Apple Approves iPhone Spotify App

To the surprise of a lot of people, Apple has approved an app for the iPhone by Spotify, the service dubbed ‘the iTunes killer.'

Back in July, when music streaming service Spotify submitted an application for the iPhone, people thought it wouldn’t be approved.

After all, Spotify, which operates in several European countries, has been termed ‘the iTunes killer’ and many believed Apple wouldn’t want the competitition.

But this week it’s been approved, meaning those in countries where Spotify operates can now have it on their iPhones.

However, although the app is free, the service for the handset won’t be. They’ll have to become premium users, at the cost of around $15 a month.

Among the few people not surprised was Daniel Ek, head of Spotify, who told the BBC:

"We’re not surprised but we’re thrilled. We had a great dialogue with Apple from day one."

"We’re scaling up the systems because response has been tremendous even before the app is available."

Spotify has around six million users in Europe, and is set to launch in the US before the end of the year.