What is the best music streaming app for iPhone?

Spotify: Music and Podcasts, S tier, ranked #1 of 33, rated 4.8 by 42,635,516 people.

Which music streaming apps are free?

33 of 33 are free to download: Spotify: Music and Podcasts (S), Amazon Music: Songs & Podcasts (S), SoundCloud: Discover New Music (S), YouTube Music (S) and more. 17 of them sell in-app purchases. 7 report no in-app purchases.

Which music streaming app has the best App Store rating?

Relisten - all live music at 4.9 from 37,877 ratings.

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Best Music Streaming Apps for iPhone (2026)

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

Spotify: Music and Podcasts is the top-ranked of 33 music streaming apps on iPhone, at S tier with 4.8/5 from 42,635,516 ratings.

1
Spotify: Music and PodcastsS
Free · ★ 4.8 · 42,635,516 ratings · score 99
2
Amazon Music: Songs & PodcastsS
Free + IAP · ★ 4.7 · 3,387,868 ratings · score 98
3
SoundCloud: Discover New MusicS
Free + IAP · ★ 4.8 · 2,048,084 ratings · score 98
4
YouTube MusicS
Free + IAP · ★ 4.8 · 1,515,848 ratings · score 98
5
Audiomack - Play Music OfflineS
Free + IAP · ★ 4.8 · 2,020,446 ratings · score 98

What belongs in this list

Listen to songs on demand over the internet from a large catalog.

Not here: A player for files stored on the phone alone; Music video streaming alone; Downloading songs to keep alone; Sharing music links alone; Internet radio with no song choice 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
Spotify: Music and PodcastsS
Free · ★ 4.8 · 42,635,516 ratings · score 99 · best in class
2
Amazon Music: Songs & PodcastsS
Free + IAP · ★ 4.7 · 3,387,868 ratings · score 98 · best in class
3
SoundCloud: Discover New MusicS
Free + IAP · ★ 4.8 · 2,048,084 ratings · score 98 · best in class
4
YouTube MusicS
Free + IAP · ★ 4.8 · 1,515,848 ratings · score 98 · best in class
5
Audiomack - Play Music OfflineS
Free + IAP · ★ 4.8 · 2,020,446 ratings · score 98 · best in class
6
TIDAL Music: HiFi SoundS
Free + IAP · ★ 4.7 · 248,100 ratings · score 97 · best in class
7
Apple MusicS
Free · ★ 4.9 · 3,199,951 ratings · score 97 · best in class
8
Qobuz: Music & EditorialA
Free + IAP · ★ 4.6 · 19,446 ratings · score 94 · excellent
9
Mixcloud: Music, Mixes & RadioA
Free · ★ 4.8 · 90,915 ratings · score 92 · excellent
10
Lyra - Music, Radio, eSoundA
Free download · ★ 4.5 · 8,647 ratings · score 91 · excellent
11
IDAGIO Stream Classical MusicA
Free + IAP · ★ 4.8 · 15,747 ratings · score 90 · excellent
12
Music Player : Songs StreamingA
Free + IAP · ★ 4.6 · 5,691 ratings · score 88 · excellent
13
Pandora: Music & PodcastsA
Free + IAP · ★ 4.8 · 11,338,005 ratings · score 87 · excellent
14
NCT - NhacCuaTui Nghe MP3A
Free + IAP · ★ 4.6 · 34,690 ratings · score 85 · excellent
15
LiveOne MusicA
Free + IAP · ★ 4.7 · 29,202 ratings · score 85 · excellent
16
TREBEL Music - Download SongsA
Free + IAP · ★ 4.7 · 186,828 ratings · score 83 · excellent
17
Gaana Music - Songs & PodcastsB
Free + IAP · ★ 4.0 · 15,256 ratings · score 83 · good
18
Music Player: MP3 DownloadB
Free + IAP · ★ 4.3 · 5,791 ratings · score 82 · good
19
Music HQ PlusB
Free download · ★ 4.2 · 7,847 ratings · score 82 · good
20
Music on Top - MP3 Music PlayB
Free download · ★ 4.5 · 13,946 ratings · score 77 · good
21
FreefyB
Free · ★ 3.2 · 142 ratings · score 72 · good
22
MyMixtapez: Playlists 24/7B
Free + IAP · ★ 4.7 · 136,889 ratings · score 71 · good · provisional
23
nugs: Live Music Lives HereB
Free + IAP · ★ 4.8 · 56,316 ratings · score 71 · good · provisional
24
Relisten - all live musicB
Free · ★ 4.9 · 37,877 ratings · score 71 · good · provisional
25
Nintendo MusicC
Free download · ★ 4.8 · 24,933 ratings · score 70 · situational · provisional
26
Apple Music ClassicalC
Free · ★ 4.7 · 20,979 ratings · score 70 · situational · provisional
27
Audius MusicC
Free download · ★ 4.8 · 2,600 ratings · score 68 · situational · provisional
28
YouListen - Play EverythingC
Free + IAP · ★ 4.5 · 3,304 ratings · score 67 · situational · provisional
29
J Music - New Music StreamingC
Free · ★ 4.4 · 11,387 ratings · score 62 · situational
30
Shuffle MusicD
Free download · ★ 4.8 · 26,267 ratings · score 58 · weak · provisional
31
Spotify KidsD
Free download · ★ 2.7 · 3,458 ratings · score 51 · weak · provisional
32
Anime Music CollectionF
Free download · ★ 4.8 · 7,553 ratings · score 44 · avoid · provisional
33
Khmer Music BoxF
Free download · ★ 4.6 · 2,871 ratings · score 41 · avoid · provisional

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What is the best music streaming app for iPhone?: Spotify: Music and Podcasts, S tier, ranked #1 of 33, rated 4.8 by 42,635,516 people.
Which music streaming apps are free?: 33 of 33 are free to download: Spotify: Music and Podcasts (S), Amazon Music: Songs & Podcasts (S), SoundCloud: Discover New Music (S), YouTube Music (S) and more. 17 of them sell in-app purchases. 7 report no in-app purchases.
Which music streaming app has the best App Store rating?: Relisten - all live music at 4.9 from 37,877 ratings.
How many music streaming apps reach S or A tier?: 16 of 33. 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.