NetEase Cloud Music is a new alternative to Spotify

Once again China at the forefront of free, today we are going to talk about NetEase Cloud Music, an alternative to Spotify with an impressive library, and no, it is not cheaper than Spotify, in fact it is free. The logical thing is to think that other services such as Deezer or Napster should be shaking because once again, as is the case with good, nice and cheap smartphones from Chinese companies, their market target is the Asian giant. However, we are here to tell you about this service and tell you how to use it to get the most out of it.

NetEase is not the typical Chinese company that came out of nowhere that comes to offer us four pesetas hard, founded in 1997, is responsible for developing many services, from search engines to online multiplayer systems and creation of video games. It also collaborates with companies of a certain prestige such as Blizzard in the support of their video games.

In April 2013, after launching from messaging services to forums, they decided to invest in the world of streaming music with NetEase Cloud Music. The service had one goal, to make up for Spotify's deficiencies in terms of socializing and sharing content over the internet. With this service we can share all our lists with a network of contacts, therefore it is fundamentally a musical social network.

The service is totally free And not exactly small, in December 2014 no less than 55 million users already enjoyed it.

What should you know about NetEase Cloud Music?

• The problem of the language: It is in Chinese, as a Chinese social network that it is, which can be a point against too relevant for most users.
• It is free and has no advertising.
• They do not want our data: Registration is not required for its simple use, although it does to access certain extra services.
• It has an impressive catalog considering that it is free. As we can see, it is possible to find even Spanish rock groups in its database without any complications.
• It includes the lyrics of the vast majority of the songs.

Different possibilities, the same service

It is a multiplatform service, as we can expect from a social network. From the official website to your own smartphone applications. In the case of iOS we will need an Apple ID with your assigned region in China. The user interface is incredibly intuitive, however not enough to overcome the pitfall that being in Chinese can often be.

In my opinion, like other colleagues I am and will continue to be faithful to Spotify whose Premium service I enjoy, but this NetEase Cloud Music alternative is an option to take into account, especially considering the possibility of having our favorite music offline. Without a doubt, if they released an update of their user interfaces translated into Spanish and English they would be remarkably successful, although we still have doubts about the legality of the service, more coming from China where copyright is not exactly the order of the day. However, it is not a matter for us to contemplate, because for that there are already the large multinationals that make a living from this.