Level 1 (4 points)

(vs Spotify) Does Apple MUSIC (do OTHER types of content- Audiobooks? Podcasts?

I am looking for a quicky APPLE MUSIC features list, as compared to SPOTIFY, and specifically FEATUREs > CONTENT

I've gone through Search for music in Music on Mac - Apple Support - It's got a lot of MUSIC . And , YES! I KNOW! IT IS CALLED Apple MUSIC.🙏

But SPOTIFY also has a LOT (A LOT!) of AUDIOBOOKS. And audio/video or just audio PODCASTS.

Last week SPOTIFY also made the last 2/3 of my ~380 Favorited Songs disappear, and seeming to cover it up, through a bunch of favorite albums, like to hope I wouldn't notice?

So. #1 Apple Music content types? - I might try a student special (ala studentbeans) , that claims Apple Music and APPLETV+ for FREE.

Oh APPLE Community who is way wiser than me, BE like your Parents (f'n Progressive commericals)! Offer wise help ! Instead of MONEY, which none of us have anyway!

HANG IN THERE TOO.

Raph

Posted on Nov 1, 2026 12:48 PM

6 replies

Zurarczurx

Level 6 (8,142 points)

Nov 1, 2026 1:05 PM in response to Raphaela

In the old days of iTunes music, books and podcasts were all managed very well by the iTunes app. At some point Apple decided to split iTunes into the Music, Podcasts and Books apps. Music was like iTunes (but not nearly as good) but only managed Music. The Podcasts and Books apps were clearly designed with the intention of discouraging people from listening to podcasts and books and, in my case they have been successful. The podcasts app, in particular, is a steaming pile of **** and my brief dalliance with Books didn't leave me with good memories.

You used to be able to import downloaded podcasts into Music (on the Mac and assuming you can find the podcasts) but Music thinks they are music tracks. It's manageable with playlists. Not sure if you still can though.

Zurarczurx

Level 6 (8,142 points)

Nov 1, 2026 1:17 PM in response to Zurarczurx

Yep - you can import podcasts into the Mac Music app and they come in labelled as podcasts, so you could create a smart playlist to collect them together. Obviously you don't get any of the benefits of subscribing, auto downloading etc., but most of that doesn't work anyway so it's swings and roundabouts I guess. If you need to load up an iPod shuffle for a week's running you can at least see the size of them when they're in Music.

Edit: ditto audio books.

Raphaela Author

Level 1 (4 points)

Nov 2, 2026 9:48 AM in response to Zurarczurx

Thanks much! Have this deal for cheap apple music and (maybe? free appletv+)?

Spotify Pro is enshitifying faster than featurizing. The audiobooks are (mostly) free. The some of the podcasts come with their videos (without having to switch subscribe to Yt). Till they nuked 2/3 of my Fav'd songs AND from first saved to most recent.

Hence the content query, as I'm sure we all know, moving from anything TO anything telecom'wise is SUCH a pain! If you can get MOVED OFF T-mobile, that should count as HELPING! :)

Switching anything 'telecom'ish is such a pain. I SHOULD have killed xfinity after spinning in circles but ultimately NOT covering TiVo anymore. Then, when they took Cartoon Network/Adult Swim away....It's why