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24 alternatives to Parallel

Listen to music with friends over Spotify at the same time

Parallel is a menu bar app for Mac that lets users listen to Spotify music together with friends in real time. It syncs playback across multiple devices so everyone hears the same song at the same moment. The app works… Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Parallel launched in 2016; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1
Parallel▲79
Listen to music together and chat with friends
2022 · parallelsocial.net · its alternatives →
2
Play Spotify together by Remotion▲227
Talk and listen to music like you’re side by side
2022 · multi.app · its alternatives →
3
Serendipity by Spotify▲346
Map shows when two people play same song at same time
2014 · spotify.com · its alternatives →
4
Heartbeat▲246
Listen to music with your friends together, on Spotify
2017 · getheartbeat.io · its alternatives →
5
Parallel▲64
Stream music and hang out with friends for free
2022 · its alternatives →
6
Heartbeat 3.0▲133
Listen to Spotify with your friends
2017 · its alternatives →
7
SpotMenu▲259
Spotify and iTunes in your macOS menu bar
2017 · kmikiy.github.io · its alternatives →
8
we:fm▲148
Listen to music together
2018 · its alternatives →
9
MUBR▲364
Explore what your friends listen to on Apple Music & Spotify
2023 · mubr.app · its alternatives →
10
Shared Spotify▲82
Find the common songs you have between friends
2021 · its alternatives →
11
we:fm for web▲109
Listen to the same music with friends, at the same time.
2020 · its alternatives →
12
Listen Along▲91
Listen to Spotify with others in real time
2019 · its alternatives →
13
Spotify Blend▲108
Instantly create a shared playlist between you and a friend
2022 · connect.spotify.com · its alternatives →
14
Songshare▲84
The fastest way to share what's playing on your Mac 🎶
2018 · its alternatives →
15
Spotify Blend (Beta)▲217
A new way for two friends to merge their musical tastes
2021 · open.spotify.com · its alternatives →
16
MusicMatch▲100
Open music links in any app: Spotify or Apple Music
2021 · musicmatch.co · its alternatives →
17
Harmony 0.7▲234
A lightweight music player for SoundCloud, Spotify and more
2017 · its alternatives →
18
Listen▲94
Add songs to any Spotify playlist using your keyboard
2017 · listenmac.com · its alternatives →
19
Join My Playlist▲130
Listen to music live together with your friends in Spotify.
2016 · its alternatives →
20
Shows with Music, from Anchor & Spotify▲125
Combine your talk segments with music and share to Spotify.
2020 · creators.spotify.com · its alternatives →
21
Spotify Jam▲145
A new way to listen with your squad
2023 · newsroom.spotify.com · its alternatives →
22
Incentify▲78
The social network for music
2021 · its alternatives →
23
Intersect Ninja▲78
Find songs you and your friends all listen to on Spotify
2018 · its alternatives →
24IM
I made an app that listens for a rapper's songs and raps along in sync▲119
2014 · thenextweb.com · its alternatives →

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