I stumbled upon Grooveshark today and I am very impressed. As a long time Pandora user and premium service subscriber I’m always pretty happy with the service. All attempts with different streaming services have just been unpleasant and reassured that my Pandora subscription ($36 annually) was worth it’s weight in gold. The desktop app, mobile app, and web versions are all very clean. I’ve had very few gripes and only published one of them.
Enter Grooveshark. The first thing I noticed was the ability to search for a song and add it to my stream. That is something very unique, and also made me appreciate how easy it is to add songs your ‘craving’ to your stream. It’s also just as easy to remove songs from your stream with no annoying skip limit like Pandora has. It’s also very easy to pinpoint a particular album and listen to it from start to finish. Grooveshark also lists a popular playlist which lets you see what other people are listening too. You also have the ability to connect with the other users of the service and share your likes/playlists/radio stations.
Like Pandora, Grooveshark also offers a radio that will stream music based on genre. It’s different from Pandora’s service because it’s not based off an initial artist or song request, but you do have the ability to add songs you found via search to your radio station. It’s yet to be seen if that helps the service ‘learn’ what type of music within the genre you like. So far it seems that the free version is very feature rich, ad supported, and not limited to any amount of listening. The VIP service offers a desktop app, enhanced web UI, and extra support. At $30 annually it packs more of a punch and comes in at a lower price than Pandora. It also works internationally for now. For that reason, watch out Pandora.
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