Is Spotify Family Plan Worth It?

Spotify's Family Plan (aks Spotify Premium Family plan) is a great deal that allows family members living under one roof can enjoy up to 6 Premium accounts for $15.99 per month. The subscription condition is that the subscriber must have the same address as the primary subscriber, which is strictly verified by location data. Therefore, it is basically difficult to share among friends. On the other hand, there is a feature called "Spotify Kids" that is limited to this plan and can be used by children as young as 0 years old. If you want to enjoy music with your whole family, please consider this feature.

This article will explain the details of the Family Plan and frequently asked questions, so if you are interested, please refer to this article.

Overview of Spotify Family Plan

The Family Plan allows up to 6 people to use Spotify for $15.99 per month for 6 subscribers, which is very reasonable compared to the individual plan of $9.99 per person for 1 account. Since each person is assigned an account, the usability of this plan is the same as the individual plan.

Monthly fee for Spotify Family Plan

Will Spotify Family Plans know if I don't live with you?

Due to a change in the Terms of Service in 2019, Spotify will be using location data to determine if you are living together. While Spotify will not always track you, they will do so on a regular basis, so you will not be able to use the Family Plan even if you have family members who live far away from each other, let alone friends who do not live together.

What are the disadvantages of the Spotify Family Plan?

Next, we will explain three disadvantages of the Family Plan.

• (1)Weakness in domestic live content

There tends to be relatively little live content from domestic artists. Last year, however, "Go Stream," which delivers performance videos filmed by Spotify, was launched, and songs by Vaundy, Utada Hikaru, Hoshino Gen, and others were made available. There is a possibility that it will be enhanced in the future, so let's keep an eye on it.

• (2) Categorization is a bit messy.

There are many categories, such as "Artist" in the middle of music genres like "Hip Hop" and "Jazz," and "Songwriter" when scrolling further, and the order of categories seems unclear. It may be easier to use the site if you first select your favorite music genre or "Made for You" and then touch other items as you become accustomed to them.

• (3) Severe limitations on the download function

The Family Plan includes a download function, but it will be lost if there is no Internet connection once in 30 days. Be especially careful to note that even if you are logged in, if you are in offline mode for the entire 30 days, you are considered to be unconnected. You should leave offline mode and connect to the Internet at least once.

What to do if your Spotify Family Plan has an Invitation Error

Here are three ways to deal with invitation errors with Spotify Family Plans.

• Register the same address as the plan primary subscriber
• Family plans require the same address as the primary subscriber. If you move, don't forget to change the address for everyone, not just the primary subscriber.
• For Android users, access from Chrome
• If you are using Android, you need to access it from the Chrome browser.
• Finally, contact customer support!

If you are unable to resolve the issue on your own, please contact Customer Service and Support for assistance. The support site has a Q&A section for accounts and plans, and the community section is somewhere you can get answers from other users. If these two do not resolve your issue, please contact Customer Support using the Contact Us form.

Comparison of Spotify Family and other Premium plans in the table

How to Sign Up for Spotify Premium Family Plan?

To sign up for a Spotify family plan, you can do the following:

• Open the Spotify website on your device.
• Visit the Spotify plans page.
• Click on the "Get Started" button under the Family Plan.
• Enter your payment information and click Start my Spotify Premium.
• Invite up to five other people to your Spotify Family account using the email addresses they use for Spotify.
• Family members accept the invitation at home, confirm their address, and that's it.

If there's any information entered by an invited member that Spotify can't confirm, they'll send them an email to reverify. They just need to enter their full address within 7 days of getting the email. If the email verification is successful, the account will stay on Premium Family.

Spotify will ask you to confirm that you live with the person that shared the Family Plan with you by sending you an email invite.

Questions and Answers about Spotify Family Plan

Here are some answers to the frequently asked questions about Spotify Premium Family Plan

Can I use the Spotify Family Plan with a family member who lives alone?

Spotify's Family Plan requires that the family member has the same address as the primary subscriber, and location data is used to verify this. Therefore, even if you are a family member, you will not be able to use Spotify Family Plan if you live alone and have a separate address.

What happens if it is discovered that I do not live with my Spotify Family Plan?

There have been cases of forced account deletion in other countries. Since the terms of service are the same, the risk of account deletion is unavoidable even in Japan.

Is it possible to share a Spotify Family Plan with a friend?

To join a family plan, you must have the same address as the primary subscriber, and your location will be checked, so any false reports will be exposed. However, since the emphasis is on "same address," it is possible to register even if you are friends if you share a room. However, the official version only mentions "family members," so please consider this carefully.

Who is the primary subscriber of Spotify Family Plan?

The applicant who registered the payment method will be the primary subscriber.

At what age can children start using Spotify Family Plan?

There is a feature called "Spotify Kids" available only for the Family plan, which is for ages 0-12. In other words, there are no age restrictions; Spotify Kids allows for toddler and family content, and includes parental controls that allow for developmentally appropriate filtering.

Can I join the Spotify family if I already have a premium?

Many parents have been looking for a solution to multiple Spotify accounts, and luckily, the streaming music platform has one. You don't need to give up on your Premium features to bring everyone under the same account if you opt for the Family Plan.

What are the pros and cons of the Spotify family?

You don't have to subscribe to a family plan if you convert Spotify music

Spotify's family plan, which allows up to 6 people to use the service, is certainly convenient, but the monthly fee is rather expensive at $15.99, and most importantly, the requirement that you must live in the same household to use the service is quite strict.

With MusicFab Spotify Converter, you can download Spotify songs and podcasts to your hard drive and share them with your family. You don't even need to be connected to the Internet to use it, as it can be played completely offline. If everyone in the family is connected to the Internet, it will take up bandwidth and slow down the Internet, but if you download the music, it will play smoothly without any choppiness.

How to use MusicFab Spotify Converter

• Launch the software and tap the Spotify icon
• Login to the browser version of Spotify with your account
• Search for a playlist that contains the songs you want to download
• Play the playlist and all the songs will be loaded automatically.
• Select the song, format, and quality when the download pop-up appears
• Start downloading on the "Downloading" tab

Step1

Launch this software and tap the Spotify icon on the VIP Services section of the main interface.

Step2

Log into the browser version of Spotify with your account. And select to-be-converted music. This Spotify music converter will analyze the info of the track real quickly. 

Step3

A panel pops out from which you can select the output format and quality.

Step4

Tap on the Download Now button to finish the last step of enjoying Spotify music offline.

*note: you can read this MusicFab review to have a deeper understanding of this Spotify converter.

Conclusion

In this article, we have discussed Spotify's Family Plan in detail. If you have more than one family member who uses Spotify, you can enjoy the service at a lower price than with an individual plan, but unfortunately, Spotify requires that you live at the same address, so you cannot share the service with family members who live far away. However, on the other hand, it has features that even small children can enjoy safely, so if you are interested in this service, please check it out.