YouTube Music

Google LLC

4.77star1,514,831 ratings

MusicMusic streaming apps shelf$15.99–$34.99 · 5 tiersUpdated Aug 20, 2026

Biggest complaint · Performance

27.4%

153 of 558 negatives · store typical 16.9%

Recent reviews negative

71%

its 10 shelf rivals run 40% · 791 reviews held

Counted from real App Store reviews · 2026-08-24 · nothing estimated or modelled

Read those two together. Ratings are cumulative, reviews are recent — a 4.77star average beside 71% negative is the finding, not an error.

Ratings.

5.0out of 5

1,514,883 ratings · Apple’s own count, fetched daily

51,283,924

4171,098

324,915

29,551

125,395

5 decisions.

Watch performance

elevated · 27.4% of this app’s 558 negative reviews, against 16.9% typical store-wide.

How it compares

this app: 27.4%; 153 of 558
its shelf: 23.3%; rivals only
store-wide: 16.9%; typical

Watch ux

elevated · 3.9% of this app’s 558 negative reviews, against 2.9% typical store-wide.

How it compares

this app: 3.9%; 22 of 558
its shelf: 2%; rivals only
store-wide: 2.9%; typical

Watch sync & data

elevated · 2.7% of this app’s 558 negative reviews, against 2.2% typical store-wide.

How it compares

this app: 2.7%; 15 of 558
its shelf: 1.5%; rivals only
store-wide: 2.2%; typical

Accuracy is at typical — skip it

12% of this app’s 558 negative reviews, against 11.5% typical store-wide, which is normal for the store.

How it compares

this app: 12%; 67 of 558
its shelf: 7.3%; rivals only
store-wide: 11.5%; typical

Protect login & auth, support, limits & caps, billing and ads

How it compares

Login & auth2.9% of 558 · shelf 8.1% · store 13.2%
Support2.3% of 558 · shelf 5.7% · store 9.2%
Limits & caps1.3% of 558 · shelf 4.1% · store 2.8%
Billing19.9% of 558 · shelf 19.9% · store 32.1%
Ads7.5% of 558 · shelf 17.7% · store 10.7%

The shelf in numbers

All 11 panel members · 2026-08-24 snapshot.

App	Ratings	Performance
Amazon Music: Songs & Podcasts	3,328,764	35.1%
Demus: Easy Music Streaming	106	33.6%
YouTube Music	1,514,831	27.4%
TIDAL Music: HiFi Sound	245,861	27.4%
LiveOne Music	29,202	24%
Spotify: Music and Podcasts	41,695,950	16.2%
SoundCloud: The Music You Love	1,972,922	14.7%
Pandora: Music & Podcasts	11,282,593	14.6%
Audiomack - Play Music Offline	1,998,967	14.1%
Music : Cloud Music Streaming	7,632	6.1%
Musivo: Music & Video Player	4	0%

The whole shelf, counted

Every complaint across music streaming apps, frequency-ranked from real App Store reviews — the gaps nobody on this shelf has fixed.

Read the music streaming apps report

How this is counted

Every number is arithmetic over the reviews we hold, re-counted weekly — nothing modelled, nothing scored. Themes come from a frozen pattern classifier rather than a model reading reviews, so the same review always lands in the same bucket. Shares are of this app’s own recent negative reviews; the shelf figure is its rivals with this app excluded. The graded words have fixed cutoffs against the store’s typical rate: elevated from 1.15, high from 2, extreme from 3.5 times it. The page says what is broken and how it compares — never how to fix it, and never whether this app can win.