While music piracy is already losing as more people get online, There are countless entrants joining the race in Online Music Streaming.. So which one should you choose?
The question is actually "Which one is the best for YOU?" Each streaming service has its own set of pros and cons. The matter is to choose the one that works best for you.
THE QUALITY:
The primary objective of any streaming service is in the quality. The quality of a streaming service lies in its music bit rate. At this point, all streaming services offer the same thing. The bit rate varies from 64kbps to 320kbps where free tier users are capped at 128kbps max. theres' no winner here!
THE USER INTERFACE (OR) UI:
UI decides the entire mood of the app.. In terms of UI I would say Hungama and Saavn are the best. Saavn has the most interesting and perfect UI that is very visually appealing and smooth to use as well! Hungama on the other hand has a great color theme and material look. Hungama will be the first to alert you as and when music happens! Im' a great fan of Gaanas' Dark Theme.
Wynk on the other side has a very poorly organised UI. The red theme of Wynk constantly alarms you that it is an app from Airtel. Wynk has a very cluttered and highly un-appealing UI ever..
Winner: Saavn - Hungama Tie
PLANS AND PRICING:
Premium users get a lot of advantages over free users. If you are a music freak, consider upgrading!(seriously!). All services charge almost equally, Rs.99 per month on Android. On Wynk, you get everything for free if you are an Airtel user (yeah data charges apply of course!). The trial period differs for each service. On Saavn and Hungama, you get a 7-day trial to try them out. Gaana gives you a Two week trial and Wynk on the other hand gives you a good One month to try out the app! Wynk also goes on No-ads approach on free tier but caps the number of songs you can stream in One month.
Winner: Wynk
SPECIAL FEATURES:
Hungama offers Mood based song playbacks and Videos. Saavn and gaana has Exclusive content. Wynk has curated playlist for running.
Winner: Hungama
PLATFORMS:
Gaana: Android, IOS, Windows Phone, Web, Windows PC
Hungama: Android, IOS, Windows Phone, Web, Windows PC
Saavn: Android, IOS, Web, Windows PC
Wynk: Android, IOS, Web (which is pretty useless)
Winner: Gaana - Hungama Tie
SONG LIBRARY:
Saavn has the richest song library of 30 Million songs! Gaana has 10 Million songs, Wynk 2.5 Million and Hungama 2 Million songs. Hungama has a very poor song library and is basically a T-Series distributor in my view. Hungama lacks partnership with important music labels such as Eros Now. I was not able to find most of the songs I needed on Hungama. Saavn throws literally every song you want! Gaana and Wynk has decent library thats' enough for daily use.
Winner: Saavn
OTHER SERVICES:
While there are other services like Google Play Music, Apple Music and Guvera, none of them are worth mentioning. Apple Music is highly bugged on Android and very costly. Google Play music is very complex to use (atleast in my view). Guvera lacks song collections and has tons of ads!
So its totally upto you to choose which music service to go with. My personal favorites are Saavn and Hungama. So which streaming service are you choosing!?
