If you have iTunes installed on your computer, Amazon downloads MP3 files to a location of your choice and also downloads to your iTunes library. Songs sold by both music stores are compatible with the iPod and iPhone via iTunes, though due to the nature of the iTunes Store's integration within iTunes, it is arguably an easier and more seamless experience. Ultimately there's little to no difference. On iTunes, the pricing is approximately the same, though a quick comparison shows that some select songs and albums are more expensive on iTunes, while others are more expensive on Amazon. Most songs on Amazon MP3 range in from $0.25 to $1.29, with albums priced from as low as $4.99 to as high as $17.49, depending on artist, length of album and whether or not the album is 'Deluxe' or 'Special'. See also: Map of iTunes availability Pricingīetween the two services, pricing is more or less the same. ITunes is available in France, Germany, UK, Austria, Belgium, Finland, Greece, Italy, Luxembourg, Holland, Spain, Portugal, Canada, Denmark, Switzerland, Sweden, Japan, Norway, Australia and New Zealand. Any music player will play these files.Īs of 2011, The Amazon MP3 service is available for consumers in the United States, United Kingdom, Germany, France, Austria, Switzerland, and Japan. īoth Apple and Amazon sell songs without DRM and in open formats, AAC and MP3 respectively.

It achieves better sound quality than the MP3 format when compared at the same bit-rate. m4a extension.ĪAC was devised as the successor to the MP3 standard.

While Amazon sells songs in the MP3 format with a 256 kbit/s variable bit-rate, iTunes songs are encoded 256 kbit/s AAC streams in an mp4 wrapper, using the. In comparison, Apple says the iTunes Store now contains over 6 million songs.

Amazon MP3 offers DRM-free downloads of over 2 million songs from 180,000 artists and 20,000 labels.

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