Spotify Costs: Free Use and Prices
Spotify is a music service that you can use for free with a few restrictions. In this practical tip we explain how the Spotify payment system works.
Use Spotify for free - overview
You can log in to Spotify using your Facebook account or your email address. Once you have registered, either download the software for Windows or Mac or listen to music via the web app without downloading. Of course, you can also use Spotify on your smartphone or tablet for Android, iOS and Windows Phone.
- Spotify is free for you if you are ready to live with some restrictions. You can listen to as much music as you like; but have to put up with advertisements and advertisements.
- In its free version, Spotify differentiates between tablets and smartphones. There are fewer features available for mobile phone users. For example, you can only listen to music in shuffle mode.
- You also cannot download the playlists to your smartphone to listen to music offline.
Free Spotify trial subscription for 90 days
Of course, you get the music without any advertising or other restrictions.
- If you want to try out how Spotify is without restrictions, you can try the music provider's premium offer for 90 days. Recently, Spotify extended the trial period for new customers from 30 to 90 days.
- Without any advertising and in full functionality. However, you must leave your payment details when you register the trial month.
- If you do not want a Spotify subscription after the test phase, you must cancel the service.
- Make sure that you complete the cancellation in good time, otherwise the trial month will automatically switch to a monthly cancelable subscription.
The premium version of Spotify
For a monthly fee of 9.99 euros, you can use Spotify Premium and get rid of the advertising.
- In the premium version, you can listen to music on your smartphone as you like, even without shuffle mode.
- You can also save playlists offline so you can listen to them on the go. And you stream in high quality.
- On the other hand, you can listen to your own music that is already on your computer without restrictions if you connect your library to Spotify.
Spotify Family - that is behind it
The Spotify Family subscription is the music service's most expensive offer. However, the price is relativized because several people can use the offer.
- Spotify Family costs 14.99 euros a month. The same conditions apply to the offer as for the premium subscription.
- Subscribe to Spotify-Family, but you and five other family members can use the music service.
Spotify student subscription
If you are a student, you can also enjoy a full discount at Spotify - at least temporarily.
- As a student, you only pay 4.99 euros for the premium subscription. To do this, however, you must prove your student status, for example with a student ID.
- At the price, however, you can only enjoy the music for one year, after which the subscription changes to a normal premium subscription.
In addition to the fees, Spotify also consumes data, which may be quite high. You will learn more about this in the next post.