10 Best Streaming Radio & Music Discovery Android Apps

by Antonio Wells Dec 25, 2012 7:49 AM – 2 Comments

Today’s top five list are the 10 Best Streaming Radio & Music Discovery Android Apps. These apps do a fantastic job of learning your music tastes and recommending similar music or new music that you may like. Most are free and stream directly to your phone or tablet so no need to store MP3′s or create playlists. Get started by clicking the icons to read our reviews and download each below!

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Pandora internet radio – the Ultimate Streaming radio app personalized to your likes Free Pandora internet radio is your own FREE personalized radio now available to stream music on your phone. Start with the name of one of your favorite artists, songs or classical composers and Pandora will create a “station” that plays their music and more music like it. Already a Pandora User? Just log in to enjoy your stations.

Songza – Streaming Music app with curated playlists, no subscriptions necessary Free Songza is a streaming music app similar to a powerhouse of juggernauts in the space; Pandora, Slacker, Spotify to name a few. Yet it differentiates with its ‘Music Concierge’ feature that attempts to find the right music for your moments, plus content is curated by activity, genre, decade, & mood.

Jango Radio – sleek Streaming Radio app for discovering new music Free Jango Radio is a free and beautiful-looking radio app that is perhaps a neat alternative to the likes of Pandora. It’s highly intuitive to use, comes with a widget for homescreen access and loads of cool pre-set stations. You can pause, skip and heavily customise the artists you hear. If you like to have more control over what you hear on the radio, definitely have a look at this.

uberHype, a Savvy app for Discovering New Music! Free uberHype from Dirty Water Labs is a savvy music discovery app for Android. Powered by Hype Machine, the app lets you search for, listen to and discover new artists and bands. Essentially it aggregates music blogs and provides loads of tracks to listen to and check out.

Slacker Radio - listen to personalized radio Free, optional Subscription Service Listen to free personalized radio on your mobile phone. With millions of songs from 1000s of artists, Slacker Radio is the best way to discover new artists and hear your favorites. Customize over 120 stations from every genre or create your own stations – new for 2.0, a free trial of station caching for off-line playback!

Rhapsody Music Free, optional Subscription Service All the music you want! One low monthly price. Get unlimited, High Quality (HQ) music on your Android today! Meet your new music collection complete with millions of songs, entire albums and artist hits spanning the decades. This is more than just internet radio. This is the power to play exactly the songs you want, wherever you are.

Spotify large Streaming Music library, a subscription service worth paying for! Free, optional Subscription Service Spotify brings millions of tracks to Android. Your music is always with you. Spotify opens up your Android to a world of music. Take your existing Spotify playlists with you on the go – listen to them during your commute, in the gym or on a flight. With ‘Offline mode’ you can listen even when no connection is available. Wirelessly sync your local files to your phone to merge your catalogue with ours, no cables required! Download and get started directly from your mobile.

Rdio - a new social music subscription service Free, optional Subscription Service Rdio is a new social music subscription service – follow friends and other people with great musical taste, and find new music to listen to. Sync songs, albums and playlists to your Android phone and listen when you’re offline. Try it for free at www.rdio.com. The name, Rdio, is a combination of the words radio and audio, and pronounced ar-dee-o.

Last.fm Personal Radio Free Learn about your favorite artists, find events, and share your music tastes Learn about your favorite artists, find nearby events, and share your music tastes with the Last.fm scrobbler. Optionally sync your Last.fm friends with your contacts.

MOG Mobile Music Free Sign up to hear & download millions of songs/albums & personal music suggestions Get access to over 15 million songs, and listen to them on the go. Jam-pack your Android with all the tracks it can handle and hear your music even when you’re offline. MOG has practically all your favorite albums, and suggests music tailored to your tastes. Get more music than you can hear in your lifetime.

Although you cannot get this in Google Play, you can grab it directly from their website.

Grooveshark Free, optional Subscription Service With Grooveshark Mobile, you can pocket your favorite music and take it with you wherever you go. Just don’t forget your headphones!

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2 Comments

By GreenJohn on February 19, 2013 at 10:10 am:

I like ArkMC application.
It allows to stream youtube video both to smartphone and to another dlna devices such as TV. And it also allows to controll playback on another devices and play music and video from DLNA NAS and PCs.

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By Ethan on April 23, 2013 at 7:48 am:

These apps seem to be intuitive as they recommend music that matches the tastes of users. These are a fantastic choice of radio apps, as some of them even allow users to create a customized radio station by pulling out songs or music of certain genres or artists.

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