8 Best Streaming Music Services With an Offline Mode

Listen to New and Old Music Offline: Spotify

Spotify is one of the most popular streaming music services on the internet. In addition to streaming to a computer or mobile device, this service supports other ways to enjoy music, like streaming to home stereo systems.

Along with a large music library, Spotify supports an offline mode. To use this feature, you must subscribe to Spotify Premium. This subscription gives you music caching on a desktop or mobile device so that you can listen to tracks without connecting to the internet.

Get Personalized Music Recommendations: Pandora

Pandora is an awesome music service that lets you discover new music by telling the app what you like and dislike. To get offline access with Pandora, subscribe to the Pandora Plus or Pandora Premium package.

With Plus, the app automatically downloads your favorite stations to your mobile device and switches to one of those stations if you lose your internet connection. With Pandora Premium, you get the same feature and the added capability to download any album, song, or playlist in Pandora's vast library to play offline.

Find Up-and-Coming Artists: SoundCloud

An awesome way to discover interesting music and songs from new bands is with SoundCloud. Unlike most music streaming apps, you can fast forward and rewind through songs and play any single track you want.

SoundCloud offline access works on both the SoundCloud Go and Go+ membership. However, some songs on SoundCloud are free to download without a paid subscription.

Great for Google Users: YouTube Music

YouTube Music is a service to keep in mind when looking for an online and offline listening combo. It's free for the first 30 days and charges a monthly fee after that.

The YouTube Music app can be used to save music to a smartphone or tablet, so you can stream your library without being connected to the service. However, a YouTube Premium subscription is needed to take advantage of this feature.

Offline Music for iPhones: Apple Music

Apple Music offers access to a catalog of more than 50 million songs. You can play anything in its library online or offline without ads.

To avoid using cellular data, download songs to your phone from Apple Music while you have a Wi-Fi connection. You can create and download playlists or try one of the curated playlists Apple Music offers.

Apple Music requires a subscription, but you can try it free for three months.

The Successor to Slacker Radio: LiveXLive

LiveXLive (formerly Slacker Radio) is a streaming music service that provides a multitude of the best internet radio stations. You can also use the service to create personalized compilations. The basic, free membership doesn't include a downloadable music option. To listen offline, you need a Plus or Premium package.

A feature called Mobile Station Caching, which is available for the Plus and Premium subscription packages, stores the contents of particular stations on your mobile devices so that you can listen to those stations without a network connection.

If you want more flexibility, the Premium package allows you to cache individual songs and playlists for offline listening rather than only the contents of stations.

Amazon's Music Streaming Service: Prime Music

Any Amazon Prime member has access to millions of ad-free songs for streaming or offline playback. If you want more music, subscribe to Amazon Music Unlimited and unlock millions of more songs. Any song, album, or playlist can be downloaded so that you can listen on a mobile device offline.

Try the 30-day free trial before signing up. An Amazon Prime membership isn't required, but if you are a Prime member, you receive a 20 percent discount.