Yandex Music, Books & Podcasts

Actually does

• ✓Music streaming90% of reviews
• ✓Podcasts15% of reviews
• ✓E-book reader
• ✓Audiobooks10% of reviews
• ✓Offline-first5% of reviews
• ✓Моя волна (умная система рекомендаций)25% of reviews
• ✓Subscription35% of reviews
• ✓Настройка воспроизведения (скорость, сценарии)20% of reviews
• ✓Плейлисты по жанрам, настроениям, занятиям10% of reviews
• ✓iOS widgets(bonus)8% of reviews

Claimed, but not confirmed by reviews

• ⚠Music recognition
• ⚠Lyrics Display
• ⚠Data import
• ⚠Cashback and Rewards

Common complaints

• ✗New interface is overcomplicated and inconvenient50% of mentions

  «New interface is terrible. It's unintuitive, I can barely find my settings»

• ✗Aggressive subscription ads, impossible to close30% of mentions

  «When logging into the account, Plus subscription ads simply pop up and there's no way to close them»

• ✗Lags, freezes, slow interface loading25% of mentions

  «laggy, bloated, with clunky interface»

• ✗Subscription issues: cannot unsubscribe, money charged without consent15% of mentions

  «listened to music, didn't like it, unsubscribed but I still keep getting messages about money being withdrawn»

• ✗Recommendation algorithm doesn't work, same tracks repeat8% of mentions

  «algorithms in recommendations: same tracks over and over, doesn't analyze music style and preferences»

What people praise

• ★Extensive music catalog

  «sooo much music»

• ★My Wave — convenient recommendation system

  «it's great that there's My Wave, which you can customize however you like: by genre, activity, mood»

• ★Podcasts and audiobooks available in one app

  «standard app for listening to music, books and podcasts. cool»

• ★Ability to download music for offline listening

  «music without internet»

• ★App is convenient for music lovers (before update)

  «Really cool app for listening to music!»

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