YouTube Music

Name: YouTube Music
Rating: 4.8 (1514264 reviews)
Author: Google

By: Google

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Features & Capabilities

YouTube Music connects you to a world of music with live performances, covers, remixes, and thousands of curated playlists across genres and activities. Create personalized mixes, collaborate on playlists, and keep your Library organized with liked songs, created playlists, and followed artists.

Stay on top of trends with new releases, top charts, mood- and genre-based recommendations, and lyrics for singing along. Enjoy cross-device listening across your phone, desktop, speakers, and more, and upgrade to Music Premium for ad-free listening and background playback where available.

User Growth & Download Statistics

App Music & Audio

By:

Google

Rating:

4.80

(1,514,264) 69 new ratings

Version:

9.26 Last updated: 2026-06-29

Version code:

887456225

Creation date:

2015-11-12

Compatible devices:

Size:

267.07MB

URLs:

Website ,Privacy policy

Full description:

Source:

Apple Apps Store

Data ingested on:

2026-07-02

Compare stats and ranking:

Ranking

# 267 ▲ 1

Other rankings

#2 in Audio Apps Worth A Listen

#3 in Essential Music Apps

#18 in Must-Have Apps

#2 in music keyword 49

#2 in song keyword 59

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Developed by:

Google

Apple Apps Store

https://apps.apple.com/us/app/youtube-music/id1017492454

Website:

https://support.google.com/youtubemusic

User Reviews

Overall sentiment is mixed-to-negative. Pros mentioned include good audio quality, a large catalog, and playlist import, with some users preferring it to Spotify. The most cited downsides are disruptive UI updates that remove features, heavy ads (even for some premium users), high pricing, performance issues, and weak discovery. In short: the app has strength in sound and library but struggles with stability, pricing, and a churn of UI changes that frustrate users.

Pros

Good audio quality
Large catalog of songs
Ability to import/port playlists from other apps
Some users prefer it to Spotify in certain areas

Cons

Frequent UI/UX updates degrade usability and remove features (e.g., Up Next, Lyrics, Related)
Ad-heavy experience with multiple ads per song (even for some premium users)
High premium pricing / perceived low value
Performance issues like slow app speed and occasional crashes or interruptions
Weak or inconsistent music discovery/recommendations

Recent reviews

I’ve been using YouTube music for the past seven years and overall, I am very deeply disappointed, and also feel taken advantage of. The first two years from 2018 to 2020 were great, a free trial promo got me into paying monthly until I cut it. Ever since using the free version since 2020 I’ve seen and observed some very concerning and also disappointing incidents that will happen. The first thing is that if you do not pay for the YouTube music premium YouTube music will occasionally shut off your screen while you’re listening to music. If you’re not aware, you cannot listen to the music if your screen is off. Also the app will usually not allow you to actually view the song you were on until you swipe down and then swipe back up to look at what’s up next. I like to listen to music while I drive but if I have to be on my phone to just play the music I want, it creates a hazard and it has been happening to me in 2020 to 2025. Just recently as well I’ve been clicking on the speed dial, which includes all the normal songs that you frequently listen to, and it will tell me everything that I click on is unavailable and play another song instead of the one I wanted to listen to. It’s almost as if nobody manages this app for bugs or any fixes and essentially does not care about their YouTube music premium members. If you’re looking for a app that is going to be more of a nuisance than a tool to you, YouTube music is that app and you will be blown away on how horribly taken care of it is. Just in case Spotify offers a way to transport your playlists. That’s the only reason I didn’t leave years before because I didn’t know that was an option. Fix your app YouTube!!

by Ch*****, 2026-06-20

Ive been using yt music for a while now but its horrible you have to pay a subscription just to use it without your phone being on their membership is so expensive and Spotify doesn’t spam you with ads unlike yt music. Spotify is just a much more efficient and reliable option