YouTube Music
★ 4.0What it actually doesYouTube Music is a music streaming service with personalized recommendations, song lyrics, and video support, but with significant accessibility issues in some regions (including Russia) and extensive advertising in the free version.
Actually does
- ✓Music streaming80% of reviews
- ✓Music player70% of reviews
- ✓Совместные плейлисты (со-авторство)5% of reviews
- ✓Video streaming5% of reviews
- ✓Subscription20% of reviews
- ✓Free tier25% of reviews
- ✓Personalized Recommendations15% of reviews
- ✓Lyrics Display15% of reviews
- ✓Playlist Management10% of reviews
Claimed, but not confirmed by reviews
- ⚠Ad blocker
- ⚠Загрузка музыки для офлайна
- ⚠Воспроизведение на разных устройствах
- ⚠Интеграция с Google Assistant и Google Maps
- ⚠Background playback
Common complaints
- ✗Geolocation blocking (unavailable in RF and some regions)25% of mentions
«before (after the blocking) I used to listen to music with VPN and it was fine... but now I CAN'T EVEN LOG IN WITH VPN... 'you won't be able to listen to music in your region'»
- ✗Billing issues / unauthorized payments (family plan)5% of mentions
«They simply stole premium from two families, with my parents and my wife, twice in 2 days»
- ✗Crashes, freezes, login errors ('no internet')20% of mentions
«I open the app and it doesn't work, it won't log in for 6 months»
- ✗Excessive ads in free version15% of mentions
«There's a lot of ads, the app is designed to either make you get a subscription or watch ads»
- ✗Bug: track duplication in playlists (multiplying up to 3x)5% of mentions
«Tracks constantly duplicate in playlists... there were 50, and after the glitch there became 150, and it's impossible to fix»
What people praise
- ★Excellent personalized recommendations and mood playlists
«good recommendations (really cool for any taste)»
- ★Best free app for music streaming
«I think this is still the best FREE app for online music. I've been using it for years.»
- ★Excellent music collection (cover versions, remixes, unique material, uncensored music)
«music without censorship! cool music and lots of stuff available»
- ★Convenient lyrics display (except for black background)
«It's great that you can view lyrics for many official tracks»
- ★Convenient playlist creation with collaborative editing
«create playlists with co-authorship and voting»