Spotify Vs Deezer: Comparing the Two Music Beasts in 2024

No Doubt, Spotify is the beast in the music industry and evolving its features to maintain its top position. But, are you trying to give a lesser music app a chance? If yes! then Spotify Vs Deezer will be the best to compare in 2024.

However, it is not easy to compare both music apps and give anyone a crown, As, both are famous in the music industry and share many similar features. So, for this purpose, I downloaded and used these apps personally, to help you find the best one. In my analysis, I prefer Spotify over Deezer.

Let’s find out these differences between the two music beasts and see what makes Spotify superior to Deezer.

Prior to choosing any app between Spotify and Deezer, you should know the background of both apps because this will help you to make a quick and accurate decision.

As we know both, Spotify and Deezer are music-streaming apps. Spotify, which is only one year younger than Deezer has more popularity and fame, due to its amazing features.

Deezer was launched in 2007, whereas Spotify was officially launched in the market in 2008. But within a few years, it reached 406 million active users, which Deezer cannot. In an attempt to gain popularity, Deezer hand-shaked with the Telecom Giant Orange.

Now, Deezer is available in more than 188 countries while Spotify is accessible in 184 countries, so, Deezer is leading by 4 countries.

But, wait! This is not the criteria for selecting any app, first, compare the whole features before making any decision.

Here is a comparison of some features between Spotify and Deezer, have a look at them:

Spotify and all its old versions along with Deezer ,have a huge range of music content, which again makes it difficult to choose any one app. Unlike the other music apps in the industry, Deezer also has a separate option for podcasts, like Spotify.

Spotify takes the lead by offering 100 million soundtracks, on the other side, Deezer offers only 90 million music content, which is 10 million less than Spotify. You will also find more podcast options on Spotify but the option to select any podcasts with duration is new and unique on Deezer.

Moreover, you can also listen to various artists and their music collections on Spotify. As we know, Spotify provides music of all categories and genres in many languages, this features give Spotify a positive point over Deezer.

If you are listening to songs of low quality, then it will only bring headaches instead of peace, right? Now, you can listen to songs with new audio qualities, which include FLAC and uncompressed audio files with Deezer.

Audio quality is the main difference between Spotify and Deezer. Deezer has the Hi-Fi audio quality, while Spotify has not launched it yet. Spotify offers 5 audio quality, which ranges from 24 kbps to 320 kbps (premium), in the Off Vorbis quality.

Although it seems that Deezer has better audio quality, which is 320 kbit/s, it comes with one drawback, and that is you need to have a stable internet connection to enjoy the songs at CD quality and a lot of storage if you decide to download them So, we can say, there is a tie in the audio quality of both music apps, as they both are beneficial from their own perspective.

While being a strong competitor of Spotify, Deezer is not missing a single chance to compete with Spotify. So, in the price war, Deezer tried to mirror the prices of Spotify, but Spotify remains at the top of the list.

However, both apps offer freemium services, which means you can enjoy free songs with ads and to enjoy the perks of premium services you have to subscribe to the paid plan. 

But Spotify wins at another point by offering Spotify Duo and Spotify Kids plans, which Deezer does not offer.

Here, is a table of price plans for you to have a better comparison:

Price Plan	Spotify	Deezer
Individual	$10.99/month	$11.99/month
Premium Family	$16.99/month	$19.99/month
Premium Duo	$14.99/month	Not available
Premium Student	$5.99/month	$5.99/month
Premium Mini	Approx. 0.13/day or 0.46/week	Not available

Now, it will be clear to you that Spotify wins the price race by offering cheaper and more flexible price plans.

When comparing the user interface of Spotify and Deezer both apps will amaze you with their unique feature and make it difficult to select any specific app. 

Deezer has a cool and vibrant color interface, that attracts listeners, while Spotify has a dark-colored theme, that will soothe your eyes. The interface of both apps is uniformly designed and they use appropriate fonts, that best suit their overall theme.

On the Home screen of Deezer, you will see 4 sections, with the name, Music, Podcasts, Favorites, and Explore. With these options, you can explore new music and get the best music recommendations according to your taste.

On the other hand, Spotify also offers many options for music recommendations, such as Made For You, New Releases, Release Radar, and Discover Weekly. Moreover, to help you discover more music, Spotify also provides the option of animated cover art.

When you are listening to songs, both apps will show you almost the same control keys, which include pause, play, audio settings, song skips, ads skips, and much more. By now, you know that both apps almost hold the same features, right? 

But Spotify takes the lead by offering the Spotify AI-DJ feature, which will suggest songs and music related to your previous history.

When we decided to compare the device compatibility of Spotify and Deezer, we again noticed Spotify was ahead of the Deezer. It is because you have the option to connect Spotify with all types of devices, like Android, iOS, Linux Windows, macOS, Smart speakers, watches, gaming consoles, and many others. 

However, Deezer also allows you to connect with all these devices, but the feature of Spotify Connect will act as a cheery on top. With this feature, you can connect with more than 8 devices at a time and control them with your mobile device, which will act as a remote control. This feature is not available in Deezer.

So, once again Spotify takes the lead by offering more device compatibility and Spotify connect features.

However, choosing any music app between the two is not easy, as both apps have almost similar features and are available in more than 180 countries. 

But, after doing a deep comparison of Spotify and Deezer’s features, I picked Spotify. The reason is obvious, and that is its economical price plans and more features than Deezer.

If I like to listen to songs at better audio quality, then I will definitely download Deezer. The choice to select any music app completely depends on your personal choice.