DistroKid User Reviews

DistroKid
DistroKid
DistroKid Holdings, LLC

Customer Experience

Positive experience64.7% of reviews
Neutral4.2% of reviews
Negative experience31.1% of reviews

~ Based on 968 written reviews from the US App Store.

What users say about DistroKid

Is DistroKid Safe?

DistroKid appears safe based on user ratings. AppsHunter Safety Score for DistroKid is 98/100.

This assessment is based on 25,484 user ratings, with an App Store average of 4.9/5.

Safety Analysis

97.2% of ratings point to a safe experience
1.0% of ratings suggest some concerns
1.8% of ratings point to a risky experience

~ Based on 25,484 App Store ratings for DistroKid.

Is DistroKid Legit?

DistroKid appears to be a legitimate app. AppsHunter Legitimacy Score for DistroKid is 88/100.

Based on 88 of 100 points across 7 verification signals from App Store and developer data.

Top reviews

Do not use this please

the first time i used the app and used the 1 year subscription the app was fine no problems at all. the second time that i bought it when i try and drop music it just sits and processes forever and it never tells me why do i deleted that account and made a new one and paid for a better subscription and nows it not even tell me grt a chance to drop the music this app is a scam as far as i can tell
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Rubbish

Absolutely rubbish app. their website and customer support are completely rubbish. really not worth the bother.

Awful Support - Everything is Automated

Short: Licensed Splice sample match delayed release and received zero response for a week having paid for additional packages.

We uploaded a release and because our track contained a (licensed!) royalty free Splice sample, the system rejected it. Fair enough, I guess, that's automation - but I have a license and likely so do tens of thousands of creators for the same thing (it's just a crowd cheer 🙃)

Because of this issue our release has been delayed by a week. I have sent numerous emails with certified sample licenses and have received zero response.

Distrokid prioiritises profit via automation at the expense of the artist.

So do you want your life and soul's work to be at the mercy of that? Choose your own adventure... 🤷🏻‍♀️
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Just a little review on my own experience

It needs more genres like Mexican music

Avoid.

Don’t use. When they take down your music (which they will) they’ll barely reply to your emails, if they reply at all. They’ll also drain you of as much money as they possibly can with their never ending fees. Don’t buy into the propaganda, put your music somewhere safe.

Great app

Got my music out to YouTube Spotify, Amazon within two days and probably more than I don’t even know about over 150 places your music can be listed. Well worth 25 a year.

Excelente app

Excelente app, la recomiendo al cien.

This is what happens to bigger artists do not use them ever.

Your team and people do not care about artists and what we do. All you do is make money off of us. One song with an uncleared sample of an album? Bam whole album gone. Ohh you got 1 million streams and plays bam you get $40 and a high five it’s just not right. No humans to talk to unless you go through a chat box that starts with an ai. and it’s got worse over the years I’ve used y’all. I’m tired and sick of how I am treated. I’m a number to you not an artist who cares. You are not good people you are hear to make money from me and that’s it. If you cared you would help. I will not be recommending you to any ever.
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Thief

I purchased DistroKid’s cheapest plan, but while uploading my song, my subscription suddenly switched to the most expensive plan. My card was charged for an upgrade I never authorized. To me, this felt like theft.

Thankfully, my bank reversed the charge and returned my money. Without their help, I felt I had no way to resolve the issue. This experience completely destroyed my trust in DistroKid.
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I am happy

DistroKid is just simple the best check it out now asap.

Very Disappointed

I paid leave a legacy and cover license and DistroKid deleted my album without giving me information and now I can’t talk to nobody about recovering my music that works so hard on.

And now they want me to re-upload it again without helping me.

Very displeasing to know that they would do that after I paid everything and put everything incorrectly. The first time they deleting everything from everything.
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You can’t cancel paid extras without deleting your music

I’ve used DistroKid to distribute my music, but my experience with their paid Album Extras / Social Media Pack has been extremely disappointing.

DistroKid sells Social Media Pack as an optional annual add-on (for example, $14.95/year), but when you subscribe, there is no clear warning that you will later be unable to cancel it while keeping your release online.

I contacted support and explicitly asked them to stop all future renewals. Their answer was that future renewals cannot be stopped unless I delete the entire music release from streaming services and then re-upload it.

That means the choice they give customers is essentially: keep paying every year for an optional service you no longer want, or remove your established music from Spotify, Apple Music and other platforms.

Even after I explicitly told support that I did not authorize further renewals, additional Album Extra charges continued to appear on my account. DistroKid eventually refunded the most recent charges, which I appreciate, but they confirmed that the subscriptions themselves are still active and future renewals still cannot be cancelled without deleting my releases.

Support even told me that they are “looking into a better solution for managing Album Extras.”

This is not an acceptable way to handle an optional recurring subscription. Customers should be able to cancel a paid add-on without deleting their music catalog.

Until DistroKid provides a normal way to cancel Album Extras, I cannot recommend the service.
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So Fast and Easy!

Love the app. Fast and easy uploads to all major music sites. Love the service.

A flood of Love

It seems as if an actual producer, hype man, and the whole ball of wax are taking part in delivering my single to the people! I’m digging this. Gratitude fasho to Zola NoPressure for seeing me thru. Get a bar of THAT brotha!

Do NOT trust DistroKid

Ive read lots online of people getting scammed by distrokid. It too happened to me. I was just simply on the app putting info in for a new release when all of the sudden I get an apple wallet notification saying i bought their highest plan. I had not been on that plan, and definitely did not click anything to buy it. I took screenshots of everything and sent emails and calls. I got on a live chat and they were being super shady. I had to make a few threats which I do not like to do so they would eventually give me money back. And instead of giving me my money back of course they did some weird thing where they refunded the rest of my current plan and half of the new ultimate plan, but I got to keep the upgraded plan for the rest of the year. I did the math and they made like a few dollars off me, still unacceptable. I immediately cancelled and deleted my account with them. Just be aware.
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Wow

Smooth

Took my money

Told me I had a year for 25 dollars and took my money the same month and stop letting me post my music in not trying to refund me

Lovely One

This App is amazing

Satisfied

Great support assistance

No customer service

No response to my emails after weeks!