A freemium music streaming service for African listeners, with a Playfre Pro subscription option and an artist distribution arm called SongRoute.

Playfre Product Overview

Is Playfre Right for You?

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Best For

  • African music listeners
  • Free music streaming

What It Does Well

  • Free and paid streaming
  • Pro subscription option

Things to Check

  • Nigeria vs Kenya catalog
  • Offline listening option

About Playfre

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Playfre is a music streaming service for listeners in Africa, with a freemium tier and a paid subscription option called Playfre Pro.

Key capabilities include:

  • Free music streaming positioned as "free unlimited music streaming" for everyday listening
  • Playfre Pro subscription with paid plans listed at $1.00/month (monthly), $0.83/month (every 6 months), and $0.75/month (yearly)
  • myPlayfre, an artist portal for uploading music and monetizing streams directly on Playfre
  • SongRoute distribution, a separate service that pushes artists' music out to platforms including Spotify, Apple Music, Amazon, and Deezer, plus radio station and music blog placement, at no cost to artists

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It targets B2C music listeners in Africa, with a secondary audience of African artists using myPlayfre and SongRoute for uploads and distribution.

The service is associated with operations in Nigeria and Kenya, and it is linked to a Lagos, Nigeria office address. Playfre was founded by Chika Nwaogu, also co-founder of the digital library platform Publiseer, and launched in May 2019. Third-party coverage has reported SongRoute working with 800+ artists across 23+ African countries, and a large catalog (reported as 50 million+ songs), positioning it as a locally oriented option for African music streaming and artist distribution.

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Frequently Asked Questions About Playfre

Playfre is a freemium music streaming service for listeners in Africa that lets you stream a large catalog of music online. You can use it for free with unlimited streaming or subscribe to Playfre Pro for additional benefits, all through the web platform.

Playfre uses a freemium pricing model. Playfre Pro is priced at $1.00 per month when paid monthly, $0.83 per month when paid every 6 months, and $0.75 per month when paid yearly.

Playfre focuses on African markets and operates in countries including Nigeria and Kenya. Third party reports also mention wider African availability across many countries on the continent.

You can sign up for Playfre by visiting the Playfre website and creating an account through the web app. Registration is completed online using your browser.

Playfre does not currently have a confirmed, publicly available mobile app on the Google Play Store or Apple App Store. Android and iOS apps were announced as planned around the platform's 2019 launch, but no live listing could be confirmed, so the service is best accessed through the web platform.

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