After reviewing the best apps to watch series and movies y the best apps to read books and comics, it was imposed to do the same with the best apps to listen to music on our tablets, to take advantage of the increasingly higher level that we find in their audio systems and accompany us a little when we are using them for other navigation or even to put our own soundtrack to certain games.
Music streaming: beyond Spotify
The big names in streaming music are well known to all, they have a repertoire where there are less and less differences, quite similar services and, of course, they are available on both Android and iOS, even those of Apple Lossless Audio CODEC (ALAC), y Google. There are also no major price differences, which makes the Spotify against Apple Music y Play Music simply by giving us the option to continue listening to free music with ads, although it is not the only one with which we have this possibility and it is worth at least mentioning Deezer.
Services of Apple Lossless Audio CODEC (ALAC), and of Google, for their part, they have the advantage that they allow us to listen to the music we buy. The block service, for its part, stands out for being the one that achieves the most exclusives, while for sound quality, the victory should be for the most exclusive Tidal. For more details and to see the result of a curious test in which it is tested if we are able to appreciate the difference in sound of each one, you can take a look at our comparison.
Music with videos, to take advantage of the big screen
Another advantage that we have if we listen to music on our tablet compared to other devices is, of course, that we can also enjoy music videos, recordings of live performances ... And it goes without saying that the inevitable reference in this regard is Youtube music (Although for iOS we will have to settle for the conventional app), and if we subscribe to YouTube Red we can avoid the ads. It must be remembered, in any case, that it is not the only one, because it is also Vevo has its own app.
We take this opportunity to remind you, speaking of YouTube, that it is also possible to use it a bit as if it were a conventional streaming music app, since we can listen to it without having the screen on, although we will have to search outside of Google Play now to get the app (as with others like ogyoutube). We can also continue listening to it in the background with Firefox. In iOs we can also play in the background from the control center if we open it in Safari.
Audio players to listen to your own collection
If over the years we have a good collection of music and we do not want to pay subscriptions or support ads, we can always simply go back to conventional music players. We have, to begin with, some good options that are available for both iOS and Android and that are free, such as n7 Music Player y Jet audio.
The best options, however, are specific to each of these platforms. If what we want is a player that covers all our basic needs and that offers us the most comfortable gesture controls, in iOS we have to resort to Lists and on Android to Player Pro. If, on the contrary, what we want is to have a player with all the imaginable configuration options, in the App Store the best option right now is cesium while on Google Play it remains Poweramp.
Not just music: the best options for listening to the radio and podcasts
Music is the main protagonist today, but surely many enjoy listening to the radio simply, and for that we also have very good options. The obligatory reference here is TuneIn, but there are a few more you can try, like Earbits or Radio Lite. The ones that we leave you in our selection were focused on Android at the time, but you can also find them in the App Store, and we should also add them now radio. es.
We do not have to limit ourselves to conventional radio stations, in any case, but it also does not hurt to have a few apps under control. podcast to follow the recordings of our favorite media, with the advantage that we can leave them downloaded when we have a Wi-FI connection and listen to them later anywhere. Our favorite is iVoox, available for free also on both platforms, but if we are willing to make a small investment, Pocket Casts It is a great option.
Some more recommendations
Finally, we cannot fail to make a reference to some apps that help us discover new music, and although they are great classic known to all, we must make a mention in this regard to Last.fm and SoundCloud, which have apps available for both iOS and Android. And of course, do not forget Shazam y SoundHound for when we hear something we like and want to know what it is.