with a store for buying lossless and Hi-Res album downloads.
Qobuz is a paid hi-res streaming service that also sells lossless and Hi-Res album downloads and publishes its average pay per stream.
Deezer
A music streaming service with a free ad-supported tier and paid plans including FLAC quality.
Deezer adds a free ad-supported tier and Android and iOS apps, with FLAC CD-quality streaming on the HiFi tier plus lyrics translation and playlist transfer.
Amazon Music Unlimited
Amazon's paid music streaming subscription with HD, Ultra HD and spatial audio tracks.
Amazon Music Unlimited is a paid subscription with HD and Ultra HD streaming plus Dolby Atmos and 360 Reality Audio, tied to an Amazon account.
IDAGIO
A classical music streaming app with search built for classical works and lossless sound.
IDAGIO offers lossless streaming limited to classical music, with search built for classical works, video concerts and a smaller catalogue than Tidal.
Also worth comparing
These listings name Tidal 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.
Tidal requires a paid subscription and focuses on lossless FLAC stereo and Dolby Atmos on supported tracks, with no free ad-supported tier.
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.
Volumio
A music player operating system that turns a Raspberry Pi or PC into a network audio streamer.
dCS Mosaic Control
A mobile control app for dCS digital audio products that manages playback from multiple music sources.
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.
