DistroKid Reviews: Is It Legit?

DistroKid
DistroKid
DistroKid Holdings, LLC

Customer Experience

Positive experience64.1% of reviews
Neutral4.3% of reviews
Negative experience31.6% of reviews

~ Based on 1,031 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 97/100.

This assessment is based on 27,324 user ratings, with an App Store average of 4.9/5.

Safety Analysis

97.1% 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 27,208 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

Joke

I tried this app twice both times my music wasn’t going out they took my money twice n they better refund me it’s a joke

So awesome

I have made beats from Garageband for almost forever, and now I can finally release them. Not only is the subscription super cheap, but it’s totally worth it. GET DISTROKID!

Where’s YouTube App Stats?

I love Distrokid but where’s the YouTube music stats on the app? 😭

They Will Overcharge and Not Refund

This is the worst way to distribute your music. They added extras and services I did not sign up for and refuse to stop charging you for them! They do not distribute to all the stores, and they charge for stores they originally included in their plan! Avoid!

Don’t get distrokid

after you cancel your subscription it still shows that u have a subscription and it doesn’t let’s you download apps

Banned for NO reason?!

I am receiving conflicting information about my account status being frozen due to “editorial discretion”, then received an email that the message was in error and my account had been restored. I uploaded a handful of projects that I had been sitting on, and then I received the same error message.

I cannot get a straight answer from support tickets to find out which answer is correct.

I am not a bot, I am a hard working independent artist, who took down my entire catalog and reuploaded projects, plus new music and am being wrongfully punished..

I have reached out 6 different major platforms that have my music and they’ve all said to follow up with DISTROKID, as there are no violations on their side related to my account.
I would appreciate more than the copy and paste response to review my account.

I’m contacting you regarding the notice that my releases were rejected due to editorial discretion and that stores are no longer accepting releases from me through DistroKid.

I understand that you may not be able to reverse the decision, but I would appreciate clarification on the circumstances.

Could you please answer the following questions?

Which store or streaming service initiated this restriction?
Which specific release or releases were rejected?
Was the decision related to copyright, licensing, duplicate content, artificial streaming, AI-generated content, or another policy concern?
Is this restriction specific to my DistroKid account, or did a streaming service also restrict my artist profile?
Can this decision be appealed, reviewed, or escalated to another department?
Will my existing releases and any unpaid royalties be affected?
I’m trying to understand what happened so I can address any legitimate issues and avoid repeating them with another distributor.

Even if you cannot provide the full details, any additional information you can share would be appreciated.
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Top!

Einfach, übersichtlich und vor allem funktioniert sie! 👍 Absolut empfehlenswert!! Tracks sind sehr schnell auf den gebuchten Plattformen!

Grateful for this app

Pretty easy to use. Good communication. Helpful customer service. The best app I have used all year!

Clunky

Was not efficient, I uploaded, then could no longer locate the account and created a New Account to upload a wav file instead of mp3 . Still can’t find the mo3 account even though it’s in my name

Terrible

It makes you pay then when you set up the card on the upload music option it lags and deosent work

Bot Customer Support, good luck!

Deleted my account and requested to remove my releases but it’s been 4 years and I still have releases playing everywhere and getting support from “customer service” to fix that, it can be a little frustrating but don’t you worried, “….rest & assure we will remove all your releases this time, ATT Distrokid E-mail BOT”
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unsigned from umg

idk every since yall gave rights or whatever to umg this app has been so horrible. please go back to whatever yall was doing before umg

Scammers!!

DistroKid: An Appalling Experience. Avoid at All Costs.

⭐ 1/5

Absolutely disgraceful. After paying DistroKid to distribute over 150 songs, I was abruptly cut off without a proper explanation. My subsequent complaints have gone unanswered. No transparency, no accountability and appalling treatment of independent musicians.

Avoid DistroKid at all costs!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Trustworthy and reliable

I have had a wonderful experience so far! Thank you for being on
Top of my music!

Don’t buy it

I uploaded 25 tracks, i used suno AI to generate them, they flagged track 17, ok i abort the upload, i uploaded again not including track 17 now they flagged another track which previously did NOT,

Almagnus music

Fácil de usar

Nothing is never correct

The app should be smarter den the average human dis app is not showing me that it is nothing is ever right yall adding more time to my songs 🤦🏽‍♂️🤦🏽‍♂️🤦🏽‍♂️🤦🏽‍♂️

Don’t use DistroKid

HORRIBLE app they take down your music whenever they feel like it with no reason for and they don’t tell you I have lost over 100 songs because they decided to remove them without reason and they charge you crazy prices just to withdraw your earnings from streaming don’t use this app whatsoever

David

This is the most awesome thing

DistrutionKid

Deleted years of hard work and music I would probably never have again if not for backups. no reason No accountability No respect. Go To United Masters