As you can see in the chart above, your music will be accessible virtually everywhere. It's clear that the sheer size of the storage offered by Amazon is the biggest draw, but it's not the only benefit.

If you opt to pay the $25 yearly fee, you can upload a whopping 250,000 songs, which is more than 10 times storage of iTunes Match for the same price. Amazon Cloud PlayerĪmazon lets you try out its Cloud Player service by offering space for 250 songs for free. The added perk of unlimited ad-free streaming from iTunes Radios only sweetens the deal and the fact that it's fully integrated into the iTunes software is another benefit. The big advantage to using iTunes Match over the competition is the company's massive catalog, which is home to more than 43 million songs. You must instead convert those files to MP3, AAC or WAV/AIFF in order for them to be matched. It also doesn't support OGG, WMA and FLAC music files. The service only supports streaming on an iPhone, iPad, iPod Touch, Apple TV or through iTunes on your computer. While iTunes is a great program, it can be a pain to have to download it on a friend's computer to stream music. Other than the lack of outside support, the one big downside to iTunes Match is there is no Web player. Unlimited ad-free streaming from iTunes RadioĪpple's iTunes Match service is really for people who want to stay in Apple's walled garden. IPhone, iPad, iPod Touch, Kindle Fire, Android devices, Mac/PC, Fire TV, Roku, Sonos, Samsung Smart TVs, select vehicles from BMW, Ford, MiniĪndroid smartphones and tablets, iPhone, iPad, iPod Touch, Chromecast, Android TV, Sonos Mac/PC through iTunes, iPhone, iPod Touch, iPad, Apple TV MP3, AAC, WMA (Windows only), OGG, ALAC (Mac OS only), FLAC MP3, AAC, WMA (Windows only), OGG, WAV, ALAC (Mac OS only), AIFF and FLAC $24.99/yr, £21.99/yr (UK), scan & match, purchases do not count against total $24.99/yr, £21.99/yr (UK), AU$34.99/yr, scan & match, purchases do not count against total 250 songs, scan & match, purchases do not count against totalĥ0,000 songs, scan & match, purchases do not count against total

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