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title: "Playfre: Music Streaming and Music Distribution"
description: "Stream unlimited African music free, or go Pro from $1/month. Artists can upload via myPlayfre and distribute to Spotify, Apple Music, Deezer."
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published_at: "2026-08-26T15:43:01.275Z"
updated_at: "2026-10-06T10:14:21.139Z"
---

# Playfre: Music Streaming and Music Distribution

Stream unlimited African music free, or go Pro from $1/month. Artists can upload via myPlayfre and distribute to Spotify, Apple Music, Deezer.

## Breadcrumbs

- [Media & Entertainment](/categories/media-entertainment)
- [Playfre](/playfre)

## Summary

Free and paid music streaming for African listeners

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

## Product details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Website | https://playfre.com/ |
| Tagline | Free and paid music streaming for African listeners |
| Primary country | Nigeria |
| Platforms | Web |
| Average rating |  |
| Published reviews | 0 |
| Verified listing | No |

## About the product

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

Available on **Web**.

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.

## Features

- [Media & Entertainment](/categories/media-entertainment): Category
- [B2C](/tags/b2c): Product feature or technology
- [Content Creation](/tags/content-creation): Product feature or technology
- [Music Distribution](/tags/music-distribution): Product feature or technology
- [Streaming](/tags/streaming): Product feature or technology
- [Kenya](/countries/kenya): Market
- [Nigeria](/countries/nigeria): Market

## Related pages

- [Alternatives](/playfre/alternatives)
- [Reviews](/playfre/reviews)
- [Transparency](/playfre/transparency)

## Access and citation

- [Canonical HTML page](https://liners.com/playfre)
- [Markdown route index](/sitemap.md)
- [Agent access guide](/llms.txt)