Overview of Rhapsody
Rhapsody is one of our top music download services. It is owned by RealNetworks, creator of the popular RealPlayer media player and Real Jukebox. They have great selection (over 5 million songs) and all of the big name artists making it ideal for those who want to build a large music library quickly.
Rhapsody is a month-to-month service with a monthly fee ($14.99). Subscribers have unlimited access to all 5 million songs for download. Rhapsody also sells individual tracks at 99 cents per song.
Cost and Service Plans Offered:
- Unlimited Downloads - $12.99 per month
Download all the songs you want and listen to them on up to three computers. Really! You can get all 5 million songs if you want!
- To Go
– $14.99 per month
Take music with you on your mp3 player and download and listen to music on up to 3 computers.
You can listen to full tracks before buying them, not just 30 second clips. All individually purchased tracks are yours permanently and work on any mp3 player.
Best Features:
- Selection – 5 million songs, tons of music and almost any song or genre you can think of. Get it here
Burn songs to CD or Put on MP3 Players– burn purchased songs to a CD listen to them in your car, room, anywhere; not just on your computer. Unlimited subscribers with "to go" service plan can put songs on an mp3 player as well.
Great Search Capability– search for music by genre, artist, track, song title, cd title and get suggestions for similar artists/songs as well.
Unlimited Downloads – Subscribers have access to the full music library at Rhapsody and can download songs as fast as they want, whenever they want.
Listen before you buy – with the free trial you can listen to all the music you want, the full tracks, for 2 full weeks.
Worst Feature:
- Doesn't work with ipods – Rhapsody music service will work on almost any mp3 player and even most cell phones but, unfortunately, not on ipods.
- See if you're mp3 player is Rhapsody compatible
Software:
- (Rhapsody software download is FREE for the basic player or $19.95 for
RealPlayer Plus which has a few bonus features)