Mp3va Vs. Mp3million – Which is the Better Music Download Site?

Both websites require a new user to create an account by providing certain details, including a valid email address, password, and answering a security question to avoid random registrations and for recovering forgotten passwords.

Both websites provide a credit note in US dollars after registration. Mp3million provides $0.20, while Mp3va credits $0.30 to a new user’s account. This beginning amount is suitable to buy nothing more than 2 music tracks; something like a demo/trial version of their service.

Both websites are free of any kind of subscription cost.

When it comes to pricing, Mp3million charges $0.10 per song/track. Mp3va, on the other hand, is a bit costly, charging a price of $0.15 per track.

A user has to pay a minimum of $15 to start downloading on both these websites. One can later top-up with more as per his requirement. The top-up amounts range from $15, $30, $50, to $100, for both. Both websites also provide certain bonus schemes which are updated from time to time. For instance, the current scheme provides benefits of $10 on a top-up of $30, $25 on a top-up of $50, and $75 on a top-up of $100.

Coming to the payment options, both provide an array of payment options, which includes major ones like VISA, VISA Electron, MasterCard, Maestro, and PayPal too.

(Note: These figures are true to the present day, and will change as time goes by.)

Mp3million has 4,736,081 tracks from 404,562 albums by 117,438 artists. The tracks have a bit rate ranging from 192 – 320 kbps.

In contrast, Mp3va has 5,056,810 tracks from 444,319 albums by 185,318 artists. So Mp3va definitely beats its competitor on this criterion, by providing a much larger pool of tracks from a variety of albums. Here, the bit rate varies from 128 to 320 kbps, hence, providing an option for lighter low quality downloads, unlike Mp3million.

The Mp3million website is well-designed and looks classy; the new as well as bestselling albums are listed on the homepage, which are updated regularly. A section at the bottom shows the top 100 tracks from USA, top 10 from UK, and top 15 from Canada. There is also a pane on the bottom right displaying upcoming titles. One can browse the website’s inventories by sorting them under artists, soundtracks, new albums, charts, and genres. One can also sort the whole inventory alphabetically, right from the homepage. There is also a long search bar provided for a quick look-up. All tracks are iPod compatible, and can be easily burnt to a compact disc too. The website claims downloading music to be so simple that any desired song is just 3 clicks away.

The Mp3va website, on the other hand, feels a bit raw or dull, to be more precise, with an off-white-blue color scheme. It incorporates a search bar and several sorting options for the user to browse better, except for the artist tab, unlike Mp3million. Along with US top 100, UK top 10, and Canada top 15, the website also provides a top 100 list of its own. The website’s homepage doesn’t have any left or right pane for quick links, and one would need to scroll down to access help topics and other navigation tools. There isn’t any option on the homepage to sort the inventory alphabetically either. Also, the artist and genre tabs have been squeezed to a browse tab on the homepage, which when clicked, redirects to an alphabetical list of artists and genres. The tracks are iTunes friendly, and can be easily burnt to a CD. The reviews of this website do speak good things about its customer service though.

The tracks from both websites are completely legal, and are meant for personal use only. Both websites do not allow using their respective tracks for any kind of commercial use, distribution, or broadcast by any means.