Spotify apps and websites
Spotify has become the most popular and widely used music streaming service. But Spotify is more than just the official apps. There are all kinds of additional apps that allow you to get more out of your Spotify account. Some make it easier to use, others help you create even more fun playlists or provide the songs you listen with lyrics or other extras.
A few tips to start with:
- You often need a paid Premium subscription for apps with interesting features.
- The apps and websites we discuss below often require you to log in with your Spotify account. Keep this as limited as possible and revoke the authorization after a while, because you do not know whether they will be taken over by a shady party over time. You can read how to do this in our tip about Spotify and privacy.
- If you want to use DJ apps such as Djay, it is better to use other services such as Tidal or Soundcloud. Spotify has not officially collaborated with Djay since 2020.
- If you are looking for nice playlists, you can also check out the Perfects.nl website, a Dutch website with playlists created by Niels Aalberts (@ehpo) and other music connoisseurs.
Spotify websites to discover your music taste
There are also all kinds of websites that allow you to get more out of Spotify:
- Discover Quickly: Helps you discover new music. Hover your mouse over a song and you will hear a preview.
- Obscurify: Analyzes your listening behavior on Spotify and tells you how obscure your taste is.
- Boil the Frog: Enter two artist names and this service will create a playlist that integrates the music of both.
- Musicalyst: Get stats on your favorite artists, songs and genres on Spotify. Updated daily and easy to share.
- StatsforSpotify: See your most listened to songs, artists and genres in three different time periods: last four weeks, six months or all time.
- Volt.FM: Provides much more than statistics and also looks at the mood and compares with other Spotify readers.
- Receiptify: Generates a list of top songs.
- Judge My Spotify: An AI tool that analyzes your listening behavior and provides blunt criticism.
- Spotify Dedup: Removes duplicate songs from your Spotify library and cleans up your playlists.
- Spotifybuddy: a handy tool for listening to music together, for example in a work environment where one person plays the music for everyone and colleagues can add songs to the queue.
- Instafest: Create a playlist for your ideal festival, including festival poster. This looks at the artists you listen to the most on Spotify. Called an app, but is actually a website.
- Whisperify: An app that lets you generate quizzes and challenges based on your Spotify playlists and most listened to songs.
- Kaleidosync: A website that creates beautiful visualizations based on your Spotify listening behavior. See also the corresponding GitHub page.
- Colorfy: Discover your music taste using a color palette.
- Icebergify: How deep does your Spotify iceberg go? This tool shows the mainstream artists at the top and deeper into the iceberg it becomes more and more obscure. Created by a computer science student.
- The Playlist Miner: Looking for workout music? Enter terms like ‘workout’ and ‘fitness’ into this website and you’ll get thousands of tracks that are most commonly found in workout playlists. Can also be used with all kinds of other search terms.
Spotify apps to get more out of it
We have discussed a number of websites above, because we understand that you do not want to install a separate app for every nice feature. However, there are also apps that are worth taking a closer look. We discuss a few below.
Stats.fm
The former Spotistats reportedly has more than 15 million users. If you search Google for apps to analyze Spotify usage, Stats.fm will probably be high in the results. This free app lets you track a wide range of stats including your most played songs and artists, your listening time and your favorite genres, and best of all they give us a web page or phone app option.
One of Stats.fm’s best features is its ability to generate detailed reports that you can easily share on social media. They contain graphs and charts about your listening habits, in a beautiful design. They are easy for others to understand. This way, friends can compare their taste with yours.
Stats.fm also lets you create a playlist of your most played songs, making it easy to revisit your favorite songs and relive those moments of musical discovery. The app provides insight into your music taste and preferences. The user interface is simple and easy to navigate, allowing you to track your listening habits over time. The app also provides personalized recommendations based on your listening history, so you can discover new artists and genres you might not have found before.
Skiley
Organize, discover and manage your songs and playlists on Spotify. You can also create and manage AI-based playlists with this app. You can discover your most listened to artists, songs and genres, as well as discover new songs and share them with others. Furthermore, the app contains live lyrics, commentary and explanations about the track you are listening to. You can filter your playlists by genre or audio features, beats per minute or even acoustics. In short, a very versatile app, with even more to it than we discuss here. For example, finding songs that are similar to what you like.
Last.fm
Last.fm is a website and app for discovering and sharing music. Last.fm’s ‘scrobbling’ feature lets you view your music listening habits and see recommendations of songs you’ll like. By connecting Spotify to Last.fm, you can scrobble Spotify directly to your Last.fm profile. This means that Spotify makes a log of the songs you listen to and forwards this to your Last.fm profile.
Dashify
With the free Dashify app (formerly Dash), you basically don’t need the Spotify app to play your favorite music. The app gives you quick access to your playlists so you can immediately enjoy your favorite music. Thanks to the 3D Touch support, you can even choose your favorite playlist without having to start the app. Downside: the app hasn’t been updated for a while.
MusiXmatch
In the past, CDs came with a booklet with the lyrics. Now you just have to find out what the singer is saying – unless you use an app where you can look up the lyrics. MusiXmatch shows the lyrics for songs you listen to via Spotify. Start by listening to a song and then check the lyrics in this app. Since 2021, you can also display lyrics in the Spotify app itself, but in MusiXmatch you can contribute to the lyrics yourself and correct any errors.
Shazam
It doesn’t matter where you are: if you hear a great song that you want to listen to again, scan the music with Shazam and it will show you what you heard. Shazam is now owned by Apple and therefore the paid Shazam Encore has been taken offline. On the other hand, you can now start Shazam from all kinds of places on your iPhone and iPad, including from your Apple Watch. You can then immediately open songs in the Spotify app or add them to a playlist.
SoundHound ∞
Where there is Shazam, SoundHound should not be missing as an independent counterpart to Apple’s Shazam. This has the additional function that you can also sing, hum or whistle a song. SoundHound also has a free and paid version (recognizable by the ‘∞’), with advertisements being the only difference. Other than that, the apps are identical. SoundHound lets you link your Spotify account so you can play songs straight from Spotify. You will also see real-time song lyrics.
Sonos app
The Sonos app should also not be missing from this list for people who have a Sonos speaker or perhaps a complete multi-room system. While the app was previously limited in terms of integration with Spotify, this has now been significantly improved. From the app you can access your own music library and all the lists curated by Spotify, such as charts, genres and styles, the latest releases and recommendations based on time, location or weather. It is useful that you can link multiple Spotify accounts and thus switch between your own or your partner’s music. You do need a Spotify Premium account for this.
Spotify
Of course, we cannot leave out the official Spotify app in this overview. This allows you to listen to your favorite music on your iPhone or iPad, discover new songs and artists and manage your music library. This way you can create your own playlists or subscribe to playlists from Spotify itself or from other partners. Although the app is called Spotify Music, you can also listen to various podcasts – also in Dutch. Music that is not available online from Spotify can be manually (wirelessly) transferred from the desktop to the app and stored and listened to offline. With a Premium subscription you also bypass all the restrictions you have as a free user.
If you are unsure whether Spotify is the best choice in terms of streaming music services, we have a nice overview for you. We compare the different services and tell you which one suits you best.
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