Fortunately, thanks to the Spotify web API and MusicKit on iOS, third-party developers have created utilities to easily export playlists from one music service to another. If you love music and want to make sure you listen to as much new and old content as possible, using two streaming services comes with a big trade-off: there’s no built-in option to keep your playlists in sync. I can’t choose because I happen to have a foot in both camps. In short: Spotify is superior when it comes to discovery for music aficionados and integration with third-party hardware, but Apple Music is nicer and easier to use for iOS users. Apple Music, on the other hand, looks much better than Spotify (I love Apple’s focus on album artworks and large photography), features built-in lyrics, is deeply integrated with the Apple ecosystem, and I’m a fan of the social feed launched with iOS 11.

Spotify is everywhere (including my Amazon Echo) I like how it organizes releases on artist pages and, it’s got a richer selection of user-generated playlists. Spotify’s discovery tools for both old and new songs are simply unparalleled in the industry: Discover Weekly continues to surprise me on a weekly basis just like mixtapes used to do. In my opinion, each service does a few things exceptionally well, but, unfortunately, I can’t have all of them in a single music app.

For the better part of this year, I’ve been using both Spotify and Apple Music.

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