topic Re: A Few Questions I Have in iOS (iPhone, iPad)

A Few Questions I Have

Libby_Kitty — Sun, 10 Oct 2021 21:23:09 GMT

Hi guys! So I am new to Spotify and I have a few questions I really hope that guys can help me with! Ok, so first, I don’t want pay for Spotify, and I want to listen to my music offline. I found out that if you stay online, don’t delete the running app, you can listen to your songs offline. But my question is if there is a limit to how many songs you can listen to offline? Also, I see these people saying that there is a listen offline button, but I can’t find it! I use an iPad by the way, just in case this changes anything. If there is a better way to listen to music offline for free please tell me. Thank you so much for replying if you do!! Have a great rest of your day!

Re: A Few Questions I Have

Sebasty — Sat, 30 May 2020 15:58:30 GMT

Hey @Libby_Kitty

If you want to reliably listen to music offline, you'll need either Spotify Premium or your personal collection of music files.

Listen Offline toggle switch appears only for those who are Premium subscribers.

That aside, I have experimented in the past with the desktop client. It does not let you listen to more than those tracks that are in your Queue History, played in this session.
I am pretty sure the client limits it even further because I could only play up to 5 tracks when I suddenly lost internet connection. That limit seems to be gone with Premium, too.

I don't know how much (if at all) iPad would change this.

Hope this helps, have a nice day 🙂

Re: A Few Questions I Have

Libby_Kitty — Sat, 30 May 2020 16:05:47 GMT

Thank you! Do you happen to know any alternatives for music that is free and you can listen to offline?

Re: A Few Questions I Have

Sebasty — Sun, 31 May 2020 09:06:07 GMT

@Libby_Kitty

I don't know of any music service that would allow offline listening on a free tier. It's always a Premium thing. Maybe I am wrong and someone does know something like that, but I don't.

As I said earlier, to be able to listen to your favourite tunes offline, you need to either pay for the music service or maintain your own collection of music files.

Have a nice day 🙂