Top 25 subscriptions of 2020: Lifehacker's choice

Music

With an official music subscription, you can download any tracks from the music library to your phone, and then listen to them anywhere in high quality and without ads. Another important feature of streaming services is the recommendation of new tracks and artists that you might like. Every day is different!

Yandex. A plus

The cost: 169 rubles per month.
Free trial: 3 months.

Tens of millions of tracks from Russian and world performers. There are many playlists by mood, genre and year. Also, the service algorithm makes five personal playlists for each user:

• "Playlist of the Day". Songs You May Like.
• "Deja vu". Music compositions of your favorite artists that you have not yet heard.
• "Premiere". New songs that you like.
• "Cache". Songs that you haven't listened to for a long time.
• "Playlist with" Alice "". Before each song in the playlist, Alice tells a fact about the artist.

In addition to music from Yandex. Plus "there is a subscription to" Kinopoisk ", a discount in services" Yandex. Taxi "and" Yandex. Afisha ”, free delivery from 500 rubles on the“ Beru ”marketplace and other bonuses.

Apple Music

The cost: 169 rubles per month.
Free trial: 3 months.

60 million songs, playlists from music editors and curators for any occasion and mood. The service algorithm creates personal selections, for example "New Music", "My Favorite Tracks". You can also create a smart playlist by specifying your preferences: year, genre, rating, tempo, artist name, or album name.

You can also watch music videos in Apple Music, which are also collected in themed playlists, and live performances by artists.

Google Play Music

The cost: 169 rubles per month.
Free trial: 30 days.

Lots of songs, selections by mood, occupation and music ratings. There is a playlist with personal recommendations "I'm Lucky" and automixes, which include compositions of similar artists.

On all new devices with the Android 10 operating system, "Google Play Music" will replaceYouTube Music App now preinstalled on Android 10 devices another similar service is YouTube Music. The subscription costs the same, plus you can listen to live shows and covers on YT Music, as well as watch video clips. The Google Play Music application will continue to exist and will be available for download in the Play Market and App Store.

Movies, TV shows and videos

The same story as with music. The price is low (like two cinema tickets), but no advertising. And you will also watch the best TV shows and films in excellent quality right on the day of the world premiere.

The subscription also has other bonuses: you can download movies and TV shows to your phone or laptop, and then watch them without the Internet. For example, on a trip or out of town. If you don't know which movie to choose, the service will suggest options that you might like.

Amediatek

The cost: 599 rubles per month.
Free trial: 1 Week.

The Amediatek contains the entire HBO library, the best TV series from FOX, Showtime, Starz, BBC, ABC Studios, Sony Pictures. They can be watched in original, with subtitles or in professional voice acting.

With one subscription, you can watch TV shows on five devices, so you can share the cost with friends or family.

Netflix

The cost: from 7.99 euros (approximately 569 rubles) per month.
Free trial: 1 month.

Huge library of original content, cult films and TV series. Most of the new projects come out with a Russian soundtrack, many old ones have the opportunity to include Russian subtitles. The best directors are now filming films exclusively for Netflix, for example, Martin Scorsese's Irishman was released on the service in December.

The service has a smart download function: the service itself deletes the watched episodes from the device and adds the following episodes.

IVI

The cost: 399 rubles per month.
Free trial: 14 days for 1 ruble.

A large collection of movies and TV shows in high quality, which is updated daily. Not all films can be watched for free by subscription: some new movies and blockbusters are available only for an additional fee, but at a discount. For example, "Aladdin" can be bought for 1 ruble instead of 99.

IVI will also be able to watch some cable TV channels, such as Paramount Comedy, FOX and STS Love.

Okko

The cost: from 199 rubles per month.
Free trial: 7 days.

Online cinema with 10 subscriptions: "Our Cinema", "World Cinema", "Best for Children" and others. You can order one or buy a whole package.

Okko's full subscription is called Premium, and it includes over 30,000 films and TV series, including Amediateki series. It costs 799 rubles for 30 days.

Apple +

The cost: 199 rubles per month.
Free trial: 7 days.

A new online cinema, which already boasts cool original projects: "House with a Servant" by M. Knight Shyamalan, The Morning Show with Steve Carell, Jennifer Aniston and Reese Witherspoon, science fiction See with Jason Momoa.

There are no iconic old series and films on Apple +, but they promise that original content will be released every month.

YouTube Premium

The cost: 199 rubles per month.
Free trial: 1 month.

Allows you to watch all YouTube videos without ads online and offline. Even with a subscription, you can use the YouTube application in the background, for example, scroll through the feed in any of the social networks and listen to a music playlist or interview.

In addition, YouTube Premium includes a free subscription to the music streaming service YouTube Music and access to all YouTube Originals movies, TV series and shows.

Mobile games

If you love to play, a subscription is a great way not to miss out on exciting news and not overpay.

Apple arcade

The cost: 199 rubles per month.
Free trial: 1 month.

Subscription is only available on Apple devices. Over 100 new games to play online and offline. No ads or additional purchases. Up to six people can use one subscription. The progress of the games is saved, so you can start completing the quest on your smartphone and continue on your computer.

In the fall, Google released its Apple Arcade counterpart. It is called the Play Pass and gives access not only to games, but also to some paid applications from the Play Market. For now, the service is only available in the United States.

Taxi and car sharing

Sometimes you can't do without a taxi, and car sharing helps when traveling and business trips. It is also a real salvation if you do not want to start your own car, but you need to go far.

Yandex. Taxi

The cost: from 69 rubles per trip (price depends on the region).

Works in most cities in Russia, CIS countries, Israel, Cote d'Ivoire and Finland. There are several tariffs that differ in the comfort of the car and the waiting time. Also using Yandex. Taxi "you can transport things, deliver or pick up large orders: for this there is a special" Freight "tariff.

Citymobil

The cost: from 59 rubles per trip (price depends on the region)

A taxi that operates in more than 15 regions of Russia. Citymobil has several convenient services:

• Economy tariff "Fellow travelers". It allows you to share the cost of your trip with other passengers traveling in your direction.
• Service "Sober driver". If you have a drink at a bar or at a party, a professional driver will take you home in your own car.

Gett

The cost: from 95 rubles per trip (price depends on the region).

Service that operates in Russia, Israel, USA and UK. Gett also has several tariffs, as well as "Sober Driver" services and delivery. The latter is of two types:

• Gett Delivery (for orders weighing up to 20 kilograms);
• Gett Lite (for orders up to 5 kilograms).

Uber

The cost: from 69 rubles per trip (price depends on the region).

Works in over 500 cities around the world. In Uber, you can check your passenger rating: it is located in the application in the "Help" tab. The service also has a special night tariff uberNight: it works from 00:00 to 06:00, it costs like the cheapest uberStart tariff, but uberX cars come to order.

Delimobil

The cost: from 5 rubles per minute (price depends on the region).

So far, car sharing works only in three cities of Russia: Moscow, St. Petersburg and Ufa. To use the service, you need to install the application, find the nearest available car on the map and book it. You will have 20 free minutes to get to the car, then each minute of your reservation will cost from 2.5 rubles.

Yandex. Drive

The cost: from 5 rubles per minute (price depends on the region).

Also works only in three cities of Russia: Moscow, St. Petersburg and Kazan. The map in the application shows all available cars and the amount of fuel in them. Yandex. Drive ”, you can rent a truck for moving or transporting any bulky items.

Sports broadcasts

There will be at least two important sporting events in 2020. The first is the European Football Championship, in the group stage of which the Russian national team passed. The second is the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo.

Okko Sport

The cost: 199 rubles per month.
Free trial: 7 days.

Section of sports broadcasts of the Okko online cinema. Now you can follow the nuclear submarine on it. All matches are broadcast on Okko Sport (they can be watched live and recorded), as well as information and entertainment programs of the Premier League and its own production are posted.

Education

You don't have to take courses to learn something new. You can develop by sitting at home under a blanket with a cup of tea.

SkyEng

The cost: one lesson - from 790 rubles.
Free trial: 1 lesson.

Online lessons with professional teachers: Russian or native speakers. You can study from a computer or phone. The training program is made on the basis of the goals and interests of the student.

In addition to online classes with a teacher, Skyeng needs to do homework on the Vimbox platform: a smart system instantly checks the correctness of the answers. After each lesson, the student receives a progress report and progress report.

Lingualeo

The cost: 2,398 rubles per year.
Free trial: you can practice for free, but with limited functionality.

Service for learning English in a playful way. In Lingualeo, you can practice reading, listening, grammar and vocabulary by reading books, listening to podcasts or watching videos.

The application can be used for free, but the training materials and functions will not be fully available. With a subscription to Lingualeo, you can add an unlimited number of words to your personal dictionary, take three thematic courses and use all possible training.

Radio Arzamas

The cost: 149 rubles per month.
Free trial: can be listened to for free with limited functions.

Podcasts and lectures on history, literature, music, anthropology, philosophy, economics and other sciences. Read by scientists, university professors and other experts (information about them is in the card of each audio recording).

Courses can be downloaded to a smartphone for offline listening. The service is also available for free, but with a subscription you will be able to access unique materials and the opportunity to listen to courses first.

Books

Reading is good fun. But if you buy several paper books every month, you can go broke. The way out is to subscribe to an electronic library or audiobooks (if there is not enough time for reading).

Storytel

The cost: 449 rubles per month.
Free trial: 14 days.

Storytel has classic, contemporary, non-fiction literature. Thousands of works in Russian and English. The card of each book contains an abstract, the duration of the audio recording, information about the author and the reader.

The service has several handy features:

• Sleep Timer for those who like to listen to audiobooks while lying in bed;
• "Notes" to leave comments and easily return to your favorite passages;
• “Speed” if you like to listen to faster or smoother speech.

Gramophone

The cost: 599 rubles per month.
Free trial: 7 days.

Over 7,000 audiobooks and audio performances. You can find "reading" to your liking using a search engine or catalog, in which the entire library is sorted by genre and topic. For each audiobook in the service, there is a sample excerpt. Can be listened to online or downloaded to your device.

Bookmate

The cost: 333 rubles per month for books or audiobooks / 499 rubles for everything.
Free trial: 7 days and a library of 50,000 books for an unlimited time.

Service for reading and listening to audiobooks. Bookmate has classics, science pop, novelties and bestsellers. With the help of the service, you can pump your English, French or German: in total, the library has books in 14 languages.

While reading, you can take notes, highlight quotes, and bookmark. In the service reader, you can choose a convenient font size, background color and contrast. Bookmate also has a selection of books from editors, popular media, experts and users.

Food delivery

It will save you if there are too many things to do and there is no time left to think over the diet, but you are tired of eating dumplings, pizza and other junk food or you just do not want to.

Yandex. Chef

The cost: from 2 195 rubles for 3 dinners / from 2 995 rubles for 5 dinners.

Service that will appeal to those who love to cook, but do not have time to go shopping and are tired of eating the same thing. Yandex. Chef ”you can order dinners for three or five days. A courier will deliver you a box containing groceries and detailed recipes.

You can choose from four menu options: “Balanced”, “From the Chef”, “Home” or “Vegetarian”. Yandex. Chef ”works only in Moscow and the Moscow Region, St. Petersburg and the Leningrad Region.

Grow Food

The cost: 4 560 rubles per week.

A service that fans of healthy lifestyle will appreciate. Grow Food selects an individual diet based on your lifestyle, current and desired weight, and the time you want to achieve results. You can choose a diet to lose weight, maintain shape or gain muscle mass. The service delivers ready-made fresh meals every two days.

Grow Food operates in Moscow, St. Petersburg, Kazan, Murmansk and Krasnodar.