Life & fun · alternatives · 2026

Milkshake is a real-time music playlist application that lets groups of friends create and manage playlists together over websockets. Users can add songs, listen simultaneously, and see updates instantly as other… Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Milkshake – Real-time playlists with friends over websockets launched in 2014; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

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   Milkshake▲76

   Create real time playlists and chat with friends

   2014 · its alternatives →

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   Jamhub▲88

   An open-source, remote music collaboration app

   2020 · jamhub.io · its alternatives →

3. 3JF
   Jukebox – Free, Open Source Group Playlist with Fair Queueing▲122

   Hey HN, I built Jukebox because I got frustrated with group music apps and Spotify’s limitations (not everyone has Spotify, and collaborative playlists are still too easily dominated by one person). Jukebox is a web app that lets you create a group queue—anyone can join via link, add YouTube songs, and the system automatically rotates songs so everyone gets a fair turn (no more playlist hogs). Web-based, no accounts, no installs. Drop in a YouTube link or search and add music instantly. Songs rotate in round-robin order (so even if one person adds ten songs, nobody else is skipped). Entirely…

   2025 · jukeboxhq.com · its alternatives →

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   OutLoud Social Jukebox▲112

   Control the music with your friends in real-time

   2017 · its alternatives →

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   Jamocracy▲231

   Build your Spotify playlist together

   2025 · jamocracy.io · its alternatives →

6. 6PC
   Playlistful – Collaborative playlists for parties▲45

   2014 · playlistful.com · its alternatives →

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   Jammin▲253

   Collaborative music software in your browser

   2024 · jamminstudio.co · its alternatives →

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   Serendipity by Spotify▲346

   Map shows when two people play same song at same time

   2014 · spotify.com · its alternatives →

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   MUBR▲364

   Explore what your friends listen to on Apple Music & Spotify

   2023 · mubr.app · its alternatives →

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    Jam▲102

    A social jukebox for your iPhone

    2014 · letsj.am · its alternatives →

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    Collaborative Playlists▲80

    Create playlists from your favorite music sources.

    2016 · its alternatives →

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    Slackbox▲181

    Spotify playlist collaboration through Slack

    2015 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Pyro▲263

    Spotify music voting for parties

    2021 · pyro.vote · its alternatives →

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    Parallel▲300

    Listen to music with friends over Spotify at the same time

    2016 · parallel.fm · its alternatives →

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    Gnarlist▲101

    Create collaborative Spotify playlists with rules

    2020 · gnarlist.com · its alternatives →

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    Spotify Jam▲145

    A new way to listen with your squad

    2023 · newsroom.spotify.com · its alternatives →

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    Jam-Pod▲114

    A player for people who keep their own music collection

    Jul 2026 · testflight.apple.com · its alternatives →

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    humit▲231

    A social networking app for music sharing and discovery.

    2020 · missionuncrossable.org · its alternatives →

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    Jukebot▲98

    Turn Slack into your team's very own Spotify jukebox

    2017 · getjukebot.com · its alternatives →

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    Songswap▲73

    Share music with friends

    2019 · songswapapp.com · its alternatives →

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    Songlink 2.0▲161

    Share music with anyone 🤘

    2017 · odesli.co · its alternatives →

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    Jukebox▲136

    Collaborative music player

    2016 · its alternatives →

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    MisterJack▲136

    Make and share playlists

    2015 · misterjack.co · its alternatives →

24. 24TO
    Tired of the non-portability of my playlists, I wrote my own format▲144

    2017 · universalplaylist.stavros.io · its alternatives →

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