The Music app comes pre-loaded on every iPhone. You can't keep it after you cancel a subscription. If that's not enough, iHeartRadio All Access adds full offline listening, gives you the ability to listen to any song in the Napster music library, and lets you create unlimited playlists. That's all in the free app, but some upgrades deliver more features. The iHeartRadio Plus subscription lets you search for and listen to virtually any song, provides unlimited song skips, and lets you immediately replay a song you heard on a radio station. There are also podcasts available in the app from iHeartRadio-affiliated sources, and you can create custom stations, Pandora-style, by searching for a song or artist. In addition to music stations, you can also tune into news, talk, sports, and comedy stations. If you love the traditional radio experience, you'll probably love this app.īut that's not all it does. iHeartRadio delivers live streams of radio stations from across the country. The name iHeartRadio gives a major hint as to what you'll find in this app: a lot of radio. The company filed for bankruptcy protection in 2018. Requires a subscription to skip songs or listen to songs on demand. For a bit more a month, Pandora Premium offers all of those features, plus the ability to search for and listen to any song, make playlists, and listen offline.

A paid Pandora Plus membership removes ads, lets you listen to four stations offline, removes all limits on skips and replays, and offers higher-quality audio. However, you have to listen to ads, and it limits the number of times you can skip a song in an hour. The free version of Pandora lets you create stations. With a gigantic database of music tastes and relationships powering it, Pandora is a terrific tool for discovering new music. Refine the stations by giving a thumbs up or thumbs down to each song, or add new artists or songs to a station. It uses a radio-style approach, where you enter a song or artist, and it creates a station of music you'll like based on that choice. Pandora is one of the most downloaded free music apps on the App Store because it's simple and works well. Need a subscription to remove ads or add more skips.

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