In today’s world of streaming music, Spotify and YouTube Music are two giants that offer a huge range of musical content… which often comes hand in hand with ads that interrupt the user experience. However, there is an ingenious solution that combines the best of both worlds… and leaving out advertising, without the need for Premium subscriptions.
Its name is Spotube: a streaming music client that uses both the Spotify API (as a database of our playlists, our favorite songs and albums, etc.), and the YouTube API (as a source of audio playback). ).
Thanks to that we can consult (and interact with) our music collection on Spotify, but with free and uninterrupted access to it. And, furthermore, we can do it from multiple platforms: Android, Windows, Linux and macOS.
Complexity of use? Well 1) Install; 2) Open; 3) Log in to our Spotify account from the Spotube app; 4) Start listening to music.
On the other hand, and despite its advantages, Spotube also has a couple of very obvious limitations:
- Does not support access to podcasts or exclusive Spotify shows (because, being exclusive, they have no equivalent on YouTube).
- Audio quality depends on YouTubeso it may be lower than that offered by premium services.
Spotube Feature Summary
- customizable startup and Material You interface.
- No ads: Using public APIs from Spotify and YouTube, Spotube gives you a music experience without annoying ads.
- Downloadable: You have the option to download your favorite tracks to listen to them offline.
- Cross-platform support: Spotube is available on Windows, Linux, macOS, and Android devices.
- Low data consumption: It uses less data compared to other similar applications.
- Synchronized lyrics: Enjoy the lyrics of your songs synchronized in real time.
It is important to make it clear that Spotube does not ‘pirate’ Spotify music (at no time does it try to access it)
- No data collection: Spotube respects your privacy and does not collect personal user information.
- Native performance: The application offers fast and efficient performance.
- Open Source: Spotube is open source software, meaning its source code is available for review and modification on GitHub.
- Local playback control: Playback is controlled locally rather than on a remote server.
- Alternative Fonts Feature: If a song is not what we expected, we can enter this option to find something better.
- Now available in official application stores.
