What is the best music discovery app for iPhone?

SoundCloud: Discover New Music, S tier, ranked #1 of 31, rated 4.8 by 2,048,084 people.

Which music discovery apps are free?

31 of 31 are free to download: SoundCloud: Discover New Music (S), Anghami: Play Music & Podcasts (S), Spotify: Music and Podcasts (S), Audiomack - Play Music Offline (S) and more. 14 of them sell in-app purchases. 7 report no in-app purchases.

Which music discovery app has the best App Store rating?

PI.FYI - Log Your Favorites at 4.9 from 3,217 ratings.

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Best Music Discovery Apps for iPhone (2026)

31 apps ranked S through F · Updated 2026-10-19 · Ranked by AppTierList, computed, never sold · JSON

SoundCloud: Discover New Music is the top-ranked of 31 music discovery apps on iPhone, at S tier with 4.8/5 from 2,048,084 ratings.

1
SoundCloud: Discover New MusicS
Free + IAP · ★ 4.8 · 2,048,084 ratings · score 98
2
Anghami: Play Music & PodcastsS
Free + IAP · ★ 4.7 · 205,234 ratings · score 96
3
Spotify: Music and PodcastsS
Free · ★ 4.8 · 42,635,516 ratings · score 96
4
Audiomack - Play Music OfflineS
Free + IAP · ★ 4.8 · 2,020,446 ratings · score 96
5
Apple MusicS
Free · ★ 4.9 · 3,199,951 ratings · score 96

What belongs in this list

Find new songs, artists and albums to listen to that match personal taste.

Not here: a streaming player alone; a concert or event finder alone; a song recognizer for what is playing alone; a music library manager alone; a general chatbot asked for recommendations alone

How we pick

For this list we ask the App Store the same searches a person would, in several countries, and keep every app it returns. A model reads each app's listing and rejects the ones that only mention the use case. Every app that stays is scored out of 100 from four parts, each 0 to 100 and averaged with no weights: its App Store rating, how many people rated it, where the App Store itself ranks it for this list's searches, and how recently its current version shipped. An app showing Apple's Editors' Choice badge gets a fifth part of 100, which can only lift its score. Tiers follow fixed score bands: S from 90, A from 80, B from 70, C from 60, D from 50, F below. The list's leader is S if it scores 80 or more. On a list of 20 or more ranked apps, a tier from S to D takes in new apps only up to a quarter of the top 40: an app pushed out of a full tier falls to the next tier with room, and F takes the rest. An app already in a tier keeps its place while the tier is at most 2 apps over a quarter; past that, only the apps over that margin go down, lowest score first. Equal scores share a tier, and no app has a better tier than an app ranked above it. An app keeps its tier until its score passes the band edge by more than 1 point, or a full tier or the order above moves it. Only the top 40 of a list get a tier. Read the full method →

Compare every app

1
SoundCloud: Discover New MusicS
Free + IAP · ★ 4.8 · 2,048,084 ratings · score 98 · best in class
2
Anghami: Play Music & PodcastsS
Free + IAP · ★ 4.7 · 205,234 ratings · score 96 · best in class
3
Spotify: Music and PodcastsS
Free · ★ 4.8 · 42,635,516 ratings · score 96 · best in class
4
Audiomack - Play Music OfflineS
Free + IAP · ★ 4.8 · 2,020,446 ratings · score 96 · best in class
5
Apple MusicS
Free · ★ 4.9 · 3,199,951 ratings · score 96 · best in class
6
YouTube MusicS
Free + IAP · ★ 4.8 · 1,515,848 ratings · score 95 · best in class
7
Deezer: Music Player, PodcastS
Free + IAP · ★ 4.7 · 36,784 ratings · score 94 · best in class
8
Mixcloud: Music, Mixes & RadioA
Free · ★ 4.8 · 90,915 ratings · score 90 · excellent
9
bopdrop - social musicA
Free · ★ 4.8 · 3,719 ratings · score 88 · excellent
10
Youtify - Music & PlaylistsA
Free + IAP · ★ 4.5 · 23,166 ratings · score 87 · excellent
11
Qobuz: Music & EditorialA
Free + IAP · ★ 4.6 · 19,446 ratings · score 87 · excellent
12
Pandora: Music & PodcastsA
Free + IAP · ★ 4.8 · 11,338,005 ratings · score 86 · excellent
13
Audius MusicA
Free download · ★ 4.8 · 2,600 ratings · score 86 · excellent
14
BandcampA
Free · ★ 4.8 · 37,983 ratings · score 85 · excellent
15
Music LeagueA
Free download · ★ 4.7 · 6,480 ratings · score 82 · excellent
16
Gaana Music - Songs & PodcastsB
Free + IAP · ★ 4.0 · 15,256 ratings · score 80 · good
17
Music : Offline PlayerB
Free download · ★ 4.3 · 7,196 ratings · score 78 · good
18
WhoSampledB
Free · ★ 4.9 · 8,569 ratings · score 77 · good
19
Boomplay: Music & Live StreamB
Free download · ★ 4.1 · 3,521 ratings · score 75 · good
20
Stingray Music: 100s of DJsB
Free download · ★ 4.9 · 9,124 ratings · score 73 · good
21
MyMixtapez: Playlists 24/7B
Free + IAP · ★ 4.7 · 136,889 ratings · score 71 · good · provisional
22
Discz: Discover & Share MusicC
Free + IAP · ★ 4.8 · 30,698 ratings · score 70 · situational
23
PI.FYI - Log Your FavoritesC
Free download · ★ 4.9 · 3,217 ratings · score 68 · situational · provisional
24
DailyTube : Videos, MusicC
Free + IAP · ★ 4.6 · 8,156 ratings · score 68 · situational · provisional
25
Musicana - Organizer & PlayerC
Free · ★ 4.7 · 89,183 ratings · score 65 · situational
26
Luna Deep - Prime music waveD
Free + IAP · ★ 4.6 · 820 ratings · score 61 · weak · provisional
27
Shuffle MusicD
Free download · ★ 4.8 · 26,267 ratings · score 58 · weak · provisional
28
Spotify KidsD
Free download · ★ 2.7 · 3,458 ratings · score 51 · weak · provisional
29
Musicboard: Albums & SongsF
Free + IAP · ★ 4.7 · 5,360 ratings · score 50 · avoid · provisional
30
Offline Music ®F
Free download · ★ 4.5 · 3,477 ratings · score 49 · avoid · provisional
31
HotNewHipHopF
Free download · ★ 4.6 · 7,072 ratings · score 43 · avoid · provisional

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Questions people ask

What is the best music discovery app for iPhone?: SoundCloud: Discover New Music, S tier, ranked #1 of 31, rated 4.8 by 2,048,084 people.
Which music discovery apps are free?: 31 of 31 are free to download: SoundCloud: Discover New Music (S), Anghami: Play Music & Podcasts (S), Spotify: Music and Podcasts (S), Audiomack - Play Music Offline (S) and more. 14 of them sell in-app purchases. 7 report no in-app purchases.
Which music discovery app has the best App Store rating?: PI.FYI - Log Your Favorites at 4.9 from 3,217 ratings.
How many music discovery apps reach S or A tier?: 15 of 31. Tiers follow fixed score bands: S from 90, A from 80, B from 70, C from 60, D from 50, F below. The list's leader is S if it scores 80 or more. On a list of 20 or more ranked apps, a tier from S to D takes in new apps only up to a quarter of the top 40: an app pushed out of a full tier falls to the next tier with room, and F takes the rest. An app already in a tier keeps its place while the tier is at most 2 apps over a quarter; past that, only the apps over that margin go down, lowest score first. Equal scores share a tier, and no app has a better tier than an app ranked above it. An app keeps its tier until its score passes the band edge by more than 1 point, or a full tier or the order above moves it. Only the top 40 of a list get a tier.