

It also comes with a host of parental control options, and Spotify Kids, a separate app aimed at children. Those with loved ones who also want to stream music may be more interested in the Spotify Family plan, which lets you have up to six people on one account.

Just make sure you re-register as a student after a year, or Spotify will strip you of the Hulu membership and start charging you the full Premium membership price. It also comes with an ad-based Hulu subscription and Showtime. If you’re a student (you need a valid student email address), you can get a Spotify Premium subscription called Student for a discount price.

Cost-wise, it’s basically two accounts for $6.50 per month each, a nearly $3.50 savings every month. With Spotify Duo, you can share your Spotify subscription with a friend, family member, or partner “under one roof.” Both users get their own Spotify dashboards, along with features such as collaborative playlists that you and a bunch of friends can add to and edit, plus Blend, a playlist that’s kind of a combination of collaborative playlists and Spotify’s personalization that, er, automatically “blends” together each user’s (up to 10) musical tastes is a shareable playlist. Premium Individual is available for a free month’s trial. It also removes restrictions on listening to Spotify internationally, as well as any mobile app restrictions. As a Premium user, you also can save tracks for offline listening, access Spotify Radio, podcasts, and watch music videos. Those willing to part with a little cash can access a host of top-tier features, including more than 85 million ad-free tracks, plus the ability to download your music directly to a device and get higher streaming quality. Spotify Premium: Individual - $10 per month Curated playlists and offline listening are unavailable in the free version, as is the Radio feature.

That, and you only get a six-skip limit per hour. One downside is that you can only listen to full albums on shuffle, which may be annoying if you’re craving a particular song on it - you’re more or less at the whim of the randomness of the shuffle. Core search and play features are available, including the ability to listen to specific tracks on demand (somewhat limited on the mobile app), replay recent albums, and more. With Spotify Free, you can listen to anything you want in the mobile, web, or desktop Spotify app, as well as on Smart TVs and compatible game consoles, as long as you’re willing to put up with ads.
