YouTube Music

Name: YouTube Music
Rating: 4.8 (1514614 reviews)
Author: Google

By: Google App

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Overview

Version:

9.30

Last updated: 2026-07-27

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

(1,514,614) 77 new ratings

Version:

9.30 Last updated: 2026-07-27

Version code:

888990200

Creation date:

2015-11-12

Compatible devices:

Size:

272.24MB

URLs:

Website ,Privacy policy

Full description:

Source:

Apple Apps Store

Data ingested on:

2026-07-30

Compare stats and ranking:

Ranking

# 265 ▲ 3

Other rankings

#2 in Audio Apps Worth A Listen

#3 in Essential Music Apps

#18 in Must-Have Apps

#1 in music keyword 43 ▲ 1

#2 in youtube keyword 86

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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 had YouTube Music since it was GoogleMusic. I’m sick of it!! Every time I find a new artist to listen to almost immediately it re-cycles to the same thing the algorithm has been sending me. It’s not hard… Billie Holliday goes with Ella Fitzgerald NOT Norah Jones. And all of the suggested YouTube playlists are exactly the same with a different name on a different day, literally. I’m over it. It feels like I’m getting squished into a corner that I can’t get out of or reset and I PAY for it. Nah.

by He*****, 2026-07-19

YouTube Music is an elite music streaming app! It has a bunch of features such as: front & back skips, adjustable time onto playing the song, and the layout looks amazing. These are all for free! Which, Spotify, does not have at all. And I’m also a Spotify user! I’m not going to complain on the ads (because I’m used to it on both here and Spotify) but some cons I have to give is you can’t play in the background and Spotify can. If you want to play in the background, you have to pay a subscription, unfortunately. A little suggestion is that I personally would like if YouTube music would play the music in the background for the free plan (as a free plan user). That’s the only suggestion I have honestly! If they do add background music for free plan users, I definitely would be using this app much more often than Spotify!