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Cider vs Spotube: catalog facts
Cider	Spotube
Paid Sold as a paid app, and playback also requires an Apple Music subscription.	Free The software is free under its open-source licence. Hosting, hardware and external…
Windows, macOS, Linux	Windows, macOS, Linux, Android
Apple Music on Windows and Linux desktops Discord and Last.fm integrations	Plugins let it use different metadata and audio sources rather than tying you to one service, and it…
Requires an Apple Music subscription macOS and Linux builds are Electron based	It depends on third-party services that can change or break, and the legal position of some plugin sources…
Downloadable app	Downloadable app
Closed source	Open source
License not stated	License: BSD-3-Clause
Account needed	Not stated if an account is needed
Not stated if it works offline	Not stated if it works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 23, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 22, 2026

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