{"id":57031,"date":"2018-12-07T09:05:48","date_gmt":"2018-12-07T09:05:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.leawo.org\/entips\/?p=57031"},"modified":"2018-12-07T09:07:54","modified_gmt":"2018-12-07T09:07:54","slug":"is-spotify-better-than-pandora-spotify-vs-pandora-1372","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.leawo.org\/entips\/is-spotify-better-than-pandora-spotify-vs-pandora-1372.html","title":{"rendered":"Is Spotify Better Than Pandora? Spotify vs. Pandora"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><i>\"I would like to start an online music streaming service to listen to music online freely. There are quite few local apps that allow me to listen to music offline without charge. My choices have been narrowed down to Spotify and Pandora. Some people suggested me Spotify. Is Spotify better than Pandora? How does Spotify surpass Pandora? Please show me some detailed comparison information on Spotify vs. Pandora.\"<\/i>           <\/p>\n<p>Both Spotify and Pandora are wonderful and  popular online music streaming services for you. However, if you know little  about these 2 online music streaming services, you will not know which one is  better and which meets you more. In this Spotify vs. Pandora guide, we would  like to make a detailed comparison for you to help you choose.<\/p>\n<div class=\"anchor-list-dark\">\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"#part1\">Part 1: Introduction to Spotify and Pandora<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#part2\">Part 2: 10 Differences between Spotify and Pandora<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#part3\">Part 3: How to Download Spotify Music for Free with Prof. DRM<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#part4\">Part 4: Tips to Sync or Transfer the Downloaded Spotify Music to Pandora<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<h2 class=\"wp-part pl20 mt10\" id=\"part1\">Part 1: Introduction to Spotify and Pandora<\/h2>\n<p>As  a digital music streaming service, Spotify gives you access to millions of  songs, podcasts and videos from artists all over the world. You could browse  and search desired music on Spotify via parameters such as artist, album, genre,  playlist, or record label, and then create, edit, and share playlists and  tracks on social media, and make playlists with other users.<\/p>\n<div class=\"tc\" style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<p><a onClick=\"return hs.expand(this)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.leawo.org\/tutorial\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/spotify.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.leawo.org\/tutorial\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/spotify.png\" title=\"Introduce Spotify\" alt=\"Introduce Spotify\" width=\"550\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" class=\"lazyload\"><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Spotify has both free and Premium versions:  basic features are free with advertisements or limitations within the free  version, while additional features, such as improved streaming quality and  music downloads for offline listening, are offered within the Premium version,  which costs you $9.99 per month. You could listen to Spotify music on various  platforms like iOS, Android, Linux, Microsoft Windows, and Mac OS from 78  regions including most of Europe, most of the Americas, Australia, New Zealand  and parts of Africa &amp; Asia, with up to 191 million monthly active users,  including 87 million paying subscribers.<\/p>\n<p>On the other hand, Pandora Media Inc. (also  known as Pandora Internet Radio or simply Pandora) is a music streaming and  automated music recommendation internet radio service powered by the Music  Genome Project. As a prominent streaming music service, Pandora offers users  the ability to listen to randomized streamed music, in particular  algorithm-driven genres, which group artists together by things like melody,  rhythm and lyrical intent. <\/p>\n<div class=\"tc\" style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<p><a onClick=\"return hs.expand(this)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.leawo.org\/tutorial\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/pandora.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.leawo.org\/tutorial\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/pandora.png\" title=\"Pandora Media\" alt=\"Pandora Media\" width=\"550\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" class=\"lazyload\"><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Different from Spotify, which is available almost all over the world, Pandora is only available within the USA with about 81 million users. The service can be accessed either through a web browser or with its mobile app. Pandora is a freemium service; basic features are free with advertisements or limitations, while additional features, such as improved streaming quality, music downloads and offline channels are offered via paid subscriptions.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-part pl20 mt10\" id=\"part2\">Part 2: Differences between Spotify and Pandora<\/h2>\n<p>In this part, we would provide more details  on Spotify vs. Pandora to let you decide whether Spotify is better than Pandora  or not by yourself. You could learn the differences between Spotify and Pandora  more specifically.<\/p>\n<table border=\"1\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tr>\n<td width=\"300\" valign=\"top\">\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"300\" valign=\"top\">\n<p>Spotify<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"300\" valign=\"top\">\n<p>Pandora<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"189\" valign=\"top\">\n<p>Music catalog organization<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"189\" valign=\"top\">\n<p>Well organized<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"189\" valign=\"top\">\n<p>Organized lately<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"189\" valign=\"top\">\n<p>Social features: to share individual    songs, entire playlists, and even specific artists with any of their    friends\/followers on Facebook, Twitter, Telegram, Skype, or Tumblr.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"189\" valign=\"top\">\n<p>Yes. Much easier to share songs from    Spotify via SNS. <\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"189\" valign=\"top\">\n<p>Yes. The design to share music from    Pandora is not as good as that of Spotify.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"189\" valign=\"top\">\n<p>Music discovery<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"189\" valign=\"top\">\n<p>&ldquo;Discover Weekly&rdquo; playlist blends music    you love with music you&rsquo;re likely to love. <\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"189\" valign=\"top\">\n<p>Provide listeners with songs they like    based on a vast amount of variables.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"189\" valign=\"top\">\n<p>Basic features of free version<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"189\" valign=\"top\">\n<p>Limited to ads and low audio quality.    Listen to any music you like on computer and mobile.30-day free trial of    Premium version.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"189\" valign=\"top\">\n<p>Limited to radio functionality, lower-quality    audio stream. Ads are built in. 60-day free trial of Premium, and 30-day free    trial of Plus version.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"189\" valign=\"top\">\n<p>Available platforms<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"189\" valign=\"top\">\n<p>Windows, Mac OS, iPhone, Android, Linux<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"189\" valign=\"top\">\n<p>Windows, Mac OS, iPhone, Android, Linux<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"189\" valign=\"top\">\n<p>Available regions<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"189\" valign=\"top\">\n<p>78 regions around the world (mentioned    above)<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"189\" valign=\"top\">\n<p>USA only<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"189\" valign=\"top\">\n<p>Cost<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"189\" valign=\"top\">\n<p>Free version and $9.99 per month for    Premium version. $14.99 for family plan.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"189\" valign=\"top\">\n<p>Free version, $4.99 for Plus version, and    $9.99 for Premium version. $14.99 for family plan.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"189\" valign=\"top\">\n<p>Active subscribers <\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"189\" valign=\"top\">\n<p>191 million monthly active users,    including 87 million paying subscribers<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"189\" valign=\"top\">\n<p>81 million users.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"189\" valign=\"top\">\n<p>DRM protection on streaming music<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"189\" valign=\"top\">\n<p>Yes<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"189\" valign=\"top\">\n<p>Yes<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"189\" valign=\"top\">\n<p>Offline music listening<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"189\" valign=\"top\">\n<p>Yes. Available in Premium, or through    music downloading apps.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"189\" valign=\"top\">\n<p>Yes, through music downloading apps.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<p>Actually, though Pandora exists much longer than Spotify does, it hardly keeps up with Spotify in music listening. You can even download Spotify music to your local drive for unlimited sharing. We would like to recommend choosing Spotify if you want to upgrade to the paid version. <\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-part pl20 mt10\" id=\"part3\">Part 3: How to Download Spotify Music for Free with Prof. DRM<\/p>\n<\/h2>\n<p>Spotify Premium enables you to set certain  Spotify songs for offline listening. And Spotify officially calls this  &ldquo;download Spotify music&rdquo;. Actually, you can&rsquo;t download Spotify music to your  local drive since Spotify songs are DRM protected via Spotify Premium. You  could realize the Spotify music download via other tools like Leawo Prof. DRM. <\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.leawo.org\/tunescopy\/\">Leawo\u2019s Prof. DRM<\/a><\/strong> is a professional DRM removal and Spotify music downloader that  could help you remove the DRM protection upon Spotify songs and playlist, and  then download and convert Spotify music to MP3, AAC, M4A, etc. You could also  adjust audio channel, bit rate, and sample rate of Spotify songs before  downloading and converting Spotify songs. <\/p>\n<p>Download and install Leawo Prof. DRM on  your computer. And then follow the below steps to learn how to get Spotify  songs for free on your computer. If you are using Mac computer, turn to the <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.leawo.org\/tunescopy-mac\/\">Prof. DRM for Mac<\/a>. <\/strong><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-part pl20 mt10\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.leawo.org\/downloads\/tunescopy.html\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.leawo.org\/images\/icon\/Trial_win1.png\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" class=\"lazyload\"><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.leawo.org\/downloads\/tunescopy-mac.html\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.leawo.org\/images\/icon\/Trial_mac1.png\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" class=\"lazyload\"><\/a><\/h2>\n<p><strong>Note<\/strong>: Before you launch Prof. DRM to download Spotify music, make sure  that you have launched Spotify and can play Spotify songs smoothly on your  computer.<\/p>\n<p><a onclick=\"return hs.expand(this)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.leawo.org\/tutorial\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/play-spotify-4.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.leawo.org\/tutorial\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/play-spotify-4.jpg\" title=\"Introduce Spotify\" alt=\"Introduce Spotify\" width=\"550\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" class=\"lazyload\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Step 1: Add Spotify music to Prof. DRM<\/p>\n<p>Click the Spotify icon on Leawo Prof. DRM  to add songs, albums or playlist from desktop Spotify app.<\/p>\n<div class=\"tc\" style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<p><a onClick=\"return hs.expand(this)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.leawo.org\/tutorial\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/add-music-51.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.leawo.org\/tutorial\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/add-music-51.jpg\" title=\"add spotify music \" alt=\"add spotify music\" width=\"550\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" class=\"lazyload\"><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>To add Spotify music playlist to Leawo  Prof. DRM from Spotify web playlist, you could directly copy and paste the  playlist URL of your Spotify music into this Spotify music downloader. And then  click the &ldquo;OK&rdquo; button.<\/p>\n<p><a onClick=\"return hs.expand(this)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.leawo.org\/tutorial\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/copy-URL-61.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.leawo.org\/tutorial\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/copy-URL-61.jpg\" title=\"Add spotify song\" alt=\"Add spotify song\" width=\"550\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" class=\"lazyload\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Step 2: Set output format and audio  parameters<\/p>\n<p>Then click the pencil icon in each loaded  Spotify music title to set output format and audio parameters. Choose output  audio format under the &ldquo;Format&rdquo; box as output format from MP3, M4A, etc., and  change the Channel, Sample rate, and Bit rate respectively according to your  needs. Click either &ldquo;Apply to All&rdquo; or &ldquo;Apply to current&rdquo; button then. <\/p>\n<div class=\"tc\" style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<p><a onClick=\"return hs.expand(this)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.leawo.org\/tutorial\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/format-select-71.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.leawo.org\/tutorial\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/format-select-71.jpg\" title=\"Choose M4A as the output format\" alt=\"Choose M4A as the output format\" width=\"550\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" class=\"lazyload\"><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Step 3: Set output directory<\/p>\n<p>Then, at the bottom of the main interface, set  output directory in the &ldquo;Output&rdquo; box. Make sure the target drive has enough  space.<\/p>\n<p><a onClick=\"return hs.expand(this)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.leawo.org\/tutorial\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/save-music-8.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.leawo.org\/tutorial\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/save-music-8.jpg\" title=\"Set output format\" alt=\"Set output format\" width=\"550\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" class=\"lazyload\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Step  4: Start to download and convert Spotify music<\/p>\n<p>Press the blue button &ldquo;Convert&rdquo; button at  the bottom right corner to start downloading and converting Spotify music to DRM-free  audio files.<\/p>\n<div class=\"tc\" style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<p><a onClick=\"return hs.expand(this)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.leawo.org\/tutorial\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/remove-convert-9.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.leawo.org\/tutorial\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/remove-convert-9.jpg\" title=\"Choose  output directory\" alt=\"Choose  output directory\" width=\"550\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" class=\"lazyload\"><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>With Leawo Prof. DRM, you could download  and <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.leawo.org\/tutorial\/how-to-convert-spotify-songs-to-mp3-format-1372.html\">convert  Spotify music to MP3<\/a>,<\/strong> AAC, FLAC, M4A, etc. as you like. When the  downloading progress finishes, you could then freely transfer the downloaded  and converted Spotify songs to any music player like iPod, iPhone or Android  devices for unlimited listening. <\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-part pl20 mt10\" id=\"part4\">Part 4: <\/strong> Tips to Sync or Transfer Spotify Music to Pandora<\/h2>\n<p>Since Pandora now provides a Plus plan at only $4.99 per month, which is quite lower than the $9.99 Spotify Premium, a lot of people have switched from Spotify subscribers to Pandora users in USA. Then, how to transfer Spotify music to Pandora? The below steps would show you details: <\/p>\n<p>1.\tOpen the Pandora web page.\n<\/p>\n<p>2.\tIn your library select \"Playlists\" category.\n<\/p>\n<p>3.\tConnect Spotify (click on it on the left panel).\n<\/p>\n<p>4.\tSelect Spotify playlists you want to move (by checking the corresponding box in left of each playlist)\n<\/p>\n<p>5.\tClick on \"Convert\" tools in the top tool bar<br \/>\n  6.\tSelect Pandora as destination (and connect this platform).\n<\/p>\n<p>7.\tThe process starts. Once finished and if tracks have been found, your playlists will be available on Pandora <\/p>\n<p>In this way, you could easily transfer  Spotify music to Pandora, including playlists. However, if you\u2019ve downloaded  Spotify songs to your local drive, or you want to upload your own music to  Pandora from your computer, you have to know that only Pandora Radio allows you  to submit music of your own to Pandora, which requires you to use a licensed  distributor (such as CD Baby) to deliver you music to Pandora. <\/p>\n<div class=\"tc\" style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<p><a onClick=\"return hs.expand(this)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.leawo.org\/tutorial\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/submit-to-pandora.bmp\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.leawo.org\/tutorial\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/submit-to-pandora.bmp\" title=\"Transfer Spotify Music to Pandora\" alt=\"Transfer Spotify Music to Pandora\" width=\"550\"><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Pandora has an open submission system  online that allows artists to submit their albums and singles for  consideration. You could submit your music via this online open submission  system as following:<\/p>\n<p>1.\tMake sure you control the legal rights to your work (therefore you can't submit Spotify songs to Pandora since you have no legal rights to these songs).\n<\/p>\n<p>2.\tMake your music available on iTunes US, Amazon, CD Baby, or Bandcamp.<\/p>\n<p> 3.\tLog into your Pandora account. If you haven't got one, create one account.<\/p>\n<p> 4.\tGo to Pandora's \"Submit Your Music\" page.\n<\/p>\n<p>5.\tProvide Pandora with details about your submission, including your band name, release information (single, EP, or album), UPC, link to artist bio, and valid links to a song on iTunes (US), Amazon, CD Baby, or Bandcamp.  <\/p>\n<p>6.\tVerify your submission and then wait for the approval. <\/p>\n<p>Once  your submission is accepted by Pandora, Pandora will purchase the album from  Amazon (digital), iTunes (US), or Bandcamp. If you list the source of your  submission as CD Baby and the submission is approved, it is automatically added  to the Pandora library. Others would then be able to listen to your songs.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\"I would like to start an online music streaming service to listen to music online freely. There are quite few local apps that allow me to listen to music offline without charge. My choices have been narrowed down to Spotify &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.leawo.org\/entips\/is-spotify-better-than-pandora-spotify-vs-pandora-1372.html\">Read more &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":18,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[432],"tags":[416],"class_list":["post-57031","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-convert-spotify-music","tag-prof-drm"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"views":2971,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.leawo.org\/entips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57031","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.leawo.org\/entips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.leawo.org\/entips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.leawo.org\/entips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/18"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.leawo.org\/entips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=57031"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.leawo.org\/entips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57031\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.leawo.org\/entips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=57031"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.leawo.org\/entips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=57031"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.leawo.org\/entips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=57031"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}