# Alternatives to Grooveshark

Upload-anything streaming. Grooveshark has been discontinued; the active alternatives listed here are maintained products you can switch to.

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Source: https://altcatalog.com/alternatives/grooveshark/
Category: Music streaming

## Overview

- **Who it's for**: Music listeners who wanted free, on-demand access to a vast catalog of songs, including tracks not available on licensed streaming services.
- **What you get**: A web-based library of millions of songs assembled largely from user uploads, playable on demand without payment. Users could create and share playlists, and the catalog's breadth came from its crowdsourced, unlicensed nature. The service operated without full licensing agreements from major record labels, which drew persistent legal challenges over copyright infringement.
- **How it works**: Users uploaded MP3 files to Grooveshark's servers, which were then indexed and made searchable and streamable to other users through the website. Listeners searched the catalog, streamed tracks directly in the browser, and built playlists; the service shut down in April 2015 as part of a settlement following lawsuits from major record labels.

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## Ranked alternatives

| # | App | Alt Score | Licence | Platforms |
|---|-----|-----------|---------|-----------|
| 1 | [Amazon Music](https://altcatalog.com/alternatives/amazon-music.md) | building | Proprietary | Web, iOS, Android |
| 2 | [Apple Music](https://altcatalog.com/alternatives/apple-music.md) | building | Proprietary | Web, iOS, Android |
| 3 | [Bandcamp](https://altcatalog.com/alternatives/bandcamp.md) | building | Proprietary | Web, iOS, Android |
| 4 | [Deezer](https://altcatalog.com/alternatives/deezer.md) | building | Proprietary | Web, iOS, Android |
| 5 | [Pandora](https://altcatalog.com/alternatives/pandora.md) | building | Proprietary | Web, iOS, Android |
| 6 | [Qobuz](https://altcatalog.com/alternatives/qobuz.md) | building | Proprietary | Web, iOS, Android |
| 7 | [SoundCloud](https://altcatalog.com/alternatives/soundcloud.md) | building | Proprietary | Web, iOS, Android |
| 8 | [Spotify](https://altcatalog.com/alternatives/spotify.md) | building | Proprietary | Web, iOS, Android |
| 9 | [Tidal](https://altcatalog.com/alternatives/tidal.md) | building | Proprietary | Web, iOS, Android |
| 10 | [YouTube Music](https://altcatalog.com/alternatives/youtube-music.md) | building | Proprietary | Web, iOS, Android |

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