I've been happily using Spotify for a few months now and it's been fantastic for finding new music and easily worth the fairly cheap subscription rate. However, I have some problems with it.
It doesn't integrate with my existing (very large) music collection at all. Ideally I'd really like something that will allow me to make playlists that combine streamed music with stuff from my own collection. This is because my collection has stuff in it that most streaming services don't have in their libraries - rarities, bootlegs, alternate takes, demos, and so on. Or at least be able to switch between streaming and library music without quitting and starting a new app.
It is frustratingly slow to load on Android and the user interface is slow and clunky. It's not very full featured like most normal media players. (I use Media Monkey). It lets you save music for offline listening but it's clunky (eg. if you delete something it won't immediately clear up drive space).
It doesn't have a lot of the music I've looked for: it's invisibly missing tracks from some albums (eg. two tracks from the Fates Warning album "Disconnected"), some quite well known artists/bands have little if any music available at all (like King Crimson and Syd Barrett), and there are whole albums missing too. This is the least important problem because I can fill it out with my own collection if the first criteria is met.
It's critical that I can cache/save music for offline use so that I don't hammer my limited mobile data while not at home.
Any suggestions for an alternative that fixes some or all of these problems? Thanks!
Apple Music.