In order to listen to some good streaming music, we usually think that we must necessarily have a subscription to be able to access the great music catalogs, without having to settle for the songs offered for free on the net. If we want to stay in the legal field, there are really many apps to listen to free music without paying any type of subscription or, in some cases, getting free music by paying a subscription for a completely different type of service (this is the case of Amazon). In this guide, therefore, we have decided to point out all the apps that allow you to listen to music for free legally, without necessarily having to feed piracy with torrents or the like. The quality offered by these apps is always very good and we can find any musical genre or group, so we can only listen to the music we really like.
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App to listen to music for free
Below we will find the best apps to legally listen to free music. For all the apps we will show you both the version for Android and the version compatible with iPhone and iPad, so you can listen to music on any device in your possession.Amazon Music
The first app that we would recommend to listen to free music is Amazon Music, available for Android and iOS.
If we already have an Amazon Prime account (to take advantage of shipments and other convenient services), we will have 2 million songs, hundreds of playlists and radios available for listening without limits and without any advertising interruption. In addition to listening to this selection of song, we can also download the songs and listen to them online (always from the same app), without any problem. In a nutshell, by paying for a single subscription (Prime for fast shipments), we will also have included a free legal music service!
Obviously the songs that can be listened to are only a part of those kept in the Amazon Music Unlimited catalog (over 50 million) but it's still a good way to listen to legal music without having to shell out money for an additional subscription.
TuneIn Radio
If we love listening to music on the radio but can't stand the interference of FM frequencies, we can listen to our favorite radios via TuneIn Radio, available free for Android and iOS.
With this app we will be able to tune in to hundreds of different radio stations, including all the most famous ones broadcast in Italy, obtaining a higher quality of listening than FM frequencies and, with a sufficiently stable line (just a simple 3G, even if it is preferable LTE), we will not suffer any interruptions while listening. In the app we find many thematic or specific radios for a single singer or group, so that we can always listen to what we like without having to wait for the songs to go on the radio. If we find a radio or a thematic channel that we like, we can add it to favorites, so that we can always find it at our fingertips. Another much appreciated feature is the recording, excellent for recording our favorite songs and listening to them through the app. The only limitations of this app are the presence of advertisements related to radio stations and advertising included in the app (we can remove it by paying the Premium version).
Still on the subject of Internet radio, we can continue reading on our article on How to listen to radio online for free on PC and websites .
YouTube Music
We want to access a vast music catalog for free and unlimited "> YouTube Music, available for Android and iOS.
On this app we can find many official albums and singles for any famous or non-famous group or singer, with the related videos uploaded by the majors (therefore managed in a legal way, with the acquired rights). In addition to the official videos we can also find concerts, remixes and covers for the most famous songs, so you can listen to our favorite music from another perspective. Unfortunately, the free version of the app does not allow you to turn off the screen while listening and there will be advertisements when listening to the songs, but the app allows you to skip the songs without limits and to use the Mixtape function to create the our favorite playlists from the songs listened to in the past.
For YouTube Music we invite you to read our guide to Youtube Music Cheats for Playlists, Mixtapes and downloads .
Spotify
Spotify is probably the most popular app for listening to free music on smartphones and tablets; we can download Spotify Android and for iPhone.
The catalog is probably one of the largest available for free, as well as the quality of the audio (very good in Wi-Fi and LTE, even in precarious network conditions). Obviously the free app (or rather the free account) is severely limited, since we cannot choose the individual songs to be started (we can only start random playback), we will not be able to save the songs for offline listening and we will have to listen targeted advertising every piece of music; that's why we recommend using this app only for listening to themed radios and shared public playlists, so that we can listen (even in random playback) only the songs that we really like.
To understand the real advantages of Spotify Premium, we invite you to read our guide on the Advantages of Spotify Premium to listen and download music without limits .
In another article, the guide to listen to Spotify in the car or other music apps.
SoundCloud
The latest app that we recommend you to try to listen to free music from smartphones and tables is SoundCloud, available for free for Android and iOS.
With this app we will not have many famous songs or artists, but we will be able to listen to the songs and albums of emerging artists (with independent labels) but also quality covers and remixes, all absolutely free and without limits. Obviously this is more an alternative than a real method to listen to free music, but if we don't stop at the usual singers we can discover quality music even outside the record labels.
Conclusions
Today we can listen to free music on our smartphone and tablet without having to resort to piracy: just choose the preferred app, log in with a compatible account and start immediately to listen to good music for free.If we are looking for other services with free music similar to Spotify, we recommend reading our article to Listen to free music online: the 7 best sites . If instead we have to download free and legal music to use for a video or for a project, we can find the sites from where to download songs, jingles and karaoke for free in our article to the Sites to download free music, free to listen to even in clubs and parties .
