Stream millions of tracks from across the continent — Afrobeats from Lagos, Amapiano from Joburg, Bongo from Dar, Highlife from Accra, Coupé-décalé from Abidjan. Free to start. $4.99/mo to skip the ads.
Updated April 2026. Pricing converted from local rates; feature parity reflects what each service publishes on their pricing page.
Feature
Ngoma
Spotify
Apple Music
YouTube Music
Boomplay
Audiomack
Premium · monthly
$4.99
$11.99
$10.99
$10.99
$5.99
$4.99
Family plan
$7.49 / 6 seats
$19.99 / 6
$16.99 / 6
$16.99 / 6
No
No
Lossless audio
Yes · included
Yes
Yes
No
No
No
Offline downloads
10,000 · 5 devices
10,000 · 5
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
African catalog depth
Primary focus
Global, partial
Global, partial
Global, partial
Strong
Strong
Artist self-service
Yes · live stats
Spotify for Artists
Apple for Artists
YouTube Studio
Limited
Yes
Per-stream payout
Published quarterly
~$0.003–0.005
~$0.01
~$0.002
~$0.001
Varies
Pre-save unreleased
Yes
No
No
No
No
No
Sources: each service's public pricing page and 2025 royalty disclosures. Per-stream payout figures are industry estimates and vary by region, listener tier, and rights holder split.
For artists
African artists, paid like adults.
We publish per-stream rates every quarter. We pay out monthly, not in 90-day rolling windows. And the artist dashboard ships with the same live data our admins see.
“I get a payout summary on the 5th of every month and a dashboard that tells me which city, which playlist, which time of day. That's new.”— Independent artist, Lagos · 1.4M monthly listeners
Everywhere
Built for every device you use.
Web, mobile, desktop. Sync your queue across all of them.
Web
iOS
Android
macOS · Windows
CarPlay · Android Auto
FAQ
Questions, answered.
Is Free actually free, forever?+
Yes. No trial expiry. The full catalog, shuffle play, and personal playlists stay free as long as you want them. Premium just removes ads, unlocks offline, and turns on lossless.
Can I cancel Premium anytime?+
Yes — one tap, takes effect at the end of the billing cycle, and you keep Premium until then. We don't ask why, we don't try to talk you out of it.
What payment methods do you accept?+
Visa, Mastercard, American Express, M-Pesa (Kenya, Tanzania, DRC), Airtel Money, MTN Mobile Money, Flutterwave bank transfer (Nigeria), PayPal. New methods roll out by country every quarter.
How does Family work?+
One person pays $7.49/mo and adds up to five other people at the same address. Everyone gets their own login, library, playlists, and recommendations. Kids mode is opt-in per account and filters explicit tracks.
Why is Ngoma cheaper than Spotify and Apple Music?+
Two reasons. We licence and operate primarily across African markets, where local pricing power is real. And we don't run a podcast division, so we're not subsidising one part of the business with another.
Will my favourite global artists be on Ngoma?+
For mainstream global pop and rock, mostly yes — we hold majors licences in our supported regions. We're more selective on long-tail global indie, where we focus catalog spend on African artists first.
I'm an artist. How do I get on Ngoma?+
If you already distribute through DistroKid, TuneCore, Believe, or any major distributor, you're probably already on us — sign in to claim your profile. Independent? Apply directly: zero distribution fee, monthly payouts, full dashboard access.
