Spotify vs Grooveshark

I’ve been on Spotify for 1.5 years. I didn’t get hooked right away, but around a year ago I just couldn’t get enough.

An hour ago I found Grooveshark. It’s Spotify with these changes:

It’s in your web browser, meaning no download. Perfect for people on the go who want their digital life in the cloud
You and (even better) others can upload to the service. If there’s a song you want on the go which isn’t available, upload it – but someone else have probably already done it..
Don’t seem to see a point to go premium (no higher bit rate, no ads (using adblock))
If I want to go Premium, it’s over 3 times cheaper than on Spotify. It’s only $3
It has Requiem for a dream, which I have been forced to go to youtube to enjoy
Oh yeah, and there’s a Wordpress plugin..
UPDATE 1: Playlists can be ordered in “playlist order” meaning you can create a “mixed tape”

The negative

I get an error saying song can’t be played sometimes (trying again fixes it)
No keyboard shortcuts
iPhone app isn’t out yet
The sound quality can be (or is always?) better in Spotify. Example: Alice Cooper with Poison

Popularity: 1% [?]

November 26th, 2009 | Other

2 comments

You forget one important thing. Spotify IS legal and Grooveshark is NOT legal. It is a piracy network and they will never survive in the long run.

Comment by Hans — November 26, 2009 @ 3:46 pm

Sound quality is actually usually better on Grooveshark than on Spotify, which seems to use a lot of tracks “ripped” from radio, where you even get a DJ jabbing over the intro, and with static noise. I haven’t experienced that on Grooveshark this far.

Music is more correctly tagged on Grooveshark (ironically), a lot of the music I’ve searched for in spotify have been incorrectly tagged (right artist, wrong track, or just plain wrong).

Comment by elzapp — November 26, 2009 @ 8:06 am