Daily Playlists vs Intonality

A free submission can sit 21 days and get nothing. Ours can't.

Daily Playlists' Standard submissions promise no reply and pay the curator nothing. Their paid Premium credit passes $1.30 at most to the curator. On Intonality every slot ends in a written review from a screened curator paid $1.50 to $4.00, inside 14 days, or you are refunded.

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The number

What a curator earns for reviewing your track.

A curator who is paid properly has a reason to listen properly. Both figures are the highest rate each platform pays for a single review.

Intonality, top rate $4.00 $1.50 base, rising to $4.00 for curators at the top score tier, on every review

Daily Playlists, top rate $1.30 per Premium credit, Platinum tier; Standard submissions pay nothing their site states. Checked November 8, 2026

Rates are per review, not per placement. Neither platform can sell you a spot on a playlist, and you should be wary of any that claims to.

What it buys

An answer from everyone, with reasons.

A directory gives you a form. A campaign gives you a result.

Nobody can ignore you

If a curator doesn't answer in time, a backup curator takes the slot. If the campaign still ends short, the missing reviews are refunded.

Proof of listening, or it's replaced

A decline has to be about your track. Feedback that isn't, or a pass for a genre you never picked, gets a new review from a different curator, free.

Screened, verified curators

Every curator applied, proved they own the playlist, and passed a follower and real-listener check before receiving a single track.

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Side by side

The honest version.

	Intonality	Daily Playlists
What the curator earns for your track	$1.50 to $4.00, every review	Standard: nothing stated. Premium: $1.20 to $1.30 of your $2.00
Reply guaranteed	Every slot ends in a written review or is refunded	Standard: no, and no refund. Premium: within 7 days or the credit returns
What a decline must contain	Reasons that show they heard your track, or it is replaced free	Standard: feedback optional. Premium: written feedback
Who the curators are	Screened by hand, playlist ownership verified, real listeners checked	18,000+ self-listed playlists; Premium curators reviewed by their team
How they are chosen	Routed to matching curators by your genre tags	You pick playlists from the directory
Campaign done within	14 days, 3 days on average	Standard: up to 21 days. Premium: 7 days
Where the replies go	Public campaign board, declines included	Your dashboard
Price	From $79 for 12 guaranteed reviews	Free (10 Standard a week), Pro $19.99 a month, Premium $2.00 a credit

Daily Playlists figures from dailyplaylists.com/pricing and their help centre, checked November 8, 2026. Our figures come from the configuration that charges artists and pays curators.

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Pick them, not us, if

You have no budget at all.

10 free submissions a week cost nothing but your time. Expect most to go unanswered, and come back here when you want to know what actually happened to your track.

Questions

What artists ask before choosing.

Is Daily Playlists free?

The Standard tier is: 10 submissions a week at $0. A reply is not promised, curators have 21 days to look, and unanswered submissions are not refunded because there is nothing to refund. A Professional plan at $19.99 a month raises the weekly limit to 30. Premium credits at $2.00 each buy a guaranteed reply within 7 days. Figures from their pricing page and help centre, checked November 8, 2026.

What is the main difference between Daily Playlists and Intonality?

Daily Playlists is a directory of 18,000+ playlists you submit to, free or paid, and whether anyone answers is up to each curator. Intonality is a campaign: every curator who receives your track was screened by us, is paid $1.50 to $4.00 to review it, has to reply with reasons that show they listened, and the whole campaign is published on our board when you opt in.

How much does each service pay the curator?

Intonality pays $1.50 base per review, rising to $4.00 at the top score tier, for every review. Daily Playlists pays Premium curators $1.20 to $1.30 out of each $2.00 credit and states nothing for Standard submissions. Our figures come from the configuration that pays curators; theirs are from their help centre, checked November 8, 2026.

How long does an Intonality campaign take?

Every Intonality campaign is finished within 14 days of going into review. Across 236 completed campaigns, the average from start to the last curator review is 3 days. Replies show up on your campaign page as each curator decides.

When do I get a free replacement review?

You get a free replacement review from a different curator in these cases: the feedback does not make sense or does not talk about your track; the curator declines because the track is the wrong genre for their playlist; the curator declines because the track is AI-generated, and you marked it as AI-generated when you submitted; the curator declines because they do not take instrumentals, and you marked the track as instrumental; the curator declines because they do not take holiday music, and you marked it as a holiday song. That way you still get the full number of reviews you paid for.

What is the refund policy?

If your campaign ends with fewer reviews than your package includes, we refund the price of the reviews you did not get. This is rare: it has happened once in over 200 campaigns.

Read the receipts before you spend.

Every finished campaign an artist opted to publish is on the board in full, declines and all.

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