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Have you ever used MusicFM (Music FM), an application for listening to music? Most of the music apps available today charge a monthly fee, and there are few free apps like Music FM. Music FM allows you to listen to both Japanese and Western music for free and includes a download function.
In this article, we would like to introduce the current situation of Music FM and the music apps that can replace it.
Current Status of Music FM
Unfortunately, Music FM has been taken down for copyright reasons, and the (real) app is no longer available, but apps claiming to be Music FM have been popping up one after another. However, since then, apps claiming to be Music FM have been popping up one after another, with icons and names changed and designs that seem to have been copied, making it difficult to tell which one is the real thing. Some of them charge high fees, so be careful not to register by mistake.
Types of Music FM imitation apps
File Management Apps
Now, let's actually download an app that calls itself Music FM and examine what kind of app it is.
First, here is the app with the pink icon.
It has a high rating of 4.4, and at first glance it looks like it lets you listen to music online, but in reality, you have to import music from your computer or other source yourself to play it. In other words, this app is just a tool to play music files.
Youtube music apps
What about this app with colorful icons?
It can indeed play music for free as advertised, but it is not an audio app, just an app to pull music videos from YouTube and play them in the background. In a sense, it achieves the functionality of Music FM, but in other words, it cannot play music videos other than those available on YouTube.
Alternative applications for Music FM
As we have seen, it is currently difficult to find a music app that plays music completely free of charge like Music FM, and those available in app stores are far removed from the functionality users expect.
In conclusion, currently it is still best to use apps distributed by major music companies that charge a monthly fee.
Here are some of the most popular apps among them.
Spotify, an alternative to Music FM
Spotify is the most popular music app with 300 million users worldwide.
Its most significant features are that you can enjoy it even with a free plan and its extensive playlists. According to official
data shows that there are more than 2 billion playlists in the app.
==Official data
For use on a single device, the monthly fee is 980 yen, and plans for students and families are also available.
LINE MUSIC as an alternative to Music FM
LINE MUSIC's appeal is its compatibility with LINE.
You can set your favorite songs as background music on your LINE profile, and the ranking of popular music among your LINE "friends" is displayed.
The price for the individual plan is 980 yen, but since the student discount is available, the price is 480 yen.
Youtube Music, an alternative to Music FM
As mentioned earlier, there are many music videos uploaded to YouTube, and with YouTube Music, you can enjoy their sound and video files without advertisements, and you can even play them in the background. In addition, YouTube Music is available to YouTube Premium subscribers at no additional charge.
MyStream Downloader, a one-step music downloader
The music apps we have introduced so far have a download function, of course, but you will automatically lose the ability to listen to the music when the usage period expires. Also, some apps distribute different songs, so you may not be able to find the song you want to listen to even though you have registered for it. We would like to introduce you to MyStream Downloader, a tool that downloads videos from all kinds of websites as music. Just paste the link to the video you want and it will start downloading, and you can choose the format of the file in the settings screen.
You can read more about it on the official website, but once downloaded, you can enjoy the music permanently free of charge, making it even better than Music FM. It is also possible to download videos at the same time, so music lovers should definitely take this opportunity to try it out.