Best 5 Solutions to Stream Apple Music via Web Browser

By Justin SabrinaUpdated on August 31, 2021

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[Summary]: Many Apple Music subscribers want to stream Apple Music via web player instead of iTunes. In this article, we'll show you the best 5 solutions to listen to Apple Music on web players.

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Apple Music, as one of the world's largest and most popular streaming music services, is favored by most music lovers thanks to its excellent user experience and giant music library. If you are an Apple Music subscriber, you may already know that Apple still does not provide an official online web player for Apple Music. So far, you may only access the Apple Music catalog officially through iTunes on Mac and Windows, or via Apple Music app on Android and iOS.

If you're looking for a way to enjoy Apple Music songs using a web browser instead of iTunes, here are a few third-party web players that allow Apple Music users to listen to Apple Music songs, playlists, albums, artists directly from the web. In this article, we'll cover the best web players you can use to play Apple Music on your favorite web browser.

1. feverTunes — A Simple Music Player for Apple Music

feverTunes is a web music player for Apple Music base on the new MusicKit JS API. You can easily access your music content in your browser, when you want to listen to Apple Music without iTunes. The user interface is big, bold, and beautiful, and the flaming dark theme really gels well with the album art.

Sign in with your Apple ID, and all albums and playlists (from both purchases and your Apple Music subscription) should be readily accessible under Library. It streams Apple Music song at the full 256-bit quality. Besides, it lets you manage your Apple Music library, such as adding songs, albums or playlists, but you're not allowed to create custom playlists instead.

The Browse and For You tabs work similar to iTunes — the former lets you browse top songs, albums, and playlists, while the latter features recommendations based on your music preferences. Also present is a Curators tab where you can find tons of curated playlists from any genre. All in all, it seems to be a good iTunes alternative. So this is the first one you are worth trying.

2. Musish - A Free Third-party Web Player for Apple Music Subscribers

Musish is another fantastic alternative to iTunes. It is an open source web application created by developers Brychan Bennett-Odium, RaphaëlVigée, James Jarvis and Filip Grebowski. It has a clean, intuitive user interface that reminiscent of Apple's platform. To play Apple Music on the web through Musish, you need to sign in using your Apple ID.

Once logged in, you will see the popular Apple Music tabs in the upper left corner of the Musish interface: For You, Browse, Radio and My Library. However, some features are not available, such as friend profiles and broadcasts.

The For You tab has a lot of features to keep you busy, including your recently played songs, albums in heavy rotation, and personalized mixes, as well as the day's playlists, albums, and new releases. Similarly, the "Browse" section includes top songs, top 100 daily playlists, popular playlists, popular albums, and genre tabs. If you're searching for specific content, you can also use the Search bar in the top right corner of the site, which remains open on every tab. To play music, simply click on the album/playlist and then click on "Play", "Shuffle" or select a specific song. The playback controls will appear at the bottom left of the screen, where you can adjust the volume, turn on the repeat, turn on random play, view the lyrics, and select the next content.

3. ThinMusic - A Minimalistic Web Player

ThinMusic is Apple Music's web player, produced by Anant Narayanan, for all modern browsers, allowing you to play songs, albums and playlists in your music library. ThinMusic supports the "scrobbling" track of last.fm, which was difficult to do in the past due to the lack of an extensible API.

Unlike feverTunes and Musish, it doesn't list your music library directly, it gives you three tabs - Browse, Queue and Search. Browse for suggestions that include your songs and playlists, as well as a mix of Apple. It's great that the queue lets you queue songs and easily drag and drop tracks according to the order in which you want to start playing them.

4. Maeve - A customizable Apple Music web player

Maeve uses Apple's MusicKit API to access your music library and allows you to stream it online in a web browser. By default, it displays a curated playlist for different topics. When you are not logged in, Maeve lets you search the entire Apple Music catalog and preview the streaming preview. Once logged in with your associated Apple ID, you can access the entire Apple Music library, as well as albums, artists, playlists, and songs. In addition, you can search and stream the entire song from the catalog.

Of course, Maeve will show you the Apple Music curated home page and the For You page, which may be the same as in the official Apple Music app.

5. PlayAppleMusic - A Progressive Web App for Apple Music

A Progressive Web App for Apple Music built with Angular, Angular Material, and MusicKit JS, PlayAppleMusic lets you access your Recently Added items, Artists, Albums, Songs, and Playlists. However, there’s no way to edit or create new Playlists. You can choose between standard (64kbps) and high (256kbps) bitrates for streaming. Once logged-in, your personalised mixes and recommended playlists are available from the For You menu item. Similarly, the website has a simple user interface.

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