Right now, two of the most popular services are probably Slacker Radio and Pandora. In this editorial, we will compare both services, and you will get the input of 2 people from the site, myself mindfrost82 , and Courtney Courtney only really used Slacker back when she had a Blackberry and has used Pandora over the past 6 months. There also used to be a free service called Last.
The service is still around, but they recently forced people to buy a subscription for mobile listening. The nice thing with Last. FM would automatically track those songs and send them to their servers and tag them as favorites for you. I believe this is the only service that offered that feature. Slacker supports just about every mobile device you can think of. Its also integrated into some Sony devices. For free, Slacker will play some ads between your songs. You can listen for unlimited hours though.
We will compare Slacker Radio vs Pandora based on several aspects, such as the app design and interface, song collection, features, and prices.
The lack of control is a trade-off for the discovery-focused and free listening experience. Usually, people listen to Internet radio services when they want to discover new songs or when they are just bored with the popular songs. Both Slacker Radio and Pandora allow you to create a radio station based on a selected song, artist, album, or genre. After the radio station is created, you will be able to tweak the playlist by upvoting and downvoting songs.
An upvote means that you like the song, and the service will play the song more frequently and find similar songs. By using your feedback, the service fine-tunes the playlists and selections to give you exactly the songs that you want to hear. Have a look : Slacker Radio vs Spotify. They take totally different approaches. The contrasting colors match very nicely; they give the app a beautiful and elegant monochromatic design. The Now Playing menu on Slacker Radio is gorgeous.
The background uses the album cover art of the currently playing song to create a sleek look. The play, skip, and back buttons are aesthetically appealing. There are transition effects when you switch between menus. On the other hand, Pandora has a clean white background which is present almost all the time when you are searching for stations, viewing your profile or feed, or accessing the settings. After a music station is selected, the interface will change its color theme to navy blue.
It allows you to switch from the Now Playing screen to the homepage and vice versa, resulting in a convenient user experience. Song Collection When choosing a music service, one of the most commonly asked question is regarding how many songs that the service actually possesses.
Everything you'll hear in the service is from a live station that is currently broadcasting somewhere in the world. You can't search for songs or artists to create stations, but you can search to see if any live stations on TuneIn are currently playing your favorite music, and then tune into them. Slacker is more like a guide for music enthusiasts, built by enthusiasts, than purely an internet radio service.
Much like Pandora, Slacker Radio lets you build or browse stations based on your favorite music. The difference here is that, with a paid subscription, you can play songs on demand and download them for offline listening. Slacker uses music fans and experts to create stations instead of algorithms. Music fans are responsible for Slacker's impressive library of pre-created stations, which include those centered on new music, genre essentials and an artist's best work, plus their influences.
Like Pandora, Slacker gives you six skips per hour with a free account. Unlike Pandora, Slacker helps you keep track with a counter next to the skip button to see how many you have left. Plus gives you unlimited skips on stations, no ads and offline listening for your stations.
The Unlimited plan takes it a step further and lets you play songs on demand, create custom playlists and play albums and playlists offline, in addition to all of the features of Plus. Best for: music fans who want fun and unique stations, and the option to listen offline. However, if you're a T-Mobile customer with the right plan , you can get it at no extra charge.
With UnRadio , there are no ads and you get unlimited skips for all your stations. Like the others, you can create your own stations or browse by genre, artist and recommendations from Napster. You can tune your stations with a thumbs up or thumbs down, and tapping the Favorite button the heart saves the current track to your library and downloads it for offline listening.
However, you're limited to just 25 songs that you can save to your favorites. Best for: anyone willing to pay a few bucks per month for no ads and unlimited skips. Out of the options listed above, our top pick for internet radio is Pandora for its simple design and abundant, but not excessive features. If you prefer to hear live broadcast terrestrial radio, TuneIn is your best bet.
It has hundreds of thousands of radio stations from all over the US and around the globe, including tens of thousands that you wouldn't be able to hear from your local broadcasts. The list above is by no means meant to be exhaustive, and there are plenty of other radio-streaming services you can use.
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