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The Universal Playlist Format is a data format designed to make music and video playlists portable across different systems and players. Unlike traditional playlist formats that rely on simple filenames, UPF uses… Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Prices are shown for the 1 we have checked on their own sites, 1 of them free or with a free tier. Tired of the non-portability of my playlists, I wrote my own format launched in 2017; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

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   AI Playlists by Spotify▲478

   Type a prompt and let AI build your playlist

   2024 · newsroom.spotify.com · its alternatives →

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   Spotify AI Playlist▲341

   Turn your most creative ideas into playlists

   2024 · newsroom.spotify.com · its alternatives →

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   I built a site that lets users find playlists by songs they contain▲295

   2022 · playlists.dags.dev · its alternatives →

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   PLYLST▲500

   Smart playlists for Spotify

   2020 · plylst.app · its alternatives →

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   Setlist▲64

   Web app solving group music listening.

   2020 · setlist.ie · its alternatives →

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   Jamocracy▲231

   Build your Spotify playlist together

   2025 · jamocracy.io · its alternatives →

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   A site that makes Spotify playlists of bands coming to town▲346

   2018 · nextweeksplaylist.com · its alternatives →

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   Mergify▲154

   Merge Spotify playlists.

   2025 · its alternatives →

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   Gnarlist▲101

   Create collaborative Spotify playlists with rules

   2020 · gnarlist.com · its alternatives →

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    Lofimusic.app, an open source Background Music Progressive Web Appfree▲136

    Listen to Lo-fi music radio Taiki on the Lofimusic open-source player: an installable Progressive Web app (PWA) written in Go (Golang).

    2020 · lofimusic.app · its alternatives →

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    Sortlee▲111

    Sort and organize your playlists for ideal music flow

    2024 · sortlee.com · its alternatives →

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    Playlistify▲76

    Make Spotify playlists from 1001tracklists & setlist.fm sets

    2018 · playlistify.app · its alternatives →

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    Collaborative Playlists▲80

    Create playlists from your favorite music sources.

    2016 · its alternatives →

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    1BeatClub▲134

    Where everyone’s vibe becomes the playlist

    2024 · 1beatclub.in · its alternatives →

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    Play This▲119

    Create a club and let people control your playlist

    2018 · playthis.netlify.com · its alternatives →

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    TurnUp▲109

    Live & shared playlists 🎶 made simple ✅

    2019 · its alternatives →

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    Audex Trace▲82

    See real time codec, bit depth, sample rate for Apple Music

    Jun 2026 · trace.audex.dev · its alternatives →

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    Huskyfy▲70

    Best tool to split Spotify playlists by genres or artists

    2022 · huskyfy.com · its alternatives →

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    Groovifi▲90

    Fine-tuned Spotify playlists based on your own criteria

    2022 · its alternatives →

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    Replayify▲127

    Create playlists from your most played Spotify tracks

    2018 · replayify.com · its alternatives →

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    Cymbal Universal Player▲105

    Share songs so everyone can listen in their own way

    2017 · its alternatives →

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    Playlistful – Collaborative playlists for parties▲45

    2014 · playlistful.com · its alternatives →

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    Playlistlist▲99

    Keep track of changes to your playlist without the hassle

    2023 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

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    Spotlist▲76

    Play random tracks and visualise your Spotify playlist

    2019 · spotlist.bdemaze.vercel.app · its alternatives →

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