It’s my intention to get this done for free, if at all possible. There’s one final thing I absolutely will be considering though: cost. I have no idea which product is best at this - I’m afraid it’s not something I need. For example, many of them can regularly synchronise playlists between services. There are other functions that many of these tools have which, for the purposes of this test, I ignored. I’m afraid I didn’t do those tests because it wasn’t relevant to the job in-hand, sorry. If you want to go from Apple Music to Spotify, or Deezer to Amazon, the “what’s best” answer will be different.
But in the event I didn’t even get close to that: it ended-up being a slam-dunk.Īlready you’ve seen the huge caveat to my test: I’m only talking about transferring from Spotify to Apple Music. In the event of a tie, I intended to give extra credit for speed & ease of use because they matter to me. Ideally I’d want all the artists I follow to be copied over as well, but all of the tools are unanimous on that one: it can’t be done. I want all my “liked” tracks copied over too. I want all the albums I “liked” in Spotify to end up in the albums section of Apple Music. If my playlist has a description then I want to see that description in Apple Music. If a match isn’t great, I want a chance to fix it. That means all the right tracks, in the right order.
This formed the basis of my test: if one tool copies Spotify objects over to Apple Music more accurately than another, I judge it better. Spoiler alert: none can ever give you 100/100 all the time because sometimes the right track just isn’t there to be found.
So a tool which delivers all 100 is objectively “better” than a tool that only delivers 95. What’s not subjective is accuracy: if you’ve spent days creating a 100 track Spotify playlist for a special occasion, it’s safe to say you’re going to want to see the same 100 tracks in Apple Music after transferring. Me, all other things being equal, I’d prefer a tool that does it in 10 minutes. For example, you might love the idea of an involuntary digital detox as you plug your iPhone into a charger for an hour and a half while it chews through your playlists. To spare you from having to go through the same process I’m sharing what I learned. …I spent several hours trying these products out and I now know far more than I ever wanted.
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