Bandcamp app users can now add their purchased songs to playlists and listen to those playlists offline.
Why Bandcamp is Better Than Streaming
Bandcamp’s app is pretty quirky. You can listen to daily playlists and also listen to your purchased tracks. Now, with the addition of offline playlists, it adds an essential feature that brings it one step closer to rivaling purpose-built streaming apps. But it’s probably never going to replace them, and that’s okay.
“Now, as far as using Bandcamp as your primary music app as a consumer, I’m not sure it would be feasible for the majority of listeners,” Ramiro Somosierra, a musician and founder of Gear Aficionado, told Lifewire via email. “Mainly because the catalog is limited to the bands that actively use the platform, and as far as I know, they don’t license songs from musicians outside of their reach.”
Bandcamp is a store where independent artists can sell their music. It can be a direct download, or you can add a physical format – cassette or vinyl, but in all cases you can also stream your purchases at any time on the website or in the app. This makes it super convenient to support a band by buying their music, because you can listen to it directly on your phone.
