
Deezer makes sure you’re streaming in a HiFi quality.

On Apple Music, for example, you have the “Digital Masters” label, which is where you can take advantage of a better sound, but as for now, the user can’t know through the Apple Music app if the songs were specifically mastered for Apple Music or not.

But you’re not limited to the HiFi playlists, as you can stream any song/album/playlist in a HiFi quality on Deezer. In fact, when you subscribe to the HiFi plan, you can access the “HiFi Playlists,” which feature all editorially curated playlists and albums reissued specifically for HiFi. But if you’re looking for even better quality, Deezer offers a HiFi subscription. Apple Music benefits from the fact that it needs less space to stream/download a more full sound. If you are streaming 320kbps MP3 audio or Apple’s 256kbps AAC, you’ll have a similar experience. The Deezer Apple Watch app only plays music on your iPhone, which is worse than Spotify, which at least lets you listen to music without your phone closer. The Apple Watch app is really simple, but it doesn’t compare to the Apple Music app, which you can download songs to listen to without your iPhone around. Even connecting my Facebook profile doesn’t show whether there are friends using the service or not. On the other hand, I found it was harder than on Apple Music to find friends using the service. Two things I enjoyed on the Deezer app are the Songcatcher, an embedded in-app song recognition tool, and the Flow button, which keeps finding and playing songs you’re interested in. The user has to choose between downloaded music, favorite tracks, playlists, albums, etc. In the “Favorites” tab, which is something closer to the “Library” tab on Apple Music, you can find your tunes but as it happens on Spotify, you can’t search through “All songs” in your Library. The same applies to the “Podcasts” section. In the “Music” section, you have curated songs for you, what you’re currently listening to, and new songs trending. It has four different tabs: “Music,” “Podcasts,” “Favorites,” and “Search.” Different from Apple Music, Deezer doesn’t have a “Radio” section, and similar to Spotify, it prefers to integrate “Podcasts” in its main app. How is the Deezer experience?ĭeezer is very simple to use. Recently, the company added HomePod integration, but it doesn’t offer an Apple TV app yet.

It has its own macOS app, a web player, and works with Amazon and Google sound systems, Chromecast, and some other devices. You can learn all about Apple Music’s price and availability here.ĭeezer is available on iOS and Android devices and Apple Watch. As for now, Apple’s streaming service doesn’t offer a HiFi subscription.
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In April, I tried using Spotify as my main music streaming service. I’ve been an Apple Music subscriber since day one. This time, I’d like to talk about how does Deezer compares to Apple Music. When we talk about music streaming services, we usually highlight Apple Music and Spotify, but there are many other competitors in this market, like Deezer, Pandora, YouTube Music, and Tidal.
